Did you know that simply walking 30 minutes every day can have a great impact on your health? Frequent brisk walks can boost your brain power, make you more productive, and lower health care costs by reducing a wide range of health risks!
This winter we will be opening up the Middle/High School hallways on weeknights and weekends to the community! Check out the flyer below for more information! We can't wait to walk with you!
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Mark your calendars! The Holiday Gift Shop at our Elementary is scheduled for December 12, 13 & 14 from 9am-2pm. If you are able to volunteer some time to help our kiddos shop for their loved ones, please email Erin VanderWall at TEVande62604@yahoo.com
The time is here for our annual Senior Citizen Christmas Dinner. Please help us by inviting your friends, family and neighbors to this wonderful event. We look forward to welcoming a very valued part of our community into our district for a delicious holiday dinner.
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This month Mrs. Good is spotlighting 2 student artists. Hudson Heidrich and Ava Betts. They have curated their own display in the high school hallway, and it will be up for the entire month of November.
Hudson is a freshman who is interested in pursuing a job in the mental health field. She is part of both the Drama and Art Clubs. She has a variety of different media in her display, including graphite and charcoal drawings, oil pastel paintings, and small sketches.
Ava is a sophomore who loves art. She is also a part of the band and loves to create art during her free time. She has a collection of 8 prints on display.
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Learning can be fun and creative!
Today Ms. Lednicky’s 6th grade math class played minute to win it as a part of their lesson. They will use the data gathered for their data and statistics unit and present it to the class.
Just a friendly reminder that there is no school tomorrow!
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Our 4th and 5th grade LEGO Robotics team is doing a Penny Drive fundraiser to raise money in support of their community project. Their Community Project planned is to send soccer balls to the children of Africa! Each classroom will have a bucket for pennies (or any cash donation). Any excess funds raised will benefit the LEGO Robotics program.
Just a quick reminder for our Vandal Families as we head into the week!
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Hello Vandal Families: We just wanted to post a quick reminder of tomorrow's half day for our Middle and High School Students. We encourage Middle and High School Parents to attend parent/teacher conferences from 12-3 and 5-7 pm. We hope to see you there!
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Attention Elementary families! PVO Fundraiser orders will be delivered on Thursday, October 26. Parents can pickup their child's fundraiser orders between 3pm-5pm on Thursday or Friday. Cookie dough purchases are shelf stable up to 72 hours. We will not be able to store cookie dough after 5 pm on Friday, October 27. Please contact us if an alternate pickup time is needed.
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Help us beat our goal of 15 donations and impact up to 45 lives in Michigan hospitals PLUS get a pair of spooktacular Versiti socks!
Good morning Vandal Staff and Families: There will be no school today, Thursday, October 5th due to a community wide power outage with restoration unlikely before the end of the school day. Staff is not expected to report.
Students who attend SCC and Delta should report as usual as this outage has only impacted the Merrill Community.
Have a good day Vandals!
Did you know it is National Principal Appreciation Month? We want to give a huge shout out to our amazing principals, Mr. Wiley and Mrs. Zimmerman for all their hard work and dedication to this District, our staff, students and community! Thank you!
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Last night we kicked off Homecoming with the annual powder puff football game! The Sophomore/Junior Team came out with an early lead and dominated the Freshman/Senior team with a final score of 62-8.
It was a very entertaining evening and fun was had by all!
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Last night we kicked off Homecoming Week with Powder Puff Football and Hallway Decorating. Don't forget to check out spirit days for the rest of the week and Friday's Homecoming events! Go Vandals!
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Merrill's Health Resource Advocate was able to spend a couple of hours at our middle school last week and commented how awesome it was! She said our students were very polite & they are crushing the BWell program. Ms. Robinson has been an integral part of getting it up and running in Merrill.
We wanted to recognize for several students for their outstanding participation in the StepUp & BWell program for the month of September.
The top 3 Merrill movers for September were.:
Lexi Monk, Seth McFadden, and Jacob Matilla-Gonzalez and we wanted to recognize the entire 6th, 7th, and8th grade girls weight training class!
Congratulations to everyone on a job well done!
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Congratulations to Tyler Smith, Merrill High School DAR Good Citizen Award recipient! Tyler was chosen because of his dependability, service, leadership, and service. Now, he will be eligible to compete in an essay contest against other winners in the State of Michigan.
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