Please join us in congratulating our TCS “Students of the Month" for December.. Each of these exceptional students was selected as an excellent ambassador for his or her school. Congratulations to each of these excellent individuals! Way to represent!
All Taylor County Schools will begin on a two-hour delay tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 19th, 2023.
Congratulations to our Band Members and Director on their fantastic Christmas Concert! 🎵🖤❤️
We have received some donations and have now updated the list to include larger sizes. Thank you to those who have purchased already.
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8th grade students created collages to visually represent the characters, events, and themes of the dystopian novel The Giver.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from TCMS Art!
Info about TCMS Choir Concert Dec. 19th: Please read the following for possible cancellation/postponement of tomorrow evening's choir concert due to potential bad weather tonight: If a NON-TRADITIONAL INSTRUCTION DAY is called- CONCERT IS STILL ON If a TWO-HOUR DELAY is called- CONCERT IS STILL ON If school is CLOSED/CANCELLED- NO CONCERT on the 19th. It will be postponed until after the new year.
Monday, December 18th Taylor County Middle School will be taking over the WVU Coliseum to participate in the WVU education day. We will be leaving TCMS at 8:30, tip off is set for 10am. Departure from WVU at 12:30. Just a couple of reminders: no back packs or bags will be allowed into the building. Only clear bags will be allowed, students who bring a lunch from home are encourage to place it in a gallon storage bag. (Walmart bags do not count) If a student would like to purchase something from the concession stand, there will be 3 concession stands available for cash payment. We encourage everyone to wear blue and gold to help cheer on our undefeated WVU lady mountaineers.
8th grade Social Skills class organized a fundraiser to support TCMS PTO. The students created a Microsoft form for orders, tabulated the orders, calculated the amount of materials needed, packaged the bundles and delivered to the customers. We are very proud of them for working hard and raising $170 to give back to an organization that is always helping the students at TCMS.
Our students & staff have been in the winter & holiday spirit this week! Our Student Council students came up with the idea of a wall decorating contest amongst the grade levels. Please take the time to vote on your favorite wall. Voting is easy; just click on your favorite wall and like the picture. Share this post! The picture with the most likes wins the contest! 🖤❤️ Go Knights!!
We were able to collect over 250 cans of food to donated to the Bread of Life Mission. We love our students on the hill for their generosity this holiday season.
TCMS would like to congratulate the following students on placing in the Patriot's Pen Essay Contest! These students will also be recognized at a BOE Meeting. Please join me in congratulating 1st place - Owen Everett, 2nd place - Reagan Taylor, and 3rd place - Tessa Renner! Way to make TCMS proud! ❤️🖤 Goooooo Knights!!!
This week's Fun Family Tip Friday is a video that explains what phonics is and how young readers learn phonics skills. By the end of the video, you'll understand why phonics is an essential part of learning to read. You'll also get some tips on easy and fun ways to support your child as he or she develops phonics skills and starts to read. Click the link below to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv2LCkta3N4
TCS Parents/Guardians, Due to a precautionary measure this afternoon at TCMS, dismissal procedures were handle differently than normal which may cause a delay in some of our bus schedules. Buses are running normal routes, but some may be a few minutes behind schedule. Thank you.
TCMS Clothing bank is in need of supplies to help our students get through the winter. If you'd like to make a donation or purchase please select from the list. All proceeds go directly to TCMS students that are in need.
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Tomorrow our 5th grade students will participate in the “Leave No Trace” program. They will receive a certificate of completion after the assembly is over.
Parents as a reminder, on December 13, prisoners will be at the school from the Pruntytown Correctional Facility to present to the 8th grade students about the negative effects of drug use. Permission slips were sent home on Friday, Dec 8. If a student does not have a permission slip to attend, they will not be attending the presentation.
On 12-4-23, a new app was added to the students IPad that will provide them with an additional way to report concerns in confidence. This new app will provide additional safety measures in the school and it will be on their IPad in which the student's have with them at all times. This app will also provide the students with an open line of communication at all times with the administrators.
Fun Tip Friday for Families
Previous tips focused on the importance of developing phonemic awareness, or the ability to hear and manipulate sounds.
Check out this website for more fun activities and games to play with your child.
https://www.splashlearn.com/blog/phonemic-awareness-activities/
Help spread the joy of reading as you do your shopping this holiday season! Visit our TCMS Library Amazon Wishlist and add a book (or two!) to your cart. When you check out, the book will be sent automatically to our library. We will quickly add it to our shelves for our eager readers to enjoy. Scan the QR code (or use this URL https://bit.ly/TCMSLib) to browse anytime. The snow is about to be falling and these books have been calling! Thank you for your support of our library and our readers.
