Weekly Updates, November 3rd, 2024

IRE Families,

Thank you to all of the men and women and their families who have served in our military! Your service is greatly appreciated!

In honor of Veteran’s Day, there will be no school on Monday, November 11th.

The school year calendars in English and Spanish are available on our website.

Additionally, we honor those who have served by preparing for a Veteran’s Day Assembly each year.

Our annual Veterans Day Assemblies will be held the morning of Thursday, November 7th. Due to our current enrollment, it is no longer possible to hold school wide assemblies as it is a fire code violation.

The schedule for November 7th assemblies are:

9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. TK, K, 1st & 2nd

10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. 3rd, 4th, 5th

Each assembly will last approximately 30 minutes. Veteran’s are welcome to attend either assembly.

If you’d like to submit a photo of a veteran in your family, please send by November 6th at 5PM. We will include those in our slideshow. If you have submitted one in the past, we will keep those photos in from last year.

Best,

Tyler Dockins, Principal

We’re excited to celebrate all the amazing staff at Meridian School District! Join us in expressing our gratitude for everything they do. Submit as many thank you notes as you’d like—these will be delivered via email during American Education Week, Nov. 18-22. Let’s make this a memorable week of appreciation!

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Please remember to vote. Ballots were mailed in October and need to be postmarked or returned to a ballot drop box by 8 p.m. on Election Day. Visit the Whatcom County Auditor’s website for more information.

A huge THANK YOU to our wonderful PTA! As always, they did an amazing job with our Trojan Trot!

THANK YOU to everyone who took time out of their day and volunteered. We couldn’t have done it without you!!

From our PTA:

We had another record-breaking Trojan Trot this year and brought in over $53,000! This is all thanks to the hard work and generosity of our students, families and community, and we are so, so thankful!

Every student received a bag with their name on it with some goodies, including a shirt.

Kona Ice was here on Tuesday for a whole-school Kona Ice celebration. After lunch recess, classes enjoyed their shaved ice.

Thank you all so much for your support and help with making this such a successful event!

Join us on the 3rd Weds of each month for our monthly PTA meetings, which means the next one is Nov. 20th, 6PM to 7:30PM in the IRE Library. We will have childcare and options to participate remotely. We have big decisions to make about all the fun activities for the year so come and be part of our people powered PTA!

From November 4th-8th, Meridian School District is hosting a food drive to support families in our community. Donations will go to the Meridian Family Support Center and Ferndale Food Bank. We’re collecting nonperishable and unexpired items like canned soup, vegetables, fruit, pastas, beans, cereals, rice, flour, cooking oils, peanut butter, and canned chicken and tuna. You can bring donations on the bus or drop them off at the school office. Let’s come together to help our community!

Eighth graders Jaydelyn, Cruz and Tucker recently starred in a video tour of Meridian Middle School, highlighting its current condition. Rebuilding Meridian Middle School will be on the Nov. 5 ballot for voters in Meridian School District to consider. Despite being well-maintained, the school was originally constructed in 1938 and is showing its age, with growing upkeep costs.

Key concerns include non-reinforced concrete walls that don’t meet current seismic codes, unconnected buildings with outdoor entries and walkways posing security challenges, lack of accessible entries and restrooms, and an inadequate layout with specialists working in converted spaces.

Thank you for taking a few minutes to watch the video and remember to vote on Nov. 5.

Meridian Spirit Wear 2024 is now available online!

Your orders are due by Monday November 25th at 1:00pm

To order:

1) Visitwww.ShopAdvantageSports.com

2) Click on Meridian Fan Gear to shop!

3) When you’re ready, click on VIEW CART to review your order and check out.

4) Choose Pick Up at Advantage Sports – Lynden, WA (you will still be asked to enter your shipping address). Your school’s representative has arranged to pick up all orders together to be distributed at your school.

5) You must pay with a credit card at check out. *No credit card? Call or email us to order (see contact info below).

All orders will be processed TOGETHER after the due date. Please note that all Meridian apparel is made-to-order, and is therefore not returnable or exchangeable. Please call Advantage Sports prior to ordering if you have any questions!

Advantage Sports |advantage.sports@frontier.com360.318.8669 | 210 Nooksack Ave. | Lynden | M-F 10-5

Now through November 15th Toys for Tots is accepting gift requests from Meridian families who are looking for help this holiday season.

Toys for Tots will pick out gifts for your kids based on their gender and age. This program is ideal for children ages birth through age 13.

Please call or text the Meridian Family Support Center if you are interested:

Alicia (English) – 360-988-1949

Elvira (Spanish) – 360-306-2886

Gifts need to be picked up at the Family Center the week before Winter Break.