Metamora Grade School

🌊Ride the Wave into Grade K with a Kindergarten Kickoff Thursday, August 8th from 5-7:30PM on the NEW MGS Playground! All incoming K students and parents are welcome to join for a casual meet-up to get familiar with the playground and meet some classmates. (weather permitting)

📣MATBO tryout registration link OPEN!!⚾️ Check out our registration form for 2025 Tryouts (8U-14U) which will take place on Sunday, August 4th. Times/player fees for each age group are listed on the form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEBqyGwGk4PpDrklQTRiFBszQPMbx29pHKuTnfn_YtP2VZug/viewform

MGS is looking for a Bus Monitor to help with a special needs student. See the attached flyer for more information. Please contact Elizabeth Stephens at estephens@mgsredbirds.org if you are interested.

Baseball open fields are CANCELLED for today, July 16th.

We hope you are having a great Summer! School is right around the corner! MGS would like to invite you to our Back to School night on August 12th. Meet your teacher and enjoy food from several different food trucks on the blacktop. Bus drivers, the school nurse, office staff and others will also be on the blacktop to answer any questions you may have. Please see the flyer for more details.

There will be OPTIONAL baseball open field times from 9:00-10:30am on July 16, 18, 23, 25, 30 and August 1.

MYSA travel basketball season registration is now open! See the attached flyer for details about the program. Follow the link to register: https://mysasports.org/registration/

MGS Registration is NOW OPEN! For Returning students, you will need to log in to your skyward account to complete the registration (contact secretaries@mgsredbirds.org if you need assistance with your login credentials). NEW students please stop into the office T-TH 7:30-11:30 to pick up paperwork. We will need 2 forms of proof of residency (mortgage/rental statement, license, etc - no bills accepted). Schedules & class lists will be posted on August 1st (please note, anything seen before August 1st may not be correct)

Baseball tryouts will be held on August 5th from 8-10am and August 6th from 8-11am on the MGS baseball field. To be eligible for tryouts, the athlete MUST have a valid physical on file. Please contact amessacar@mgsredbirds.org if unsure of the date of the last physical. If you son is planning on trying out, please complete the form: https://forms.gle/CoD1Sk5qQfVSXUhB6 EDIT: Anyone that is unable to attend the morning tryout on August 5th - there will be an afternoon session from 2-3:30pm.

Softball tryouts will be held on July 29th & 30th from 9-11am on the MGS softball field. To be eligible to tryout, the athlete MUST have a valid physical on file. Please contact amessacar@mgsredbirds.org if unsure of the date of last physical. If your daughter is planning on trying out, please complete the form: https://forms.gle/RAWJ4Fr5aLSd1g8s8

Thank you to all who came to Old Settlers and supported the MGS Dance team. Congratulations to Little Miss Metamora Paisley Mata and Little Mister Metamora Miles Gerkin. Runner up was Morgan Gerkin.

The new playground system is coming along. It will be ready for the new school year!

Come and support the MGS Dance Team at Old Settlers!

Good Luck to Erik Brainard, Emma Griffiths and Landon Peterson as they represent MGS at ISU's Band Camp next week. Have Fun!! 🎵🎷🎶

If you were planning on ordering the school supply pack for the upcoming school year, please be aware that the last day to order is THIS SUNDAY (6/23). All orders will be delivered to your child's homeroom teacher.

Our Metamora GS app keeps getting better & better! Parents/guardians who have already created a Rooms account can now access new app features like chat & class streams via web & in the app. More invites for guardians that have not accepted their invite will be sent later this morning. Download for Android https://bit.ly/39IUUTe Download for iPhone https://apple.co/3uoKAt6 Check these links for some instruction on how to accept your invite. Email Invite: https://5il.co/2o1pj Text Invite: https://5il.co/2o1pd

We have been made aware some parents are having trouble accessing Rooms. We're troubleshooting those issues and will contact those still needing to sign up at some point this summer. Thank you.

Little Miss / Little Mister contest!

Congratulations to our retirees! Thank you George Oplt for your 10 years of service, Cheryl Oplt 19 years of service, Dan Smock 41 years of service, and Geni Jacobs 10 years of service. We wish you all the best!

Happy retirement to George Oplt, our bus director. George received a quilt today from "Quilts of Valor." Thank you to George for your service to our school and our country.