Happy Friday! Congratulations to attendance award winners Emlyn Mateer, Brianna Puckett, and Trenton Murphy. Also pictured is Khole Moore, this week's Tornado Appreciation Award Winner!
High Five Fridays at TJHS are in full swing! Thank you Ms. Whitehead for spear-heading the effort and supporting our students and staff! Go Tornadoes!!
Music Therapy with our RISE students.
Congrats to our Durham Golden Ticket winners. These students are just a few of the students selected to receive the Golden Ticket for good behavior on the bus throughout the week. Keep up the great work bus riders.
TJHS Pink Out Day is Friday, Oct 4 and every Friday in October. We wear pink to support everyone in the battle against breast cancer and to remember the courage of each brave soul!
We are excited to share some stellar news from our Jr. High science classes! This week, our students are experiencing the Star Lab, a fantastic portable planetarium that is providing an immersive learning experience about Earth and space. The Star Lab transforms our classroom into a captivating universe where students can explore the wonders of space. Students are loving the 3D experience, getting up close with planets, stars, comets, and various other celestial objects.
Mrs. Reindl went into the 5th grade classrooms and worked with the students on what information you should and should not share. We discussed the difference between personal and private information.
Mrs. Long's 4th grade working with the new Amira program for reading.
Ms. Anderson 8th grade Science classes created art with paint pendulums while learning about the concept of kinetic and potential energy.
Mrs. Johnson's 5th Grade class answered these two questions today. Are worms pests and do worms eat dirt? The best science lessons are usually the messiest! Mystery Science at its best...
Some of our 7th & 8th graders will be performing with the THS band for pregame at the home football game this Friday, Oct 4th. Today THS band director Mr Jourdan came by our rehearsal to work with the students.
Congrats to Cadence Davis and Addy Fulton on having the most consecutive football catches, 217 in a row without a drop. This was the highest record at Memorial Elementary School. Way to go girls!
Mrs. Thomas, our instructional coach, has been busy working with K-4 students, helping them develop a variety of important skills. Here she is in Miss Bortmess's 2nd-grade class, introducing students to Epic as they prepare for their reading centers. Along with teaching the students how to navigate the platform, Mrs. Thomas is also guiding them through an engaging lesson on schema, helping them connect new ideas to what they already know—a key skill for deepening their reading comprehension!
Day 1: Where's Waldo Descriptive Writing Unit
The wall is open and the 8th Grade ELA classes are collaboratively teaching and learning how to write using figurative language
Teachers are dressing the part!
-students are learning to SHOW and not TELL in writing by using imagery and figurative language
Mrs. Thorpe's class is perfecting their Reading skills with Amira AI software!
Mrs. Reindl provided valuable insight on data management and security, focusing on both school and personal devices, to Mrs. Mateer's Computer Concept classes. She emphasized the importance of regularly checking and updating security features to protect our devices from potential threats. The students engaged in meaningful discussions about best practices for maintaining their digital safety.
First graders celebrated DOT Day by reading The Dot, with each teacher leading a different activity centered around the story’s theme of creativity and self-expression. Students rotated between classrooms, experiencing various lessons and activities from each teacher. These photos capture Mrs. Lively and Ms. Reiser's activity, where students used augmented reality (AR) to bring their dots to life, adding an exciting tech twist to this creative celebration.
More of 1st grade Dot Day!
TJHS Builder's Club members are continuing the Food Drive through this week. Thank you for all of donations that have poured in thus far. We have a goal of 2000 items for the Taylorville Food Pantry and with your help we can get there! It's a Great Day to be a Tornado!!
