Happy Principal Appreciation Day to Mr. Parham! Congratulations on (almost) completing your first year as principal of Macon Early College. Your dedication, leadership, and commitment to the success of your students, teachers, and staff have undoubtedly made a positive impact on the school community. Thank you for your hard work and tireless efforts in creating a supportive learning environment where everyone can thrive. Here's to many more years of success and growth under your guidance!
Say "hello" to two-way messaging in the Macon County Schools app! The app now offers announcements & parent-teacher chat. Look for your invitation to begin using this feature in our app tomorrow, May 2.
Download for Android https://bit.ly/3CyB4tu
Download for iOS https://apple.co/3TkKZso
Macon Early College Graduating Class participated in Grad Walk this week and were treated to a picnic lunch on the MEC lawn. We are so proud of our graduates! Congrats Class of 2024!
Say “hello” to two-way messaging in the Macon County Schools app! The same district app now offers class streams, announcements, and parent-teacher chat. Look for your personalized invitation later this week.
Download for Android https://bit.ly/3CyB4tu
Download for iPhone https://apple.co/3TkKZso
MEC we will be having a Greenhouse Workday Saturday, May 11th starting at 9 am. It’s a great way for students to get volunteer hours and help get our Greenhouse project completed!
Just a Reminder there is No School for Students April 26th. It is a Teacher Workday.
Several Macon Early College students were recognized Tuesday for achieving Honors and High Honors at the Southwestern Community College Academic Awards Ceremony.
Congratulations to our MEC students that attended the Southwestern Community College Awards Ceremony and received an award for completing an Honors Project.
There will be a 200 question exemption test for Drivers Ed given on Saturday May 11th at 9 am at Franklin High School. Any student who will be the age of 14 1/2 yrs old by this date is able to take this test. To sign up for this test, you will need to visit the wncdrivingschool.com website. Please read all information for materials needed on the website. Students will need to bring their iPad to be able to test. Cost is $65 cash.
Congratulations to Macon Early College student Emily Swanson for being inducted into the Southwestern Community College National Technical Honor Society. Great job Emily!
MEC we will be having a Greenhouse Workday this Saturday, April 13th starting at 9 am. It’s a great way for students to get volunteer hours and help get our Greenhouse project completed!
MEC & SCC are on Easter Break March 27th - March 29th. No School for Students and Teachers. Classes resume on April 1st! Happy Easter!
MEC Graduation Information! More details to come as if becomes available.
The MEC Prom Committee is excited to announce the 2023-2024 MEC Prom!
3rd, 4th and 5th Year Students hurry and buy your tickets now!
$30 per person until the end of March
$40 per person in April
$50 per person if purchased in May or at the door!
Today was Louise the Pig's lucky day, she got a big smooch from Mrs. Rowland! She was the winner of the Kiss the Pig food drive contest! 283 cans of food were collected to fill MEC's Little Free Pantry! Thank you to all the students who donated canned items to stock the pantry.
Students celebrated Pi Day by having an opportunity to pie Mr. Parham in the face if they could memorize and recite at least 30 numbers of Pi, followed by being served their own slice of pie🥧! Happy Pi Day!
There is still time to apply to MEC for the 2024-2025 school year! If you have a student is a rising 9th grader, and are interested in being a part of the MEC family, then apply today!
Go to our website, mec.macon.k12.nc.us/o/mec and go to our documents tab or follow the link below to the application. If you have any questions, you can email our principal, Mr. Parham, at caleb.parham@macon.k12.nc.us or call the school at (828)524-2002.
https://forms.gle/5a8oJTuxxKXAQDst6
The 2024-2025 MEC Application process is now open! If you have a student is a rising 9th grader, and are interested in being a part of the MEC family, then apply today!
Macon County Schools is now accepting lunch applications and meal payments.
If your student attends Cartoogechaye Elementary, East Franklin Elementary, Iotla Valley Elementary, Macon Early College, Macon Middle, Mountain View Intermediate, Nantahala, South Macon, or Union, they will receive meals at no cost as a part of the Community Eligibility Provision for the 2023-2024 school year. We do still encourage meal applications to help your child/children with other eligibilities and to help support the school district.
Macon County Schools is utilizing a new system and parent portal where you can submit meal applications and pay meal fees. Macon County Schools is no longer using lunchapplication.com or K12 Payment Center, and you are now unable to make payments with your old account.
To continue making meal payments, please create a new account at https://www.linqconnect.com
You may also submit meal applications through LINQ Connect for the current school year.
A BIG shout out to John Hamlin from State Farm and to Discover Church for showing their support for our MEC students! Mr. Hamlin brought donuts for every student on the first day of school and Discover Church supplied pizza for the student body on the second day of school. What a way to start out the school year!
We are grateful to have such strong community support for our MEC students. Thank you John Hamlin and Discover Church!
