Today we were able to celebrate these five student-athletes who signed their letters of intent. Connor will cheer for McKendree College, Lleyton will play football at Illinois College, Sebastian will continue his basketball career at Wabash College, Caleb will play baseball at McKendree College and Cooper signed to play football/track at Millikin. Congratulations to these five, thank you for all you have done for Meridian High School and best of luck!
Had a chance to watch our boys play baseball today and pick up the W over Tuscola. These players and coaches have worked hard and it shows. They have utilized senior leadership and relied on relatively young players to keep battling. Great job today, fellas. Keep grinding and keep those smiles on your faces! #WeAreMeridian
State Senator McClure is promoting a summer reading club. Information is available at each school building office.
MHS Band held its spring concert this afternoon. Great performance by the band and Mr. Clark! Congrats and thank you to all of our senior band members.
So happy to see this girl again! Larou was our foreign exchange student during the 2019-20 school year. During her year, she fully immersed herself into Meridian and made the most of her year here. Today, she brought her father with her so he could see where she spent her year away from home. It was so great to listen to her relive her memories with us and share with him all she did during that time.
Larou, you will always be a Meridian Hawk!
Incredibly proud of my Foods II students! This is their first time making a pie crust (from scratch), and they did an AMAZING job!
Today our 9th grade students took part in the Teens, Trucks and Traffic program put on by Hartman Safety Consulting. Our kids were able to learn about, and see, a lot of real life situations related to being new drivers and various distractions and hazards. On a side note- I had many
compliments on how great our kids were which makes me so proud of them!
The MMS/MHS choir performed several pieces during tonight's choir concert. Four high school members had featured pieces and did an exceptional job! Alayna Bickel played the piano while performing The Winner Takes All. Emily Moma & Aubrey Bickel sang Memory as a duet. Senior Kenna Hartry played the guitar and sang Tennessee Orange. The choir and Mr. Anderson have worked really hard this year and did a really great job!
Meridian CUSD #15 welcomes Mr. David Graves as the district Athletic Director for the 2024-2025 school year. Mr. Graves will also serve as the high school head boys basketball coach.
Meridian Elementary School welcomes Mrs. Sarah Major as the principal for the 2024-2025 school year!
MHS Chemistry Students make a periodic table!
Today, Mrs. Lucas' Freshmen Seminar class went over to the elementary school to serve as student aides for part of the day. This is a great way for our students to connect with younger students while also helping the MES staff.
Staff had the opportunity to work with Dr. Todd Whitaker during his presentation, "What Great Teachers Do Differently." Dr. Whitaker is a nationally renowned educator and author of more than 60 books. Staff also received one of his books titled What Great Teachers Do Differently.
Meridian CUSD #15 has an opportunity for a full time bus mechanic. See the attachment for more information.
Today I had the privilege of taking Emma and Connor to the Macon County Principal's Student Recognition Lunch. Emma and Connor are truly outstanding and have had a significant impact on Meridian High School over the last four years. Their contributions to our school and community will be greatly missed, as they graduate. I could not be more proud of these two and wish them nothing but success as they move forward.
Today it was my pleasure to take Jacob and Jolie to our CIC Student Recognition lunch. These two have been great student leaders and are tremendous representatives of Meridian. I am so proud of both and I am honored to have had the opportunity to be a small part of their lives.
As part of their Distracted Driving Awareness Week, SADD was pleased to have Trooper Jordan Meyer conduct a distracted driving simulator presentation to our PE classes. Many were challenged to drive a simulated course while being required to text and face multiple other distractions. We hope this encourages our students to make smart driving choices!
Today, Ms. Bracken's Chemistry classes completed their lab in which they tie-dyed shirts, turning them from yellow/green to a deep blue color. The students really had fun with this experiment and here are a couple of pictures of the finished product!
Please see the attachment for available paraprofessional positions for the 2024-2025 school year.
The Macon-Piatt meet has been moved up for tonight. We will be starting field events at 3:45