Meridian Community Unit School District #223

📣 MJHS Girls’ Basketball & Wrestling Registration is NOW OPEN!

🏀 Girls’ Basketball
• Practice starts January 6, 2026
• Warm-ups & spiritwear are available to order here: https://t-topshop.com/store/
• Order deadline: December 2nd at 12:00 PM (noon)

🤼 Wrestling

• Registration now open for all interested MJHS students!

• Practice begins mid-December

👉 Register online: https://manage.snap.app/register/stillmanvalley

📄 Important: Students must have an updated sports physical on file in the school office before participating.

Let’s get ready for a great season!❤️🖤

Contact Mrs. Jepsen at MJHS with any questions!

🎉WOW— more reader milestones at Meridian 223 Libraries! 🎉

Monroe Center is doing fantastic in the Million Word Reader Program! Massive shoutout to Josephine for reaching an incredible 3,000,000+ words! 👏 Michael, Samuel, and William have each surpassed 1,000,000+ words 📚✨
- 4 students read 750,000+
- 7 more have read 500,000+
- 28 are leaving behind 250,000+

In total, Monroe Center students have read 39,644,155 words — and counting! ✨
Who’s next to join the million-word club?

Can you imagine reading over a MILLION words? 😲📖✨

Our Meridian 223 readers are making it happen — Meridian Junior High is LEADING the Million Word Reader Challenge, and four students (Kamryn, Kaydin, Yasmin & Zoe) have each surpassed 1,000,000 words!

7 → 750,000+
6 → 500,000+
27 → 250,000+
School total: 44,069,982 words and counting! 🔥

Every student’s dedication has powered this incredible success — we’re so proud of the hard work and enthusiasm shown across Meridian 223. 🎉📚

Author Visit Postponed — New Date Forthcoming

Thank you for your understanding. I’m writing to let you know there’s been an unexpected change of plans: Mat Heagerty’s visit to Monroe Center School has been postponed.

I sincerely apologize for the last-minute change. We know many students were looking forward to the visit, and we appreciate your flexibility. A new date will be forthcoming, and we will share it as soon as it’s confirmed.

Advanced purchase of signed books is still available via the Google Form link until Friday, December 5th. If you plan to order a signed copy, please use the form to reserve your copy, and we will hold the book for you until the author’s visit.

Thank you again for your patience and support.
Mrs. McDevitt

District Librarian

Reminder! 📣

💙 Tonight, Thurs. Nov 13: Dine Around Town at Royal Blue to support the Meridian Elementary PTO.
➡️ 10% of all proceeds + $1 for every Turtle Sundae goes back to our kids. Dine-in or carryout!

Thanks for showing up, Meridian—Go Cards! ❤️🖤

🍔💙 Dine Around Town—Royal Blue Fundraiser!

Let Royal Blue do the cooking on Thursday, November 13, and support the Meridian Elementary PTO.

10% of all proceeds, plus $1 per Turtle Sundae, will be donated to our PTO.

Dine-in or carryout!

Thank you for your support! ❤️🖤

🇺🇸 Reminder: No school tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 11) in observance of Veterans Day.
We honor and thank all who have served and the families who support them.

School resumes Wednesday, Nov. 12, with a late start.

⏰ Reminder: Graphic novelist Mat Heagerty is coming to Monroe Center School on Monday morning, November 17! Students will hear an excerpt from Lumberjackula during library classes.
Dress up: flannel = Team Lumber Jack 🪓 or black = Team Dracula 🧛‍♀️.
Interested in a signed copy? Please complete the interest form by tonight, Nov. 7th — if enough families sign up (25+), we’ll send order forms.

Here is this week's transportation bus safety tip!

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QhTvqoJ4TLOHoiGiZVaGQ14ceySHyiTr/view?usp=drive_link

Who else loves a reading celebration? 🎉📚 Meridian Junior High is cheering on our Million-Word Readers — big applause for:

Kamryn, Kaydin, Zoe: 1,000,000+ words
Archie, Yasmin, Mavis, Jaxson: 750,000+ words
Hannah, Cora, Nayeli, Kennedy, Kylah, Aryana, Lily, Madelyn, Hynlee: 500,000+ words
George, Gunner, Mickenzey, Quinn, Avery, Ashley, Elijah, Madilyn, Jennie, Hudson, Austin, Emma, Charlie, Brooklyn, Oliver, Heidi, Kyla, Jace, Kyler, Adele: 250,000+ words

And many more readers are hitting huge milestones — fantastic work! Who’s next to join the million-word club?

Meridian #223
Pre-School Screening

When: Friday, December 5, 2025
Where: Highland Elementary School 410 S Hickory St. Stillman Valley
Time: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Who’s ready for an author visit? 📚✨ Graphic novelist Mat Heagerty is coming to Monroe Center School Monday morning, Nov 17! He wrote Lumberjackula — we’ll share an excerpt in library classes.
Dress to declare your team: flannel = Team Lumber Jack 🪓, black = Team Dracula 🧛‍♂️
Want a signed copy? Fill out the interest form by Friday, Nov. 7th — if enough people want one (25+), we’ll send order forms.