Quick News

February 24 2011

Third Quarter Interims Distributed Tomorrow Friday Feb 25

Kyle Pignatiello signs letter of intent to play football at UD

Tippecanoe Athletics and Tippecanoe Football are very proud to announce

the college signing of senior Kyle Pignatiello On Wednesday February

23rd

2011 Kyle signed his letter of intent to play football for the

University of Dayton

Tippecanoe High School Head Football Coach Charlie Burgbacher

congratulated Pignatiello and said ldquoKyle had a plan and a backup plan He

is a kicker who can also tacklerdquo

Seventh Annual Science Fair Winners

1

st Place Adam Buynak 2

nd Place Andrew Abboud 3

rd Place ndash Team ndashAlissa Buynak amp

Natalie Seeman

Students that received a Superior Rating

Congratulations to all of the students that

participated in the Seventh Annual Science

Fair on Thursday February 17 2011 There

were twenty-nine Science Fair projects and

fourteen of them received a Superior rating

and fifteen received an Excellent rating

Great Job by everyone

The THS Winter Guard won 3rd

Place

Last weekend the THS Winter Guard

placed 3rd

at their competition at

Kettering High School In addition to 3rd

place their overall score increased by

more than 18 points

The THS Winter Drumline has placed 1st

at both of their competitions this season

Both the Winter Drumline and the

Winter Guard will compete at Bellbrook

High School this Sunday

The Spanish Class learns to Dance

The Spanish 3 amp 4 students attended a special immersion

lunch provided by El Mesoacuten in West Carrollton on Thursday

Feb 17th

First the students enjoyed a typical Hispanic lunch

consisting of ldquoPollo Aguascalientesrdquo which is a chicken and

rice dish from the Aguascalientes region of Mexico In

addition they had black beans fried plantains and yuca root

which are typical foods from the Caribbean and Latin

America For dessert they enjoyed ldquoMoros con dulce de

lecherdquo This is a blackberry dessert sweetened with caramel

The owner of the restaurant

Bill Castro had a cultural

presentation and discussion

with the students in Spanish

and then taught them some

typical dances It was a fun

hands-on cultural experience

greatly enjoyed by the

students

Set your DVRrsquoshellipThe THS Quiz Team will be on Channel 7rsquos Hi Q

Watch WHIO TV Channel 7rsquos High Q this Sunday at

830 am to see your Tippecanoe Red Devils match up

against Miami Valley School

The Quiz Team members are seniors Joe Gauthier

Josh Brown Steven Chaney and junior Anna

Kilpatrick

Donrsquot forget to tune in and cheer the Red Devil Quiz

Team onto a victory

Nevin Coppockrsquos Mrs Adkins recognized for great achievement

Battelle for Kids has identified Mrs Kim Adkins 3

rd grade

teacher at Nevin Coppock Elementary School as having made

significant achievement and progress with her students on

T-CAP or second-year test results (Science) in the

Ohio Value-Added initiative

Thank you Mrs Adkins for your dedication to our students

Congratulations to TMS 6th

grade staff ndash The TMS staff was recognized in the EdConnection which is a weekly update from the Ohio

Department of Educationrsquos Superintendent of Public Instruction Deborah S Delisle The weekly

newsletter goes out all over the state of Ohio below is what was published

Spotlight on Tippecanoe Middle School Sixth grade students at Tippecanoe Middle School of the Tipp City Exempted Village Schools have

worked with the local Veterans of Foreign War organization to make an

annual bus trip to the nationrsquos capital memorable for local veterans A

highlight of the trip to tour war monuments and other sites is a ldquoMail Callrdquo

activity when trip leaders distribute letters poems and pictures created by

students For the past three years Tippecanoe teachers Linda Ares and

Andrea McKinney have worked with their sixth-grade students to create

ldquogoodie bagsrdquo for the Mail Call The students decorate the bags and fill

each one with candy small games pencils letters notes poems and a

compact disc with WW II-era music Greg Southers Tippecanoe principal said ldquoThis is a great learning

opportunity for our kids to see first-hand the people who have served their country during a time that

they can only read aboutrdquo Southers said the veterans have sent the school photographs and thank-you

letters expressing how much the simple gifts meant to them The students are pictured above filling

goodie bags Congratulations Tippecanoe

Tipp City Relay For Life on May 13th

Class representatives for the LT Ball Relay For Life attended the Tipp

Rotary meeting to share a PowerPoint presentation about the upcoming

Tipp City Relay For Life on May 13 The Relay For Life will include a

festival setting for children and families with many fun challenges and

activities musical performances and an organized 5K Run as well as many

Cancer education booths Presentations have also been given to the

Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Tipp City Partnership

Students hope that the community will join in our efforts to beat Cancer

Click here to find out how to participate

httpwwwtippcityschoolscomltballcwpviewaspA=3ampQ=299771

Nevin Coppockrsquos Mrs Adkins recognized for great achievement

Battelle for Kids has identified Mrs Kim Adkins 3

rd grade

teacher at Nevin Coppock Elementary School as having made

significant achievement and progress with her students on

T-CAP or second-year test results (Science) in the

Ohio Value-Added initiative

Thank you Mrs Adkins for your dedication to our students

Congratulations to TMS 6th

grade staff ndash The TMS staff was recognized in the EdConnection which is a weekly update from the Ohio

Department of Educationrsquos Superintendent of Public Instruction Deborah S Delisle The weekly

newsletter goes out all over the state of Ohio below is what was published

Spotlight on Tippecanoe Middle School Sixth grade students at Tippecanoe Middle School of the Tipp City Exempted Village Schools have

worked with the local Veterans of Foreign War organization to make an

annual bus trip to the nationrsquos capital memorable for local veterans A

highlight of the trip to tour war monuments and other sites is a ldquoMail Callrdquo

activity when trip leaders distribute letters poems and pictures created by

students For the past three years Tippecanoe teachers Linda Ares and

Andrea McKinney have worked with their sixth-grade students to create

ldquogoodie bagsrdquo for the Mail Call The students decorate the bags and fill

each one with candy small games pencils letters notes poems and a

compact disc with WW II-era music Greg Southers Tippecanoe principal said ldquoThis is a great learning

opportunity for our kids to see first-hand the people who have served their country during a time that

they can only read aboutrdquo Southers said the veterans have sent the school photographs and thank-you

letters expressing how much the simple gifts meant to them The students are pictured above filling

goodie bags Congratulations Tippecanoe

Tipp City Relay For Life on May 13th

Class representatives for the LT Ball Relay For Life attended the Tipp

Rotary meeting to share a PowerPoint presentation about the upcoming

Tipp City Relay For Life on May 13 The Relay For Life will include a

festival setting for children and families with many fun challenges and

activities musical performances and an organized 5K Run as well as many

Cancer education booths Presentations have also been given to the

Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Tipp City Partnership

Students hope that the community will join in our efforts to beat Cancer

Click here to find out how to participate

httpwwwtippcityschoolscomltballcwpviewaspA=3ampQ=299771

I HAVE THE POWER

Heroes CARE

week at LT Ball

revolved around

the theme ldquoI

HAVE THE

POWERrdquo

CARE Week

celebration is a

time set aside to remind students to take the responsibility to care for themselves

and for others With Great Power Comes Great Responsibilities To prompt

students to make responsible positive health and character choices 100 of the

time we had Hat Pajama Mismatched and HeroSuperhero dress up days

Students went ice skating roller skating and enjoyed an upbeat active assembly

to remind them of many positive physical activities they can enjoy

STARRS PRESENTS Alice Thru the Looking Glass

You donrsquot want to miss the STARRS presentation of ldquoAlice Thru the

Looking Glassrdquo on Fri 225 LT Ball (7pm) admission is $5 with

children up to 5th

grade admitted FREE with a paying adult Row one Nikita Parks Nicole Lange Meghan Kauffman Claire Heatherly Row

two Holly Green Haley Altic Amber Tarzinski Jenny Peele Row three Rachel

Jenkins Lydia Guevara Katie Glover Jasmine Fletcher

Clodfelter is State Runner-Up

Kendall Clodfelter 3rd grader at Broadway Elementary was state runner-up in the

State competition held in Columbus for the Elks Hoop Shoot for 3rd Grade Girls

Kendall made 18 out of 25 free throws in the contest Congratulations Kendall we are

all very proud of you

Green Gals Essay amp Poster ContestshellipThe Essay Contest is once again being offered to students

that would like to write an essay on How do you imagine the future of Recycling and

Conservation Entries are due March 14 2011 The Poster Contest themes this year are Forests or

Recycling For more information on either contest request information at

cbachmiamicountysedcom

Substitute Cafeteria Workers Wantedhellipif you are interested in substituting in one of the Tipp

City School cafeterias call Ginny Watson Tipp City Schools Foodservice Supervisor at 937-667-

8110

The Tipp City Rotary Four-Way Speech Contest is Wednesday March 2nd

at the THS Center for

Performing Arts 630 pm Parents Family and the Public is encouraged to attend The local

winner will advance to the District Competition at Wittenberg University on April 3 2011

BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF OUR RED DEVIL TEAMS

Swimming

Congratulations to our DIVISION II STATE QUALIFIERS

Girls 200 Medley Relay - Augusta Grescowle Hanna Gaskins Lauren Subler

Samantha Miller

Boys 200 Medley Relay - Callum Empson Grant Koch Brett Mackenzie Jack

Gaskins

Boys 400 Free Relay - Grant Koch Jack Gaskins Callum Empson Brett

Mackenzie

200 IM - Brett Mackenzie

100 Back - Brett Mackenzie

100 Breast - Lauren Subler

State Prelims in Canton are Thursday Feb 24 500 with State Finals on Friday Feb 25 500

Best of Luck to our swimmers at State

Bowling

Congratulations to our HISTORY MAKING bowling teams For the first time in school history both

the boys AND girls teams have qualified to the District Bowling Tournament The boys will bowl on

Friday February 25 at 900 at Eastern Lanes in Middletown The girls will bowl on Saturday February

26 at 900 at Eastern Lanes in Middletown The top five teams and top five individuals will qualify to

next weekrsquos State Championships Best of Luck to our bowlers at Districts

Wrestling

Congratulations to Jake Watkins for his runner up finish at the Sectional Tournament Jake has

advanced to this weekendrsquos District Tournament at Goshen High School A top four finish at Districts

will qualify Jake to the State Tournament next weekend District Wrestling starts Friday February 25th

at 200 and Saturday February 26 at 1000 at Goshen Best of Luck to Jake at Districts

Boys Basketball

Congratulations to the 9th

grade boys team for winning the CBC Tournament

The varsity team will start the sectional tournament on Saturday February 26 at 600 vs Milton Union

The sectional tournament for the boys is played at Springfield High School Tickets are on sale for the

tournament games All tickets are $600 in advance and 50 of all presale revenue comes back to Tipp

Tickets at the gate will be $700 So save yourself $1 per ticket and have the OHSAA return $3 per

ticket back to Tippecanoe by purchasing your tournament tickets in advance Tickets are available

at Clarkrsquos the Booster Fan Store and the High School Athletic Office until 90 minutes before game

time Tickets can also be purchased in any school building by turning ticket money into the office

Tournament Brackets are available online at wwwswdaborg The boys 2nd

round game will be Wed

March 2 at 800 vs the winner of Eaton Kenton Ridge The boys sectional final game will be Sat

March 5 at 730 Again all sectional tournament games are played at Springfield High School

Best of Luck to our boys basketball team in Sectionals

Girls Basketball

Congratulations to the 9th

grade girls team for winning the Western Brown Tournament

The varsity girls basketball team will play in the Sectional Final this Saturday February 26 at 100 vs

Kenton Ridge Please note that this is a change in game time from the originally published time The

girls sectional tournament is played at Xenia High School Tickets are on sale for the tournament

games All tickets are $600 in advance and 50 of all presale revenue comes back to Tipp Tickets at

the gate will be $700 So save yourself $1 per ticket and have the OHSAA return $3 per ticket

back to Tippecanoe by purchasing your tournament tickets in advance Tickets are available at

Clarkrsquos the Booster Fan Store and the High School Athletic Office until 90 minutes before game time

Tickets can also be purchased in any school building by turning ticket money into the office

Tournament Brackets are available online at wwwswdaborg

Best of Luck to our girls basketball team in the Sectional Finals

For athletic results go to wwwcbcsportsonlinecom

Tippecanoe High School athletic schedules are available at

wwwhighschoolsportsnetschoolTippecanoe-High-School-Tipp-City-OH

Tippecanoe Middle School athletic schedules are available at

wwwhighschoolsportsnetschoolTippecanoe-Middle-School-Tipp-City-OH

Mark your calendars The Tippecanoe Athletic Boosters will be hosting two ldquoEducation

Nightsrdquo for all parents and students involved in sports at any level ndash youth through high school

These education nights will be very informative for all parents of elementary middle school or high

school students

The first will be held on Tuesday March 15 at 730 in the High School Auditorium The topic of

night will be ldquoSports Specialization vs Multi Sport Participationrdquo Our high school athletic director

Mr Matt Shomper will be the presenter for this evening of education Mr Shomper presented this

topic to athletic directors at the 2010 National Athletic Administration Conference The presentation

will cover the pros and cons of sport specialization and multi sport participation

The second will be held on Thursday June 2 at 730 in the High School Auditorium The topic of

the night will be ldquoCollege Recruiting Processrdquo It is never too early to educate yourself about the

college recruiting process even if you are a parent of an elementary school child Almost every

parent of a student that went on to participate in college athletics wished that they educated

themselves and started the college recruiting process earlier than their Junior and Senior year More

information about this presentation will be available as we get closer to the event

These education nights will be replacing the Booster Social Nights at Harrisons

Earn College and High School Credit at the same time - Any student who would like to earn

college and high school credits while taking classes here during the school day please sign up in the

front office Next school year students will be able to take online courses through Sinclair

Community College and not have to leave the building The cost is 8250 for one credit hour and

course credits may be able to transfer to other universities and colleges Placement testing will take

place on March 15th starting at 8 am Students will need to fill out an application for enrollment into

Sinclair before they will be allowed to take the placement test

Tipp City Exempted Village Schoolsrsquo website wwwtippcityschoolscom is full of important

information please go there often to stay updated on the district and your childrsquos schoolsrsquo

happenings

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sbrownleetippcityk12ohus

The Cincinnati Bengals are coming to Tippecanoe High School On March 11 2011 several members

of Cincinnatirsquos finest will take on members of the Tipp City community Game time for this exhibition

basketball game is 700 pm in the high school gymnasium Proceeds will go to support the Tippecanoe

Baseball Program

We are recruiting sponsors for this exciting and fun-filled event While each member of the baseball

program will be selling tickets to the event and var ious raffles will take place throughout the evening

sponsorship will cover the cost of securing the presence of the Bengal players Becoming a sponsor

assures your family and friends an opportunity to mingle with the Bengals at an after -game party In

addition your organization will receive publicity throughout the event

All it takes is $300 to become a sponsor of this celebrity game and your opportunity to play against

members of the 2011 Cincinnati Bengals This event has been overwhelmingly support ed by our

community in past years When you become a sponsor you will receive the following

10 tickets to the game ($800 each)

4 tickets to the post game party (priceless)

Hang your company banner in the gymnasium (priceless)

Your son or daughter can be Bengals ball person (priceless)

VIP seating behind Bengals bench (priceless)

PA system will announce your company throughout game (priceless)

Autograph session and photos (priceless)

Please call Bruce Cahill at 667-8454 if you are interested in sponsoring this event

Go Red Devils