Candler County School District

Highlights from today: MHS FBLA is Chapter of the Year! See the article here: https://www.metter.org/o/mhs/article/1522176 MHS Boys Tennis are Region Runner Ups! See the article here: https://www.metter.org/o/mhs/article/1522150 MHS Drill Team is on a Roll! See article here: https://www.metter.org/o/mhs/article/1522156

On March 22 at 2 pm during the Ag Day at the Schools, there will be a fire/airplane demonstration. We must stop traffic on Hwy 129 during this time due to smoke. Please know that there is no emergency during this time but you may want to choose an alternate route.

Congratulations to Miss Catherine Hill who is the local Amazing Shake Champion after competing today at the Retired Teachers Lunch at Bevricks. All 5 participants will go on to the Ron Clark Academy next Friday, March 22 to compete in the global competition. Congratulations to Catherine and all the participants who are developing their soft skills!

Congratulations to the Middle School Band on all Superior ratings today at LGPE!!

Congratulations to Miss Abigail Hall, our 2024 Miss MHS!! Her court includes: first runner up, Raquel Alvarado; second runner up Sydney Hadden; third runner up Rebekah Chambers; and fourth runner up Janie Turner. 🧡🖤🧡🖤 More photos to come soon!

The Gregg Wolfe Invitational Golf Tournament scheduled for Saturday has been postponed. We will notify you of a new date when it’s been rescheduled.

Metter Tiger Varsity Baseball: Today's game (March 7) has been postponed. More info to come on rescheduling.

Monday, March 11 at 6 pm MHS/MCCA Fine Arts Night in the MHS Commons Area Please come and enjoy the talent of our Fine Arts students with Art, Chorus, Performing Arts, Film Making, and Band!

Due to the incoming weather on Tuesday, March 5, Metter Varsity Baseball's Game 1 start time has been moved up to 3:00pm at ECI. It will be a doubleheader.

As many of you know, the City of Metter is about to rebuild the Fire Station. While under construction, the Fire Department will need somewhere to store their firetrucks and equipment. The Young Farmers and FFA organizations at Metter High School are constructing a pole barn at the Metter Police Station for the Fire Department to use to store their trucks/equipment. They are in the process of installing the trusses this week with the help of instructors Mr. Jon Milligan and Mr. Blake Jeffers, along with Mr. Harold Milligan.

The Another Bloomin' Run (Obstacle Course inside schools) will be held on March 29 at 6 pm! Registration is only $12 per person and will reduce to $10 per person for teams of 6 or more. Registration includes an ABR t-shirt, access to any in-person event activities, and makes you eligible for any raffles and contests! If you would like this year’s ABR t-shirt, you must register by March 2nd. You may still register after that time in order to be eligible for our contests. If you are interested in participating, please visit https://runsignup.com/Race/GA/... to sign up! If you have any questions regarding the event, please contact Christina Holland at 912-314-6463. The “Another Bloomin’ Run” event was established to promote awareness, acceptance and inclusion of students with disabilities in Candler County. Through proceeds earned by the race, our students in The Program for Exceptional Children have benefited in many ways. We have been able to provide enrichment opportunities for our students, purchase needed technology to help students succeed and provide educational resources for parents and much more.

Bring your children or grandchildren ages 0-5 years old for a night of fun activities at the L. C. Anderson Memorial Library - Candler County on Thursday, February 29 from 6-7 pm!

On Wednesday, February 28 from 6-8 pm, MHS/MCCA will host a Dual Enrollment Information Night to learn the ins and outs of Dual Enrollment. It is important to learn the pathway your child needs to take in order to be able to take Dual Enrollment classes. Reps from Southeastern Tech, Ogeechee Tech, East Ga State and Georgia Southern will be there to discuss options.​​

FBLA and Shepeard Blood Center will be hosting a blood drive on Friday, February 23rd on the Bloodmobile buses from 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. in front of Metter High School. Donors should be sure to eat a nutritious breakfast and drink lots of water on the day of the blood drive. Additionally, donors should begin now eating iron rich foods in their meals to help avoid low iron which eliminates a person from donating. Students must be at least 16 years of age, meet height and weight requirements, AND have parent permission to donate blood. Morning donors will receive a free breakfast item. And all blood donors will receive snacks and a free t-shirt while supplies last. All students who donate blood will also receive a free 100 ticket to be used in a high school classroom at the teacher's discretion. Students under the age of 16 are encouraged to recruit a donor on their behalf to also earn the free 100 ticket. Additionally, students who donate OR recruit donors on their behalf three times during one school year will earn a Red Cord to wear at graduation. This is our THIRD blood drive of the year, so this is your THIRD chance to work toward earning that Red Cord for this school year!!! Our goal is to have 75 people present to be blood donors on Friday, February 23rd! Remember each blood donation saves up to three lives!

We are excited to announce that we will begin construction on the new Metter College & Career Academy very soon! As with any construction project, there are challenges. For at least the remainder of this school year and more than likely, into next year, students will continue to park in the grass area in front of the school. However, beginning MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 the former student parking area will be blocked off to ALL traffic and there will be no through-traffic to the back of the High School. NO students will be able to park directly behind the High School. If faculty/staff wish to park near the tennis courts or the weight room during the school day, they will have to enter through the Oak Tree Entrance. Please note there is plenty of parking at the K8 complex. After 3:30 pm weekdays and on the weekends, traffic is permitted through the Bus Entrance to the athletic complexes. We understand this will be an inconvenience for some, but please understand that we are growing and the final product will be well worth it!

Middle Schoolers! Don't forget your money for Snack Shack tomorrow, Feb 16! All proceeds from the Snack Shack sales will be used by the Candler County SWIRL Literacy Council to purchase book benches for our community! ¡Alumnos de secundaria! ¡No olvides tu dinero para Snack Shack mañana, 16 de febrero! ¡Todas las ganancias de las ventas de Snack Shack serán usadas por el Consejo de Alfabetización SWIRL del Condado de Candler para comprar bancos de libros para nuestra comunidad!

Don't forget to sign up for our Remind for families with babies and Tots ages 0-5 years! It's simple! On your phone, send a text to 81010 that says @4g3f2fg and you are signed up! You will receive text occasionally telling you about our fun family events!

MHS Soccer games scheduled for today (Mon, Feb 12) have been cancelled due to weather.

​MMS Parent Teacher Conferences will be held Feb 14th, 15th and 16th. All 8th grade conferences will be on the 16th and that it is vital that parents attend because you will be deciding on what school (MHS OR MCCA) your child will attend next year as a freshman. Forms for sign up were sent home with your child last week. Please return them as soon as possible, if you haven't already.​

Today, the MMS Beta Club closed out their first-ever blanket drive. Thanks to the participation of many MMS students and their families' and the communities' generous donations, this drive raised over 100 blankets for those in need!!! Huge shout out to Mrs. Stripling's Homeroom for donating the most blankets!!!