Are you cleaning closets to get ready for winter? SADD is collecting gently used (clean) coats this month to be donated locally. Donations can be placed in the box near Mrs. Greenwood’s office!
The 8th grade students spent the day in Springfield today. They are pictured here on the Senate Floor.
Red Ribbon Week for Drug & Alcohol Awareness & Prevention is this week.
Tomorrow’s theme is “Send a Message, Stay Drug Free.” Students are asked to send a drug-free message by wearing RED on Monday.
If your student is selling cards to raise money for Washington DC, the Cards for a Cause order forms and payment are due before school on Monday. Please drop them off with Mrs. Brown before school begins!
Halloween Candy Grams are currently on sale for $2.00 each. Interested in sending one to your child? Contact Mrs. McGuire at mcguirem@meridianhawks.net.
Just a reminder - Because of Parent-Teacher Conferences, there is no school on Friday, October 25.
MMS Red Ribbon Week Activities
First quarter ends today! Report cards will be sent home with all students on Wednesday, October 23. If you have a student at MMS, please sign and return the signature portion as soon as possible.
Parent-Teacher Conferences will take place after school on October 23 & 24. Team leaders have contacted and scheduled conferences as needed. Because our teachers can’t meet with every family, please contact the classroom teacher with any questions or concerns!
Congratulations to the following students for being selected into the ILMEA District V Honor Band!
Today is an 11:10 a.m. dismissal. We DO have school on Monday, October 14 - Columbus Day.
MHS Homecoming parade is tonight at 5:30 p.m. The parade will start at the high school and head north on Wall Street.
Friday, October 11 is a Student Council sponsored spirit day. Students are asked to show SCHOOL SPIRIT by wearing kelly green & white with accessories!
In light of Friday’s tragedy in Sullivan, many area schools are showing their support for the student’s family by wearing blue tomorrow, which was his favorite color. Meridian would like to join this support by asking students to wear blue to school tomorrow.
We did it! We met our goal of selling 1500 fundraiser tickets! THANK YOU for supporting our students and this year’s fall fundraiser. Money raised goes directly back to class accounts for all students to benefit from! Top sellers will begin drawing raffle winners on Tuesday!
MMS Student Council sponsored a motivational 3 Screens assembly today - “Fix It!” Through real-life stories, students learned about ways we can “fix” some of the issues teens deal with today.
Using Number Sense in math to solve/decode puzzles.
We have two big games TOMORROW!
The baseball team will play their next Regional game at HOME against Maroa Forsyth. Game time is 10:00 a.m.
The softball team will be playing the SECTIONAL game in Toledo against Newton Jasper County at 11:00 a.m.
Make plans to cheer on our HAWKS! 💚
The baseball boys play first round of Regionals this afternoon at 4:30 in Argenta. Go Hawks!
Congrats to our Lady Hawks - Regional champs! They will play in the Sectional game at 11:00 on Saturday, September 21 in Toledo.
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