*Elementary News* For families that have responded and/or paid ahead for guest lunches, Lunch Reservation Times for the Thanksgiving Family Feast are coming home with students today. Please check your student's folder, backpack, or planner. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday!

Change in tonight's basketball schedule at Clifton: JV girls at 5:00, Varsity girls at 6:00 and Varsity boys at 7:00. See you in Clifton tonight!!

MHS wants to congratulate our Faculty and Staff Members of the 2nd 6 weeks. Amy Dirkse- Staff Member and Taylor Hull- Faculty Member, were voted by the students for this great honor. Congratulations!!

Congrats to the following students for being named Classroom Champions for the 2ndSix weeks. High school: Fatima Lopez Cambree White Holly Shaw EliseGarza Natily Rabago Jada Crawford Damion Foss Cynthia Maldonado Tierney McLennan Norah Lira Wyatt Heflin Jacob Knight Journie Tweedle Madi Hicks Michelle Santamaria Liberty Heflin JH: Summer Chen Cooper Arthur Raechel Ramirez Ociana Pendleton Michael Gillelan Eve Dirkse Santos Ramirez Gabby Ardeneaux Sophia Baker Brooke Thomas Hope Cabrera Avary Woolsey Brayden Wehmeyer Jamie Cook Bradley Kline’s Brianna McRorey Noah Alvizo

Congrats to Alexa Lane for being named the JH Gold Star Student for the 2nd Six weeks. Congrats Alexa!

Congrats to Reese Errington for being named the HS Gold Star student for the 2nd Six Weeks. Congrats Reese!

A great time and amazing food had by all at the 2nd Annual Band Family Thanksgiving!

Both tonight's and tomorrow's JH OAP performances are canceled due to illness.

Tonight's JH One Act Play performance has been canceled. We will keep you posted about tomorrow afternoon's performance.

First win of the season for the Jackets. 57-46 over Texas Wind. Great job guys! #restoretheswarm

More Life Lessons- Coach Morton teaching resume writing, Mrs. Reed taxes, and Mr. Reisinger how to fill out a W-2. These are just a few of the many awesome lessons our students could participate in this week.

Life Lessons in this week's Jacket Period Classes. Coach Coffman teaching cards, Ms. Hughes snail mail, Coach Johansson Study Skills, and Coach Hull nutrition.

Access to the Texas Assessment website can now be found on on our Meridian ISD website at https://www.meridianisd.org/o/meridian-isd/page/assessment--40

*Elementary News* Reminder - Please RSVP and send your money for Guest Meals for the Family Feast at Meridian Elementary by tomorrow (Friday, 11/15)

PARENT PORTAL UPDATE Directions on using the newly updated Parent Portal can be found here on the www.meridianisd.org website as a news story. https://www.meridianisd.org/article/160807?org=meridian-isd Please help us by sharing this information. Thank you!!!

Congratulations to Mrs. Tracy White for being selected as 95.3 Teacher of the Week!!! She is very deserving of this great honor!!

ESC 12 recently updated our Parent Portal Program. At this time, there are some features that are only available from a desktop and not a personal device (cell phone). We are working with ESC 12 to get that corrected so you can have full access on any device.

Congratulations to our JH One Act Play for their outstanding performance yesterday. A big congratulations to our All Star Cast members Ociana Pendleton and Jackson Errington, Honorable Mention Haelee Klassen and Ben Beaudin, and Outstanding Crew Alex Rodriguez. Great job!

Basketball Shirts for sale. $15 deadline noon Monday, Nov 18

The Junior High One Act Play has their UIL Competition in Hamilton this Tuesday at 1:00. Good luck to all of our OAP participants!! There will be 2 performances free to the parents/public, Nov. 16 at 7:00 pm and Nov. 17 at 2:00 pm in the HS Cafeteria. Everyone is welcome!

Good luck to our State qualifying CC team today! If you want to watch here is the link : https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/associations/uil

Come join us tonight in Hubbard as we close out our 2019 Football Season against the jaguars. Kick-off @ 7:30. #restoretheswarm

Today is Report Card Day!!! MES students will come home with theirs. MHS student report cards will be mailed home. Be on the lookout for your student's report card. 👀

There will be a mandatory parent meeting for HS girls basketball on Monday November 11 at 5:30 in the cafetorium.

Calendar Update: Early Dismissal on 12/5/19 at 12:30 PM for Elementary and Jr. High Academic UIL

Meridian Elementary School would like to recognize Mrs. Mary Booth, Instructional Paraprofessional, and Ms. Nansy Reiss, Art/MPACT Teacher, as Staff Members of the Month for October. This achievement recognizes them for being "Heart at Work" for their constant efforts to help make Meridian Elementary "The Greatest School on Earth". Help us congratulate these two ladies for their dedication to the students, staff, and families of Meridian ISD.

More pictures from our College and Career Fair.

MHS hosted our first College and Career Fair today, and it was a huge success. We have 12 Colleges/Technical Colleges, 7 different businesses, and 3 branches of the Military. We want to thank everyone who came to support our students. We are looking forward to next year!

Parent Portal has a new look!! You can still access Parent Portal through our website. The username and password that you have always used will still work. Take a look at it and if you have any questions contact a school office.

More 2nd grade mixtures & reactions “ghosts”

Kindergartners at MES made predictions, then tested different size pumpkins to learn about sinking & floating. 5th graders tested to see if water temperature affected the brightness of glow sticks & the Meridian 7th grade band treated the school to a "spooky" music concert, too!

Halloween was a fun learning day at MES! 2nd grade learned about mixtures & reactions with baking soda & vinegar "ghosts". 4th grade had a "funeral" for dead (overused) words in Lang. Arts & 5th graders raced using "snot" to capture, then decode Figurative Language Phrases.

School picture re-take day is November 7 for both campuses. Contact the school if you have any questions about re-take day. For questions about previous school picture purchases contact Lifetouch at 866-955-8342.

Junior High Pep Rally will be Thursday at 2:57.

Senior Night at the football game this Friday. Hope to see everyone there. Senior Pep Rally will be the last Pep Rally- next week, November 8.

State Qualifiers and Dakota Cassidy and Mallory Paruszewski top 10!!

Repeat State Qualifiers!!! Regional 3rd place... Congrats girls, Coach Kendall, and Coach Cooper!!

Meridian Elementary is having a Non-Perishables Food Drive now through Nov. 22nd

Basketball Schedules for the 2019-20 season have been posted to the district website at: https://www.meridianisd.org/o/meridian-isd/browse/74040 They are also listed under the "Events" tab of our Meridian ISD App.

What did your students do in this beautiful Saturday? These Jackets got up extra early to travel to Austin for the Student Activities Conference. #restoretheswarm #UIL

Progress Reports went home today from the Meridian Secondary School. Please ask your students for their reports!!

Due to weather, tonight's Junior High Football game has been cancelled.

Progress Reports are headed home today!! For those of you who are using our Meridian ISD App, we have just added a Parent Portal link to that menu. Thanks to Mrs. Leisha Martin for the great idea!

Kindness matters.

Don't Forget it's Red Ribbon Week 10/23 - 10/31. Dress for the theme each day!!

Meridian Secondary School was honored to have Blake Keith & Colton Marshall speak about the dangers of vaping.These young men recently experienced life threatening issues strictly due to vaping.They're trying to make a change by sharing these experiences.Thank you for your time!

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” – Princess Diana #buildabetterswarm

Update on today Both campuses were without water for a period of time this morning. The city had a water main break and worked feverishly to get water restored. Additionally, we have also been upgrading our network to relieve phone issues this afternoon. Thank you!

The district phones and internet are down. We are in the process of getting new servers to help with our internet issues. We appreciate your patience and hope to be back up this afternoon. We will keep you updated.

Help us spread words of kindness and affirmation. #buildabetterswarm

Friday was the Wedding of the Clauses in 4th Grade! The students composed two independent clauses and joined them with “two rings”- the comma and FANBOYS (coordinating conjunctions). They enjoyed walking down the aisle to the Wedding March and witnessing other students unite two thoughts. They did a great job writing compound sentences in the guest book, as well. It was a day to remember!

Anti Bullying Campaign winning Jacket Period students enjoying their Ice Cream Party. Great job!!

October is Anti Bullying month and our Jacket Periods competed for the best Anti Bullying door. We had some good ones!!

Way to go Kenadee!!! Reserve Grand Champion Chianina at the State Fair of Texas. Looks like they are both smiling.

Students receiving Hill College's "Moving Forward" for having 15 college hours. Congratulations Liberty Stauffer, Lani Edwards, and Zak Dirkse!!

Week of Oct. 21st-25th: NHS & Student Council members will be spreading kindness through various social media platforms using #buildabetterswarm. We hope this will catch on & reach beyond our students. Students will have space where they can leave words of kindness for others.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Meridian High School National Honor Society and Student Council members have been working hard to get the message out to always be kind. #buildabetterswarm

These students were chosen by their teachers as their top student choice for the first six weeks Students of the 1st Six Weeks: High School: Cynthia Maldonado Annaka Flatt Braislee White Austin Perry Natalee Rabago Kayla Rosas Michael Crawford Michelle Santamaria America Ramirez Liberty Hefflin Cambree White Jaden Trester Elijah Smith Braden Miller Kylie Hood Junior High: Brianna McKay Haelee Klassen Ethan Williams Ridge Risinger Alex Rodriguez Ben Beaudin Ociana Pendleton Katelyn Ramirez Noah Smith Josie Johnson Braden Wehmeyer Journey Stauffer Summer Chen Dyna Potter Noah Alviso Karla Pribble Michael Gillelan

Meridian JH teachers awarded their first Gold Star student this week. Teachers nominated students of their choice and then voted for one top student. We are only going to award 5 students this school year. Those nominated had to be the best of the best. Teachers had to write a paragraph detailing why they were nominating that student. The first recipient of the Gold Star Award is 7th grader Jackson Errington.

Meridian HS teachers awarded their first Gold Star student this week. Teachers nominated students of their choice and then voted for one top student. We are only going to award 5 students this school year. Those nominated had to be the best of the best. Teachers had to write a paragraph detailing why they were nominating that student. The first recipient of the Gold Star Award is Senior Zade Kendall.

Come out and support our kids tonight as we take on Dawson at home. Kick-off is at 7:30 and it is our pink-out game. Band of Gold will perform at half-time and concessions will be offering hot chocolate and coffee. We hope to see you there.....#restoretheswarm

Our phones and email are working. Thanks for your patience today as we corrected issues with them.

Meridian High School is hosting a College and Career Fair for 9th-12th grade students Nov. 5 from 9-12. If any local businesses/organizations would like to come and share information with our students, we would greatly appreciate it. Please call the school for more information.

Phones are currently working. We are still updating the system and may experience brief outages through the afternoon. Thanks for your patience!

Phones are down across the district. We will let you know as soon as they are back up. Thank you for your patience.

Congrats to varsity girls CC district champs and regional qualifiers. Also congrats to De’Marius and Cody for qualifying as well.

Currently the phones at High School & at the Elementary are down.

The Band of Gold continued their success with a 1 today at the UIL Region 8 Competition. Congratulations Band of Gold!!

It's Party Bus Day!!! Thank you to EVERYONE that supported the MES Fundraiser this fall. Congratulations to our top selling students! They were treated to pizza (Thanks to Royal Pizza) and a party bus ride! We appreciate everyone that helped raise money for our school.

This is a reminder to have your children wear their glasses and/or contacts on October 23rd when we'll be doing vision screenings.Spot vision camera with our Lion’s Club is donating their time to get everyone’s child screened.Questions, please contact Nurse Dirkse.

Meridian ISD, get your floats, cars, bikes, etc. ready for the Parade. Please submit your paperwork before Oct. 21.

Week of Oct. 15th-18th: NHS & Student Council Members will be greeting our students with words of kindness & affirmation in the parking lot & at the doors throughout this week. The David’s Law video will also be played during lunch this week.

Lake Whitney Marching Contest Results 1st place 1A Colorguard-Meridian 1st place 1A Band-Meridian Division 1 Rating-Meridian Made Finals-Meridian, yay!!! Our MHS Band of Gold will perform in the finals at 7:15, stay tuned for results. Go Band #restoretheswarm

Our MHS Band of Gold had a great performance at the Whitney Marching Festival this morning. Now we wait for results set to be announced at 5:25 this evening. Stay tuned......#restoretheswarm

Carter Blood Drive-October 22, 9:00 am-3:00 pm at the High School. Everyone is welcome to give blood. Parents may give in the place of their child. Seniors who give 2 times will receive a red cord for graduation.16 year olds must have parent permission-slips in the office.

Tonight is JH Football @ Home vs. Mart. Kick-off @ 5:00. We hope to see you there!!! #restoretheswarm

Junior High Pep Rally time change: Pep Rallies will begin at 11:15. Can't wait to see everyone there tomorrow!

Elementary parents, the Big Kahuna Party Bus permission slips should be going home today. Please check your student's folder and sign and return by Friday. Thank you so much!

Food Pantry is available now until 11:30 am at the High School by the Junior High entrance.

Good Luck to our MHS Band of Gold! They are on their way to Troy for their 1st marching competition of the season with our show "Of Myths and Monsters". #restoretheswarm

Good News from the Heart of Texas Fair over the weekend. Kenadee received Reserve Champion with her Chianina. Great job! #meridianffa #restoretheswarm

Secondary School Faculty and Staff Member of the 6 weeks voted by students: Faculty, Kendall Hughes and Carlos Johannson will receive lunch and 1 class covered by the Principal. Staff Member, Sonia Alvizo will receive lunch. Congrats to these deserving individuals!!

Where in the world do they play Quidditch? At Meridian Secondary School!!! Our students out playing Quidditch, one of our new organizations on campus!! Thanks Mrs. Reed, the kids love this!

High School Book Club at lunch last Thursday. There were great discussions by these students and Mrs. Wilkins.

Elementary Parents: The fundraiser is now over. If you still have "cookie" money please send that to the elementary by Wednesday. Boxes are $60. Thank you for all the help in making this such a great fundraiser for our school!

Check out the Haunted House this Halloween season!

Come out and enjoy the Fall carnival at MES with us!!!

Don't forget about the FREE MES Fall Carnival TONIGHT!! Carnival open from 5:00-7:00. There will be so much to do: pumpkin walk, plinko, washer toss, petting zoo & hay ride just to name a few. They will also be serving hot dogs & popcorn. Come & enjoy some family fun @ MES!!!

JH football @ Home tonight vs. Hubbard. Kick-off @ 5:00. We hope to see you there!!! #restoretheswarm

Meridian Elementary School would like to recognize Mrs. Leisha Martin, 2nd grade, and Mrs. Diana Davis, 4th grade, as Staff Members of the Month for September. This achievement recognizes them for being "Heart at Work" for their constant efforts to help make Meridian Elementary "The Greatest School on Earth". Help us congratulate these two ladies for their dedication to the students, staff, and families of Meridian ISD.

This lovely lady honored MHS today by sharing her amazing story of courage, kindness, compassion, and generosity. You can see she was a big hit with the students!! Thank you Sunny Brous Erasmus #SunnyStrong #restoretheswarm

Congrats to JV Girls for winning the Goldthwaite CC meet by one point. The varsity girls got 2nd. Dakota placed 2nd, Mallory was 5th and Norah was 8th. Meryl was 1st, Faith was 3rd, Haley was 4th, Burkly was 10th and Braislee was 11th. De’Marius was 7th and Daylyn was 4th. Very proud of all the runners.

Thursday is Report Card Day!!! MES students will come home with theirs. MHS student report cards will be mailed home on Thursday. Be on the lookout for your student's report card.

If you are looking for our October Cafeteria menus, you can find them on our Meridian ISD App under dining.

MISD school email is up and running. We also have a new look for our district website at www.meridianisd.org.

Elementary Parents don’t forget about our carnival coming up this Friday! We are still collecting goodies please send what you can!

Please be aware that our school email system is currently unavailable. It is a domain/server issue and once it is restored, we will post here. If you need assistance, please call your campus office.

Congrats to Elise and Meridian FFA! Over the weekend she showed her lamb at the State Fair, placed 4th out of a class of about 30 and earned a sale spot! #restoretheswarm

Varsity Football tonight in Valley Mills, kick off @ 7:30. In support of the family of Lily Avant and #lilystrong, Meridian Band of Gold will have blue ribbons available at tonight's game. Band members are also accepting donations in support of the family. #restoretheswarm

And the Junior High boys got the win against Valley Mills tonight. Thanks to all who came out and supported our players and coaches. #restoretheswarm

Don't forget to order your Pink Out t-shirt from the Meridian Band Boosters. All sizes $12! Orders and money are due by October 4th.

Junior Football @ Home tonight vs. Valley Mills. Kick off is at 5:00. Hope we see you there! #restoretheswarm

Congrats to Varsity CC girls for tying with 4A Brownwood for first! Dakota, Mallory and Norah all placed in Top 15! JV girls got 2nd as a team and all members were in Top 15! Daylyn and Summer also placed in top 15! Congrats to all runners they all did well today!

FCA See You At The Pole is at 7:00 am tomorrow morning. JH football practice will start at 7:30am.

Elementary reminders: Fundraiser is still going on and will end October 2. Money from sales should all be turned in by end date. Carnival goodies are needed by Sept. 27. Thank you to everyone who helps support the students and schools!!

High School Open House is Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 6:00 pm. Please come to meet your student's teachers. Hill College will be here at 6:30 pm for FAFSA Night. This is for all Seniors and their parents/guardians.

Homecoming Court Nominees

Don't forget to come out tonight & support your Meridian Yellowjackets as they take on Moody, kick-off @ 7:30. Homecoming King & Queen will be crowned @ halftime ceremonies & the Band of Gold will perform @ the conclusion of the game. Hope to see you there....#restoretheswarm

The Homecoming Pep Rally is at the same time today which is 2:57. All visitors are welcome sit on the visitor's side closest to the bathrooms. Hope to see many of you there!!

Updated Varsity Football Roster for Tonight's Game, Kick-off @ 7:30 pm. Hope to see you there!! #restoretheswarm

2019- 2020 Public Notification of Nondiscrimination in Career and Technical Education Programs Meridian ISD offers support to school district for career and technical education programs in Business & Industry, Public Services, STEM, Arts & Humanities and Multidisciplinary Studies. Admission to these programs is based on enrollment in LEA secondary schools. It is the policy of Meridian ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in its CTE programs, services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. It is the policy of Meridian ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, or age in its employment practices as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. Meridian ISD will take steps to assure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and CTE programs. For information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Kim Edwards, and/or the Section 504 Coordinator, Kim Edwards, at 204 2nd St, Meridian, TX 76665, 254-435-2081 Meridian ISD ofrece programas vocacionales en. in in Business & Industry, Public Services, STEM, Arts & Humanities and Multidisciplinary Studies. La admisión a estos programas se basa en ESC-20 número de estudiantes en secundaria. Es norma de Meridian ISD no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo o impedimento, en sus programas, servicios o actividades de CTE, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; el Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda. Es norma de Meridian ISD no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, impedimento o edad, en sus procedimientos de empleo, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; el Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, la ley de Discriminación por Edad, de 1975, según enmienda, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda. Meridian ISD tomará las medidas necesarias para asegurar que la falta de habilidad en el uso del inglés no sea un obstáculo para la admisión y participación en todos los programas educativos y CTE. Para información sobre sus derechos o procedimientos para quejas, comuníquese con el Coordinador del Título IX, Kim Edwards, y/o el Coordinador de la Sección 504, Kim Edwards, en 204 2nd St, Meridian, TX 76665, 254-435-2081

College Fair for Juniors and Seniors Monday. All students attending must turn in their permission slips and have money for lunch at Braum's.

What a great turnout for the Homecoming Parade and Community Pep Rally!! Thanks to everyone for all of your support. Hope to see you all at the game tomorrow night at 7:30 pm!!

Another great day of fun lessons and high student engagement at Meridian Elementary! #RockYourSchool

Meridian Cross Country Results Glen Rose Meet The Meridian Varsity girls finished 4th as a team at the Glen Rose meet. Congrats to Dakota Cassidy for medalling 8th, she was followed by Norah Lira who finished 29th, Mallory Paruszewski who finished 30th, Cambree White was 38th and Reese Errington was 48th. The Meridian JV girls finished 5th as a team and Braislee White medalled in 7th with a new Season’s best time and only 3 seconds off her Personal Record. Faith Paruszewski came in 18th, Meryl Roberson was 19th, Haley Creech was 21st and Burkly Paruszewski was 61st. The Varsity boys De’Marius Parks, Zak Dirkse and Cody Warren placed 84th, 85th and 89th respectively. The 8th grade girls placed 11th as a team. Daylyn Cassidy finished 3rd just barely losing the 2nd place medal by less than 100th of a second. Summer Chen finished 59th, Canyon Stauffer finished 104th, Eve Dirkse placed 130th and Journey Stauffer came in 134th. The 7th grade boys Alex Rodriguez and Ben Beaudin placed 26th and 110th.

Cafeteria charges getting you down? Need to run money up to the school and don't have time? Try using our MY SCHOOL BUCKS online payment plan. It is simple and hassle free! Go to myschoolbucks.com and create an account. If you need more information contact the school office's.

Elementary parents, don't forget about our upcoming Fall Carnival! A note was sent home asking for your help. Each grade level was assigned different items for donation. Please send what you can to the school by Sept. 25. Thank you so much for all you do for our school!

Junior High Pep Rally We started the day with students participating in a fun and spirited JH Pep Rally . #restoretheswarm

Progress Reports Go Home Today. Be on the Lookout.

The bell is back in place. Getting ready for Friday night!!! #restoretheswarm

#Restoretheswarm by restoring some Meridian traditions..... Mr. Crawford and his crew getting ready to hang the bell back at the football stadium in preparation for Homecoming 2019. Football game Friday night, kickoff at 7:30.

Census Job Fair, Thursday from 1:00-3:00 @ Meridian Public Library. Earn Extra Income while Helping Our Community. They are looking to hire about 150 people across Bosque County. https://2020census.gov/en/jobs

More Hall Decorating fun!!

Hall Judging is complete. And the winner is.... oops... you will have to wait until the Pep Rally Friday!!

Homecoming Hall Decorating has begun... can't wait for the final results!!

Homecoming Week Activities Include: Tuesday-Twin Day Parade & Community Pep Rally @ Stadium Wednesday-Hippie Day Thursday-TV Show Day Friday-Extreme Black & Gold Pep Rally @ MHS Game vs. Moody @ 7:30

Game Update, halftime-Granger 41, Meridian 0 Let’s go Jackets!!

Game update Granger 14, Meridian 0, end of 1st quarter

Varsity roster for tonight’s game

Varsity Football tonight in Granger Game starts at 7:00. #restoretheswarm

JH Football Roster

The elementary fundraiser has kicked off! We have lots of eager sellers ready to sell cookies! Those selling have chances for prizes and to ride in a limo! This fundraiser is important to our school and benefits our students in many different ways. Thank you for always supporting MISD!!

Food Pantry Update! The High School Student Council will be taking this on as their Year-Round Project, and there will a delivery Wednesday, Sept. 11. Our pickup point will be under the covered walkway that leads to the Jr. High every 2nd Wednesday of the month.

Jacket Backers have items for sale.

Follow us on twitter @MeridianISD1

2019 Yellowjacket Football Roster

Students working to improve the look of our school. Coach Kendall's BMF classes created the lettering for our front door. Shown working hard are Jada Crawford, Damion Foss, and Cody Warren.

HS lunch menu

The Class of 2022 is selling Homecoming Shirts as a fundraiser. You can print this picture and turn in your order with payment to any school office. The back will have all the fall sport participants listed. Support your Yellowjackets and the Class of 2022! Sale ends Sept. 11th.

Upcoming City Wide Event Family Fun Fest, September 14 at Lions Park

September Lunch Menu

Seniors are busy painting their “reserved” parking spots at MHS.

The Jacket Backers Have Shirts For Sale!!

MES would like to recognize Mrs. Tami Wehmeyer & Ms. Rhonda Keese as Staff Members of the Month for August. This achievement recognizes them for being “Heart at Work” for their constant efforts to help make Meridian Elementary "The Greatest School on Earth".

Elementary News!!! Our Annual Grandparents' Day Breakfast will be next week on Sept. 12th. Notes are coming home this week with a place to RSVP. We hope to see all of our Grandparents and Grand "people" on this day to celebrate together!

We had a great turnout last night at the “Jacket Family” dinner. Thanks to all who provided this for our students!!!

MES Parent Information Night, find details here!!!

MHS students spent Jacket Period today signing up for various school organizations. These organizations range from Book Club to various sports, Quidditch to Principal’s Cabinet just to make a few.

Congrats to High school girls for placing 1st at the Blum Cross Country meet. Also to Dakota -2nd, Mallory-9th, and Daylyn- 1st. Great job Everybody!

Some pretty great things happening at MISD! It’s a great day to be a Jacket, littles we’re jacked up this morning seeing some football players for meet & greet. #RestoreTheSwarm

Cross Country senior girls were greeting Elementary kids this morning getting hugs and high fives! #restoretheswarm

2020 MISD School Board Election: 1st day to File for Application: Jan. 15, 2020 Last day to file for application: Feb. 14, 2020 Last Day to Register to Vote: Apr. 2, 2020 Early Voting: April 20-28, 2020 at the Courthouse Election Day: May 2, 2020 at the Civic Center

2019-20 Varsity Football Schedule Please come out and support our kids

Free Breakfast for ALL MISD Students

Meet Mr. Blackwell Meridian ISD is excited to introduce you to a new face that you will be seeing around the schools this year. Mr. Colby Blackwell is our new Assistant Principal at both the elementary and high school campuses. Welcome, Mr. Blackwell!

Come One, Come All to MES

Cross Country Athletes are Back at it. See their schedule of competitions on the events tab.

Meridian Elementary will host Meet the Teacher Wednesday, August 21 beginning @ 3:30. Jacket Backers will have a sausage wrap dinner to purchase starting @ 5:30 followed by Meet the Jackets @ MHS beginning at 6:00. Come joins us and help us kick off a great 2019-20 school year.

Welcome to the new website for Meridian ISD!