Martin County High School

🎓#MCSDSENIORSTORIES🎓 This early evening, we are shining a spotlight on Martin County High School senior Jomar Zelaya! "Jomar has won the title of Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County 2024 Youth of the Year," Juan shared. "He aspires to go to the University of Miami to become an orthopedic surgeon." 🎉Congratulations, Jomar! 🎉 We are so very proud of you! To share your senior story or a story about a loved one, please visit https://bit.ly/4a1szEO #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud #Classof2024

🌟 WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU 🌟 10 days left!! 📣 Parents, please take a moment to fill out the Martin County School District's annual Satisfaction & Engagement Survey to provide your input! ℹ️ These surveys provide an avenue for family feedback that is vital in the development and monitoring of strategies that enhance the learning experience for our students. Parents of students in grades PreK-12, we need YOU! Your submissions are kept anonymous, and it's important a survey is filled out for each child's school, if applicable. ➡️School administrators and teachers eagerly await your feedback this year, comparing it with last year's baseline results to analyze progress. Your input is the key to continuous improvement! Take the survey here: https://survey.5-essentials.org/martin/ The feedback from these surveys is invaluable! MCSD appreciates every stakeholder who partners with us in our mission to provide excellent education for all students. #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🎓#MCSDSENIORSTORIES🎓 This morning, we are shining a spotlight on Martin County High School senior Madelyn Harse! "Maddy has spent her education in the Martin County School District and has thrived with amazing teachers throughout her educational career at Crystal Lake Elementary School, Palm City Elementary School, Hidden Oaks Middle School and finishing up in the Cambridge International Education AICE Program at Martin County High School," proud mom Kim Harse shared. "She rowed all through middle school and high school at the Treasure Coast Rowing Club, winning FIRST at states her freshman year. She has continued to work hard at everything she does. She has worked on the yearbook at MCHS, being an editor the last two years. She has continued to volunteer at PCE throughout middle school and high school." "Maddy is going to go do BIG THINGS and we are so proud of her," Kim continued. "We can't wait to see what she does." Madelyn plans to attend IRSC - Indian River State College to finish earning her Associate's Degree. We are so very proud of you, Madelyn! Congratulations! 🎉🎉 To share your senior story or a story about a loved one, please visit https://bit.ly/4a1szEO #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🎓#MCSDSENIORSTORIES🎓 This morning, we are shining a spotlight on Martin County High School senior Alanna Gilbride! "Alanna is a 3rd generation MCHS Tiger graduate who will be attending IRSC - Indian River State College to pursue a career as a firefighter/paramedic," proud mom Angie Gillbride shared. "Her passion is helping others which is why she is choosing this as her career path." "She was a football & basketball cheerleader throughout HS as well as an AVID student," Angie continued. "Alanna currently is a 2nd year S3 student as teacher assistant at Port Salerno Elementary School in kindergarten where she attended PreK-2nd grade. Alanna has had incredible teachers that created memorable learning experiences, starting in kindergarten at PSE with Mrs. Sharp and ending at The Pinewood Elementary in 4th with Mrs. Norman and 5th with Mrs. Jacaruso! In middle school at Dr. David L. Anderson Middle School, music teacher Mrs. Lavere, and finally at MCHS, AVID teacher Miss Porcelli. All are teachers she will always remember!" 🎉Congratulations, Alanna! 🎉 We are so very proud of you! To share your senior story or a story about a loved one, please visit https://bit.ly/4a1szEO #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

MCHS Parents- we need your support. 2024 Martin Parent Survey Please take the time to provide feedback to the Martin County School District. Link to survey: http://survey.5-essentials.org/martin/survey/parent/

💐SPRING BREAK💐 All Martin County School District-operated schools will be closed for Spring Break from Monday, March 11 to Friday, March 15, 2024. Classes will resume on Monday, March 18, 2024. We wish all of our families and employees a safe and relaxing break! #ALLINMartin👊

On Thursday, March 7, the Martin County Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble performed at the Florida Bandmasters Association District 13 Concert Music Performance Assessment at Vero Beach High School. Symphonic Band received an overall EXCELLENT rating while earning a SUPERIOR rating in Sight Reading. Wind Ensemble earned a unanimous SUPERIOR rating and received a grade of 'A' in every caption of adjudication. Additionally, students Ashley Crosby and Luis Medina participated in the Student Conductor assessment and both earned a SUPERIOR rating. Congratulations to all of our MCHS band students for their outstanding performances and results! The Martin County Wind Ensemble will perform at the State Concert Music Performance Assessment on April 22-24 (exact date TBD) at Vero Beach High School.

🎓🎉TIME TO CELEBRATE🎉🎓 Help us shine the spotlight on your favorite senior! Fill out this link so we can highlight the amazing stories of our Class of 2024 seniors: https://bit.ly/3TB60S5 We can't wait to share your stories and photos right here! #ALLINMartin👊 #Classof2024 #MCSDSeniorStories

The MCHS Choral Department competed in the District Vocal Music Performance Assessments (MPA)! 🙂 They did an outstanding job! Combined Ladies received all Superior Ratings from the three judges for their stage performance and a Superior in Sight-Reading. Combined Men received all Excellent Ratings from the three judges for their stage performance and a Superior in Sight-Reading. OPUS received all Superior Ratings from the judges for their stage performance and a Superior in Sight-Reading. MCHS is most proud of their Sight-Reading scores! As one judge put it, the performance can sometimes be the 'dog and pony show' but the real test is in the Sight-Reading room, where you can see the learning that is taking place! 🙂

MCHS Senior Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at 10AM in the Auditorium. Important information about upcoming senior events and graduation requirements will be shared.

MCHS DECA attended the State competition in Orlando with over 2600 students from across the state. MCHS is proud of our students for going up against all these larger schools and placing in the top 50%. Our Tigers handled themselves with the professionalism and maturity expected of Martin County students. DECA advisor, Leigh Lawrynas received a Professional Service award for 15 years of service with DECA. Individual accomplishments: Brooke Belding and MacKenzie DiNicola placed 26th in the state for Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making     Kellianne Fariello and Alexis Kavouklis placed 15th in the state for Hospitality Services Team Decision Making Hutchinson Hughes and Morgan Williams placed 28th in the state for Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making

Congratulations to Martin County High School's Academy of Culinary Arts students who secured 2nd Overall in the Florida ProStart Program Culinary Team Competition this past weekend! The Tigers competed against 42 other ProStart programs from around the state in different categories. In addition to winning 2nd Overall, several students were recognized for their individual and team accomplishments: 🏆Hospitality Excellence Award: Victoria Garcia 🥉Culinary Team: Michael Decesare, Zach Walker, Kalla Caves, Sarah Duda, Isabella Quevedo 🥉 Restaurant Management Team: Victoria Garcia, Rosemary Hernandez, Sienna Hartley, Jennifer Lopez 🥈 Edible Centerpiece: Bryar Stoney (received a $5,000 scholarship from Keiser University) 🍽️ Top 8 Finish in Waiter's Relay: Taylor Koon, Costantino Padovano, Davis Scott 🍽️ $2,000 Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association Scholarships: Michael Decesare, Jennifer Lopez, and Tishaly Acosta Ramos All members of both the Culinary and Management teams received scholarships from: The Culinary Institute of America, Johnson & Wales University, Nicholls State University, Culinary Institute of Virginia, Keiser University, Rosen School Of Hospitality at the University of Central Florida and the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management. Congratulations, Tigers!

🏄‍♀️🌊SURF'S UP🌊🏄 Celebrate National School Breakfast Week with the Martin County School District! This year’s theme is Surf’s Up With School Breakfast. Students, get charged up for a day of learning by grabbing breakfast in the cafeteria all week long! Watch this video highlighting the daily options created by Citrus Grove Elementary School Food and Nutrition Services Manager Christy Cole and her students: https://youtu.be/Oh5_igPqngg #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud #MCSDBetterTogether💫

MCHS girls varsity lacrosse attack player, LILY WERNICK, has been nominated for TCPALM player of the week! Please vote for her using link below! You can vote as many times as you’d like! It takes two clicks! Let’s get Lily and our school this recognition! Way to go Lily! https://www.tcpalm.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/03/04/vote-tcpalms-athlete-of-the-week-for-feb-26-mar-2-playing-period/72837170007/

The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology is offering an internship opportunity that is paid and full time through the summer. It is only for students interested and taking courses in STEM. Please see link below, posting closes on March 17th. Link: https://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/529824/kenan-fellow-high-school-student-research-internjupiter-fl

Students from the Academy of Computer Science attended Florida’s first-ever statewide high school cybersecurity competition: CyberLaunch! CyberLaunch introduced high school students to the universe of cybersecurity careers through the fun of a statewide competition.

The Martin County High School Jazz Ensemble and Drama department performed at the grand opening of the Destination Playground at Kiwanis Park in downtown Stuart. The Jazz Ensemble performed several selections and Drama students performed excerpts from their upcoming production of "Seussical the Musical", which will be showing April 25-27th at Martin County High School.

​Wondering how to join the AICE program at MCHS? Interested in learning more about what AICE is and what its benefits are? For more information, watch our video​ at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y6pjIWAXOiIoScg2Orcb7EbtTOO7x5Xa/view?usp=drive_link or by scanning the QR Code.

MCHS Alumnus, Ryan Mitchell, won 1st place at the Research Data Visualization Competition at Duke University! Ryan shares that data visualization is what he most loves to do! Storytelling with numbers is what excited him about statistics in the first place. Congratulations!

🍎CHOOSING THE BEST🍎 During an Emergency Meeting held this evening, the Martin County School Board voted to add Martin County High School and Jensen Beach High School to the list of approved Controlled Open Enrollment schools for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year. This means in AND out-of-county residents can apply to ANY MCSD-operated school during the application period that will open tomorrow, March 1 – March 31. For high school students, applications for signature programs are no longer required as part of the Choice process, but must be completed if your child would like to be considered for entrance into a signature program. ℹ️Students accepted into a Controlled Open Enrollment choice option must have their own mode of transportation to and from school. Students are not required to renew their applications annually and will be permitted to attend their chosen school through the highest grade level offered on the campus. ➡️Learn more: https://www.martinschools.org/page/office-of-school-choice #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫 #PublicSchoolProud