Metter Elementary School

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!!!

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

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

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!!

1st - 3rd Grade Top Tiger Wall of Fame recipients of Homecoming Football Tickets!

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

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

The Candler County School District (CCSD) and the Candler County Sheriff’s Office continue to collaborate for the safety of our community’s students, teachers and staff through trainings and drills. Sheriff’s office personnel and School Resource Officers have been working with the school administrators on planning an intruder drill, as the recent House Bill 147 requires at least one each school year. While the House Bill specifies an Intruder Drill, the Sheriff’s Office has been providing many different safety drills for the schools for a number of years. The Candler County School District will conduct an Intruder Drill prior to October 1, as required by the House Bill, at the K-8 complex for the Elementary and Middle Schools and at the High School for High School and the College & Career Academy. “While these types of events are extremely rare nationwide, our focus remains on the safety of our children and staff and we want to be prepared in the best way possible for any event that might occur,” says CCSD Superintendent Bubba Longgrear. The Candler County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting the drill and have trained school staff on best practices in order to keep themselves and their students safe. “We want to inform the community that this is a drill and there is no reason to be alarmed,” says Sheriff John Miles. “Our deputies will be on campus to conduct the drill and to evaluate procedures so we know we are prepared for any emergency.” Candler County School District works daily to ensure a safe and secure learning environment for all students and staff. In the event of an actual emergency, school administrators will work in collaboration with the Candler County Sheriff’s Office and other emergency management personnel. In the event of an actual emergency, parents can obtain information about their child’s school by downloading the Candler County School District app on cell phones to receive notifications from the school, checking the school website, following the school on social media, as well as, accepting phone calls from the school’s automated phone system. “When the actual drill takes place, our communications team will send alerts through the website, the app, and social media, just as they would in a true emergency,” says Longgrear. “We ask parents to avoid coming to the school to ‘check on your child’ in this drill or in a real emergency. One concern noted by professionals with an event like this is that when people start racing to the school it interferes with the number of officers who can deal with the actual situation because officers are then needed to manage crowd control and secure the building from visitors." The Candler County School District would like to thank the Candler County Sheriff’s Office and all local agencies for their proactive approach to school and community safety.

Did you know? Each year, the Candler County Education Foundation awards grants to our own teachers/staff members for innovation learning opportunities for our students. Some of those grants from 2022-2023 include: MES - enhancement of Tiger Time MES - purchase of books for PreK Students MES- Lego Robotics Competition MES - Math Mania Competition MMS - Reading Bowl MMS - Apple pencils for Art Program MMS - Robotics set, Engage Club and Jr. Beta Club MMS - Amazing Shake Competition MHS - Science Olympiad MHS - Performing Arts Conference MHS - JROTC MHS/MCCA - Forklift Training for students The Education Foundation depends on contributions by individuals, businesses, corporations and other resources that can be utilized to enhance the educational opportunities in Candler County Public Schools. You can learn more: https://www.metter.org/page/candler-county-ed-foundation and you can help by donating if you feel led to do so. Thank you.

Metter Elementary School is pleased to announce the Metter Elementary School Teacher of the Year is Ms. Sherry Tyler! Ms. Sherry is the 2nd grade Science and Social Studies teacher and beloved by so many of our children and her colleagues.

The Board of Education has announced its intention to maintain a 14.0 millage rate, as necessary for the securing of state equalization funds, which will require an increase in property taxes by 5.58 percent. All concerned citizens are invited to the first public hearing on this tax increase to be held at the Candler County Board of Education Central Office on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 6:00 pm. Times and places of additional public hearings on this tax increase are at the Candler County Schools K-8 Complex on September 19, 2023 at 8:00 am and the Candler County Board of Education Central Office on September 21, 2023 at 5:00 pm. The tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 14.000 mills, an increase of .74 mills. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 13.260 mills. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $150,000 is approximately $42.92 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $100,000 is approximately $29.60.

When dismissing a student early, parents must come into the office and sign them out before the child is dismissed from class. We will no longer accept phone calls ahead of time (this is the same rule as MMS). 2) Drop off is very busy at Oaktree. We would like this be for our youngest students. All others please consider dropping off at Pond or the front. These areas are less congested in the morning.

Title 1 and Parent Orientation for PreK-8th Grades coming up Tuesday, August 15. 5 pm Title 1 Meeting 5:30 pm Parent Orientation Held at PreK-8 Complex

Have you downloaded our App yet? It's a great tool to quickly access information! Search "Candler County School District" on your phone's app store.

Schools have power today (Wednesday, August 9) and are ready to welcome students. Buses are also running, although some may be a little off schedule.

The Candler County School District requires parents/students to register for transportation services prior to the upcoming school year. This form allows parents to request transportation for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year. Please complete the form for each student in your household. Failure to complete this form could result in delays or denial of transportation services at the beginning of the new school year. Please do not assume that just because your student was a bus rider last year that he/she is automatically a bus rider for the upcoming school year. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgjxtkON5YyquePAbr7rH_hF_s1aFs8ei0IDmhFrlC0txsSw/viewform?pli=1