Mrs. Cooper's honors English II donated hundreds of books to Riverview Grade School these past two weeks! Bravo!
Thank you to the MTHS Key Club for helping decorate at Snyder Village this past week! This is a great group of young people donating their time to make a difference for their community!
The MTHS English Department helped bring Light to the building this week!
A big thanks to our MTHS family from FCA and the Riverview Alumni Association for the hundreds of book donations collected this morning!!
Child Development students are applying their knowledge of preschoolers by planning age appropriate lessons using goals and objectives. Then the fun part, we get to practice the activities they planned. Work is fun!
Mrs. Wendy Vogel, kindergarten teacher at MGS, and Mrs. Jana Southerland, 5th grade teacher at MGS, spoke with MTHS Educators Rising club members about what it's like to be an elementary teacher. Their great joy and passion for teaching their students was so incredibly inspirational!
Congratulations to our second-term students of the term! We appreciate your hard work!
Ethan Kizer - Nominated for the CTE Department by Sheridan Ray
Tatum Points - Nominated for the Science Department by Jared Grebner
Matthew Moore - Nominated for the Math Department by Kelly Willard
Andrew Schaffer - Nominated by the Guidance Department
Drew Mischler - Nominated for the Fine Arts Dept by Zach Hilligoss and Kelly Jarosz
Brandon Hughes - Nominated for the Business/FCS Department by Dan Ballard
Jacob Hunt - Nominated for the Social Studies Department by Eric Sliger
Ryan Murray - Nominated for the Social Services Department by Morgan Murphy
Naomi Roth - Nominated for the Health Department by Tony Riddle
Samuel Stamm - Nominated for the World Language Department by Erinn Ambrosch
Maddie Marsh - Nominated for the English Department by Tabitha Cooper
Thank you to Ryan Vogel, MTHS alum and college athlete for coming back to MTHS to speak to our students about being student athletes.
Our crew had a blast at MTHS Educators Rising's Parents' Night Out! We hope the parents had a good night, too.
This Park Avenue is in very good condition for its age. The body is sound and the interior is very clean. The students in the MTHS Auto Mech classes have gone through it and replaced what was worn and did the basic routine services to it. The car has approximately 136,700 miles on it. The tires are about 70% and the brakes are the same. If you want to see it, the car can be seen in the north faculty lot outside the new CTE building. The car will be up for auction till 4 PM December 16th. The highest bidder at that time will get it. You can e-mail cvedder@mths.us with any questions or to place a bid.
We would also like to thank the Debolt family for the donation of the car to the shop. The proceeds will go to expanding our tools/equipment for the students to use.
https://youtu.be/-X8EWryVmRE
Auditions for our Spring Musical, Cinderella are this Saturday, December 10th from 9 A.M. to 12 P.M. in the Auditorium. Information packets and the sign-up is located outside the Auditorium.
Still haven't decided to audition? Watch our commercial to catch a glimpse of what you can be a part of!
Any questions? Contact the Director, Tyler Smith at tsmith@mths.us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_KuRry3ehM
Students in Dual Credit US History dressed as park rangers, ready to take us on a tour of their chosen Civil War battlefields. Students also created brochures they made for the project!
Students in honors English II and English II participated in an interactive scavenger hunt throughout the school to learn more about Olympian, POW and American hero Louis Zamperini while reading author Laura Hillenbrand's book, Unbroken. They also enjoyed some holiday tunes from MGS students during their hunt!
Students in Digital Imaging are learning how to use continuous lights, umbrellas and reflectors to take Still Life images as their last project for the semester.
Advanced Graphic Arts students are learning how to design, print and cut vinyl to adhere to pennants this week.
Congratulations to the 2023 MTHS Wrestling Team on a very good performance at the Rockford East tournament this weekend. The team finished with 5 placers 3rd place Adam Sloan, 3rd place Karson Hale, 3rd place Connor Graham, 5th place Zach Bumeter, and 5th place Syril Kiefner. The Redbirds Finished 8th out of 20 teams!
Strategic Reading students and Educators Rising club members traveled to Metamora Grade School to read with the kindergarten students. Many thanks to MGS for letting us come hang out with our younger friends today!
After writing a research paper, analysis essay, and comparison paragraph, students in honors English II began the task of cleaning out their annotations today! Can you hear the collective sigh of relief? Students did an excellent job comparing how authors present non-fiction information in fictional YA books. Bravo, honors English II, bravo!
Hey, parents! Take the night off on Sat, Dec. 10, and bring your kids to Parents' Night Out, hosted by MTHS Educators Rising! See flyer for details, or click here to register: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vhawDbfRVVwc_8NkyT-SorSORWAlHmTB/view?usp=sharing
A group of photo students went to check out the photography exhibit and studio spaces at The Contemporary Art Center in Peoria this afternoon. Such a cool exhibit by photographer Qingjun Huang.
