The Fine Arts Department had an awesome time visiting The Old Town School of Folk Music and the Field Museum in Chicago this week! Special thanks to all of those who helped chaperone!
First graders had a wonderful time learning cheers and basketball skills at the first grade buy-a-share event!! Thanks to the high school helpers who made this possible! 🏀📣
The ABC countdown to the end of the school year has begun in kindergarten. Wednesday was letter C and the kids dressed up as a career they may want to be when they grow up. We had rockstars, farmers, bus drivers, video game creators, teachers, astronauts, and many more!
Next week is inclusion week! All week, students will be engaged in activities and discussions in their classrooms to learn about various physical disabilities and how these topics relate to home, school, with friends, and in the community. See the flyer for more details.
MTHS Cheer Camp form will be sent home this week. Please see flyer for additional information.
Mrs. Lelm's 7th grade classes learned about the body systems of frogs this week by dissecting them in class. Mrs. Lelm sees many medical field professionals in the making! This was possible through a mini grant from the Foundation that Mrs. Lelm applied for. Thank you Mrs. Lelm for this awesome experience and thank to the Foundation for making it possible!
Guest speaker, Lindsay Knoblauch came and spoke to 6-8th grade students. Mrs. Knoblauch is co-founder of SEL Integrations, an educational consulting company that has been working with the staff at MGS for the last year to implement school-wide Social Emotional Learning initiatives, as well as provide staff training on SEL and trauma-informed practices. She was excited to teach the students at MGS about adolescent brain development and the effects of stress on the brain, as well as share coping strategies to help students cope with powerful feelings.
Award -winning author Kate Klise visited MGS today to talk to 1st through 4th grade classes.
While at she was here she discussed her writing process and shared with
students her best writing tips and tricks. If you’d like to learn more about Kate Klise, visit her website, https://www.kateklise.com/.
There will be no school from Friday, April 7th - Monday, April 10th. School will resume on Tuesday, 4/11.
Please join us for the Redbird Run (5k and Color Run) on May 6 to benefit the playground renovations! Click on this flyer link (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NrwlSwX-3YJsq58XXUYeIQ4G27Gag5Bh/view?usp=share_link) for more information and to register for the event.
Tomorrow is election day. See the full ballot for Woodford County here: https://www.woodford-county.org/DocumentCenter/View/8768/Publishing-Ballot23CILWDF_NEWS
If you're from the area but unsure of your polling place, reference the following document: https://www.woodford-county.org/DocumentCenter/View/8709/Notice-of-Election-with-Polling-Locations
Check out the link for the 2023 MTHS Summer Camps that are available!
https://www.mths.us/o/mths/page/2023-summer-camps
After studying about space for the last couple of weeks, Mrs. King's first graders traveled to planet Garton to check it out, but ran into some trouble along the way. They had to work with their tablemates to solve math problems to get the clues to help get us back safely!🚀🪐☄️
Donna Thomas celebrated her 80th Birthday yesterday!! She has worked in the cafeteria at MGS for the last 10 years! Happy Birthday Donna, we hope you enjoyed your special day!!
3rd Grade Leprechaun Traps
SY2023 Q3 Honor Roll
Students and Staff were beyond excited to see the State Champions today at school! Thank you Coach Grieves and players for taking time out of your day to come visit MGS! Go Birds!
8th graders need brain breaks & movement in the classroom just as much as younger students! Not a face in the classroom without a smile:)
Jr. High Jazz Band gave an outstanding performance today at the Rotary luncheon! Way to go Band!
Our Jazz Band performs for the Metamora-Germantown Hills Rotary Club. Another example of experiential learning at Metamora Grade School!
