Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Semester & Six Week Test Schedule

Semester Test Schedule
Grade 7 & 8

Tuesday - Reading
Wednesday - Math and English
Thursday - Science and History

Six Week Test Schedule
Grade 5 & 6

Tuesday - Reading
Wednesday - Math and English
Thursday - Science and History

Early Release on December 16 at 1:00. Enjoy your winter break. Be safe! Happy Holidays!

School resumes for students on Tuesday, January 3.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Fall Festival

The Fall Festival is back! Saturday, October 29 from 5:00 to 7:00 in the middle school parking lot, teachers and organizations will have awesome booths to visit. There will be a duck pond, pencil pull, ring-toss, bounce house, cake walk, fishing booth, dunking booth, and lots of other great fun to be had by all. The student council will be having a haunted house in the commons area of the gym. Also, beginning at 7:00, an auction will be held! The student council has a special surprise just before the auction begins. It will be lots of fun! Hope to see you there!

Monday, September 12, 2011

First Student Council Meeting

We will have our first Student Council meeting of the 2011-2012 school year on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 3:30 in Mrs. Hamner's classroom. The meeting should be over at 4:15. This is an important meeting because we will be making plans for activities for the school year!

2011-2012 Student Council

President: Verenise Aguirre

Vice-President: Payge Luneau

Secretary: Morgan Ellis

Treasurer: Donovon Young

Reporter: Ashtyn Bounds

8th Grade Representative: Aaron Harp

8th Grade Representative: Samantha Holcomb

7th Grade Representative: JP Hoffman

7th Grade Representative: Audrey Staples

6th Grade Representative: Brittany Barnett

6th Grade Representative: Austin Hamner

5th Grade Representative: Erin Crozier

5th Grade Representative: Macie Ellis

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Student Council Officers for the 2011-2012 School Year

We elected officers for next school year. Representatives will be elected in August or September.

Our officers are:
President - Verenise Aguirre
Vice President - Payge Luneau
Secretary - Morgan Ellis
Treasurer - Josh Scalf
Reporter - Ashtyn Bounds

Congratulations! Looking forward to an awesome school year next year!

Relay for Life

The Tioga Student Council, Cheerleaders, Journalism Class, and 8th grade class participated in the Relay for Life in honor of a student at our school with cancer. It was a fun event where we walked and raised money to donate to the American Cancer Society to help them find a cure for cancer. Our team was able to donate $3085.00. To see a slide show of pictures from the event go to the Relay for Life link on the Tioga ISD website.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

He Really Kissed the Pig!

We had a student vs faculty basketball game to raise money for Relay for Life. The teachers "stomped" the students! Well, they thought they did anyway.....

At the game, our superintendent, Mr. Baker had to kiss a pig. He "won" the Kiss the Pig contest. It was awesome!

Through these fundraisers we were able to raise $500 to donate to the American Cancer Society in honor of an 8th grader at our school who has cancer.

If you'd like to make a donation go to:
http://main.acsevents.org/goto/TeamChalisa

Tioga's Annual Talent Show

The talent show was held on February 25. The theme was "Welcome to Regionals" based on the television show glee.

We had 29 participants who sang, danced, and played their hearts out for a chance at the prizes. Our winners were: 3rd place - Kari Hughes, 2nd place - Jacob Harp, 1st place was a tie between Abbie Harp and Aaron Harp. Great job guys!





All the participants did an awesome job and the "glee cast" was a hit! Check out these pictures from the show!


















Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Relay for Life Fundraisers

Various organizations at Tioga Middle School including Student Council, Cheerleaders, and Journalism, will be participating in the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life on May 13 in honor of Chalisa, an 8th grader at our school who is battling cancer. At Relay For Life, our team will camp out overnight and take turns walking around the track to raise money and awareness and help the American Cancer Society save more lives from cancer.

Team Chalisa will be sponsoring various fund-raisers to help us reach our goal of raising $3000.00 to donate to the American Cancer Society.

* De-feet Cancer Weeks -Students can pay $1.00 to wear a hat or flip-flops ($2.00 for both) March 21 – April 1.

*Kiss the Pig – Jars will be placed in the cafeteria with the teachers’ and other faculty members’ pictures on them. Students can bring coins to put in the jars. The teacher who has the most money in his or her jar will kiss a pig at the student/teacher basketball game. You can begin filling jars on February 1.

*Student/Teacher Basketball Game – On March 7, the middle school students will play basketball against the school faculty. The game will begin at 5:00. A faculty member will kiss a pig during half-time. Donations will be accepted at the game.

*Luminary Sales – Luminaries are white paper sacks that will be displayed around the track at Relay for Life. The sacks can be decorated and will be labeled with a person’s name. Luminaries can be bought in honor of or in memory of someone who has battled cancer for $5.00.

* Online Donations – To make an online donation visit http://main.acsevents.org/goto/TeamChalisa

Homecoming Court

This year's Homecoming Court consisted of:

Prince Nominees:
Garrett Baker
Sean Fuller
Gerardo Gonzalez
Aaron Harp
Hunter Walthall

Princess Nominees:
Verenise Aguirre
Danielle Lintner
Sarah Nesmith
Shayla Reeder
Rayann Trotter

Our Prince and Princess were:
Gerardo Gonzalez and Danielle Lintner

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Tioga Homecoming

January 20 will be Tioga’s annual Homecoming Basketball Game. The theme this year is Tioga Five-0. Tioga Middle School Student Council and Cheerleaders are sponsoring various activities throughout Homecoming Week.

Students may participate in the following “Dress-Up” Days to show their school spirit. Students must continue to meet dress-code on the “Dress-Up Days.”
Monday, January 17 – “Pajama Day” - wear your pajamas to school
Tuesday, January 18 – “Miss-Match Day” – wear clothes that don’t match
Wednesday, January 19 – “Decade Day” – wear clothes from another time period (80’s, 50’s, 20’s, Middle Ages, etc)
Thursday, January 20 – “Spirit Day” – wear Tioga Bulldogs shirts or green and white
Friday, January 21 – “Hula Day” – wear clothes from Hawaii

Activities for Homecoming Day (Thursday) include a pep-rally at 2:45 in the gym and basketball games beginning at 5:00. There will be various other activities that evening including recognizing our 8th graders, school board members, and alumni. The Lil' Dowgs will be doing the cheer and dance they learned at camp and some of the elementary PE classes will be doing a basketball skills and drills presentation. The PTO will also be selling BBQ sandwiches at the game.

All 7th and 8th grade girls and boys will be eligible for Homecoming Prince and Princess. Tioga Middle School students in 5th through 8th grades will vote and the 5 students in each category who get the most votes will make up the court.

Tioga middle schools students in 5th through 8th grades will be invited to participate in a dance on Friday, January 21, from 6:30 to 9:30 in the cafeteria. All students must meet school dress-code. $3.00 will be charged for admission. Refreshments will be served. Drinks will be sold for $0.75.

NTIL Academic Meet

On Friday, December 3, students from 2nd grade to 8th grade participated in the NTIL Academic Meet. We competed in contests ranging from math, science, listening skills, and art memory to dictionary skills, social studies, writing, and story telling. Many of our students placed in the events.

Canned Food Drive

Student Council sponsored a canned-food drive from November 1 - 12. We we able to collect hundreds of cans to be donated to a local food bank. The fourth grade class brought the most food and were awarded with a pizza party!

Red Ribbon Week

The Tioga Student Council sponsored Red Ribbon Week from October 25-29. Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country.

We had the following dress-up days:
Monday - “Be a Hero; Don’t Do Drugs” – students dressed like hero
Tuesday - “Be Smart and Don’t Do Drugs” – students dressed like a ‘nerd’.
Wednesday - “Do Something with Your Life, Don’t Do Drugs,” – students (and teachers) dressed like a ‘couch potato.’
Thursday - “Too Cool For Drugs” – students wore hats and sunglasses
Friday - “Scare Away Drugs” – Students wore Halloween Costumes