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Students from the Merced City School District swept the top three spots at the Merced County Office of Education STEM Fair on Wednesday. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. The event showcased 33 science projects from 66 students in grades 5 through 8. In addition to MCSD, the other participating school districts included Atwater Elementary, Delhi Unified, and Our Lady of Mercy. The exhibits were judged by local scientists or professors from UC Merced and Merced College, among others. For the overall competition, Tenaya Middle Schoo...
Hundreds of students representing all of our Merced City School District campuses took the stage at the historic Merced Theatre on February 23rd for the second annual Spotlight showcase. The event was a chance to celebrate our students' emerging talents and to highlight arts education opportunities throughout the district. These videos show the performances in their entirety. Act 1 features: Elementary Concert Band (Burbank, Fremont, Gracey, Muir, Peterson), Clark Preschool, Sheehy, Tenaya, Reyes, Stowell & Wright Bands, Hoover, Rivera Elementary...
More than 200 fifth and sixth grade students from across the Merced City School District showed their skills and sportsmanship during the second annual March Madness basketball tournament. A total of 28 teams competed at the district's four middle schools during the week of March 8th. The winners of each bracket went on to the Final Four on March 13th before Muir Elementary and Rivera Elementary faced off in the final on March 14th. It was a great game, but in the end Muir emerged victorious with a final score of 35-32. Thank you to all of the...
The Merced City School District has embarked upon a special pilot project to support student health and provide a convenient option for parents. The district is partnering with the Merced County Department of Public Health to bring Tdap (pertussis) vaccination clinics to all 13 elementary school sites that have 6th graders enrolled. These clinics are being held on various days during the month of March. Students who are entering 7th grade during the 2017-2018 school year must show proof of having received one dose of pertussis containing vaccine (given in the form o...
Students at Franklin Elementary School made some new four-legged friends this week. New Beginnings for Merced County Animals brought three tiny puppies and one sweet dog to meet the students as a way to say thank you for their fundraising efforts. The children in Mrs. Silva's transitional kindergarten class and Mrs. Christiansen's kindergarten class spent months selling small school supply items during recess to help support the non-profit animal rescue group. On Monday, they presented a check for $1300 to the volunteers who rely on donations to facilitate foster c...