Taylorville High School band director Cliff Jourdan served as a presenter at the Illinois Music Education Conference this week. His session focused on the crucial information that all new music teachers need, but usually aren't taught to them in college. The session included practical input from both new and veteran teachers and incorporated his experiences as a "new" teacher in Taylorville. He is shown in this photo with co-presenter Amanda Maloney of Vandalia Public Schools. Congratulations to Mr. Jourdan.
Taylorville Rally Towel Night (Sponsored by CTI)
Taylorville schools will be closed today, January 23, due to concerns with the early morning commute, however, we will utilize e-learning.
Correction: All TJHS extra curricular activities and practice are cancelled for this evening. The regional has been rescheduled for tomorrow and Wednesday.
Jan 23rd
4:30pm - Mt Zion vs Charleston
5:45pm - Taylorville vs Mattoon
Jan 24th
4:30pm Championship
Congratulations to our Red Apple recipient, Mrs. Jacqueline Foil and Mr. Brian Sample, our December staff member of the month.
Mrs. Foil fondly remembers that a teacher made a difference in her life and enjoys having previous students visit her at TJHS. She teaches because of the lifelong connections she is able to make with her students and the blessing it is to be an educator.
Mr. Sample is our support staff member of the month and serves as a 1:1 aide within our educational programming. Not only does Mr. Sample make a difference in the lives of the kids he assists, but he also puts in many hours as the TJHS athletic director. Some of his fondest memories come from post-season games and the enjoyment it brought to the players.
These two individuals exemplify the positive impact educators have on the lives of individuals and the greater community.
Monday, January 22 will be an e-learning day for the Taylorville school district as schools will be closed due to potential inclement weather.
There will be no school in Taylorville School District today Taylorville School District will be closed today due to the inclement weather received overnight. This will be an emergency day due to the timeliness of the Inclement weather.
Scholarship Awareness Day at THS on 2/9/24!
TCUSD 3 extracurricular activities for tomorrow (1/16/24) are on as scheduled.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, January 16th, will be an e-learning day for TCUSD 3. There will be no student attendance within the school buildings. Please visit this link for e-learning information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Ki5DvsFoJoJT7ZRtKleCiITVlHsz-S1/view?usp=sharing
The TJHS December Miller Media and People's Bank & Trust Students of the Month are:
8th Carson Mizera
7th Laci Wiseman
6th Bella Allard
5th Ira Richmond
Pictured with People's Bank & Trust representative Mr. Mason Crowe--thank you for your continued support!
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.
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)
