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!
Come out this Thursday and help support a great cause. No flyer necessary.
Attention MTHS families: Come out to Blue Margarita on Thursday, April 10th to help raise funds for our 2025 Prom! No flyer necessary.
Congratulations to Lizzie Jones. Lizzie won Best in Show for Drawing and Painting at the 2025 Central Regional Exhibition this Saturday at Illinois State University. This show includes works from students throughout Central and Southern Illinois! Lizzie also won a jurors choices award for another work and was chosen for 1 of 3 awards chosen specifically by Illinois State University.
Announcing the 2025 Fall Play!
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Directed by Tyler Smith
From Broadway Licensing:
From Mischief, Broadway masters of comedy, comes the smash hit farce. Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award–winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!
There will be an Informational Meeting for interested students on Wednesday, April 16th from 6 pm-7 pm in the Auditorium. Auditions will be held on Friday, May 9th from 5:30pm-9pm in the Auditorium. Questions? Contact the Director at tsmith@mths.us
The production dates of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG are September 18-21, 2025.
We hope to see you there!
Attention all girls entering 2nd-9th grade next school year: Sign up for the MTHS Girls' Tennis Camp and receive tennis tips and instruction from your MTHS Girls' Tennis Team and Sectional Champs! No experience is necessary. See you on the court!
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/vVbH9om3Ah7ngMES6
1st Library Movie Night was a success! A little Murder on the Orient Express and a lot of food and fun!
From Redbird to Hoosier to National Champion! Congratulations to MTHS Alum Anna Peplowski on winning the 200 free at the NCAA Women's Swimming National Championships!
Good luck to our MTHS Archers at the State Archery Competition Today! Go Birds!
Good luck today to our MarsWars First Robotics Team. After day one of competing at the Bradley Reinassance Center, the Birds varsity team is ranked 3rd, and the JV team is ranked 7th. You can watch today's matches at the link below or in person at Bradley University.
https://www.thebluealliance.com/gameday#chat=funroboticsnetwork&layout=0&view_0=2025ilpe-0
MTHS is pleased to announce the 2025-2026 Varsity Dance Team!
Anna Alvarez, Carsyn Bernitt, Annika Buss, Lindsey Craig, Evie Crispen, Piper Crispen, Lydia Damery, Ella Heflin, Emma Heuerman, Reese Jordan, Julia Legg, Isabella Mason, Aubrey McCoy, Bronwynn McCoy, Ava Merritt, Zoey Meyer, Cara Patterson, Ashby Sparry, and Jayd Welch
MTHS is now hiring for an Assistant Cheer Coach, Freshman Volleyball Coach, and AM/PM Bus Drivers. Come, be apart of the MTHS team! For more information, please click the link below.
https://www.mths.us/page/employment
Attention MTHS Seniors Entering a Trade Career Next Year! There are several sizeable scholarships (over $1,000) available to MTHS Seniors entering a Trade Career next year. Enter your name on the form at the following QR code or inform a CTE teacher to be entered in the running for these scholarships.
Form Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeXPDb8idObD3QJ2eeiCPmbvTR1PGQasbh0SC_pt7pGKuUGg/viewform?usp=header
Some MTHS Students attended the Career Summit with Mrs. Karch and Mrs. Fehr. The Career Summit was held at ICC and gave students a chance to learn about different careers and do mock interviews.
Special shout out to WCSEA vocational specialist Kali Latham who helped plan the very well-executed event.
Mrs. Fandel, Mrs. Cooper, and Mrs. Murphy had the pleasure of meeting author Josh Sundquist over the weekend at the Illinois Farm Bureau Conference. All three teachers have taught Josh's best-selling memoir We Should Hang Out Sometime for several years in English II classes. Mr. Sundquist was gracious enough to spend time with these teachers and answer some of their students' questions about his awesome story.
Congratulations to our 6, yes, that's right, 6 MTHS Archers who qualified for State this Saturday in Mattoon, Illinois! These athletes have worked very hard and deserve all the recognition: Tyler Crosiar, Megan Eller, Cecilia Evans, Noah Merrill, Aubree Sparry, and Damian's Winemiller!
MTHS has not just one National Educators Rising qualifier, but TWO! State competition scores were just released, and in addition to Grayce Wolven who won first place in state in Children's Lit K-3, automatically qualifying her to compete at the National Educators Rising Conference in Orlando this June, we learned today that Abrianna Schertz, who competed in the Job Interview competition, placed in the top 10 in the state and received a score above 90%, qualifying her to compete at nationals as well!
Way to go, Abrianna and Grayce!
#mthsedrising #educatorsrising #edrisingillinois #edrising25
THANK YOU to all who attended our production of SHREK!
We are so proud of everyone involved in the cast and crew and cannot thank you enough for your support of the MTHS Theatre Program.
Stay tuned for announcements on our future productions!
Photos: Capture by Stacy
Calling all tired parents: how would you like to have an evening off? Educators Rising is hosting a Parents Night Out on Friday, April 11, from 5-8 pm. Scan the code for more details and registration info.
Today is your final chance to see SHREK at MTHS! Don't miss it!
The performance is almost sold out with a limited number of tickets available at the door. Performance starts at 2 PM. Tickets can be found at: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=mths
Photos: Capture by Stacy
