We are thrilled to announce the hire of our next Principal at Tipton Elementary School, Dawn Kruse! Dawn brings over 19 years of experience in a variety of education roles and a deep love for Tipton Schools and the community!
"I am honored to be selected to serve as the next Elementary Principal in Tipton. The Tipton School District is very important to me as a graduate, parent, community member, and I'm excited to add the additional title of Elementary Principal to that list! My husband, Andy, and I live right outside Tipton and we have three kids who attend in the district; Oakley (Junior), Kai (8th Grade) and Aeda (5th Grade). I look forward to working with all staff, students, parents and the community to support our youngest learners. Go Tigers!"
"I am honored to be selected to serve as the next Elementary Principal in Tipton. The Tipton School District is very important to me as a graduate, parent, community member, and I'm excited to add the additional title of Elementary Principal to that list! My husband, Andy, and I live right outside Tipton and we have three kids who attend in the district; Oakley (Junior), Kai (8th Grade) and Aeda (5th Grade). I look forward to working with all staff, students, parents and the community to support our youngest learners. Go Tigers!"
The Girls Track team heads to Cedar Falls today to open their season. The first race begins at 2:00. Good Luck Tigers! Follow along here: https://results.wayzatatiming.com/meets/62036
We all know and love Ms. Tracy who helps keep our Middle school thriving and positive each day! Yesterday students celebrated her for her birthday, check out all the things we love about Ms. Tracy!
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The first of our spring sports competitions is today in Cedar Falls. The boys track team travels to the University of Northern Iowa to compete against teams from all over the state. Good Luck Tigers!
Live Results: https://results.wayzatatiming.com/meets/62036/live
Live Results: https://results.wayzatatiming.com/meets/62036/live
Have a great weekend! Keep reading! 💛 🖤
She has the perfect dress for Read Across America Week! Look at all those book characters!
🖤 💛 Also, a special thank you to the PTO for providing a snack and a bookmark to the elementary students today as they wrap up Read Across America Week. 💛 🖤
The Kids Heart Challenge is in full swing!
Earlier this week Tipton Sophomores and Juniors were able to attend the Cedar County Career Fair. This event was excellent exposure to a wide variety of paths possible following high school graduation.
We are now offering 3 year old preschool! Give your students the best start to education with our 3 and 4 year old preschool programs. We are currently enrolling students for the 2026-2027 school year. Parent information night will be April 15th at 5:30 in the Elementary Cafeteria. If you have any questions, call the elementary school at 563-886-6131. Find more information on the registration page on our website: https://www.tipton.k12.ia.us/page/registration
Some pieces of the parade of bands concert Tuesday night. Reminder tonight we have a 7-12 choir concert in the Auditorium, and tomorrow is our Jazzy Ice Cream Social in the Middle School Gym.
The 4th grade attended a special concert put on by the Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra. They traveled to the Adler Theater in Davenport and participated in the Link Up Concert put out by Carnegie Hall in NYC. The theme this year was "The Orchestra Sings" and orchestras across the country all participated with the same music. Way to go 4th grade Tigers! 🎻
Friends and Books! What a great combination! 💛 🖤 💛 Happy Read Across America Week!
Tipton Middle School's Math Team of 11 students competed last month earning some impressive results. The team finished in 3rd place by just .75 points in the team competition in Coralville on February 7th. This is the best team finish by our Math Team in years! After all competitions were complete across the state, the top 10 additional individual scores qualified for the state competition on March 26th. Tipton 8th Grader, Drew Moes, qualified and will compete against some of the best in the state of Iowa! Congratulations Drew!
How many different holidays can you name? Labor Day? Friendship Day? What else? Come to the 7th-12th All Choir Concert tonight at 7pm in the auditorium to see if you got them all. Another great night of music awaits! 🎶
Last week Tank learned about being a police officer!
A big THANK YOU to our guest readers in the elementary for Read Across America Week! The kids LOVED having you read to them. We appreciate you taking time to share your love of books. 💛 🖤 💛 Officer Dierks, Miss Becky from the Tipton Public Library, and Dionne Daedlow with ISU Extension and School Board 💛 🖤 💛
Check out these awesome readers during Read Across America Week! 💛 🖤 💛
We have a busy week of concerts and music events, make sure to join us to see all our talented and hardworking students perform! If you aren't able to join us in person, each performance will be streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/@TiptonMusic/streams
Parade of Bands tonight at 7pm in the middle school gym! Special guest: The Iowa National Guard Fort Iowa Brass Quintet with former 2014 Tipton graduate Daniel Charette. An amazing concert featuring 230 Tipton music students you won't want to miss! 🎺🥁🎷
Look at these readers! 💛 🖤 💛 What a great way to start Read Across America Week in the elementary with Drop Everything And Read!
