A Candler County Schools bus was involved in an accident this morning at the corner of Vertia St. and College St. around 8 am this morning. No children were aboard the bus at the time and no injuries were reported by either driver.
Authorities responded quickly and a full report of the accident will be released by the Georgia State Patrol at a later time.
Have you visited our website lately? We've uploaded a new video on our homepage that you want to see! https://www.metter.org/o/mcca
We will be uploading new videos every 2 weeks, so remember to return to our homepage often to see new video of the wonderful things our students are doing!
Congrats Lady MHS Tigers on winning the Class A Area 2 Cheer Competition!!
Metter Tigers Football defeats Screven County and will now host Round 1 of the Playoffs on November 10 at 7:30 pm in The Jungle at Metter High against the Swainsboro Tigers. Come cheer these boys on!!
Lady Tigers fall to Prince Avenue 13-1 in first game of the state championship. Next game will be October 26 at 5 pm against Dade County. You can see the bracket here:
https://www.ghsa.net/2023-2024-ghsa-class-a-division-i-state-fast-pitch-softball-tournament-bracket
Hold your heads high, Tigers, and go after Dade County!! 🥎🐅
The MHS Lady Tigers are headed to Columbus for the Elite 8 on the road to a State Championship! The first game will be Wednesday, October 25 at 11 am against Prince Avenue. Let's go Lady Tigers!!! 🥎🐅🏆
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Dr. Bubba Longgrear, Candler County School District Superintendent, has been recognized as one of four 2024 Superintendent of the Year Finalists for the state of Georgia by the Georgia School Superintendents Association (GSSA)!
"It is an honor to be recognized as a finalist," says Dr. Longgrear. "This is truly a recognition for the good work of our school system and community."
Nominations were received from August 2, 2023, to September 1, 2023. Nominations were made by boards of education, colleagues, community members, and businesses, from all over our state.
There were 24 candidates nominated and four were selected as state finalists to represent the superintendent’s profession in Georgia. These four finalists will now move to the next phase of completing an application to enter the national competition, where one of the four will be selected to represent the state of Georgia against the other 49 states and Canada.
"This is a tremendous honor to be amongst the very best professionals who answer the call to serve in the K-12 Public School Superintendency...a most challenging and honorable career," says Dr. John Zauner, Executive Director of GSSA.
Our MHS Lady Tigers Softball Team lost 2-3 against Swainsboro Tigers at the Super Regionals being held at Crawford County High School. Tigers will now play Pelham High School. Follow the Lady Tigers on Gamechanger or check back here for updates.
The American Rescue Plan Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief required the Candler County School District to create a plan to ensure additional steps are taken to safely reopen schools for in-person instruction, keep schools open, and take appropriate measures to helps schools invest in mitigation strategies consistent with the CDC. In addition, school districts must address interrupted instruction by committing a minimum of 20% of these funds to address learning loss. Please review the ARP and Return to In-Person Instruction plans and provide any feedback.
Link to the plan: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QfccHPn8GO_3rradJinOj8i2fl4gMYqX/edit#slide=id.p1
Link to feedback form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTGt1SSLuMmmB7WFABWoxpbLztmvv9FALWkEoVyt1WAEBTZw/viewform
Our Lady Tigers Softball Team will enter the Super Regionals on Wednesday, October 18 during Game 2 against Swainsboro Tigers at 2 pm at Crawford County High School. When we win Game 2, we will play the winner of Game 1 at 6 pm.
GHSA has set ticket prices at $12 for a day pass or $20 for tournament pass. There will be no Cash Sales, GoFan Only. https://gofan.co/event/1169750?schoolId=GA23136
The address for the school is 400 East Agency Street, Roberta, GA. There will be designated fan parking at the front of the school beside the football stadium. To access the softball complex, fans enter through the visitor’s entrance of the football stadium. Stay to the far right walkway, and follow the walkway to the softball field.
GO METTER LADY TIGERS!!!
Music in the Park scheduled for tonight has been postponed to a later date. Follow this page to find out when!
—Candler County SWIRL Council
La música en el parque prevista para esta noche se ha pospuesto para una fecha posterior. ¡Sigue esta página para saber cuándo!
—Consejo SWIRL del condado de Candler
MHS Tiger Football will take on Savannah High School on Friday, October 13 in Savannah at 6 pm. You can listen to the game on WHCG Better 105.9 FM in your car or online at https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fradio.securenetsystems.net%2Fcirruscontent%2FWHCG%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR30yuosFxSd66AZIbn9Ly28_DU2ibCe7svPSC__lzF-rKbQB50n7Q1NGP0&h=AT1aRJsWUuob1T2ydT2KLz6ksUV1pxv3wcfVI3CDVBPr0FNGek74CND8mEZOp5TBxNgbAPXSTYc4-Nm1ECEFiq-wTBgiCxsfN9ZP4qamJhewXUIsDMp6ov4tIx2El-5YAWVvjEA&__tn__=%2CmH-R&c[0]=AT1JMvowZ1YWA4dXUJeVjrTu6vN9e6e6q5NeQibpyN-PoL2HAKeKfejWfjCHbk9d-zsXKGCVfvbUCB8t7Zg9h-5sXJ7Yx0R4eUjIHzjaE_lENSO8lBJi6Xjdk3F87eFghaa4No7T6ZdODlJIXYQlfNN-Ax3iEg
Thanks to all who drove during Metter Ford's Drive One 4UR School! We had over 330 test drives which exceeds the goal. Some of the drivers have still not completed the post survey that was texted or emailed to you after you completed the drive. If you haven't completed, please do so asap to get credit and funding for your drive.
A Special THANK YOU to The Pond House and to JoMax BBQ for donating tonight's Booster Meal! We appreciate Ricky and the teams at the restaurants! Go check them out this weekend for some good food! YUM!!
For you planners, the 2024-2025 School Calendar has been approved by the Board of Education and is now posted online at https://5il.co/25pij
MCCA welcomed Georgia Department of Education representatives Dr. Barbara Wahl and Matt Donaldson, Senator Billy Hickman for State Senate and MCCA Board Members Victoria Gaitten and Marty Ray today to learn more about the College and Career Academy and to see some of the students in action.
The group met with the Heavy Equipment Operator class (who demonstrated the heavy equipment simulators), Mrs. Autumn Chicola's ELA class (who are building a campaign to help Metter Animal Shelter), and with Mr. Tony Lescak's Film and Audio Technology class (who were filming "match shots" in the MHS Commons Area).
Dress up days, a parade, tailgating and football...oh my! HOMECOMING is going to be awesome this year! Check out the new webpage so you can keep up with all that is going on!! https://www.metter.org/o/mhs/page/homecoming2023
MHS Receives Scientific Equipment
Metter High School (MHS) Science Department teacher, Dr. Felicia Forbes, traveled to Tucker, Georgia to go “shopping” and received thousands of dollars in laboratory equipment and supplies from the Center for Global Health Innovation’s (CGHI) Equipment Depot on Saturday, September 9, 2023. This laboratory equipment and supplies will reach hundreds of students in the MHS Science Department, MHS Science Olympiad and Science Club members. Prior to shopping, Dr. Forbes participated in the hands-on professional development workshop to learn about the Genes in Space contest. A scholarship was awarded to cover the cost of the workshop. Along with a cohort of teachers, she had a chance to complete a guided, hands-on lab activity using Biotechnology company miniPCR bio equipment. All participants were able to keep the kit containing the equipment and reagents they used to participate. Dr. Forbes stated she would like to thank all the companies who donate equipment and supplies to the Equipment Depot to support science learning in the state of Georgia.
Pictured: MHS Science Teacher Dr. Felicia Forbes (left) with MHS Principal Ellis Strobridge with all the donated Science Equipment
The MHS Raiders took first place overall in the Mixed Division at the Area 9 Meet today with 3 events with a first place win and 2 events with a second place win!! Mixed The Division means that the team has males and females and you start at least 4 females per event (Metter had 5 females). Congratulations to the Raiders and Col. Hoyt on the win!! Videos and photos to come!
The MCCA Flex Competition Committee met at the high school during lunch a few days ago to discuss this year's upcoming competition. The committee was blown away by their lunch prepared by Metter High School's Culinary Pathway students! Doesn't it look fabulous?!?! And it was good too 😋!! Thank you, students, for showing off your skills to our community members!
