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