Spotlight on Reading: Why is being scared so much fun?
Congratulations to our 1st I-Ready Challenge winners for passing the most lessons with the highest percentage of accuracy in I-Ready Math.
6th grade winner - The Bow Wow Krew, coached by Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Tyson who passed 217 lessons.
7th Grade winner - The K-9 Network, coached by Mrs. Braddy and Mrs. Sol who passed 209 lessons.
8th Grade winner - The Dynamic Dawgs, coached by Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Pierce who passed 267 lessons
Toombs County Middle School celebrated Red Ribbon Week last week. Students participated in dress-up days along with creating posters by pledging to stay drug-free. Our poster winners were: from left to right: Honorable mentions: William Rogers, Jucory Gillis, and Ashley Quintana, 2nd Place: Paris Tobler, and 3rd Place: Dashanti Badie. Not pictured: 1st Place: Peyton Soles. Our teachers participated as well by decorating their doors. Our 1st place winner was: Krysta Rushing, 2nd place: Elaine Allen, and 3rd place: Julie Tyson.
A jigsaw activity allows students to take parts of a topic to create a whole presentation. Mr. Brantley's classes recently excelled at their jigsaw activity over European governments.
Get ready for our 2nd Annual COMMUNITY PEP RALLY on Thursday, November 2nd! Save the date to come out to The Pit as we gear up for our rivalry football game, celebrate the success of our fall sports, and engage in some healthy competition through various games! Below are descriptions of games and activities community members can sign up to participate in! Dress Like a Football Player Race: We will pick 5 participants for this race who will each team up with a player from our varsity football team! They will start on the same yard line and will run suicides up and down the field picking up and putting on different parts of a football uniform with each suicide. The first player to complete the race fully dressed in their uniform wins! We are looking for participants ages 7-13. Sign ups close Tuesday, October 31st! Link to sign up: https://forms.gle/fYC72v9tLGVTjjF97Field Goal Attempt: Who remembers Braylen Dietrich's kick heard round the world to secure a win against Appling County? We want to see who can make one half that distance! Anyone of any age can sign up for this game! Sign ups close Tuesday, October 31st.Link to sign up: https://forms.gle/kMiiXas32y1vmEbGA2023 Fan of the Year: We are looking to recognize and celebrate an extraordinary fan who has been a positive influence in the lives of our Bulldog athletes and who inspires others through their love of TCHS Athletics.We will determine the winner of the award based on the number of nominations filled out in their honor. The nomination form will close on Tuesday, October 31st. Our 2022 Fan of the Year was TCMS's Mr. James! Link to submit a nomination:https://forms.gle/UWi1UCZmRpyyHzus9Name our Mascot: TCHS Cheerleaders and the Booster Club teamed up to get our school a new bulldog mascot suit! Our mascot can be seen at most sporting and community events spreading school spirit and we want to make our mascot more official by giving it a name! Inspiration may come from a significant person, place, or thing in our community or school's history. Submissions will close on Tuesday, October 31st! We will pick the top three suggestions and have the community vote from 5:30-6:30 before the pep rally then announce the winning name! Link to submit a name: https://forms.gle/qsetkuM5eD9T9ne99
Congratulations to the TCMS Football team for earning Southeast GA Region 1st runner-up! They have worked hard and had another GREAT season! Way to go DAWGS! #thestandard #TCMSbulldogs
* Pictured are TCMS 8th grade football and spirit cheer athletes.
These 7th grade students make solving equations look easy!
You are invited! Safety Saturday is October 28th from 10am-2pm at Lowe's! There will be fun, food, trunk or treat and more!
Many different instruction techniques are used in reading classes to help keep students engaged in their reading passages while understanding the reading passages better. Partner reading is one of those techniques.
We celebrated some stand-out teachers this morning with their favorite snacks.
TCMS and System Teacher of the Year: Mrs. Morris
August Teachers of the Month: Mr. Brantley and Mrs. Braddy
September Teachers of the Month: Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Baker
Let's celebrate Red Ribbon Week. See the image for Dress Up day themes.
Congratulations to our September Students of the Month!
Back row: Leonardo Guzman, Skylar Powell, Deshanti Badie, Owen Crawford, and Emmanuel Tinoco-Mejia.
Middle row: James Harbin, Bety Ramirez Romero, Ja'Nyreiah Baker, Presley Neesmith, and Cody Peeks.
Front row: Kynslee Williams, Caroline Fowler, and Jordie Grace Kight.
Team 701 students are working hard to make their writing samples more interesting. Using assigned tones for their writing assignments gives students an opportunity to utilize different vocabulary and grammar conventions. #setthestandard
Join us for our next Parents Lunch and Learn on October 25th.
We have begun our iReady Challenge. Teams were announced last week at our pep rally. Mrs. Burkett and Coach Arrendondo, along with their team, seem to have had a great kick-off meeting on Monday during Dawg Time and are ready to #setthestandard!
Keep up with TCMS news by watching the Middle School Minute.
https://youtu.be/_TEpKakTWGM
Check out this great example of students applying creativity to writing in science class.
Happy National Boss's Day to Mr. Mercer.
On Saturday our cross country team competed in the GA Middle School State Cross Country Championship hosted by Bleckley County, and our boys brought home 2nd place!! In the championship division, we had several in the top 25 as well that received individual awards: Luis Valentin took 3rd, Palmer Davis placed 12th, and Chris Aguilar came in 19th out of 134 runners. In the JV division, Julius Garnes came in 10th out of 111 runners. Coach Goodwin expresses how proud she is of this entire group of athletes, boys and girls. They worked so hard the last several months. They finished strong, and it was a great end to an awesome season. They were a special group of athletes and we are so proud of them!
Progress reports go home today! Also be on the lookout for Parent Compacts for grades K-8. Please sign both and return. Have a great weekend.
