The 2017 Helping Hands Food Drive will kick off on Monday, Nov. 13, and will run thru Friday, Nov. 17.
All 1st period classes will compete with each other! One non-expired, non-perishable food item equals ONE point. One dollar donated equals ONE point. Students can turn in their items into their 1st period class.
Our goal is for TVMS to earn 1,500 points! Let’s Go TVMS and show the community how much we care!
The Tippecanoe Valley High School student council and the American Red Cross will host a community blood drive on Friday, Dec. 1, from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the high school gymnasium.
The blood drive is open to anyone who meets the donor requirements outlined by the American Red Cross. Anyone interested in donating blood can go online to www.redcrossblood.org and register using the zip code 46910. You can also register by emailing Crystal Heckaman, student council sponsor, at [email protected].
The high school student council hosts several blood drives throughout the school year. The American Red Cross provides scholarship money to students depending on the number of blood donations collected during the blood drives.
According to the American Red Cross, a blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent where allowed by state law), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.
Jose Jurado started school without knowing a single word of the English language and later became a role model for his two younger siblings by being the first person in his family to go to college. The 2009 Tippecanoe Valley graduate holds a computer engineering degree from Purdue University. His professional life has taken him from the Midwest all the way to Connecticut after landing a job with the sports network ESPN as an internal application developer. Jurado is actively involved at ESPN by helping develop a supportive work environment for Hispanics and Latinos. He is also a member of the Tippecanoe Valley Distinguished Alumni Class of 2017!
The Veterans Day program at Tippecanoe Valley Middle School will take place on Friday, Nov. 10th, at 1 p.m. The choir and band will perform. We will have a veteran guest speaker, flag folding ceremony, and a 21-gun salute (unless the Honor Guard finds they have other obligations this week such as a funeral). There will be light refreshments served after the program for our veterans and their families. The public is invited and the veterans in our area are encouraged to attend!
Fifth graders at Mentone Elementary School are taking a hands-on approach when it comes to giving back to their community.
Friday, Nov. 3rd, was the school’s second annual “Be a Good Neighbor Day.” It was started last year as a way for the school to increase community involvement. Nearly 80 students went to several homes throughout Mentone to help rake leaves for elderly residents, or for people who needed some extra assistance with household chores.
“As a principal of an elementary school, you want to provide kids with a lot of wholesome experiences as they go from kindergarten to fifth grade. This is one of those times that will be a good memory for them,” said Principal Randy Dahms.
The kids were split into several groups. Half of the groups went around to different homes on a bus provided by the corporation, while the other half worked at homes within walking distance around the school.
Dahms worked with fifth grade teachers last year to help organize the community service day. A simple project such as raking leaves is easy for elementary-aged kids to handle, he says.
“I’m hopeful we can expand this to more grade levels working on different service projects in the future,” said Dahms.
"Be a Good Neighbor Day" Fall 2017
Our fifth graders are taking a hands-on approach when it comes to giving back to their community! Friday, Nov. 3rd, was the school’s second annual “Be a Good Neighbor Day.” It was started last year as a way for the school to increase community involvement. Nearly 80 students went to several homes throughout Mentone to help rake leaves for elderly residents, or for people who needed some extra assistance with household chores. The kids were split into several groups. Half of the groups went around to different homes on a bus provided by the corporation, while the other half worked at homes within walking distance around the school. Principal Randy Dahms worked with fifth grade teachers last year to help organize the community service day. Great job, students!
Posted by Mentone Elementary School on Friday, November 3, 2017
6th Grade-1st Semester All “A”
Lorna Apt
Kynan Cords
Erika Henderson
Olivia Jones
Wade Jones
Chesnee Miller
Kaylynn Miller
Zoe Miller
Sidney Nelson
Macy Petersen
Issiac Ramsey
Makynna Rentschler
Evan Richards
Katelyn Stump
Bryce Turner
7th Grade-1st Semester All “A”
Lily Ault
Abigail Banghart
Abigail Bowers
Jessica Brito
Caden Davis
Alexandra Ellenwood
Talia Holder
Abigale Koch
Kennedy Kohler
Emily McGriff
Kaydence Mellott
Breanna Messer
Molly Moriarty
Amanda Ramirez
Jonathan Ruiz
Hailey Scott
Madison Smith
Makena Smith
Corinna Stiles
Brendyn Stump
8th Grade-1st Semester All “A”
Abigail Beliles
Maressa Calderon
Cheney Canada
8th grade all “A” cont.
Emma Howard
Rex Kirchenstien
Sydney Petersen
Ava Rich
Shane Wood
6th Grade-1st Semester All “A/B”
Dalton Alber Erin VanMeter
Giovanni Arriaga Adriana Vargas Hernandez
Andrew Arroyo-Rodriguez Aliksandra Vera
Cody Black Jadyn Virgil
Traddin Black Braedon Wallace
Devin Boggs Corynn Whitworth
Damion Brown
Tiffany Bullington
Alexis Burge
Robert Burke
Bryauna Clodfelter
Carson Craft
Jorge DeLaRosa
Cody Eastgate
Nate Engstrand
Valeria Garcia
Abigail Goble
Braiden Hurley
Kyler Johnson
Jailyn Johnston
Aiden Kohler
Elijah Love
Trent Marshall
Sydney Mills
Carson Parker
Nathan Parker
Madison Poe
Anahi Ramirez Brito
Elias Ruiz
Jimena Ruiz
Jessa Schroeder
Jordan Shoemaker
Ava Smith
Madeline Smith
Roary Smith
Caroline Stump
Hailey Swope
JayShaun Tuttle
7th Grade-1st Semester All “A/B”
Dawson Ault Autumn Swindell
Jesus Baca Kylee Trepanier
Alexander Bailey Dominick Utter
Brittany Benn Madelyn Weaver
Nolan Cumberland Shaylin Wilcox
Layla Eherenman Olivia Wilson
Alexis Estep
James Flinn
Hailey Grossman
Evan Harsh
Emily Harter
Abigail Haussmann
Saralee Hodge
Karli Hogue
Rily Honeycutt
Brian Isley
Marcus Jansma
Alejandra Jimenez
Tyler Jones
Braylon Kaufman
Paul Leasure
Riley Long
Lilly Lowe
Allyson Lozano
Cameron Lynch
Evan Maish
Ashaya Martinez
Kellan McNeiley
Gregory Miller
Lydia Miller
Ella Myers
Dylan Neese
Grant Nelson
Lucas Parson
Alex Parson
Annikan Pettit
Noah Prater
MacKenzie Reese
Wyatt Reiter
Brady Rodgers
Noelia Ruiz
Carolyn Schnitz
Elizabeth Sepulvado
Galvin Shambaugh
Carissa Slone
Alison Smythe
8th Grade-1st Semester All “A/B”
Brayden Baney Damon Pyle
McKenzie Barngrover Ashton Railsback
Miranda Bays Alexander Reiter
Mallory Bowers Hunter Rice
Andrew Burke Daniel Rodriguez
Jaeda Carpenter Nataly Rodriguez
Braxton Davis Mateo Salazar
Keenan Deniston Andie Schwenger
Mallory Durkes Jesse Scott
Damian Elliott-Neace Brianna Sheetz
Bryce England Braden Shepherd
DJ Estep Chloe Shepherd
Brianna Feldman Kaydence Shepherd
Malachi Ferrell Sage Shoemaker
Haley Gamble Morgan Smith
Yadira Garcia-Vera Mercedes Snapp
Gavin Grossman Destiny Spry
Brandon Hammer Jamasyn Virgil
Maria Henderson Grace Wilson
Brandon Hoffman Madalyn Woodward
Marcus House Jacob Wright
Haylee Hughes Nicole Ziemek
Myra Jamison
Kamryn Keeling
Sarah Kelley
Corrine Kimble
Dakota Kimble
Macy Kirchenstien
Owen Kirchenstien
Damion Kohler
Kaylee LaFollette
Katelyn Lowman
Branson McBrier
Grady McGriff
Kyle McVay
Kaiden Meade
Wade Melanson
Baylee Messer
Drake Montelongo
Patrick O’Connell
Joel Ordaz Cisneros
Dawson Perkins
Caleb Petgen
Erika Poyser
Hunter Prater
A team of 11 students at Tippecanoe Valley Middle School will soon compete at the state level after placing first in their class at the Indiana Academic Spell Bowl Junior Division regional qualifications.
TVMS and nine other schools throughout Indiana competed in the regional competition on Nov. 1, which was hosted by TVMS. Students were broken up into classes one, two, three and four. The class a team competes in is based on last year’s enrollment. TVMS competed in class three and scored a 50 out of the junior division’s perfect score of 72.
“TVMS had the overall top speller in three of the eight rounds. No TVMS speller scored lower than five of nine in any round. Two spellers scored eight of nine near-perfect scores,” said Principal Scott Backus.
The TVMS team will now compete against six other teams in the state competition at Purdue University. This will be the fourth trip to the state finals in the last five years for TVMS.
“We studied about 1,600 words and increased our practice time an extra hour after school to get ready for the regional competition. I’m so proud of this team for what they have accomplished so far,” said Susanne Siebrase, TVMS spell team coach.
The 33rd Annual Indiana Academic Spell Bowl State Finals will be held Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Loeb Playhouse in the Stewart Center at Purdue University. The senior division competition begins at 11 a.m. and the junior division competition begins at 3 p.m.
Complete statewide results were posted Nov. 2 on the Indiana Association of School Principals’ website.
Here are the results from the regional competition on Nov. 1.
8 rounds of 9 words (72 possible points)
Pictured above from left to right: Thatcher Keesee (Grade 7), Anahi Ramirez Brito (6), Katelyn Stump (6), Logan Hummitch (8), Cheney Canada (8), Kennedy Kohler (7), Lorna Apt (6), Mateo Salazar (8), Makynna Rentschler (6), Kayly Miller (6), Bobby Burke (6)
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