Talawanda High School 

  E-News 4/8/22

• Hello Everyone!

Just an update. This year we have more than 500 hundred students that have earned Honor Roll status, more than half our student body. Great news. Because of Covid restrictions early in the year we were unable to bring people together and celebrate these successes. On April 14th,  we are going to take the afternoon and celebrate all of our Honor Roll students. They have received their usual certificates but on the 14th we are going to have, literally a “Field Day” complete with food, drinks and activities. Hoping the weather cooperates we will be outside, Honor Roll students will be called outside and Mr. Cole, Mr. Rhoton and I will be grilling hotdogs and all the treats that go with a picnic, Field Day event. This week will be  the week after EOC’s and we hope our students can take a couple of hours in the afternoon, eat,  have fun and relax after their week of testing and celebrate their hard work in the classroom.

Thank you,

Mr. Tom York, THS Principal

• If students are interested in CCP for the fall semester, the application deadline is May 1st.  See your school counselor if you have any questions.

• Summer School Registration is Live!!!  Please click the link below to register for summer school.  Summer school is for credit recovery, but we also have 3 classes for advancement.  http://bit.ly/THSSummerSchool

• THS Prom is back at Shriver Center and will be better than ever!  May 7th from 8:30 pm-12:00am. Students are REQUIRED to sign in by 9:00 pm to be admitted to the prom, so plan parking and other details accordingly.  Tickets will be sold at school during lunch and can be reserved via email/google form ( for those students off campus).  Outside guests who do not attend THS/Butler Tech may go to our prom as a guest of a THS student, but are required to provide a copy of an ID that shows date of birth and/or grade level.  Attendees of prom must be under the age of 21.  We can’t wait for PROM to be back at Shriver!  

• Senior Reflections will be held on Friday May 20th at Peffer Park.  Stay tuned for more information!  Also, please stop by Mr. Tincher’s room 124 for your free Senior T-Shirt!

• Senior school fees and all charges must be paid in order to participate in the graduation program.  You can pay through our  EZPay system or cash or check can be brought to the main office.  Last day to pay with a check is May 6th.  Cash or EZ Pay only  after May 6th.

• Junior Parents: There will be an Afterprom informational meeting Monday, April 11th from 5:30-7:30 in the THS cafeteria.  Please stop by to see what you can volunteer for or general information and/ or questions.  

• Please review your student’s lunch account through your EZPay account.  Failure to repay school meal charges at the end of the school year, the charge will be included as a school fee and carried over to the next school year.  High School Seniors must pay all school fees in order to participate in the high school graduation program.  

• Please see the following link for community information flyers: 

https://www.talawanda.org/resources/community-events-%2B-activities-36/

• DESSERT DONATIONS NEEDED!!!

THS Teacher & Staff Appreciation Event (Dessert Buffet) is back this year.  It will be on Wednesday, May 11, 2022.  We are desperately in need of dessert donations!!  Please sign up at:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0b44abae2da1fb6-2022

Any questions?  Contact Tomoko Brown at TomokoTBrown@gmail.com

• Congratulations to both the girls’ and boys’ swim and dive teams.  Both have been named National Gold Scholar Teams.  To earn this recognition the average GPA of the team must be above 3.750.  The girls team average GPA was a 3.797 and the boys team average GPA was a 3.757.  Also of note is that in this calculation any GPA above 4.0 was rounded down to a 4.0.

         Additional congratulations to 7 swim and dive team members for being                              

          named Academic All-Americans.  To be named an Academic All-American you

         must be a senior, have earned a varsity letter your senior year, and have a 

         cumulative GPA above a 3.75.  Hannah Lippincott, Kenna Mondello, Mercy

         Patterson, Lucy Wang, Alex Carlson, Zeke Groom, and Daniel Mullally all met

         these stipulations. 

• Please see the following link for community information flyers: 

https://www.talawanda.org/resources/community-events-%2B-activities-36/

• The Talawanda School District marks the 120th birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, by proclaiming April 12th, “Education and Sharing Day”.  The City of Oxford has also shared a declaration and proclamation for this event.  This day is devoted to recognizing the importance of education in the lives of our students.  

Click on the following link for more information; For More Information        

 TEEN WRITING CONTEST

Calling all teen writers! This contest is for you! Enter your original short story or poem for a chance to win a prize. Entries will be accepted from April 1 – 30.

Email your submission as an attachment to: teenswrite@lanepl.org. (You will receive a “thank you” email within 48 hours of submitting your work. If you do not receive this email, please double check that you sent your short story/poem to the correct email address. If you have any questions or concerns please direct them to Celeste Swanson at c.swanson@lanepl.org)

Please note the following guidelines:

• You must be ages 12 – 18 to enter.

• Entries must be typed, double-spaced, and attached to the email as a file attachment.

• Please include your name, age, phone number, and email address.

• Entries must be submitted as a Word doc, Google doc, or PDF.

• Entries may not exceed 2,000 words or 5 pages.

• Limit 1 poem and 1 short story entry per person.

• Work must be original, not previously published, and titled.

Work will be judged on originality, clarity, ideas presented, voice, word choice, presentation, sentence structure, syntax and spelling.

Prizes will be awarded at the awards ceremony held at the Fairfield Lane Library on Thursday, May 19, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

1st place: $50.00 Amazon gift card

2nd place: $25.00 Amazon gift card

3rd place: $15.00 Amazon gift card

  Calendar of Events

Sunday, April 10th

No Events Scheduled

Monday April 11th

11:30-1:00 pm Big Brothers Big Sisters Lunchroom Visit

3:00-5pm PAC, Drama

4:00-7pm Mock Trial,Room 417

5:30-7:30pm After Prom Meeting, Cafe.

Tuesday, April 12th  

2:50-3:30pm Talawanda Tribune, Room 417

3:00-5pm PAC, Drama

3:00-4:30pm Academic Challenge, Room 424

Wednesday, April 13th

2:15-4:30 FFA Meeting, PAC

3:00-5pm PAC, Drama

7:00 pm Band Boosters Meeting, Band Room 618

Thursday, April 14th 

8:00-11:00 am Talent Show, PAC

1:15-2:30 Honor Roll Program

3:00-4:30pm Academic Challenge, Room 424

3:00-5pm PAC, Drama

Friday, April 15th 

No School-Good Friday

3:00-5:00 pm Drama, PAC

Saturday, April 16th 

6:00-8pm Mock Trial Practice, Virtual

Monday, April 18th

No School for Students-Teacher Workday