Meridian Technical Charter High School

MTCHS will be closed from 2:30 PM on December 20, 2022 to 7:00 AM January 4, 2023. We wish a very happy holiday season to all and a prosperous and happy new year!

It's always so much fun to see the creative ideas our students come up with to decorate the Annual Student Government Holiday Gift Basket Fundraiser! Check out these offerings... and which one would you vote for?

MTCHS Quiz Bowl Alumni....If you live in the Treasure Valley and might be interested in helping with the State Quiz Bowl Contest, please Direct Message me (Beth Mtchs Richtsmeier)

The MTCHS Student Government is sponsoring our annual Holiday Basket Fundraiser.
Each year we create beautiful holiday meal baskets that are donated to hungry families in our community.
Last week we gave every first period class a signup sheet for food items and/or decorations for the basket. We're encouraging everyone who is able to bring in at least one item and contribute $1.00 to go towards buying a $20 gift card for each basket. The gift cards are intended to help the families in need purchase a turkey. Please bring your basket items by the morning of Friday, December 16th.
Teachers and staff members will vote on the best decorated basket, and the first period class with the winning basket will earn a Christmas cookie party on Tuesday, December 20th! The grade that brings in the most food items will earn 10 extra minutes of lunch on Tuesday, December 20th!

Food items for the baskets include Canned Sweet Potatoes/Yams, Canned Corn, Canned Green Beans, Canned Olives, Canned Fruit, Canned Cranberries, Chicken/Vegetable Stock, Cream of Mushroom/Onion Soup, Instant Potatoes, Stuffing Mix, Gravy Mix, Chocolate/Vanilla Pudding Mix, Graham Cracker Crust, Bisquick or similar for Biscuits, Marshmallows, Brown Sugar, Durkee’s Fried Onions, and Turkey Bake Bags

Parents or individuals who wish to donate money for the baskets may do so online at https://meridiantechnicalcharter.revtrak.net/Meridian-Tech-Charter-High-School-Fees/Donate-or-Pay-Money-to-MTCHS/

The 2022 MTCHS Gaming Computer Raffle is closing tonight! If you haven't purchased your raffle tickets for Friday's drawing, do so now!

1 Ticket: $12
5 Tickets: $55 (Savings of $5!)*
10 Tickets: $100 (Savings of $20!)*

For details and to purchase tickets, scan the code or visit https://meridiantechnicalcharter.revtrak.net/Meridian-Tech-Charter-High-School-Fees/STOR-Student-Technical-Organization-Rewards/#/v/gaming-computer-drawing

School is cancelled today due to inclement weather. We hope you take the chance to relax, stay safe, read a good book, go out and build a snowman, shovel your neighbors walk, and/or enjoy a nice hot cup of cocoa!

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Look who's currently on top of the rankings in Certiport’s Microsoft Office Specialist Championships in the state of Idaho! Our Juniors have not yet taken the Excel certification test, but Mrs. Heesch's Business 2 class is hoping they can come out on top of that as well and sweep all three categories at the end of the qualification period!
By taking this certification exam, these students may choose to be entered to compete at the 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship in Orlando, Florida. Certiport’s Microsoft Office Specialist Championships are one of the only championships endorsed by Microsoft and are among the largest IT competitions for students in the world. At the U.S. National Championship, competitors compete to win:
Scholarships
Microsoft Prizes, such as Xboxes, Surface Laptops, and more!
Trophies
Medals
Title of Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Champion
All-expenses-paid trip to the 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship!

To earn an invitation to U.S. Nationals, students must complete the qualification period ranked first in the state.
Good luck, Dragons!

The undefeated MTCHS Varsity Overwatch 2 team is playing in the Grand Finals of the UFEA league on Tuesday at 5:30PM. MTCHS and Rocklin High School both have perfect seasons and will be facing each other for the first time in the league.
Right now, we don't have word on game streaming.
GO DRAGONS!

SkillsUSA is sponsoring a Holiday Tech Party on Friday December 9th from 3:00PM - 8:30PM. Students, this is your chance to have a fun night with your friends with video games, board games, outdoor activities, pizza, prizes, and an UGLY SWEATER COMPETITION! Tickets can be purchased at https://meridiantechnicalcharter.revtrak.net/Meridian-Tech-Charter-High-School-Fees/Tech-Party-Tickets/#/list!

There will be no school on Wednesday, December 7 for a Professional Learning/Collaboration Day for staff. See you on Thursday!

Student Government is getting everyone into the holiday spirit this week! We had lots of comfy gear and onesies in the school today! We're looking forward to some fun Holiday Headwear tomorrow, Dress Like a Present on Thursday, and the ever popular Ugly Sweater Day on Friday!

The Meridian Technical Charter school prepares students for the future.

Thank you, Idaho News 6, for the great video! Nice job representing our school, Regan, Kayden, and Mr. Yadon!

The Meridian Technical Charter school prepares students for the future. Giving high school students the skills and knowledge to go into the workplace is essential, especially in our ever-changing computer world.

Yesterday the MTCHS Varsity Overwatch team defeated 3-time champions West High Vikings in the Semifinal round of this season's playoffs. The Dragons lost the first game, adjusted, and came back to win the next three games.
The match was streamed and, if you missed it, a video of the match can be seen at https://www.twitch.tv/ufea_gg
Wishing our Dragons good luck in next Tuesday's Finals!

MTCHS Dragons!
Your undefeated Varsity Overwatch team is playing in the semifinals today at 5:30pm. This is going to be a hard fought battle as they are playing last year's champion, West High Vikings from Bakersfield, CA. The Dragons defeated the Vikings in the regular season in an exciting match that went the full 5 games.

Varsity Overwatch Team
Tyler H - Soop
Daniel B - TheLaw
Keaton D - Kruton
Hudson F - ToddMiller
Aiden D - K1ngSw1ffer
Steven S - AbsoluteNova
JB S - JBersB

The match will be streamed by the league HERE. Please join us in cheering them on!
GO DRAGONS!

Wishing you all a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday!
We are grateful for our wonderful community of parents and students! Parents, thank you for all you do behind the scenes to encourage your kids to be the very best version of themselves. Students, we appreciate your hard work, integrity, and determination!

It's always fun to pull different groups together for projects! Mrs. Heesch's Business 101 class is developing food truck business plans and recently collaborated with Mr. Taylor's Graphic Design class. The Graphic Design students pitched designs and created logos for each food truck; these were the winners.

We still have room for a few more 8th graders in our Tech-X-Perience tomorrow night! If you are wondering what MTCHS is all about, come check it out! Students may sign up for a fun Tech Experience, while parents will learn about all our school has to offer! Sign up now at www.mtchs.org/reg!

MTCHS National Honor Society members and friends were busy on Saturday, raking, piling, and bagging over 50 bags of leaves and putting the rest in the resident's compost bin as part of Rake up Boise! That's a lot of trees and a lot of leaves, but they look like they were having fun! 😁

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MTCHS will hold our annual Veterans Day Assembly at the school on Friday November 11th from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Student Government is asking students to invite family members or friends who are veterans and active duty members of the Armed Services. An email with a sign-up link has been sent to the students. We would love to honor members of the MTCHS community who have given so much in service to our country.
Students, please remember that we are all showing our honor and respect for our servicemen and women with Professional Dress Day.

2022 MTCHS 8th Grade Tech-X-perience (Choose ONE activity ONLY)

Meridian Technical Charter High School is at Meridian Technical Charter High School.

Design, Code, Fix, Engineer, Manage and Support the
Technologies of Today and Tomorrow
Register at https://www.mtchs.org/reg
Tech-X-perience for interested 8th Graders
Explore the technical areas of MTCHS.
6:30-8:30 PM, November 15, 2022

2022 MTCHS 8th Grade Tech-X-perience (Choose ONE activity ONLY) Impact Your Future! Explore the Technical Areas of Meridian Technical Charter High School!

Our VEX Robotics Teams are competing in Haley at the VEX Idaho Season Opener tournament. Right now Team Dragons is in 10th place! Good luck to you all in the elimination round!

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2022 MTCHS Gaming Computer Raffle

MTCHS STOR is once again having a raffle for a custom-built Gaming Computer! This computer was put together by our students in the Network Administration & Cybersecurity Focus Area, with all components carefully selected to make one incredible machine.

Spec List - Over $1,700 in parts!
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P200A mini-ITX, Black
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix B550-I Gaming AMD AM4
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600
RAM: OLOy DDR4 RAM 32GB
Power Supply: Corsair CX750F RGB, 750 Watt, 80 PLUS Bronze
SSD: SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 1TB, M.2 NVMe
GPU: EVGA RTX 3070ti
GPU Support: LINKUP - Ultra PCIe 4.0 X16 Riser Cable
Liquid Cooling: Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB V2
Light Strip: Phanteks NEON Digital-RGB LED Strip M1, 1-Meter

With blazing fast speeds, processing capability, and an amazing graphics card, this custom build will help you dominate those online games or process graphics and video editing software with ease!

Raffle tickets may be purchased on our website:
1 Ticket: $12
5 Tickets: $55 (Savings of $5!)*
10 Tickets: $100 (Savings of $20!)*
*PLEASE NOTE: To get the savings, you must buy that ticket package at checkout.
https://meridiantechnicalcharter.revtrak.net/Meridian-Tech-Charter-High-School-Fees/STOR-Student-Technical-Organization-Rewards/#/v/gaming-computer-drawing

ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE STUDENT TECHNICAL ORGANIZATIONS (STOR) AT MERIDIAN TECHNICAL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: ESPORTS, SKILLSUSA, AND VEX.
Please feel free to share with your friends as ticket purchases are open to the public.

The Fine Print:

Tickets will go on sale on October 3, 2022. The last day to purchase tickets will be Wednesday, December 14, 2022*. The drawing will take place on Friday, December 16, 2022, at 11:30 a.m. during lunch at MTCHS.

*PLEASE NOTE: One-hundred and eighty (180) tickets need to be sold by 12/14/2022 in order for the drawing to take place on 12/16/2022. The ticket purchase deadline may be extended at MTCHS’ sole discretion to facilitate the sale of more tickets.

Only the computer itself is included with the raffle. A display, keyboard, mouse, etc. are not provided to the winner.

Shipping is not provided to the winner. You must be able to pick up the computer from Meridian Technical Charter High School at 3800 N. Locust Grove in Meridian during normal school hours (7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.)

The winner will be notified via the contact information provided when purchasing a ticket. To avoid issues, please make sure all information is correct before submitting an order.

If we are unable to contact the winner, a new drawing will be held.

MTCHS will make a full-faith effort to ensure the computer is functional and working upon delivery to the winner. However, the computer will be given to the winner as-is without any warranty or support given by MTCHS. The winner accepts any and all liability and responsibility for the maintenance of the computer.

MTCHS reserves the right to terminate this promotion at any time and for any reason. Any purchases would be refunded.

There will be a Professional Dress Day on Wednesday, October 25. Juniors and Seniors will be participating in the Youth Innovation Challenge as part of Boise Entrepreneur Week at JUMP in downtown Boise. Freshmen and Sophomores will be visiting area businesses and colleges.
All students will be required to wear professional dress.
Freshmen and Sophomores will be doing a lot of walking, please consider your footwear; it should look professional but be comfortable enough for a day on your feet.
Lunch will be provided for Juniors and Seniors at JUMP at 1:00. Freshmen and Sophomores may bring a sack lunch, or we will be stopping for fast food at various restaurants.

We had a fun group of Minions wandering the halls of MTCHS today! Don't forget tomorrow's Spirit Week Theme: BBQ Dad vs Soccer Mom... what, oh what will our students come up with?

Dragons, mark your calendars for a spooky fun MTCHS Halloween Tech Party on Friday, October 28th. There will be video and board games, outdoor activities, a costume contest, prizes, pizza, and soft drinks! Students can purchase tickets online at this link: https://meridiantechnicalcharter.revtrak.net/Meridian-Tech-Charter-High-School-Fees/Tech-Party-Tickets/#/list
Tickets are $10 for STOR Members, $13 for non-STOR members, and $15 at the door.

Student Government has an exciting Spirit Week planned! Let's see what you've got, Dragons!

Monday (October 24th): Minion Day. Dress like a minion or wear some minion swag.
Tuesday (October 25th): BBQ Dad vs Soccer Mom.
Wednesday (October 26th): We have professional dress day this day, but just to make it more fun, it is also Dress Like Bodell Day.
Thursday (October 27th): Adam Sandler Day
Friday (October 28th): Costume Day!! Costumes must adhere to Dress Code; no full face masks or full face paint, no weapons, no revealing costumes.
On Friday afternoon there is also a Halloween Themed Tech Party!
Can't wait to see what our creative students come up with!

There will be no school on Friday, October 21st. Enjoy your 3-day weekend!

MTCHS would like to shout out our appreciation to Truffles Etc. for sponsoring our Prom Fundraiser last Friday! Between donating a portion of the sales and the tip jar, they earned over $470 for prom! It was a sweet success!
Thank you!
Truffles, etc. - How Sweet It Is

Get ready for Picture Retake Day on Friday morning, October 14, at 7:45 am.
It will also be Senior Tux and Drape Day. The photographer will provide the tux and drape attire.
If you have any questions, please contact the school: [email protected], or 208.288.2928

On Wednesday, October 12, sophomores and juniors will take the PSAT/NMSQT during the regular school day. Freshmen and seniors will have a normal school day in the building.

We encourage test takers to get a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast in the morning. Please bring two #2 pencils with erasers, a calculator with good batteries, and an optional snack or drink for breaks No phones or other electronic devices will be allowed, including smart watches. Testing will begin at 7:45 and will last until lunchtime. This is a preliminary or practice SAT for the most part. Juniors, however, can qualify as National Merit Scholars if they score well.

The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) is a standardized test administered by the College Board and cosponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) in the United States.