The Students in the Spotlight Drama Camp wrapped up this morning with a fun performance at Stage 301. The future looks bright for the TCHS Drama Department. Thank you to all who attended and continue to support the arts!
Introducing our 2025 Students in the Spotlight! They have been working hard and having lots of fun at Stage 301. The public is invited to attend a short performance of their Wicked themed week tomorrow (5/30) at 11:00 in the TCHS Auditorium.
Stage 301 was filled with North Ward students this morning for the first day of Students in the Spotlight Drama Camp. They kept busy with crafts, stage design, dance, and music.
The public is welcome to attend a short, informal performance of their Wicked themed week on Friday, 5/30 at 11:00 in the TCHS Auditorium.
Rewarding job opportunity working with our students!
Congrats to our Girls Track and Field Team who finished in 2nd place at the Class 1A State Track Meet.
Tuscola Fire Department will escort them into town about 6:15pm and we will recognize the team shortly before Graduation in the gym this evening.
Tomorrow's a BIG day for the Tuscola Warriors! We encourage you to get out and support our students in their events happening tomorrow.
10:00am @ Ervin Park: Softball Regional Championship vs. Arcola
10:00am-4:30pm @ EIU: Girls State Track and Field Meet
11:30am @ Ervin Park: Baseball Regional Championship vs. Mt. Pulaski
7:00pm: HS Graduation at TCHS with doors opening at 6:15pm
Keep making us proud, Warriors!!
A big thank you to Mrs. Schoon, Ms. Shelmadine, and Mrs. Hudson for all of their efforts at Tuscola High School. We celebrated them at our staff meeting today and wish them all the best in their next adventures.
Graduation practice was this morning! We're ready for Saturday at 7pm!
At today's District 301 Staff Meeting, we recognized and thanked our retirees for the impact they've had on all of our students and staff!
From L to R: Kirsten Day, Kim Miller, Angie Bergner, Ron O'Hearn, and Julia Hudson.
Not pictured: Kay Crays
Congrats to the 2025 Tuscola Community High School Valedictorian:
Jocelyn Ford
Congrats to our 2025 Co-Salutatorians:
Alex Lin and Naya Kupferer
Congratulations to Mrs. Nolan for being named the News-Gazette Teacher of the Week! She's incredibly deserving. Her efforts to help our students should be highlighted and celebrated! Her answers in the article highlight how deeply passionate she is about the success of our students and her ability to understand them and their individual interests.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/education/teacher-of-the-week-jennifer-nolan-special-education-tuscola-high-school/article_b40e3cf8-0b3b-407b-898b-4d89e1abf1ad.html
Congratulations to Señora Diaz for being named the 2025 Regional Office of Education #11 Recognition of Excellence Award Recipient for Tuscola CUSD 301. She's as good as it gets in foreign language education. Balancing large section numbers yet still being able to connect with individual students. Furthermore, she's an excellent advocate and source of support for so many of our students and families!
TCHS senior, Dayne Lough, just recently finished his 2nd year at LIFT in Mattoon. McLain Schaefer, the Director of LIFT, had this to say about him--"Dayne has been a tremendous asset to us at LIFT. Not only is Dayne our first HVAC Youth Apprentice but has set the standard in our program even going as far as to lead some of the training for our current students. To say we are proud is an understatement."
Please see the video below to learn more about Dayne's plan and story. The video was created by Cooper Spencer who is a student at Mattoon High School and is also enrolled at LIFT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNx1XCfnb6M&list=PLsyQn2_3cJmT5bT1iT0m7yN4XKHAE3k4s&index=3
Congrats to Nathan Klie who was chosen as the Rotary Student of the Month for May!
Summer camps for our kids!! There's still time to sign up. Several of these camps have a May 16th deadline for registration.
Students in the Spotlight Drama Day Camp: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSet0EkxLif3vm2t6ZTXylWzS_hFRVYYG66HpG3lu9TrppJz5A/viewform
Volleyball Camp: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8liyEuAHULdjYtJPeGHjtm2N9InbH-qXVrDe2hVbZRBwKTQ/viewform
Girls Basketball Camp: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAZivxn_7rGDyUwhUAyy9lH0kiGMXNmMuY3Hj6sVE-e3u6gQ/viewform
Boys Basketball Camp: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNxy0XCBgRwbuZbiIW-WRNllTYHLNjN5Enn5w8azhUbZVnTg/viewform
Tuscola High School would like to express our sincere thanks to our community who continues to support our students through scholarships. At today's Honors Day Ceremony, we distributed a new Honors Day record of nearly $190,000 in local scholarship money.
A heartfelt thank you to all who supported the Class of 2025 today.
Our Seniors last day was today! While we know they learned a lot, we might have to bring them back next week for a refresher in Driver Education!
We do appreciate their humor and innocent fun!
Congratulations to Mrs Hoel's Creative Expressions class! Each member's work was chosen to be published this Fall in the Young Writers Unsolved-Criminally Good Sagas.
Top photo from left to right: Naya Kupferer, Bo Aslinger, Ella Maxfield, Ava Rauguth, Katelyn Cler.
Bottom photo: Erin Knofsky. Not pictured: Juli Fortado
Yesterday, we had our last preschool with these precious children. The students in our high school's Early Childhood Education class planned and executed the last five sessions and did an outstanding job!
