Metamora Township High School

Our Unified Redbird Seniors welcomed Unified students from Germantown Hills, Easterseals, and Metamora Grade School yesterday to enjoy a fun-filled Unified picnic! We would like to thank the administration for grilling over 200 hot dogs for our Unified friends! #weareunified

Senior Unified Peer Helpers and graduating students from the Skill Builders program had the perfect Unified Graduation yesterday. We want to give a huge thank you to Dr. Zimmerman and Mrs. Diane Grebner for their support. #weareunified!

MTHS Seniors spent their first day of summer break volunteering at the Germantown Hills Laps for Life event! Reporting for duty at 7 AM, these students helped construct the obstacle course and run events such as the K-4 relays, Warp Wall, and Kona Ice Truck until 3 PM. Germantown Hills District #69 raised $35,000 for St. Jude, and our students were blessed to help their cause! #redbirds #st. jude

Congratulations to the Cast of our 2025 Fall Play - The Play That Goes Wrong! Don't miss this cast take the stage in September! Chris Bean/Inspector Carter - Jeremy Wilkes Max Bennett/Cecil Haversham - Sebastien Ward Robert Grove/Thomas Colleymoore - Jackson Bevard Dennis Tyde/Perkins - Evan Enderle Jonathan Harris/Charles Haversham - Derek Hover Sandra Wilkinson/Florence Colleymoore - Lizzie Jones Annie Twilloil - Olivia Weldon Trevor Watson - Nico Krasin Members of The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society: Addison Quilleash, Ava McClure, Averi Hippen, Avery Wallick, Curt Bohm, Eli Sturgell, Eliza Ehnis, Ethan Wolven, Evie Morris, Grayson Haun, Griffin Hanson, Lilianna Poole, Logan Hand, Makayla Schroeder, Mariah Wernsman-Powell, Myah Neal, Noah Boyd, Olivia Bachman, Sania Noorullah, Tayla Fortner

Best of luck to our 26 calculus students taking their AP exams tomorrow morning! They are well-prepared and ready to showcase their hard work, determination, and problem-solving skills.

Student council cheered on the amazing survivors, families, and friends at the 2025 Race for the Cure!

In case you missed the yearbook order or still wanted to order an ad here is some important information. Extra yearbooks are being sold until they run out- Yearbook ads are due May 30. Also- we would love to have pictures of some of your favorite MTHS memories from 24-25. Thanks!

Best of luck to our 31 statistics students on their AP exam tomorrow morning. Over the past four years in AP stats, MTHS has a pass rate of 89.4% (84 out of 94 students) in comparison to the national average of 61.8%. Good luck Redbirds!

Ms. Cooper's Honors Dual Credit English class had a great film festival in the library today, presenting their amazing documentaries!

On Thursday, May 1 st the 4th annual MTHS Fine Arts Journal was released featuring the art and writing of around 40 selected students. It was a great evening with readings, musical performances, art shows and refreshments all done and provided by our talented students!

Congratulations to all of the artists represented and honored at the Congressional Art Show at the Peoria Riverfront Museum on Saturday, May 3. MTHS students had a great showing along with students throughout the IL-16 Congressional District. Special congrats to Sophomore Lizzie Jones who was chosen as one of 5 finalists in the show. Her work will be displayed at Rep. Darin LaHood's Peoria office for the next year!

The medal winners of this year's National German Exam (Level 2) received their medals! Congratulations to Brennen Willman, Jay Murphy, Tyler Anderson, and Ellie Grabenstetter! Sehr gut gemacht!

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!

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.