TJHS Perfect Attendance Winners for the week of January 8, 2024:
Way to go Briella Castle (5), Adelyn Durbin (6), Penelope Vandeventer (7), and Kyson McKinney (8)
Congratulations to our Advisory Independent Readers selected to receive book tokens this week. Reading really can be fun!!!
Aalexis Halligan, Olivia Davis, and Amber Achenbach
Dear TCUSD #3 Community,
We just wanted to take a second and welcome back all of our outstanding young scholars. We are excited to begin the next part of our journey together and begin this 3rd quarter.
The TJHS Homework Help program will reconvene on Tuesday, Jan 16. Please call the office if you would like more information and we can send that home with your son or daughter.
Thank you
This week's Tornado Appreciation Award winner is Jaydon Ward. Jaydon was nominated by Mrs. Sorrill for his hard work and effort this Semester. Well done Jaydon!
Congratulations to Ms. Pellinghelli, our Red Apple recipient for the month of November. Ms. Pellinghelli teaches kids to be better readers and writers. Her favorite literary work is "To Kill a Mockingbird" and she enjoys leading the ELA dept at TJHS. Ms. Pellinghelli is in her 28th year at TJHS and we thank her for her continued commitment to excellence in the classroom.
Our support staff for the month of November include our fantastic administrative assistants, Mrs. Stephanie Althoff and Ms. Julie LeBeane. Mrs. Althoff enjoys watching the kids grow and change over the years that they are in junior high, while Ms. LeBeane enjoys working with the kids, as they make her smile every day.
Mrs. Foil’s 7th grade Geography Class made Ugly Christmas Sweaters. Each student choose a country and added forms of Movement (transportation, trade and migration) to it. They then selected a pattern from their country to add to the sweater. Students were introduced to the 195 countries of the world.
Join us at TJHS this evening for our annual Christmas Concert. This event begins at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
Blake Beckley (2019 THS Alum) presented to our Computer Concepts and STEM classes about his internship and future career with NASA.
The VFW Post 4495 recent held an awards dinner for the winners in the Patriot’s Pen writing competition. Congratulations to TJHS students Julie Wayman who earned first place and Jett Morman who earned third place. The VFW also honored Ms. Lynn Durham as the VFW Post 4495 Teacher of the Year.
Congratulations to the THS December Students of the Month.
Freshman - Deacon Shanks
Sophomore - Zoe Manasco
Junior - Ashton Noreuil
Senior - Trysten Anderson
(Pictured: Deacon Shanks, Zoe Manasco and Ashton Noreuil)
Come see us at Christmas in the Park tonight!
Sharing more holiday fun from TJHS!
Good luck to Will Kettelkamp!
The 8th grade team is united in their desire to make school and learning fun! Keep up the great work!!
The "Twelve Daze of Christmas" play production began this morning and WOW!!! The kids are doing a great job, the set looks great, and the sound system is much improved. Showtimes for tomorrow are 2 pm and 6:30 pm. Come out and support the arts! Happy Holidays and well done Director Febus.
This week's Attendance Incentive Winner is Maelie Heberling. Congratulations!
Congratulations to the Lady Tornado Basketball team on their 65-28 victory over Pana last night and returning the Carol Schramm/Joyce Wilcox Trophy to Taylorville.
(Pictured with the Lady Tornado Basketball Team are Joyce Wilcox and Carol Schramm)
Pack the House at the THS boys basketball game next Friday. All students will get an autographed poster.
THS Faculty wear their College colors at the December Faculty Meeting!
Mrs. Reindl went into the 5-8th grade classrooms and taught a coding lesson for Hour of Code last week. 5th grade did rodocodo, 6th grade coded a rotating Earth with texture, 7th grade coded moving WordArt, some classes coded the Tickle Monster using hand recognition, and 8th grade coded a chat box, connected it to ChatGPT, named the chat box, and interacted with the chat box. Because the Jr. High registered for Hour of Code, we did a drawing and gave prizes out! Anyone in the school who coded with Mrs. Reindl, had their name put into the drawing. The t-shirt winners were: Aubree Durbin - 5th grade, Baileigh Donaldson - 6th Grade, Olivia Gray and Jaina Rathgeber - 7th Grade, Kaden Presnell and Kiera Neeley - 8th Grade. The winners of the starbucks gift cards were: Braylon Smithson - 6th Grade, William Nolen - 7th Grade, and Christena Bright - 8th Grade. #HourOfCode @codeorg
