It's National School Counseling Week! Please join us in thanking our amazing counselors for their work to support our students' academic, social and personal growth - Ms. Brough, Elementary School; Mr. Latta, Middle School; Ms. Farwig & Mr. Boyer, High School.
Metro Schools is excited to welcome students back to in-person classes on Monday, February 2. Parents are asked to allow for extra time and take extra care during morning student drop-off, as not all street are fully plowed and accessibility might be more limited than usual. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!
The Battelle Center at OSU provides avenues through which Metro staff and students can benefit from university resources, participate in college coursework, and pilot innovative programs. Read more about our partnership: https://battellecenter.osu.edu/story/metro-schools-and-battelle-center
Due to extreme cold expected in the morning, we'll be ending this week with another closure. Classes will be cancelled for Metro Elementary, Middle and High School on Friday, January 30. We look forward to improved temperatures and a return to in person classes next week!
Based on the extreme cold temperatures expected again tomorrow, Metro Elementary, Middle & High School will have a snow day on Thursday, January 29 and our buildings will be closed. Students will NOT have to report for classes online. Stay safe and warm!
Due to the extreme cold temperatures expected in the morning, Metro Middle & High School will move to VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION for Wednesday, January 28. Students are to log in for classes from home starting at 8:30am with participation expected as any "in person" school day. We anticipate a return to in-person classes on Thursday - weather permitting - and will keep you up to date if any further changes are deemed necessary.
Metro Elementary will be closed and the Middle & High School will move to a VIRTUAL day on Tuesday, January 27 due to the continued snow emergency and road conditions. In-person classes are set to resume on Wednesday, January 28.
Monday, January 26 is a scheduled staff work day. Students are not to report and our offices will be closed due to the weather. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 27 unless otherwise announced.
The EnPower J-Term course explored the experiences of Black women in the United States and beyond and highlighted successful Black professionals in the Columbus community.
Painting, sewing, personal finance, classical Latin, handling farm animals - you never know what new skills you'll gain during a Metro J-Term class! Thanks to all the partners who came to teach courses the past two weeks. We're gearing up for the start of spring semester January 27.
Ballroom dancing, Yoga, Physics of Sports, Cinematics - January Term is filled with exciting elective courses taught by parents and community partners sharing their expertise. Ask your child about their favorite J-Term class!
4th graders learned about electricity and brought their knowledge to life using Snap Circuits. Lights, buzzers, flying fans and big “aha!” moments filled the Imaginarium class as students built and tested their designs like real electrical engineers!
Metro Schools will be closed on Tuesday, January 20 due to the extreme cold temperatures expected in the morning. Classes will resume on Wednesday, January 21. Stay safe and warm!
J-Term at Metro: Led by Ms. Shade, the "Code Next" Web Development class uses a Jeopardy game to review coding skills. Students are creating a website with HTML and CSS, and are using the MIT app Inventor. As a bonus, they are earning some Google swag along the way!
We hope everyone has enjoyed the holiday break and that the new year has started on a good note. Metro classes will resume next week.
It was a fabulous day at Metro Elementary, as students enjoyed a concert by the Fort Hayes High School Jazz Band. Thanks to the parents who donated supplies and volunteered to help with holiday cookie decorating!
In Imaginarium class, K-3rd graders got an idea of the challenge city plow drivers face to clear streets so we can get to school safely! The lesson is linked to a current focus on forces that push and pull. Students worked to navigate around houses and bushes while rolling a “snowball” with a dash robot.
Due to inclement weather expected on Monday, December 15, Metro Elementary classes will be cancelled and Middle & High School classes will meet online on the VIRTUAL DAY schedule.
Kindergarten students are blasting off, learning how things move on our earth! They jumped and dropped things to understand the force of gravity, then created paper rockets with straw launchers to push air through. Big pushes = big movements, little pushes = little movements!
Twenty-four Metro students took part in the statewide Model United Nations conference Dec. 7 - 9, joining over 1,200 participants from around Ohio. During the three-day event, students played the role of delegates of a selected nation in order to write, present and debate issues affecting peoples of the world. Congratulations to 12th graders Aliah Irfan and Iza Gul , who received leadership awards, and to 11th graders Avelea Bachman and Naina Devatha, who were voted as state officers for next year's conference.
