Two more weeks to sign up for our MTHS Girls’ Tennis Camp and secure a t-shirt!
Everyone is invited to join us for an artistic evening before the band celebrating the release of the 2025 fine arts journal SOAR- students will be reading their work, exhibiting their art and presenting special music.
MTHS students are among those featured at the annual Congressional Art Show in downtown Peoria this weekend- Here are some details.
Thank you to Caterpillar who provided a tour of the track type tractor manufacturing facility for the MTHS engineering students yesterday. This was very insightful to perspective on many different career pathways available to our students. Thank you Caterpillar!
It's a busy week for the Fine Arts at MTHS- here are some highlights!
MTHS Cheer Team is please to announce the upcoming Redbirds "Barbie" Cheer Camp! Sign-up your future Redbird Cheerleader today! 2025 MTHS Redbird "Barbie" Cheer Camp
Check out the MTHS Senior Awards Assembly Today starting at 1:00 PM.
https://www.youtube.com/live/w4f6wAbwazc
MTHS students visited Sen. Chris Balkema's Youth Advisory Council in Springfield yesterday. Students heard from state legislators, lobbyists, and other members of the legislative process. They also participated in a mock Senate hearing over a fictional bill to better understand the detailed legislative process.
The MTHS Art Club had a great day in St. Louis at the Laumeier Sculpture Park and St. Louis Art Museum. They have been meeting all year long once a week before school doing all kinds of fun art related things for the school, community and themselves! It was great to be able to take this trip with these passionate students :)
Congratulations to all of the wonderful high school artists who had their work displayed at the annual Mid-Illini Art Show at the Peoria Art Guild tonight! The show was fantastic and MTHS was represented very well. Special congrats to Lizzie Jones who received two merit awards (the highest) and an honorable mention, Bailee Bender who had two honorable mentions, Lily Tejero who had an honorable mention and Jacqueline Hunt with an honorable mention. Great job to everyone!! Special note- Lizzie Jones had one of only 5 works in the show of over 200 works to have received a perfect score by the judges!
Congratulations to Aubree Sparry for winning the Daughters of the American Revolution Award, and to Shae Seals for winning the Sons of the American Revolution Outstanding Citizen Award. We are proud of these Redbirds and what they do not only for our school but for our entire community!
All are welcome to go see the outstanding works of art by Mid-Illini Art students and MTHS art students at the annual Mid-Illini Art Show. It can be viewed at the Peoria Art Guild during business hours or at the closing reception on April 22 any time between 5:30-7:30 pm. The show is free and open to the public and the work is fantastic!
Come be a part of the amazing staff at MTHS. We are looking for a full-time teacher's aide for the 2025-2026 school year. For more information, please click the link below.
https://www.mths.us/page/employment
We are very proud of seniors Madi Marsh, Marianne Hammer, and Kassidy Mullins for their hard work bringing awareness to Safe Haven laws in Central Illinois. These three young ladies dedicated their honors senior English problem/solution project to bringing awareness to this issue in our area, helping parents who can no longer care for their newborns a safe place to relinquish their child. These young ladies were able to hang the "Safe Haven" sign at the Metamora Fire Department. Nice job, seniors!
Congrats to Brennen Willman for winning the 2nd annual March Madness of Music contest. Brennen beat out all of Frau Fandel's students with his knowledge of German music. Sehr gut gemacht, Brennen!
Parents' Night Out is in the books! Ed Rising members led the kids through a variety of stations including outdoor games 🏃➡️🤸🏼♀️, story & activity 🐀🍪, springtime crafts 🌷, and music 🪇, and then we capped off the evening with snacks 🧃🍿 and the Coco movie 📽️. We had a great time with some amazing kiddos and are eager to host another PNO next fall!
Today is the end of Assistant Principals Appreciation Week! We are happy to celebrate the best here at MTHS! Thank you to Kevin Hodel, Jared Hart, and Dave Webb for your dedication to our students, staff, and school! We appreciate all that you do. Thank you for making MTHS a better place!
Join us for some music Bingo on May 3rd!
Celebrating the first day back with a visit from author Kate Klise, who gave a creative writing lesson to our students!
Junior and senior Spanish students returned today from the two week Spanish Immersion Cultural Exchange. Students spoke in Spanish continuously while learning about the country, living with Spanish families, and attending school. What a journey! We are so proud of these 21 responsible, courageous, open-minded, and hardworking students!
