Several of our teachers spent part of their week presenting to other educators in the state at the IETC conference in Springfield. Mrs. Reindl and Mrs. Fassero presented a poster session on coding with Spheros, Miss Reiser and Ms. Specha presented a poster session on cross-curricular integration and coding, and Mr. Koniak presented a session on providing substance and structure in the social studies classroom.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Sara Karaianis Lucas Ibarra is a graduate of the class of 2015.
Upon graduation, Sara enlisted in the United States Army. She began her career as a military police officer specializing in corrections and detention in Germany before returning to the United States where she has served in four different states. She is stationed at Fort Leonardwood, Missouri, as a Drill Sergeant instructing Basic Combat Training. Staff Sergeant Ibarra has turned over 900 soldiers into soldiers as a Drill Sergeant.
Thursday, Nov 21--STUCO Dress Up Day!!!
On Saturday, November 9th, Taylorville High School’s varsity Scholastic Bowl team competed in the CISL tournament. Everyone did great and had a lot of fun!
TJHS Fannie May fundraiser update...
Dear Parents/Students/Customers:
Fannie May Candy is experiencing widespread product shortages and delays. Mint Meltaways are on back order. When the Mints become available, they will be delivered to the school, labeled. To help with this process, we have made copies of the original order forms, students can then get the Mints to their awaiting customers. We kindly ask for your patience.
Because of the shortages, Mint Meltaways & Buttercreams cannot be selected for the free item(s). Those items must be used for the paying customers. Your free Mints & Buttercreams have been substituted with another item; we are truly sorry.
We do appreciate your understanding, and we do sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
This is only the second time we have had any Fannie May candy back orders. This news is frustrating, but we are handling it the best way that we can. We will get through it.
We thank you for your continued support of our schools.
Sincerely,
Ruthie & Dana Fundraising
Cell: 217-369-4049
Congratulations to Addison Tarr & Mazie Fleming on their College Signings today. Addison Tarr will be taking her talents to Southeast Missouri State to play basketball and Mazie will attend the University of Illinois at Springfield to play volleyball.
Congratulations Addison Tarr and Mazie Fleming!
You may recall our High Five Friday posts recently at TJHS. Ms. Whitehead submitted some of our photos to Jostens for their Culture Challenge. With that, TJHS was recognized by Jostens School Culture Builder Award! TJHS plans to continue on the path of creating an exciting environment for all.
Stay tuned for more fun to come!
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Today we would like to honor the veterans in our community and alumni family. Thank you for your service.
Members of the VFW, along with David Dorn on trumpet, and our very own Tina Chamness, presented to the 3rd and 4th Graders about Veterans Day, Taps, and Flag Care and Symbolism.
TCUSD#3 thanks all our veterans for their service.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT:
Olivia Enlow, Class of 2022
Olivia is currently a junior at Eastern Illinois University majoring in musical theatre with a focus on performance. She has been busy with rehearsals at EIU preparing for a lead role as Amalia in She Loves Me. If you enjoyed watching her as Ursula in the THS 2022 spring musical The Little Mermaid then you won’t want to miss this weekend’s performances at EIU. See photo for date and time.
This group of THS students went and job shadowed with Springfield Clinic and had a blast! Future health care workers in the making! Way to go ladies!
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Patriots Pen Essay
The following eighth grade girls placed first, second, and third place respectively in the VFW Patriots Pen Essay writing contest: Carson Corzine, Saya Ohlwine, and Kailey Samson. They will continue on to the district competition later this year. Congratulations, girls! WRITE ON!
Mrs. Thomas’s class is collecting donations to start a “Take What you Need” wall in Nurse Jenny’s office. This wall will be a place for students to go who are in need of hygiene products and more! We can’t wait to get this wall up and see it in action! 💜💜💜
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT:
Hello Tornado Nation! My name is Lizzie Schafer and I graduated from THS in 2022. In high school I served as the Taylorville FFA President, TommyTV Co-anchor, National Honors Society Co-president, and was active in Purple Reign and FCA. After high school I attended Butler Community College where I competed on a nationally recognized livestock judging team. While there, I worked for the college marketing department promoting the college and served as the host of the weekly news show, BucoNation Update. Currently, I am a junior at Kansas State University majoring in Animal Science and Ag Communications. While I am a student, I work for Kansas State HD.TV and ESPN. I also serve as the official videographer for the Rowing Team. Recently, I was named the National FFA Star Over America in Agriscience. I am extremely grateful for all of the support that the incredible community has given me throughout the years and appreciate everything that Taylorville and THS has done to push me to conquer goals. I would never be where I am today without my family, THS teachers, and the amazing people within the Community.
Mrs. Grant’s class got to learn about Veterans Day today with some help from special visitors. Kinsley Mashburn’s mom and grandma visited today to share about veterans. They brought in several pictures and a letter from the president that honored their veteran, Kinsley’s uncle.
Our class wanted to help the people in Florida and surrounding states after the devastating hurricanes that left so many homeless. The students created a list of items needed by the victims, designed their own posters to put up around the school, and helped collect donations from students and staff at Memorial Elementary. We had two rounds of donations sent to local groups that were also collecting for the victims.
Our first group of donations was added to Milkmaid Mercantile's collection, and the owner's husband took the items down to the affected southern states. The second group of donations went to First United Methodist Church, which was working with Midwest Missions. We collected a large number of items, and we are so glad we could help families during this time of need.
Kinley, Bailey, and Noah completed their October reading log any reading for 15 minutes every night. They earned eating lunch with Mrs. Cope. We had lots of fun eating together!
The October Students of the Month for Memorial School. Students were chosen by teachers or peers based on October's character trait : Responsibility. These students went above and beyond by showing accountability, making good decisions, and putting forth their best effort in all tasks.
Lizzy White, Harper Simmons, Albesa Asani, Burklee Edwards, Grant Mitchell, Violet Skinner, Wade Harris, James Elam, Adrien Taglioli-Taylor, Ona Blomquist.
Not pictured: Kylie Houston, Sawyer McClahahan and Luke Smart.
Thank you to Stephanie Longden from First National Bank for your continued support and sponsorship!
The October Students of the Month at Taylorville Junior High School are selected by their teachers and have demonstrated "Kindness" throughout the month.
Cutline: Front (L-R) Bretlyn Kohl, Linus Melton, Kaylee Coghlan, Ryker Smothers, Avalynn Snow, Adalynn Jones, Charli Goodin, Lexi McIntosh
Middle (L-R) Bryson Malone, Piper Basil, Brady Prince, Whitt Brown, Myles Lovekamp, Anna Cole, Delilah McNeely, Chance Rincker, Rylen Donaldson, Griffin Morgan, Camdyn Letz, Desmond Rogers, Nick Atteberry
Top (L-R) Kenzley Heimsness, Kailyn Fulk, Ainsley Altman, Nevaeh Wiley, Vivian Smith, Grace Berry, Bella Blevins, Levi Paulek, Journie Rogers, Zac Wright, Isla Wareham, Nikyla Lawrence, Layne Bliler, Natalie Young, Silas Stockon
Pic 2: (L-R) Gianna Marchetti, Carter Simmons
Not pictured--Kynlee Calloway
Mrs. Grant's first grade class has been learning all about Election Day. On Monday they voted on their favorite cookie, Oreo or Chips Ahoy. Each student had to show his or her voter identification at the polling place. After the first graders cast their ballots , they all received an I Voted sticker. When all votes were in, the votes were counted, and Oreo was named the winner.
