Fall "Disco" Ball

Tioga Middle School Student Council is sponsoring a Fall “Disco” Ball on Friday, October 1, 2010. The dance is for Tioga Middle School students only. Dates, friends, and/or siblings who do not attend 5th-8th grade at Tioga Middle School are not allowed to attend. Parents are invited to chaperone. The cost of admission to the dance is $3.00. Students are required to stay at the dance once they arrive. If they leave, they will not be allowed to re-enter the dance. Refreshments will be served and drinks will be sold for $0.75. If you have any questions please call Mrs. Hamner, Student Council Sponsor, at 940-437-2366 or e-mail her at chamner@ednet10.net.

Representatives

This year's Tioga Student Council Representatives are:

8th Grade Representative - Gerardo Gonzalez

8th Grade Representative - Chalisa Smith

7th Grade Representative - Kari Hughes

7th Grade Representative - Yoni Millan

6th Grade Representative - Payge Luneau

6th Grade Representative - Audrey Staples

5th Grade Representative - Brittany Barnett

5th Grade Representative - Austin Hamner

The Results Are In......

The Tioga Middle School Student Council Officers are:

President - Danielle Lintner

Vice President - Garrett Baker

Secretary - Aaron Harp

Reporter - Hunter Walthall

Treasurer - Samantha Holcomb

Congratulations guys! We know we'll have a great school year and we're sure you will do a great job at leading and representing our school!

~Mrs. Hamner & Mrs. Payne

2010-2011 - A New School Year

Student Council officer elections will take place on Friday, August 27. There are five officers. President who is the leader of the student council. Vice-President who helps the president. Secretary takes notes at the meetings. Treasurer keeps up with how much money the student council raises and how we spend it, and the Reporter who writes for the student council blog. You must be in the 7th or 8th grade to be an officer. If you haven’t gotten a form yet and would like to run for officer, you need to get a form from Mrs. Hamner. Forms must be turned in by Wednesday, August 25 and must be signed by your parents.

School registration forms need to be turned in by Friday, August 27.

Tuesday, August 31, will be our first volley-ball game here at 5:30.

Student Council Representatives will be elected on September 3. Forms to run for representative must be turned in by September 1 and be signed by your parents.

Relay for Life

Tioga Middle School Student Council raised money for cancer research by participating in the Grayson County Relay for Life on May 14. We did this in honor of Chalisa, a 7th grader at our school who is a cancer survivor. We even called our team, Team Chalisa!

At the American Cancer Society Relay For Life, our team camped out overnight and took turns walking around the track to raise money and awareness and to help the American Cancer Society save more lives from cancer. Through all of our fund-raisers we were able to raise $2030.00.

Our theme for Relay was "Follow Us To A World With More Birthdays." We made blue shirts (Chalisa's favorite color) and wore them at Relay. We decorated our camp-site like a big birthday party, and celebrated all night!

What happened at Relay?

Chalisa walked the Survivor Lap in her purple shirt! She even got to hold the banner and lead the group! Joining her in honor of our team were Payge's grandfather and Mrs. Dutton, who subs at our school. Both of them are cancer survivors. That lap was followed by the care-giver lap. Mrs. James walked in honor of her father. Mrs. Holcomb walked in honor of her mother-in-law, and Aaron walked in honor of his mom. During the team lap, every team member and our friends and family who joined us at Relay walked together. For the rest of the night, at least two team members had to walk at all times.








At 9:30pm, there was a Luminaria Ceremony. This was very sad. Decorated bags were lit around the track in honor of cancer survivors and in memory of those who lost their lives to cancer. Everyone was silent and all activities & games stopped. It was an emotional time we will never forget.

At 12:00am, was the Fight Back Ceremony. We all got a flag and pledged to fight back against cancer. Another event during the night was the Misster Relay contest where a male team member had to dress up as a girl and walk around with a purse trying to raise money, Nick helped us raise $91.00. We played people mache’ and dressed Mrs. Hamner's exchange student, Michaela, up in newspaper and duct tape. We got pretty far in the Chicken Relay, and won the Hooping it Up Contest! Jaimie and Aaron were definitely the fastest in the backwards lap, and Faith in her wig and cool shoes looked awesome in the “All about the 70s” lap. We all did the limbo lap, and the three-legged lap was harder than it looked. Danielle won the cowboy lap, and Chalisa won the dance contest! We were probably the most enthusiastic team of the night!!! We made it into the final picture and finally made it home about 6:30am. We were exhausted but it was an awesome experience and was definitely for a good cause!


Dance Contest

Cowboy Lap

Hooping it Up Contest

Hanging Out

All About the 70's

Backwards Lap

Student Council Field Trip

The Student Council went on a trip to the Ft. Worth Stockyards. We went on a tour of the Stockyards, which was really cool. We even got to be on TV when we visited a live cattle auction. Some of us were brave enough to ride the mechanical bull. We got to see fur traders and other people dressed in 1800 era costumes. We learned a lot and enjoyed eating at the Love Shack and listening to the live music there. :) We really enjoyed shopping at the Stockyard Station and eating ice cream. Yummy!

Student vs Teacher Basketball Game

On May 11, to raise money for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, the Student Council sponsored a basketball game between the teachers and students.

The teachers' team, which consisted of Mr. Baker, Coach Wilson, Coach Miller, Mr. Khalaf, Mrs. Hamner, Ms. James, Mrs. Holcomb, and Mrs. O'Neil, beat the students, but just barely!

Mr. J.W. was our referee and he did an awesome job.

During half-time, the winner of our Kiss a Pig contest, got his prize. Coach Wilson kissed the cutest little pig! It was adorable!

We had a great time and raised a lot of money!

Talent Show

The talent show was a great success! The theme was "Tioga Idol" and we did our own version of the popular show.

Katie Dean was the night's Emcee, and she did a great job opening the show for us. Then Ryan Seacrest (Aaron McWhorter) took over, introducing the night's contestants. We had our own version of Simon (Hunter Walthall) Randy (Will Green) Paula (Jaimie Hughes) and Cara (Ashleigh Holcomb). Nick Gambill handed out golden tickets!

The Tioga Idol contestants were:
Dylan Shannon
Kari Hughes
Abbie Harp
Payne Luneau
Brittany Barnett
Macie Ellis
Erin Crozier
Savannah Dombkowski
Dillon Bryant
Jacob Harp
Trevor McRae
Aaron Harp
Audrey Staples
Austin Hamner
Lauren Waller
Chelsea Hamner
Stormi Dutton

All of the contestants did a great job!

There were other "contestants" too, as we continued our version of the show. There was Danni Jo (Danielle Lintner) who dressed up like her guitar; Vanessa from Tennessee (Samantha Holcomb); The sisters who wouldn't be separated (Faith and Destiny Caperton) and The Five Amigo's doing "Pants on the Ground" (Jesus Romo, Gerardo Gonzales, Draven Lorance, JP Hoffman, and Hayden Minhinuett).


The night's winners were:
Third place: Lauren Waller
Second place: Dillon Bryant
First place and our new Tioga Idol: Abbie Harp

We raised almost $400 and part of the night's proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society. We would like to thank our real judges: Allie Echols, Dustin Echols, and Eric Bayer. We would also like to thank all of the teachers and parents who helped out!

March Update

We sold Hug-O-Grams the week of Valentine's Day as a fund-raiser. We raised over $100.00!!

This money will help with our talent show, which is coming up on March 26. The theme for the talent show is "Tioga Idol" and we know it will be awesome! Students who want to participate must sign up by March 5. Prizes will be rewarded for first, second, and third place!

Sign up today!!!

Gunter Valentine's Dance

Gunter Middle School has invited the Tioga 7th and 8th graders to attend their Valentine’s Dance. The dance will be on Friday, February 19, 2010 at Gunter Middle School. Admission is $5.00 per person. Students will not be allowed to bring dates from other schools or grades. The dance will begin at 7:00 and end at 9:30. Parents are responsible for getting their child to the dance and for picking them up after the dance. Gunter school has asked our students to wear “Sunday attire” to the dance. Please make sure that you meet the dress-code. dresses must be at least knee-length and cannot be strapless. Slacks and a nice shirt would be appropriate for both boys and girls. Boys can wear jeans, but no t-shirts. Mrs. Hamner and Mrs. Payne will be attending the dance as chaperones for the Tioga students.

Valentine's Day Hug-O-Grams

The Tioga Middle School Student Council is selling Hug-O-Grams for Valentine’s Day. A Hug-O-Gram includes a small stuffed-animal and a piece of candy. The Hug-O-Grams will be sold for $3.00. If you would like to purchase a Hug-O-Gram please complete an order form and return it, and your money, by February 10, 2010. Hug-O-Grams will be delivered on Friday, February 12, 2010. You can get order forms from Mrs. Hamner or Mrs. Payne.

Homecoming 2010

Tioga School held our 2nd Annual Tioga Homecoming Celebration on January 21, 2010. We celebrated all week with dress-up days that went along with the 1950's theme of Homecoming. Our dress up days included: Spirit Day, Zebra Day, Scarf and Bandana Day, 50's Day, and Crazy Sock Day.

On January 21, the cheerleaders help a Homecoming Pep Rally, where Elvis (our bulldog mascot) danced to "Hounddog" and other 50's classics. The basketball games began at 5:30 p.m. and activities were held throughout the evening. Events included the crowning of the Homecoming Prince & Princess, recognizing Tioga’s alumni (including a Tioga High School graduate from the class of 1946!), a performance from the cheerleading mini-camp participants, basketball skills and drills by the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, a raffle drawing, and much more!

The Homecoming Princess Candidates that made up our court included: Chalisa Smith, Reilley Hicks, Belen Gonzales, Katie Dean, and Faith Caperton.

The Homecoming Prince Candidates that made up our court included: Jesus Romo, Aaron McWhorter, Joe Khalaf, Josh Hill, and Gerardo Gonzales.

Our 2010 Homecoming Prince and Princess were Jesus Romo and Katie Dean.

On Friday January 22, in honor of Homecoming, the Student Council sponsored a sock-hop in the gym.

All of the Homecoming activities were a great success!