Sharing a photo of THS Demolition Day #5.
FYI: The newest Skyward update released this afternoon will require users (staff, parents, and guardians) to enter their password twice the next time they visit Skyward. This is a one time prompt for enhanced security.
THS students learning a trade! Mr. Dammerman and Mr. Blomquist's classes working on a concrete project under the Purple Awning. This will be a very useful educational space. Thank you to Mr. Dammerman and Mr. Blomquist for sharing their expertise.
Taylorville Sr. High School is proud to announce Kallie Havera as the 2023 Abe Lincoln Region of the Illinois Principal's Association Student Recognition nominee.
Kallie has been a fantastic representative of Taylorville Sr. High School. She is an excellent student and a great role model for others. Kallie's contributions to THS from her academic efforts to her involvement in various activities are the ideal qualities of a Taylorville Tornado!
A reception will be held on Monday, May 1st at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel in Springfield to recognize the Abe Lincoln Region students.
The Knights of Columbus of Taylorville made a donation from their tootsie roll sales! Thank you to the Knights of Columbus!
Pictured:
Karen Kuntzman (North Principal), Diane Wilham (THS Special Education Chair), Roy Hunsley, Joanne Coady (St. Mary's), Matthew Hutchison (THS Principal)
Mrs. Lively's first graders celebrated Peep day today. Students made their Peep a home, graphed the colors of peeps in the classroom, and then read them to sleep.
Help us wish our Student Teachers from North School well on their last day. We have been blessed to have your time and talents this semester. Best of luck at your new schools in the fall.
Taylorville Food Service is hiring!
Congratulations to Grace Rogers our TJHS Illinois Principal's Association representative for 22-23.
Grace has a positive attitude towards everything she does, from education to athletics. Grace always strives to do her best and encourages others to do the same. Grace continues to challenge herself and works at improving based on what her coaches, teachers, and team asks of her. If you can only have one person on your team, Grace Rogers is who you want.
Grace is a leader in academics, community service, and athletics. She uses her positive attitude and energy as a tool to lift up her peers.
North Elementary School staff and students celebrated Mrs. Kuntzman yesterday for receiving the 2023 Those Who Excel Award for her meritorious service. Congratulations, Mrs. Kuntzman!
A special thank you to Tommy Photo for capturing these images, TommyTV for capturing video clips throughout the morning, and Carded by Carley for the "HONK for Mrs. Kuntzman" sign.
Sharing a photo of THS Demolition Day #3.
Congratulations to Ava Odam, Lyla Repscher, Sydney Lowis, and Emma Althoff for placing first in the 4X100 relay at the Mt. Zion track meet this past weekend with a time of 54.77!
The Taylorville High School Sports Hall of Fame Banquet will be held on April 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the THS Cafeteria. Get your tickets now!
Sharing images of the building demolition at THS from today and yesterday.
The Red Sneakers for Oakley fundraiser at TJHS will be extended through the rest of the week. Students are encouraged to wear red each day. Students will be given a ticket for each dollar donated for a chance to win a red pair of sneakers!
Also, there will be a bake sale after school Thursday and Friday to raise money for the Taylorville Food Pantry. All items are $1.
School Librarian Recognition--The date was slated for April 4 for recognition, but we are grateful everyday for the service of Mrs. Suzanne Southworth in the TJHS Media Center. Thank you for your dedication and commitment to serve our students and staff!
Tornado apparel order - extended deadline. Order today!
https://taylorvillejhbooster2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/
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
