Metter College & Career Academy

TONIGHT! May 6 at 6 pm the Metter Chorus (Middle/High) will perform at the K8 Cafeteria! Free admission! Please come support the Chorus program!

Metter High School's Tiger Baseball was notified of their All-Region Honors this past week for Region 3A-Division 1. Rustan Rigdon was named Offensive Player of the Year. Carter Gainous was named 1st Team, ShortStop; Caelan Vernon was named 1st Team-Pitcher. Honorable Mentions went to Kahne Brown, Lawson Bryant, Kaden Hobbs, Hanley Sims and Cace West.

Spring Band Concert photos and videos are uploaded on CCSD's facebook page! Take a look! https://www.facebook.com/candlercountyschooldistrict/

⚽️🐅 MHS Girls Soccer will enter Round 3 of the GHSA State Playoffs on Monday, April 29 against Mt. Vernon at Metter's The Jungle at 5 pm. Due to the construction and school traffic release, please enter the "middle/second" entrance between Metter High School and the K8 Complex AFTER 3:30 pm. Gates to the stadium will not open until 3:30 pm. Tickets are GoFan electronic tickets only and are $7 each. Tickets will go on sale this afternoon (Friday). We will update this post with the direct link at that time. Come out and cheer on your history-making Tigers Soccer Team! 🧡🖤

⚾️GHSA Baseball State Playoff Announcement: Round 2 of the Baseball State Playoffs will begin on Monday, April 29 at 4 pm in Metter at Tiger Stadium. It will be a doubleheader against Crawford County. GHSA requires GoFan electronic tickets for admission. No Booster Passes are allowed. $10 per ticket. Tickets will be available for purchase on GoFan Friday afternoon. Gates will open at 3:30 due to school traffic. Remember to please enter the school using the "middle" entrance AFTER 3:30 pm (one entrance past Metter High School coming from Metter) due to construction and follow the road around to the baseball field. 🐅🏆 GO TIGERS!!

Attention: Minor accident involving a school bus this morning on South Lewis Street. No students were on board. There were no injuries and minimal damage.

Come one, come all, to the greatest show on earth: The Reading Carnival. We had a wonderful turn out at the annual Reading Carnival. Thank you to all those who enjoyed the booths and activities and those who shared their experiences with reading with us. We had close to 400 attend.

⚽️ State Soccer Round 2 Playoff Announcement: MHS Girls Soccer will play Temple at 5 pm Tuesday, April 23 in Metter. GoFan Tickets only. No Booster Passes allowed. MHS Boys Soccer will play Wednesday, April 24 at 6 pm in Lamar County. GoFan Tickets only. 🏆🐅 GO TIGERS!

⚾️GHSA Baseball State Playoff Announcement: Round 1 of the Baseball State Playoffs will begin on Tuesday, April 23 at 2 pm in Metter at Tiger Stadium. It will be a doubleheader against Jefferson County. GHSA requires GoFan electronic tickets for admission. No Booster Passes are allowed. We will get you the cost and the link as soon as possible. 🐅🏆 GO TIGERS!!

Parents, please complete the quick survey. English:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcPBmclgrxEOKd6rtBzTQulh12H-Y02EHrI6ZQAUxjmtreKA/viewform Spanish: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPwoAVxkzdao9OESbonrTo7ajMOd--HbHt8Vh19TXcIr-TVg/viewform

⚽️ MHS Girls Soccer won their first round of state playoffs 5-0 and the MHS Boys Soccer won their first round as well 6-0!! Amya Walker and Damaris Alverado each scored 2 goals and Johnny Elizalde scored 4 goals!

The Candler County School District will host its annual Reading Carnival on Saturday, April 20 from 11 am until 1 pm at the K8 Complex. There will be lots of free activities for all ages and free lunch for all! Please join us! ¡Sábado! El Distrito Escolar del Condado de Candler acogerá su Carnaval anual de Lectura el sábado, 20 de abril de 11 a. m. hasta la 1 p. m. en el complejo K8. ¡Habrá muchas actividades gratis para todas las edades y almuerzo gratis para todos! ¡Por favor únete a nosotros!

🐅🏆SOCCER PLAYOFF GAMES🐅🏆 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 Tuesday, April 16 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!! 🐅🧡🖤🏆 No cash admission nor Metter Booster passes for playoff games. GoFan tickets only: https://gofan.co/app/school/GA23136 Tickets will be $10 and that’s for both girls and boys games. Concessions will be available, cash only. GO TIGERS!!

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

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.

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!

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!