Ninth Annual Chili Cook-off at Burket Educational Center

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On Friday, Feb. 3., students, Tippecanoe Valley staff, and school board members all joined together at the Burket Educational Center for its ninth annual chili cook-off.

The cook-off took place in the school cafeteria and featured six recipes from TVSC staff members Sara Elder, Angela Woodward, Jen Kimble, Valerie Lukens, Dan James, and Jon Ekhoff.

Everyone who attended the event were given three tickets to use to vote on the chili recipes. Angela Woodward came in third place with 16 votes, Valerie Lukens came in second place with 19 votes, and Sara Elder came in first place with 22 votes. Sara’s name will be added to a plaque that features the previous winners.

Also, a panel of three guest judges selected their favorite chili in a separate judging event. These judges were TVHS Head Football Coach Stephen Moriarty and newly-elected school board members Aaron Zolman and Adam Heckaman. They chose Valerie Lukens’ chili.

Photo from left to right: Micah Lukens (Valerie Lukens’ husband), Sara Elder, and Angela Woodward.

TVHS blood drive nets 54 units for American Red Cross

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A blood drive hosted by the Tippecanoe Valley High School Student Council on Friday, Feb. 3, collected 54 units of blood for the American Red Cross.

A total of 74 donors showed up to donate, but 20 were deferred for various reasons, mostly low iron or illness.

In all, 54 units of blood were collected; the same amount collected at the Dec. 2 blood drive. This was the third of four blood drives the high school student council hosts throughout the school year.

The American Red Cross provides scholarship money to students depending on the number of blood donations collected at the blood drives.

The student council needs more than 200 units of blood for the year to reach the top scholarship goal of $2,500. Student Council Advisor Crystal Heckaman said 152 units have been collected so far this year.

The final blood drive for the current school year will take place sometime in April, but a definite date has not yet been set.

The blood drives are also open to community members who meet the donor requirements outlined by the American Red Cross.

Photo: TVHS senior Braydon Ott sits holding and staring at a pint of blood he just donated.

Mentone Elementary 2nd Nine Weeks Honor Roll | Fall 2016

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3rd Grade Honor Roll

Cyan Bradley

Hailey Borsa

Nash Bouse

Dalynne Bussard

Tatum Carlin

Kinsey Davis

Branden Drummond

Jake England

Arianna Francis

Jasmine Fuller

Harvey Hayes

Noah Henson

Alejando Jimenez

Sadie Kierpaul

Kyra Kiser

Payton Kohler

Gavin Leininger

Karina Meade

William Mellott

Grady Moriarty

Abril Murillo-Sosa

Nyomi Ortiz

Autumn Parker

Landon Patrick

Lindsay Petersen

Lyric Plew

Carol Swanson

Eric Threlkel

Morgan Yates

 

4th Grade Honor Roll

 

A Honor Roll

Colton Crabb

Madison Thompson

Ethan Young

 

A-B Honor Roll

Camila Aguilar

Blaine Baney

James Bartley

Evan Bolinger

Lily Bradley

Bailey Bussard

Katie Caudill

Mackaylie Costello

Lydia Craig

Brock Derf

Ayden Engle

Kade Francis

Caileigh Frentzel

Marisol Gonzalez

DeOndre Hamilton

Nekiana Hamilton

Chloe Haussmann

Sienna Holder

Reed Jones

Thadeus Juarez

Rayne Kensinger

Renea Kline

Amber Kluesener

Emma McKenzie

Lilian Minard

Taylor Owens

Emma Patrick

Remington Rickel

Blain Sheetz

Macie Spencer

Austin Wallace

Isaac Whetstone

Ayden Yaprak

Braxton Yates

 

5th Grade Honor Roll

 

A Honor Roll

Lorna Apt

Jorge DeLaRosa

Cody Eastgate

Nate Engstrand

Sidney Nelson

Macy Petersen

Makynna Rentschler

Evan Richards

Adriana Vargas-Hernandez

 

A-B Honor Roll

Dalton Alber

Shelby Becker

Julia Bowers

Damion Brown

Tiffany Bullington

Bryauna Clodfelter

Kynan Cords

Carson Craft

Brayden Farmer

Abigail Goble

Olivia Jones

Wade Jones

Jacob Kats

Ethan Kelley

Aiden Kohler

Trent Marshall

Shelby Olivarez

Jessa Schroeder

Philip Smith

Kiera Smythe

Carissa Stoneburner

Hailey Swope

Erin VanMeter

Jadyn Virgil

Braedon Michael Wallace

Jason Wilcox

Valley students hope to comfort children using handmade blankets

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Three students at Tippecanoe Valley High School are giving back to children receiving treatment in hospitals by hand making blankets to comfort them during their stay.

Juniors Olivia Trippiedi, McKenzie Murphy, and Susan Nickerson came up with the idea as part of a project for their student leadership group Kosciusko Youth Leadership Academy (KYLA).

The three teenagers have been raising funds through donations, and have even incorporated their mission into Student Resource Time (SRT) at the high school. SRT is time set aside every Thursday for students to get caught up on homework, or to explore different enrichment activities such as music appreciation, cooking, painting, and many other subjects.

In this, the second year of SRT clubs, students are creating clubs based on their passions. Trippiedi, Murphy, and Nickerson asked to create an enrichment club based on their KYLA project. After raising money to purchase the materials, they secured a sponsoring teacher and recruited students to help them during SRT.

“Seeing everyone involved, it just means a lot.  McKenzie, Susan, and I, we all have a passion for kids, so we came up with the idea of doing something for a children’s hospital,” said Trippiedi.

Trippiedi said one person making a blanket takes about an hour and costs about $10 in materials. In groups of three, that time can be cut to less than 40 minutes. There isn’t really a production goal; they just want to make as many blankets as they can with the amount of donations they collect.

“We all have a passion for kids and for nursing,” said Murphy. “A lot of times kids in the hospital get stuffed animals, but blankets are something you can’t really grow out of. It’s just something to comfort them and something for them to hold on to,” she said.

Each blanket has a tag specially designed by the three teens that gets sown onto the blanket. They plan on hand delivering the blankets to Riley Hospital for Children and other pediatric hospitals later this semester.

“I would like the kids to know that there are people out there who care for them. If they’re in a bad place, there is someone who loves them. This is just a simple reminder that they’re covered by love,” said Nickerson.

If there are donations left over, but no more time to make the blankets, the money will be given directly to the hospitals. Anyone interested in making a donation to help purchase materials can contact high school math instructor Alissa Trippiedi at (574) 598-2100 or email [email protected].

Photo from left to right: Juniors Susan Nickerson, McKenzie Murphy, and Olivia Trippiedi hold some of the blankets made during Student Resource Time. The three girls started the initiative “Covered by Love” and have been collecting donations to purchase materials.

TVHS to host freshman orientation event Feb. 13

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Tippecanoe Valley High School is holding a freshman orientation event for current eighth grade students to help answer questions about the transition from middle school to high school.

Freshman orientation will take place on Feb. 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the main gym at the high school. There is a snow makeup day of Feb. 23 in case there is inclement weather.

“The goal of freshman orientation is to get students thinking about graduation and what classes they need to take to get there,” said Sarah Tillman, guidance counselor at Tippecanoe Valley High School.

Students who attend will learn about the scheduling process and which classes they should begin to take, depending on which diploma they plan to pursue. Tillman said students will turn in their scheduling forms on the night of orientation. The scheduling form is the list of classes a student wants to take their freshman year.

Students can also speak to different departments and extracurricular groups to learn more information about their options in high school.

A representative from the Warsaw Area Career Center will also be on hand to talk about course opportunities students will have in their junior and senior years. The representative will touch on careers those courses can lead to after a student graduates.

Tillman said attending freshman orientation is not required, but it is strongly recommended. If a student does not attend, he or she must still turn in a scheduling form.