There were several talented Meridian students in the Emerald cast of The Decatur Park District's Wizard of Oz! The Ruby cast will take the stage tonight & tomorrow with a few more Meridian students taking the stage. Great show!
3rd quarter report cards were printed and sent home with all students this afternoon. Grades have also been finalized and posted on TeacherEase. Please reach out to individual teachers with questions about grades.
Fannie May candy orders were sent home with students today. Please double check orders to ensure they are correct. Any discrepancies must be reported to the office by Friday!
The Hawks fell to Staunton this evening, but they should be very proud of how they played tonight. They had an excellent season and were fun to cheer on!
Congratulations to our two Hawks who received the sportsmanship pin during post-season play! Alyssa Meisenhelter received the pin at the Regional Championship and Madison Briggs received the pin at the Sectional Championship!
The district is excited to announce that our current elementary school principal, Lori Guebert, will be changing roles next year. She will become the district's Special Education Administrator/Curriculum Director. In this role she will supervise and provide support throughout the special education department. Additionally, as Curriculum Director she will work with teachers to provide assistance and resources as the district will be taking on a comprehensive curriculum review and mapping process next school year. Mrs. Guebert will also work to align professional development for staff. As such, the district is accepting applications for the elementary school principal position.
Please see the attached document for coaching/sponsor opportunities for the 2024-2025 school year.
The time of the regular March School Board meeting has been moved up one hour. The meeting will be Tuesday, March 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the district office.
Don't forget that these girls are playing in the IESA 8-3A Sectional volleyball game tonight at HOME! Our Hawks will take on Staunton in the High School gym starting at 6:30 p.m. Make plans to come cheer them on!!!
Congratulations to this week's Hawk Proud recipient, Kiley T. We appreciate Kiley befriending a new student and wanted to recognize her for making her feel so welcome at Meridian!
Fannie May orders are expected to be delivered to MMS on Tuesday, March 12. If your child has a large order, you may want to consider alternate transportation arrangements for bus riders!
A big shout out goes to the backstage crew for making every scene transition, set change, and lighting & sound extras happen! Thank you to Mr. P, Mr. Anderson, Mrs. Pritts, & Mrs. Moyer for working with these talented students. Also, thank you to the Meridian community for coming out and supporting The Little Mermaid Jr. cast & crew this weekend! That's a wrap!
Autumn A received our Hawk Proud award this week! Autumn was nominated by a teacher for this award because she is such a thoughtful student! She always thinks of her classmates’ feelings and is very considerate for staff too. She is such a great kid!
We had the pleasure of recognizing our current MJHS members and inducting 24 new members during the ceremony this afternoon. Students are selected for MJHS by their teachers based upon their scholarship, citizenship, leadership, and service. They must also have a GPA of at least 3.5 to be eligible for consideration. Congratulations to both current members and new inductees!
The cast and crew are READY for The Little Mermaid Jr. this weekend! Please make plans to support this awesome group of students if you are able. Shows are scheduled for Friday at 7:00 p.m., Saturday at 5:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
A big thanks to Mr. Pekovitch, Mr. Anderson, Mrs. Pritts, & Mrs. Moyer for all the work that has gone into preparing our drama club for these shows!
The Little Mermaid Jr. cast performed a sneak peek of this weekend's show to the Meridian Elementary School students this morning. They were such a great audience! If you haven't purchased tickets yet, I promise you won't want to miss it! Tickets can be purchased online using the link below or at the door. The shows are scheduled for Friday (7:00 p.m.), Saturday (5:30 p.m.), and Sunday (2:00 p.m.)
https://meridianmiddleschooldrama.ludus.com/index.php?show_id=200450164&fbclid=IwAR0Q-u_GrHwUugXXRF-owwbLF9NWdCMEHMLOyvRQJgtUUYkjzB6TimCsUPQ
We had 2 Hawks represent MMS in the Jr. High All Star game held at Skywalker International Sports Complex yesterday. Congratulations to 8th graders - Trenton D. & Cameron D.!
This week's Hawk Proud award was presented to McKynlee K. McKynlee was nominated for going above and beyond to help set up for the Valentine Dance last week! We appreciate her being a great student leader!
The MMS Drama Club has been working hard to prepare for next weekend's production of The Little Mermaid Jr. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at https://meridianmiddleschooldrama.ludus.com/index.php?show_id=200450164 . Make plans to attend one of the shows to support this group of students!
We recognized our 8th graders and their parents at tonight's home volleyball game! The 6th & 7th grade teams won in two matches and 8th grade won in three. Our Lady Hawks play again tomorrow night when they host Shelbyville for the final Conference games of the season! The 7th grade game will start at 6:00 p.m. Go Hawks!
The Scholastic Bowl team has their first home meet tonight!
