Thank you to Liam McCallister, Sydney Goforth, Jamie Willard, Andy Foster, Ryan Russel, Harry Hawbaker, Mitchell Ohl, Mateo Lopez, Ian Wallace, Luke DeFrance for stopping by last week to mentor our Junior and Senior students.
Students in Spanish IV Honors learned about Spanish New Year while eating typical dishes, dressing in appropriate attire for the holiday, and also learning a famous Spanish dance.
Our Honors Chem II students working hard to complete their calorimetry lab!
Congratulations to two Redbirds who will continue their education and athletic careers next year! Alayna Ruach will run cross country and track at North Central College, located in Naperville, IL, and Ben Wallace, will play football at Illinois State University, located in Normal, IL.
Congratulations to Coach Willard, who was selected by the IHSA Administrative Staff as the 2021-2022 Boys Tennis Coach of the Year. By winning this award, Coach Willard was eligible to be considered for the National Federation of State High School Associations National Tennis Coach of the Year. We received word just as we began our winter break that the NFHS selected Coach Willard as the Section 4 Boys Tennis Coach of the Year. Section 4 includes the following states: Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Coach Willard has been selected as the best boys' tennis coach out of all the coaches from those five states for the 2021-2022 school year! Coach Willard's accomplishments are in the classroom and on the tennis court. His courses taught at MTHS include honors AP Statistics and Honors Algebra II/Trigonometry. Some of Coach Willard's tennis coaching highlights include twice being selected as the Boys Tennis Coach of the Year for Illinois; he has been a part of thirteen sectional championships and ten Mid-Illini Conference championships, the Boy's Tennis Team has finished in the top ten at the state tennis tournament four times. The best finish included a 3rd place trophy in 2021. He also serves as an assistant coach with our Girl's Tennis Team and regularly attends numerous athletic and nonathletic events at MTHS. He is a 2022 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee.
Dunlap HS is hosting a First Responders Night at the boys varsity basketball game this Friday, January 13. All first responders and their families will have free entrance!
Ticket Pre-Sales for Sacred Heart Griffin vs Metamora Boys Varsity Basketball Game go on sale tomorrow! *Tickets will also be sold at the door*
We are anticipating a capacity crowd tonight for our boy's basketball game against Washington. On Saturday night, we reached capacity by 6:15 PM and had to close the doors. If you want to avoid the crowd, please feel free to watch the game via live stream from the following link https://www.youtube.com/@digimaxsportsnetwork7028/streams Doors will open for spectators at 4:45 PM and will remain open until we reach fire code capacity.
Marswars 2023 ChargedUp Robotics Kickoff! Getting the game rules and starting the design. Also preseason minibot competition!
Herr Bachfischer received the Assistant Coach Award from the Illinois Track & Cross Country Coaches Association!
The music kids are having one last great adventure at EPCOT!!
The band enjoyed a workshop with Allen Gray (Disney Recording Artist) at Epcot!
The bands had a spectacular performance on Main Street USA at Disney World in Orlando, FL today!
The bands and choirs are having a blast in Orlando!
MTHS Cheerleaders visited the residents at Snyder Village. The greatest gift we will receive this year is the smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Happy Holiday’s to all!
Thank you to the Illinois State Police for talking to our driver's education students about the dangers of impaired driving and the importance of wearing your seatbelt. https://youtube.com/shorts/HyfX7pO3Lnc
Mrs. Cooper's honors English II donated hundreds of books to Riverview Grade School these past two weeks! Bravo!
The MTHS English Department helped bring Light to the building this week!
Thank you to the MTHS Key Club for helping decorate at Snyder Village this past week! This is a great group of young people donating their time to make a difference for their community!
A big thanks to our MTHS family from FCA and the Riverview Alumni Association for the hundreds of book donations collected this morning!!
