Candler County School District

Metter Middle School Tigers Baseball Team is the Southeast Middle School Baseball Champions after defeating ECI today 11-10! 🏆⚾🧡🖤🐅

MMS Baseball will play for the Championship TOMORROW, Saturday, April 13 at 10am against ECI! The game will be played at HOME at Metter Recreation Dept. Cash Admission $5. Sorrry, no booster passes due to this being a playoff game. Come out and support our Middle School Tigers!!

Metter High School Girls Soccer will play their first playoff game against Jefferson County on Tuesday, April 16 at 5 pm at home at Tiger Stadium. Metter High School Boys Soccer will also play their first playoff game against Bleckley County on the same day at 7 pm. This is the first ever home playoff game for the boys or girls teams! We need everyone to come out and help root our Tigers on to wins!!

MMS Baseball won 3-1 against South Tattnall in their second bracket game of the region tournament. We’ll play Saturday morning, we will update you once we know game time and opponent. The game will be played at HOME at Metter Recreation Dept. Cash Admission $5. Sorrry, no booster passes due to this being a playoff game. Come out and support our Middle School Tigers!!

Layla Smith, MCCA’s local FLEX winner and owner of Lens+Lettering, will be competing in the state FLEX Finals on Friday, April 12. The competition will be divided into two portions. The first portion will be from 11:30am-12:30 pm. Layla will present a 1-2 minute elevator speech sometime during this timeframe. The judges will also have a private interview with her earlier in the day. From the elevator speech and interview, the judges will select the top 3 businesses. Only the top 3 businesses will give their full presentation at 1:30 pm and can be viewed live as well. If you would like to see all the businesses’ elevator speeches, they will be available on livestream at www.youtube.com/@georgiaflexcompetition from 11:30am-12:30pm.

On display this Saturday at the Historical Society from 9am-2pm!! Fourth Graders at Metter Elementary School have completed a very special project in conjunction with the Candler County Historical Society...a series of Podcasts about the history of Metter/Candler County. "A podcast is an audio file that is made available on the internet, usually in a series, much like a radio show...," says Miranda Thigpen, K8 Media Specialist. "but listeners can download to their mobile device or stream it through a listening app." Students used old Metter Advertiser newspapers donated by Mrs. Suzanne Tyson to develop questions about the history of Metter. They then practiced the interview process before they met with longtime residents for the interview. Students recorded the interviews and edited them to produce three episodes for each person interviewed. "This project works to connect students with the rich history of our community," says Thigpen. "By interviewing longtime residents, students were able to gain a deeper understanding of events and changes that have shaped Metter and Candler County over time." These podcasts will help preserve these valuable stories for future generations. This project and the podcasts, and the students who created them, will be on display at the Candler County Historical Society beginning Saturday, April 13 from 9 am until 2 pm. The project will remain on display each Saturday during the month of April. We encourage the families of these students and the public to come view this project. "We are so very proud of these students," says Thigpen. "They have worked hard to produce a fantastic podcast series, while working with our older generation and developing soft skills at the same time."

MMS Varsity Baseball have won their first Region Bracket game against Bryan County with a score of 13-1. They will play again tomorrow (Wed, April 10) at 4:30 pm at the Metter Rec Department against South Tattnall. Come out and support the Tigers!!

Your Metter High School Varsity Baseball Team is REGION 3A-Div 1 CHAMPIONS!!! They defeated Screven County today 16-6 in the bottom of the 6th inning. Tigers were tied with Bryan County for the Championship, but with tonight's win and our win over the series with Bryan, Tigers were named Champions.

Let's fill the stadium today!! MHS Varsity Tiger Baseball will take on Screven County to finish out the series AND to determine the Region Champs! WHEN the Tigers win, they will become the Region Champions for 2024! Metter vs. Screven County ⚾️ ⏰ April 9 at 4:30 pm 📍 Metter High School (Visitors must enter the school's center entrance due to construction--pass the Metter High sign and turn at the 2nd entrance) 🎟️ $5 Cash Admission or your Metter Boosters pass! #GOTIGERS!

Spring Break for students, teachers and staff will be April 8-12. We will return to school on April 15 to finish this school year strong! Have a wonderful, safe and fun spring break! Las vacaciones de primavera para estudiantes, maestros y personal serán del 8 al 12 de abril. ¡Regresaremos a la escuela el 15 de abril para terminar este año escolar con fuerza! ¡Que tengas unas vacaciones de primavera maravillosas, seguras y divertidas!

The Varsity Baseball game against Calvary tonight has been cancelled due to weather and field conditions.

MHS Tiger Soccer Teams both defeated Bleckley County Teams on April 2 with scores of 8-1 (Girls) and 5-1 (Boys)! GO TIGERS!

Little Mr. & Miss Metter Tiger Pageant will be held this Saturday, April 6th at the K-8 Complex (Metter Elementary/Middle School). Doors open at 9:30 am. Admission is $5 cash for everyone ages 5 and up. Hosted by the MHS Cheerleaders. El desfile de Little Mr. & Miss Metter Tiger se llevará a cabo este sábado, 6 de abril en el complejo K-8 (Metter Elementary/Middle Scho Puertas abren a las 9:30 am. La entrada es de 5 $ en efectivo para todos los que tengan 5 años en adelante.

MMS Boys Soccer are REGION CHAMPIONS after they defeated Toombs County today 2-0!! Congratulations players and coaches!!

Tonight, the Candler County Schools held their final FLEX Competition to determine which student entrepreneur would continue on to the state competition in April. Layla Smith, owner of Lens+Lettering, was named the First Place winner and will advance to the state completion. Layla is a 10th Grader at Metter College and Career Academy. Layla won $5000 in the local competition thanks to many sponsors. Second place went to Zach Johnson, owner of Salvage Boyz Baitz. Zach is an 11th Grader at Metter High School and has won $2500 to continue to invest in his business. Christian Goff, owner of Divine Decorative Desserts, was named third place winner. Christian is a 12th Grader at Metter College and Career Academy and has won $1500 to continue her baking business. Congratulations to all of these businesses! They have worked hard to get to this level of competition!

Today's Varsity Baseball game against Bryan County at home has been postponed due to field conditions. The game has been rescheduled for Friday, March 29 at 5:30 PM at home.

On March 27th, in the early morning, a student from Metter High School made a verbal threat towards the school in the presence of a teacher. Fortunately, the teacher responded quickly and informed the administration, who then contacted the School Resource Officers. The law enforcement authorities were able to remove the student from the premises. The student will face appropriate disciplinary action according to the severity of the threat. Candler County Schools is unapologetically committed to ensuring the safety and security of all our students and staff. We’d like to thank our local Sheriff’s Office for their prompt assistance in this matter.

MMS Track Region Meet for TODAY (March 26) has been MOVED UP to 1 pm in Toombs County due to the weather forecast. La reunión de la región de la pista de MMS para HOY (26 de marzo) se ha trasladado a la 1 pm en el condado de Toombs debido al pronóstico del tiempo.

MMS Varsity Baseball team had a big win this afternoon over Screven County 8-5 & with that win it puts the team into the #1 seed for the region playoffs!!

MES Spring Parent Teacher Conferences -sign up with your child's teacher: March 26: Kindergarten May 2-3 : Pre-K April 30: 1st Grade May 1-2: 2nd Grade April 24-25: 3rd Grade May 8 & 10: 4th Grade May 6-7: 5th Grade