A huge shoutout and heartfelt thank you to Harry Patel and Tuscola Dairy Queen for generously providing ice cream for the Tuscola High School Volleyball Team during our team meeting last Friday! Your kindness and support mean so much to our athletes, and you definitely made the afternoon a whole lot sweeter. We’re grateful for your continued encouragement and community spirit — thank you for being part of our team!
Around 360 poems were submitted to the Highland Park 2025 Poetry Challenge. Five of Mrs. Hoel's Creative Expressions students were chosen as winners and had their poetry published!
Congrats to all! From left to right - Bo, Naya, Katelyn, Ella, Erin
Roaring Twenties Challenge
Katelyn Cler - 1st Place, high school student
Bo Aslinger - 2nd Place, high school student
Naya Kupferer - 3rd Place, high school student
Dodoitsu Challenge
Ella Maxfield - 1st Place, high school student
Naya Kupferer - 3rd Place, high school student
Erin Knofsky - Honorable Mention, high school student
EP girls track competed in a meet at Paris Thursday. They earned 37 Hornet awards combined for making a personal or season best and are pictured here. Also pictured are the 7th graders waiting for the first event at the meet.
Congratulations to East Prairie Students of the Month for March.
5th - Jett Steffens
6th - Miley Rennels
7th - Ava Brown
8th - Teil Guthridge
Congratulations to Rixie Lyons for placing in the top five in her category (Career Investigation) at FCCLA State Conference in Springfield this week!
North Ward students enjoyed their House Party yesterday!
Tuscola High School's annual Preschool hosted by our Early Childhood Education class will be taking enrollments for the next several weeks!
8th grade just finished up their debates last week in their composition classes. While they love to argue, the challenge of a formal argument took a lot of time and effort. They did a great job for their first formal debate.
We are excited to have Mr. Winecke join our staff for the 25-26 school year.
Congratulations to Ava Rauguth, the Key Club Volunteer of the Month! She contributed 15.5 service hours in February!
Hello future kindergarten families! We will be doing K screening later this month on Wednesday April 23rd and Thursday April 24th from 8am-3pm each day at North Ward in the conference room. This is for all students who will be age five on or before September 1, 2025.
We will use Sign-up Genius for you to sign up for a time (see the link below). The screening will take less than 30 minutes but it is also an opportunity for you to fill out registration paperwork for next year.
If your child already attends North Ward (Pre-K) you will not need to sign up as we will do them during the day over the next few weeks.
This information will allow us to best place your child for next year while giving you a head start for next year. During the summer, all families will be contacted by a teacher to meet one-on-one in August to provide vital information while giving you an opportunity to ask questions.
We will have an open registration day on Wednesday July 30th for any families that are unable to register before then. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Thanks,
The North Ward Kindergarten Family
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4CAAAE2AA7F9C16-56017703-kindergarten#/
Kidcaster!
Please join us in celebrating and thanking these wonderful 4 TCHS employees! The impact that Ms. Taylor, Mrs. Hudson, Ms. Shelmadine, and Mrs. Anderson have on our students, staff, and school culture is so valued and appreciated. Tuscola HS is a better place because of the commitment and loyalty of these 4. Wishing them the best Paraprofessional Appreciation Day!
FYI- I tried to give you an extra day for Thanksgiving 2025-2026
Thanksgiving Break is:
November 26-28, 2025- Thanksgiving Break- No School
North Ward Students of the Month for March!
Congrats to Addison Tinkle who was hired at last night's school board meeting to be the TCHS JV Volleyball Coach!
Tuscola CUSD #301 2025-26 Calendar Link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/117LAv_2yFqn6d3VD-70p4ogeUcS3qZJO/view?usp=sharing
Congratulations to the following students who were "Caught Being a Hornet" in the month of March!
Sensory painting!
Please see the 2025-2026 Tuscola CUSD #301 Calendar Information.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q70ovUOkD-DHIj2tX0y4c-NjhazQvgejk7mLBaM2FPQ/edit?usp=sharing