Meridian ISD

UIL Academic Regional Meet competitors ready for a lovely dinner at Pelican's Landing.

The Blood Drive is open to the public. You can sign up for a time online.

As we are entering the final Grading Cycle of the year, there are numerous events occurring on both campuses. To keep updated, please access the Events Calendar on our MHS website: https://www.meridianisd.org/o/meridian-isd/events

High School One Act Play presents: Failure: A Love Story. Sunday, April 11, at 3:00pm in the High School Cafeteria. Free admission. Donations are appreciated.

DON"T FORGET!!! 7th Grade Parent Meeting tonight, April 7, at 5:30 pm in the High School cafeteria. We need all parents and 7th graders in attendance to talk about their CTE Pathways and upcoming courses. We hope to see you there!

Meridian Elementary School would like to recognize Mrs. Anna Brister, ECSE Paraprofessional, and Mrs. Maria Ortiz, Custodian, as Staff Members of the Month for March. This achievement recognizes them for being "Heart at Work" for their constant efforts to help make Meridian Elementary "Out of This World!" Help us congratulate these two ladies for their dedication to the students, staff, and families of Meridian ISD.

Reminder: 7th Grade Parent Meeting tomorrow, April 7, at 5:30 pm in the High School cafeteria. We need all parents and 7th graders in attendance to talk about their CTE Pathways and upcoming courses. See you tomorrow!

MES teachers have the sidewalks ready to welcome our 4th graders Tuesday morning with words of motivation and encouragement for the 4th grade STAAR Writing test!

The MES staff is proud to celebrate World Autism Day today! April is Autism Awareness Month and every Friday in April we encourage our students and staff to wear Blue or Red to promote awareness and acceptance for all individuals with Autism.

Today we celebrated two of our lovely teachers who are getting married next week. Congratulations Coach Styron and Ms. Weeks!

Friendly Reminder that MISD students will be on holiday Thursday, April 1 & Friday, April 2. Classes will resume on Monday, April 5.

HS UIL Academic competed yesterday and were highly successful!! Congratulations to the following students: Norah Lira- 1st place Calculator Applications America Ramirez- 6th place Calculator Applications, 5th place Mathematics, 2nd place Number Sense Dylan Poole- 2nd place Current Issues Joseph Sandley- 4th place Computer Applications Kylie Hood- 6th place Copy Editing Celdan Crews- 3rd place Editorial Writing Natalee Rabago- 4th place Feature Writing Cynthia Maldonado- 4th place Headline Writing Summer Chen- 1st place Literary Criticism, 1st place Ready Writing, 5th place Social Studies Anthony Gonzalez- 4th Mathematics Vanessa Ramos- 4th News Writing Elina Rosales- 3rd place Spelling and Vocabulary Calculator Applications Team- 1st place Regional Qualifiers are Nora Lira, Dylan Poole, Celdan Crews, America Ramirez, Summer Chen, Elina Rosales, RJ Flournoy and Aletheia Sandley.

7th Grade Parents- we will have a parent meeting for you and your student April 7, 2021 at 5:30 pm in the High School Cafeteria. It is important to attend, because we will discuss our CTE pathways and other expectations for your student's 8th grade year.

Students Return from Spring Break on Monday, March 22. We look forward to seeing our students on Monday. When they return, most of our Covid guidelines are still in place however, face coverings will be optional. Staff, students and visitors can make the choice to wear face coverings or not. We ask that you respect each person's individual choice regarding the wearing of face coverings. We will continue to monitor Covid conditions and can re-instate the wearing of face coverings if needed. We encourage you to continue washing hands regularly, maintain distance when appropriate and do not send your child to school if they have symptoms. Thank You! Mrs. Edwards

Congratulations to the 2021-2022 High School Cheerleaders: Hope Cabrera Abby Edwards Annaka Flatt Brylee Heim Kaidence Jones Catherine Lunsford Courtney Lunsford Raeann Reisinger

Meridian Elementary School would like to recognize Mrs. Tami Wehmeyer, MES Secretary, and Mrs. Diana Davis, 2nd Grade Teacher, as Staff Members of the Month for February. This achievement recognizes them for being "Heart at Work" for their constant efforts to help make Meridian Elementary "Out of This World!" Help us congratulate these two ladies for their dedication to the students, staff, and families of Meridian ISD.

Upcoming Spring Break & the 2020-21 Calendar Meridian ISD was granted approval of a missed school days waiver this morning by TEA. With approval of that waiver, students will not have to make up the time missed for the snow days in February. Barring any other school closures, the approved 2020-21 MISD school calendar will remain the same. A link to the calendar is found here: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/763703/20-21_School_COVID_Slide_Calendar__approved_6-22-20.pdf Students will release at 12:25 pm on Friday, March 12 and return to class on Monday, March 22. Additionally, students will be on holiday April 1 and 2. Stay tuned here for more announcements coming this week... Thanks! Mrs. Edwards

Keeping MISD Staff Healthy, Part 2 Prior to Governor Abbott's announcement last week, which added school staff to the vaccination list, Nurse Amy had begun work with Goodall Witcher Hospital to provide Covid vaccines to any staff member wishing to receive them. Our first vaccination clinic was held on Monday, March 8. Nurse Amy is pictured here "taking one for the team". Special thanks to Goodall Witcher & Nurse Amy for providing this service!

Keeping MISD Staff Healthy MISD staff recently had the opportunity to participate in several medical screenings at no cost to them. Eligible tests were bone density, AFIB and thyroid just to name a few. These tests were done on a Saturday so as not to disrupt the school day. Thank you to Texas Mobile Imaging and Nurse Amy for providing this service!!!

Reminder, it's "Read Across America" Week at MES! Keep encouraging your children to read at least 20 minutes daily at home. There is still time to visit the MES Virtual Book Fair to get new books for your home library (www.scholastic.com/bf/meridianelementaryschool2)