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End of year
Newsletter
Metamora Twp.
High School
IMPORTANT
DATES
May 7
May 8
May 10
May11
May 12
May 15
May 17
May 25
May 26
May 27
May 28
May 29
June 1
Awards Assembly
12:25-2:05 p.m.
Auditorium
Seniors last day
Baccalaureate, 2:00
Town Square
Seniors Finals
Seniors Finals
Graduation
Practice, 9:00 a.m.
All School Picture
11:00 a.m.
Graduation, 3:30 p.m.
No School,
Memorial Day
Finals, 7, 6, 5
Finals, 4, 3, 8
Finals, 2, 1
Teacher Institute
First day of Summer
School
Watch the MTHS
website for
Registration dates
for the 2015-16
school year!
April/May
Graduation Ceremonies—You Have A Choice!
We offer four ways for qualified seniors to receive their diploma. Most
families request the traditional formal ceremony at 3:30 on Sunday, May 17. Others
may not want formality. Starting around 5:15 May 17th, we offer the second option.
We will meet with any graduate who prefers a personal or private presentation. The
third opportunity is at the end of summer school, when we
hold a short ceremony for Seniors finishing credits. Finally,
we will mail out diplomas for students who do not want any
type of ceremony. Seniors do not have an unqualified right to
participate in the formal ceremony. Academic requirements,
payment of fees/fines, and good disciplinary standing are all
part of the qualification process.
Are tickets needed for the ceremony? Where do we park?
Graduation is scheduled to be held outside at the stadium. If for some reason
we need to move graduation indoors, the ceremony will be held in the air-conditioned
North Gym, and we will use the Performing Arts Center as an overflow area showing
live video on the big screen. Should we move indoors, tickets are only needed for early
entry to the North Gym from 2:00 until 2:45. Between 2:45 and 3:30, no tickets are
needed. Each graduate is allowed 5 early admission tickets. Parking is available in the
west lot by the gyms and in the north lot by the tennis courts. Ground conditions permitting, we will also park in the grass north of the gyms.
Summer School 2015
June 1 - June 26
7:45-Noon
Contact MTHS Guidance
Department for details
Class of 2016
Senior Pictures
by appt. in the
MTHS Library
June 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
June 16, 8a.m.-4p.m.
2015
Order geraniums
for the
Graduation
Ceremony!
See order form on back page.
MTHS
Annual Awards Assembly
Thursday, May 7 at 12:25 p.m.
in the Kenneth H. Maurer
Performing Arts Center.
2015 All-School Photo
May 15 at 11:00 a.m.
Malone Field.
Seniors & Juniors wear RED
Sophomores & staff wear Black
Freshmen wear White
EXTRA 2015 YEARBOOKS can be purchased online at yearbookforever.com while
they last-! There are a limited number available and they will be sold on a first comefirst serve basis. Once they are sold we will not have any other extra yearbooks for
sale so don't delay.
Spring Drama
This year's Spring Drama is Thornton Wilder's
classic Our Town. The play, about the fictional
New Hampshire town Grover's Corners, was first
produced in 1938 and went on to win a Pulitzer
Prize for Drama. It covers the time period from
1901 to 1913 and centers around the changes in
the lives of two young people, George and Emily,
and their families.
Performances are May 21, 22, and 23 at 7:30
and May 24 at 2:00 in Room 200 at Metamora
High.
Tickets are $5.00 for adults, $2.00 for nonMetamora students, and free to MTHS students
and students from Germantown Hills, Metamora
Grade, Riverview, and St. Mary's.
2015 Fall Play Auditions Announced
Auditions for next fall’s school play, Surviving Reality,
will be held May 14 and 15 from 3:20 to 4:45 p.m. and
May 16 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Incoming freshmen
as well as current freshmen through sophomores are
encouraged to audition. The show, based on the current reality television craze, centers around two very
different families (upper crust New Yorkers and backwoods Kentuckians) successfully living together and
exchanging “places” for one week. The producer,
however, expects failure and throws challenge after
challenge at the families so he doesn’t have to pay out
the non-existent cash prize. This comedy will be performed September 12 and 13, 2015.
Audition information will be available in Rm. 209 and
online starting May 1. Students wishing to audition
can sign up outside of Rm. 209 for an audition slot on
that date as well. Any questions should be directed to
the director, Kathy McCormick (kmccorm@mths.us).
It's time for the third annual Key Club rummage sale! The sale
will take place at the high school on June 5 & 6. We are currently accepting
donations! For large donations, please contact a representative from the club
at themthskeyclub@gmail.com to set up a drop-off time. If you have a smaller
amount of donations, you can drop them off at the high school or Heartland
Bank in Metamora or Germantown Hills. There are cardboard boxes for
donations located at the two main entrances of MTHS and in the foyer of
Heartland Bank. Remember, there is no donation too small. Everything helps!
Can't help with donations? Then why not help with the sale! We are looking for dedicated,
responsible volunteers to join Key Club next year! Incoming freshmen are encouraged to help
with the sale. They will be able to work with other students who share their passion for
volunteering! If interested, simply email themthskeyclub@gmail.com.
No matter how you decide to help, MTHS Key Club wants YOU to get involved with our
rummage sale! Thank you for whatever you can do, and let's use this project to finish off an
amazing Key Club year!
High School Volleyball
Camp June 3-5
Grade School Volleyball
Camp June 15-18
Check out the MTHS website
for more details!
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For a listing of all summer
camps held at MTHS please
visit the MTHS website
METAMORA TWP. HIGH SCHOOL
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2015
Attention All Athletes!!!
ALL 2015-2016 MTHS Athletes: Now is a good time to schedule an appointment
for your sports physical for the 2015-16 school year. (Incoming freshman only
need a school physical for their sport(s). You do NOT have to get both a sport
and school physical for freshman year.) Also, athletes can pick up an Athletic
Permit Card, IHSA Drug Testing Form, IHSA Concussion Form and MTHS Drug
Testing Form (MTHS Drug Form good for all 4 years) in the Main Office or print
them from our website. These forms/physical will need to be turned in at registration at the end of July/ beginning of August. NO forms/physicals will be
accepted before that time.
Help our school win!
We need your votes! Our Career and
Technical Ed. Department is in the running for a $10,000 grant given by
Midwest Technical Institute. If you have a Facebook account, please log in, vote
for MTHS and repost on your wall so others can vote. Also, if you have time,
give our Digital Video Production students a pat on the back. They worked very
hard on the video and did an amazing job!