Tomorrow (April 12) Student Council will be collecting donations for the Red Sneakers for Oakley Foundation. Bring $1 and wear anything red to participate and help us raise money and awareness for food allergies. StuCo members will be in the main hallway to collect your donation.
TJHS--Under Water Robotics Program Info/Update--Taylorville Junior High students recently competed in a regional SeaPerch competition
in Bloomington. SeaPerch is an innovative underwater robotics program that equips
students, educators, and parents with the resources they need to build an underwater
remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in an in- or out-of-school setting.
Starting in early December, TJHS students started engineering and building their robots
for competition.
The process is challenging. Students spent time working on building their mother
boards, wiring and water proofing motors, and checking electrical output into the
motors. The greatest task was making the ROVs buoyant and balanced in the water.
Once the ROVS were ready the students started collecting data on how well the ROVs
completed the tasks.
Testing the ROVs and working on buoyancy was made possible with the help of
Taylorville Feed and the YMCA. Taylorville Feed let us borrow a livestock tank big deep
enough to run some trials in the classroom. At the YMCA pool, our students were able
to fine tune the ROVs for the competition.
23 schools competed. TJHS was the only junior high school, the other schools were
high schools from all over the state. flSome of the high schools included Glenwood,
Seneca, Minooka, Normal Community, Collinsville, Evanston, and IVC out of Peoria. In
the morning rounds one of our teams advanced to the brackets. The top two teams
were vying for a chance to compete at the national competition at the Naval Academy in
Maryland.
The Tornado Torpedos team ended up with 5th place, just missing the championship
round. The eventual champion ended up being IVC. IVC beat our team 7-6. The match
with IVC was an exciting battle.
The two teams that went to the competition:
Sponsor: Pamela DeWerff
Lucky Ducks: Elsie Williamson, Molly Smith, Kavya Patel, and Cole Franklin.
Tornado Torpedoes: Deacon Shanks, Luke Short, Griffin Craggs, and Grayson Craggs
Goofy Goobers: Weighong Len Chen, Jameson Jones, Ian Stromberg, and Isaac Orr
Today is School Librarian Appreciation Day. We celebrate those that serve this role in our district. Thank you for all that you do for the staff and students of TCUSD3!
Kim Porter & Suzanne Childers, THS
Suzanne Southworth, TJHS
Karen Mahan, Memorial
Christy Rahar, North
The TJHS track team wore orange ribbons in honor of Sam Hackler this evening. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Congratulations to the following students who guessed the winning book, The Sour Grape by Jory John and Pete Oswald, in our 2023 March Madness Tournament of Books.
Front row: Camdyn Letz, Braden Durbin, Ava Haws, Keyaira Jackson.
Back row: Trent Spannagel, Scott Stickel, Bristol Hughes, Rylie Oller, Reese Rodden, Lyla Whitlow, Brisa Samson, and our Title I Reading Teacher, Mrs Crane.
Project Based Learning Food Trucks are complete! They had to make a menu with prices, make an advertisement poster, build their truck, and present it to the class! This was so much fun! Great job third grade!
Our cafeteria is hiring!
Today is a regularly scheduled school day.
Today's weather update from EMA: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm minor storm activity, after 5:00 pm and through the night there is a greater possiblity of stronger storm activity. If conditions change, we will adapt and alert.
First graders celebrated Spring by completing some Easter themed STEM centers. Pictured is Mrs. Haselhorst's class completing their center time. #HappySpring #STEMinfirst
Two groups representing TCUSD3 attended the Rochester STEM Fair last evening. Suzanne Specha took 3 students from North Elementary School and shared augmented reality projects and iPad apps. TommyTV students, Neil Hohenstein, and Adam Vocks demonstrated livestreaming and showcased the Best of TommyTV. A HUGE THANK YOU to both of these groups for proudly representing our school at the STEM Fair!
Congratulations to this week's Tornado Appreciation Award winners! This week's winners are Nellea Polley, Zettie Colbrook, Livia Havera, and Theresa Helton. These students were nominated by Mrs. Sorrill for their helpfulness in class!
Taylorville Youth Cheerleading
Grades K-8
Mr. Dan Nieves and Mr. Parker Dobson (8) are showing off the sharp threads on "Dress Like Your Favorite Teacher Day" at TJHS. Great to see the smiles in the 8th grade hallway each and every day!
Congratulations to the THS Students of the Month for March!
L-R: Freshman Carleigh Owens; Sophomore Drake Howard; Junior Derek Armistead; Senior Curt Hunsley
Baccalaureate for the Class of 2023 has been scheduled for Monday, May 15, 2023, at the Taylorville Christian Church at 6:30 p.m. The message will be presented by Mr. Russ Burch.
The THS Business Management class went on a field trip to The Coffee Can. The proprietors gave an awesome presentation about their business. If you have never been to The Coffee Can you're missing out! Thank you Coffe Can for this educational experience!
Attention Parents: Preschool screening is open for the 23-24 school year. Call Central School at (217) 824-5050 to sign up.
From Mrs. Ninmer:
I’m so proud of the talented (and goofy) TJHS students that I get to work with every day! These Choir and Band students rocked it at the IESA State Solo and Ensemble Contest on March 25. They ALL received Superior ratings, and we brought home 41 First place medals! These kids represent the future of the performing arts in our Taylorville community!
TJHS Builder's Club Taylorville Pantry Food Drive Info--The Builder's Club is conducting a food drive all week. Our last drive before Christmas netted over 1000 items and our goal this week is 1500 items to the food pantry. We accept donations in the morning and the end of the day Advisory that contributes the most items will receive a PIZZA PARTY on Friday, April 14.
Thank you in advance for your assistance to our local community!
Thank you to the Taylorville Public Schools Foundation for supporting STEM at TJHS! Mrs. Wagner's grant request for eight SwiftSW380T Research grade compound microscopes has been approved and our students are the beneficiaries!! We are grateful for the partnerships that move the needle in our ability to procure the best possible equipment for our future community of leaders in the sciences field.
