Monticello Schools Pre-School history

The date that the Academy closed has been lost to history but, in 1909, Monticello High School was opened to serve white students in first through 11th grades across Hwy 150 from our current location.

The scale of this growth is seen by 1,077 homes built in 1919 alone.

Monticello Junior High was the last building built in the Heights Schools' rapid expansion of the 1920s.

Brown Summit Colored High School was built in 1924-25 where Brown Summit Middle School now stands (4720 NC Hwy 150). It was a high school for black students that consolidated one-room schools in the community.

As these schools absorbed the students previously served by the Monticello and Brown Summit high schools, the old high schools were converted in 1970 into an elementary feeder system to serve students in kindergarten through sixth grade.

In 1987, the Guilford County School Board moved to consolidate feeder elementary schools like Brown Summit and Monticello into stand-alone elementary schools serving kindergarten through fifth grade.

Hardee, C. (1999, December 17). Teachers, Students Say Goodbye to Brown Summit Elementary: Classes will begin at the new Monticello-Brown Summit Campus on Jan 4.

Before it became M.A.G.I.C. programming, the Monticello High School implemented a first day of school for freshman only in 2015.

M.A.G.I.C. programming went into place at Monticello High School and Monticello Middle School during the 2017-18 school year.

Programming is expected to go into effect at Pinewood Elementary and Little Mountain Elementary during the 2018-19 school year.