A meeting for parents of HS athletes in winter sports that have not already attended a meeting this year will be held tonight at 6:45 in the HS gym. All winter sports athletes need to attend the coaches meetings at 7:00.
Check out this cool event for students!
Any student interested in taking one of our new spring elective courses: Music Appreciation or Music History, please see Ms. Lee.
This sounds like fun!
On Friday, MCHS Student Council members went Trick or Treating for Canned goods. Students had fun supporting Emmanuel’s Warehouse. Thanks to all who donated!
Join our team!
Mrs. Sarff’s 4th hour CARY class participated in shopping for the Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Project at Dollar General. The project is sponsored by a local farmer who provides the funds while the kids do the shopping. Boxes are then shipped overseas to children in need for Christmas.
Parent Teacher Conferences are today 3:00 – 7:00 PM; and tomorrow 8:00 – 11:00 AM. We hope to see you there! And remember…NO SCHOOL tomorrow!!!
Dont' forget... Opening Night is this Thursday, October 21 at 7:30 PM at the Forman Center and runs through Saturday night.
Pictured are Alexa Kerley as Annie and Aiden Askins as Frank.
MCHS was presented with a check for $675 from the Illinois Retired Teachers Foundation (IRTF) today! Thanks to the IRTF for selecting our High School Spanish Teacher, Mrs. Brodbeck, for a $675 grant! These funds will be used for sets of enrichment materials for our Spanish courses. Mrs. Brodbeck was one of few selected out of 259 applications! Thanks, and great work!
THATS A WRAP!
The Lady Raider took on Lewiston for their LAST regular season game Tuesday night!
Varsity competes in Regionals MONDAY!
Coach Amanda says, “the girls had huge improvements and it showed with the wins we had! Excited to see them grow in the next years!”
Coach Brittany says, “These girls chose to GROW and constantly work on their skill to improve everyday. I appreciate that! Seeing the seniors leave is always so hard and we will miss them terribly! However, every year we are also excited for the upcoming years - because when we start to see growth, then magic will happen in the years to come!”
Attention Students:
Next week we will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week. The goal of Red Ribbon Week is to bring awareness to the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. There will be activities during the lunch periods including a kickball tournament and a scavenger quiz. You can sign up for the kickball tournament this week during lunch.
There will also be the following dress up days next week:
Monday – Hang tough, don’t puff – wear your favorite animal print
Tuesday – Drugs ARE NOT magical, but Disney is – wear something Disney
Wednesday – Saying no to drugs in no sweat – wear your favorite sweats
Thursday – Drugs aren’t groovy – wear your favorite tie dye/hippie attire
Friday – Show your support for Red Ribbon Week - wear red
*Remember to keep all outfits school appropriate*
The Forman Valley Library will be hosting a pumpkin decorating contest on Thursday, October 27th from 6:00-7:30 PM. Registration is required, so stop by the Forman Valley Library, give them a call, or send them an email to sign-up.
Congratulations to the boys cross country team for winning the Tomahawk Conference Meet last night. Kevin Chaney was the conference champion with a time of 18:57 for 3 miles.
AND, it was also Senior Night!!! A special shout out to our two seniors - Kevin Chaney and Connor Allen.
The Varsity KILLED it at their weekend tournament in Delavan! (4 games in a row!)
They came out with a match win against Stark County! Each game was played with an incredible amount of fun and togetherness! So much so, Coach Brittany got multiple compliments from other head coaches and refs about the team that day!
Big shoutout to Ella Glover and Jenna Land who came from JV to support the girls!
The Leaderboard for the weekend was:
Kara Reed with 42 assists
Savannah Bryant with 16 kills
Khloee Morris with 12 kills
Kylie Klaasen with 9 kills
Emily Larsen with 9 kills
Natalie Severns with 10 digs
Liliana Leon with 8 digs
Baylie Holeman with 8 digs
Hevyn Lee with 2 kills
Kindall with 3 kills
WAY TO GO LADIES!!!!
The JV Volleyball team won last night against Peoria Christian. Liliana Leon had 16 hits with 3 of them being kills. Khloee Morris had 5 blocks. Way to go all of JV!
Reminder - Tomorrow is a student attendance 1/2 day!
Dismissal times are PS - 11:40, MS - 11:20, and HS - 11:30.
“Annie Get Your Gun” Dinner Theater tickets are still available at the Midwest Central High School office. $25 per adult ticket, $12 per child’s ticket (ages 10 & under). Please call 309.968.6766 if you have any questions. Last day to purchase is Monday, October 18. Cash or checks accepted. Checks payable to MCHS.
This weekend JV battled in the Rushville Tournament. They were able to defeat Brown County and battled with every other team. During the game against Brown County Khloee Morris had 15 hits with 6 of them being kills. Jenna Land had 17 assists. Way to go Lady Raiders!!
Students in Miss Sauder’s STEM math class studied functions this week. They had to match stories to graphs and tables. They had to justify their choices to each other.
