Meridian ISD

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)

Reminder, it's "Read Across America" Week at MES! -Your child can dress up daily to go along with our Reading Spirit Days. -Visit the MES Virtual Book Fair to get new books for your home library (www.scholastic.com/bf/meridianelementaryschool2)

This week, Meridian Elementary will be celebrating Dr. Suess' Birthday and "Read Across America" week! We encourage you to read the information sent home last week regarding the importance of ensuring your child is reading every day at home for 20 minutes! Your child may also dress up this week to go along with each day's theme. We look forward to a fun week focused on the joys of reading!

**Elementary Online Book Fair Information: Dear MISD Families, As you shop our online Scholastic Book Fair, you will be asked to set up an account. By doing so, you are helping us earn our Scholastic Dollars which will be used to purchase books for the MES library. Using a Scholastic Book Fair account is easy and simple. And, a portion of every penny spent benefits our MES library and students!! We hope you enjoy shopping with your child(ren). Please get started by going to www.scholastic.com/bf/meridianelementaryschool2. It's fun and easy and it's a huge part of how we add new books to our library. Thank you for taking time to visit and shop at our Scholastic Online Book Fair.

News for You Elementary students were on the playground this morning and heard a firearm be discharged. Out of precaution, both campuses were locked and no students were allowed outside. Meridian PD was contacted and after an investigation, it was determined that someone in a nearby neighborhood had discharged a firearm. I wanted you to be aware of what had happened. Stay Safe and Stay well! Mrs. Edwards

Due to last week's winter weather and the inability of our food delivery trucks to get to us, our cafeteria menu has changed. Here are the adjustments: Fish sandwich on Wednesday Nachos on Thursday and Pizza on Friday. Additional items may need to be changed as we move through the week. Thank you! Mrs. Edwards

From Mr. Prost, Welcome to Mars! Just in case you missed it, NASA's Mars rover "Perseverance" safely landed on Mars at 2:55 our time last Wednesday, February 17. On this rover is a plaque inscribed with the names of those brave enough to travel along with it, namely Meridian ISD Junior High. By traveling to Mars aboard the rover, we have amassed a total of 313, 586,649 frequent flyer miles!

Meridian Elementary School is having our annual Book Fair ONLINE only this year! Flyers and information have been sent home with students. Every dollar spent helps support and grow our school library! MES Virtual Book Fair Dates: February 22 - March 7, 2021 Shop online at: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/meridianelementaryschool2 *Feel free to share the link with others! Products ship directly to your house!!

Junior Parent Meeting- Thursday, Feb. 25 at 6:00 pm in the HS Cafeteria. We need parents to help with Prom.

"The Parent Meeting for Varsity cheerleading tryouts has been moved to Saturday, February 27th from 9-10am at the High School. For any questions or concerns, please email lbutler@meridianisd.org"

Seniors- Herff Jones will be here March 5th during lunch for Invitation orders.

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow, Monday, February 22, as we resume regular classes.

Meridian ISD will be closed on Friday, February 19. Classes will resume on Monday, February 22. Stay safe and stay warm! Mrs. Edwards

Meridian ISD will be closed Thursday. No remote learning. Stay safe and stay warm! Mrs. Edwards

Meridian ISD will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb 16 and 17. Due to power outages and connectivity issues we will not do remote instruction. Stay safe and stay warm! Mrs. Edwards

A friendly reminder that Meridian ISD already had Monday, February 15 designated as a school holiday so we will be closed tomorrow for Presidents' Day. As we move through this week, we will continue keep you posted about changes due to weather. Stay blessed and stay warm! Mrs. Edwards

Come out tonight and support our boys for their last home basketball game of the season against Valley Mills. There is a playoff game set to start at 5:00 and our boys will begin at the conclusion of that game, approximately 7:00. The link for purchasing online tickets is available at: https://meridian-isd.ticketleap.com/ Since this is a re-scheduled game, we will honor tickets purchased for the original Thursday night game as well. Hope to see you there!

Buses will run 30 minutes early and all other students are also released at 2:55 today.

Meridian ISD will run buses 30 minutes early today, February 11. I apologize for any inconvenience. Weather is changing quickly and we want to get our students home safely. Thank you! Mrs. Edwards

Junior Parents- the Prom meeting scheduled for tonight is changed due to weather. The meeting will be Feb. 16 at 6:00 pm in the high school cafeteria.