Weekly Spotlight on Tippecanoe Middle School

WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT ON TIPPECANOE MIDDLE SCHOOL

The mission of Tippecanoe Middle School is to provide educational experiences that are a continuation of the intermediate school and a transition to the high school focusing on academic, social, emotional, and physical growth in a nurturing environment that willcontribute to success as responsible students and citizens.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK:

As we move into the final quarter of the 2014-2015 school year, there are some important reminders that I want to share with you:

1.It is the final quarter grades that determine athletic eligibility for the fall sports seasons. Students must pass five classes with a 1.5 GPA in order to be eligible to participate. Please remind your students not to “coast” this final quarter if they plan on participating in the fall.

2.Ohio’s End of Year Assessments are scheduled for Monday, April 27th through Thursday, May 7th. It is important that ALL students be in attendance during testing because we have a very small window to complete make-ups.

3.All school fees and obligations must be addressed before students may participate in Field Day on the last day of school along with many other end-of-year activities. Please contact the main office if you have any questions regarding fees.

ARTS FEST AND SCIENCE NIGHT

If you missed our Arts Fest and Science Night you missed a great opportunity to see a great deal of student talents. Thanks to all of our parents who attended and the staff for their hard work to get this put together. It is amazing how much talent our students have.

EMERGENCY DRILLS In Ohio, schools are required to conduct a fire drill each month, a tornado drill each month from March through June, and three Emergency drills throughout the year. This past week we conducted an Emergency drill where we practiced having an intruder in the building. We also conducted our tornado drill and then moved to a Rapid Release Drill where we practice getting students out of the building as quickly as possible. Our staff and students did a wonderful job in each drill.

Beginning Monday, April 13thstudents will not be able to charge on their lunch accounts. All outstanding schools fees, lunch charges, and library fees must be paid before the end of the school year for students to be able to participate in end of year activities.

ONLINE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRING SPIRITWEAR SALE! The sale runs now through April 27th. Paste the link below into your browser to see our sale items. All items will be delivered to the middle school about 2 weeks after the sale closes. For any questions about the sale, call James at 937-901-2249.

For next year Freshman girls: The Devilaire Color Guard (Fall) and The Dance Team (Winter) (2 Separate Teams) will hold/clinics/tryouts for the 2015/2016 season on the following dates:

Tuesday, May 5th – Guard Clinic 6-7 pm - Dance Clinic 7-8 pm

Wednesday, May 6th – Guard Clinic 6-7 pm – Dance Clinic 7-8 pm

Thursday, May 7th Guard Tryouts 6-7 pm – Dance Clinic 7-8 pm

Friday, May 8th Dance Team Tryouts 6 –7:30 pm

Officer Tryouts for current members only 7:45-9 pm

A signup sheet will be in the MS office until May 4th or you may e-mail Molly Noffsinger your name and grade for next year to . For more information see the Tipp City Devilaires Facebook page after April 23rd.

Kings Island has provided discount coupons on up to $20 on summer Admission. If you would like some, you may pick them up in the office.

Easy Fundraising for TMS – Please tell all family, friends, and neighbors that shop at Kroger!

KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM: Tipp Middle School # 21385

Important – All participants must re-register for this every April! Each card can only be assigned to 1 #.

Register online at krogercommunityrewards.com
Be sure to have your KrogerPlus card handy and register your card with our organization after you sign up.
If you do not yet have a KrogerPlus card, they are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger.
Click on Sign In/Register
Most participants are new online customers, so they must click on SIGN UP TODAY in the ‘New Customer?’ box.
Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering your email address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms and conditions
You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email.
Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.
Click on EditKroger Community Rewardsinformation and input your KrogerPlus card number.
Update or confirm your information.
Enter NPO number or name of organization, select organization from list and click on confirm.
To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of your information page.
REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your group until after your member(s) register their card(s).
Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 800-576-4377, select option 4 to get your KrogerPlus card number.
Members must swipe their registered KrogerPlus card or use the phone number that is related to their registered KrogerPlus card when shopping for each purchase to count.

SCHEDULING – We are beginning the scheduling process for the 2015-2016 school year. . As we move through this process, please remember:

1: Due to the nature of our master schedule and the limited number of staff members, we will not be honoring parent requests for specific teachers.

2: Any class changes need to be made before May 29th. (Last student day). After that date, we will not be able to change schedules due to a student changing their minds about a particular class.

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Cahill () or myself () or the main office at 667-8454.

RACHEL’S CHALLENGE

Our word of the Week: Rachel’s Challenge Word of the week: Patient – bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint

Weekly goal: Hold the door for someone else today.

FIVE IDEAS OF RACHEL’S CHALLENGE

Look for the best in others
Dream Big
Choose Positive Influences
Speak with kindness
Start your own CHAIN REACTION

ATHLETIC UPDATE

Athletic Eligibility – Athletic eligibility is based upon the quarter grades. In order to participate, students must be passing FIVE classes and earn a 1.5 GPA. With Friday, March 20th being the last day of the third quarter, we will be checking eligibility for the final quarter of the year. To be eligible for the fall of the 2015-2016 school year, students must meet the same eligibility requirements.

Congratulations to our Boys’ and Girls’ track teams for their outstanding performance at the Tipp Middle School Relays. Our girls brought home FIRST PLACE and the boys finished in SECOND PLACE.

Attention all 6th and 7th grade girls who are interested in Volleyball for the fall.open gyms All girls are welcome. We will meet 8-9 pm each night at the MS. The dates are Wednesday April 22 and Wednesday April 29. We hope to add more dates in May.Contact Coaches Mader or Wildermuth if you have any questions.

The Tippecanoe Athletic Boosters are once again selling the $10 discount card. The discounts are listed below. These discounts are through March 31, 2016 every time you present it at the business. If you would like a card, contact Matt Shomper at the high school (667-8448). Payment may be made by either cash or checks made payable to the Tippecanoe Athletic Boosters.

Thank you for your support!!! Our coaches and students greatly appreciate it!!

Arbys Buy One Roast Beef Classic, Get One Free

Chin’s Greenfire Bistro 10% off – Mon thru Thursday, includes carryout

Coldwater Café 10% off – Tuesday thru Thursday, excludes alcohol

Dairy Queen 10% off any purchase

Dale’s Goodyear $19.95 Oil Change, w/ $1.50 disposal fee

D.J.’s Pizza $7.99 Medium Pepperoni

Fazoli’s $2.00 off purchase of $6 or more

Fox’s Pizza Free Breadsticks with purchase of large pizza

Harrison’s $5.00 off purchase of 2 dinner entrees

Hickory River 10% off any entrée

Hock’s Pharmacy 10% off non-prescription item

La Fiesta Buy 1 Combo 1-25, Get 2nd half off, Sun–Thurs Only

LaPiazza 10% off – excludes alcohol

Living Simply 10% off purchase of $25 or more

McDonald’sfree small cone or apple pie with purchase of any extra value meal

Merchant 31 10% off - $100 or more

Old Tippecanoe Coffee Co. $0.50 off any specialty drink

Margie DeHays, Reflexology 10% off full hour service

Sam and Ethel’s Free Soft Drink or Coffee with any purchase

Skyline Chili 10% off any purchase

Taco Bell Free small drink with $3.00 purchase

Tipp Florist 10% off

Trojan Horse Bistro 10% off lunch (Mon-Sat, excludes alcohol)

Wendy’s 10% off any purchase

TMS CLUBS

STUDENT COUNCIL

Student Council collected over 1300 canned goods for the Tipp Needy Basket which allows them to re-stock their shelves after a busy holiday season. Students earned “Special Day” rewards and since the 6th graders donated the most cans, Mrs. Ares was chosen as the “Special Teacher”. She will be dressing up for the day.

All students may dress up next week on the following days:

Monday April 20th – Twin Day

Tuesday April 21st – Bandanna/Hat day

WednesdayApril 22nd – Neon Day

ThursdayApril 23rd – Switch Day (students dress like teachers/ teachers dress like Students)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MONDAY – APRIL 20

Student Council Meeting2:30 – 3:15
Track @ Northmont and Covington4:30

TUESDAY – APRIL 21

WEDNESDAY – APRIL 22

Intramurals2:30
Owl-some Reading Club2:35 – 3:15Rm. 204

THURSDAY – APRIL 23

STEM Club
Track Meet @ Troy RelaysTroy4:30

FRIDAY – APRIL 24

PLANNING AHEAD?

Mon.April 27End of Year Assessments begin

Track vs. Brookville / Bellefontaine5:00

Fri.May 1Interims Posted for parents