Some of the Tipton Middle School choir students got to attend "Wicked: For Good" compliments of the Tipton Masonic Lodge. The Masons generously donate to the Fine Arts Department every year. Thank you Masons - we had a great time! 🎵
Tank the Tiger was busy these last few weeks! He learned about 3 careers! First he went to Xerxes , then he went to the University of Iowa with the Language, Linguistics, literatures, and culture department, then he learned about Land O Lakes Pellet Mill! Tank's schedule is pretty open the rest the school year. You can sign up here if you want to help us learn about more careers! https://signup.com/go/WhoSSCY
We want to add to our team! We are hiring paraprofessionals , these individuals are vital to our student success! Full- time, Part-time and substitute employment options are available! Find more information and apply here: https://www.tipton.k12.ia.us/o/tcsd/page/employment
Reminder......... Enjoy your Break!
Support the Junior Prom and spread some holiday cheer!
We hope to see many students this week participating in our dress up days. Only 5 days until winter break!
Tipton tuba and euphonium students had another great showing for the annual TubaChristmas held at Northpark Mall in Davenport, one of 300 national performances. 6th grader Brody Wendt was the youngest performer at 11. Almost 100 people traveled from as far away as Kirksville, MO.
The Tipton 7/8 band had a dress rehearsal of "Metal Bell Carol" by Brian Balmages featuring local guitar sensation and 1990's Tipton graduate Matt Fontaine. See the performance in person Tuesday, December 16 at 7:00 pm in the THS auditorium. It sounds amazing!
Due to the risk from the winter weather this afternoon, Tipton Schools will dismiss at 1:20pm today. No PM preschool or afternoon activities. The 5th/6th band concert will be rescheduled to Tuesday, December 16 at 6pm.
Congratulations to our Tigerettes Dance Team as they received a division 1 rating for all three of their routines at the ISDTA State Dance Competition this past Thursday!
Lets cheer on our Tigers tonight @ Anamosa! Citizen Bank has some fun things happening tonight! GO TIGERS!
This week Tank learned about operating a dump truck and also got a chance to enjoy the snow!
The 7/8 grade Tipton School under the direction of Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Owen are getting ready for their concert December 16.
6th grade students in Mrs. Frederickson's Code Explorers Exploratory are using Scratch to learn about computer science. They are taking a Harry Potter program and adding their own code to create a new scene.
6th grade students in Mrs. Barnes' Math class work on various activities that focus on relating fractions, decimals, and percents to each other.
5th grade Writing students in Ms. Webb's class are learning about the writing process by rotating to various stations.
7th graders in Mrs. Price's Art Class have been learning how to use slab and attachment techniques with clay. They designed a clay box and added a "relief" piece to turn it into a cake or something else of their choosing. These clay pieces will now dry and go to the kiln.
Students in Mrs. Edwards' Start to Finish class are presenting the floor plans they created for the house models they will build in class.
Students are taking the information they have learned throughout the last 14 weeks in Mrs. Freese's AgLab and creating their own 3D farms!
7th grade students are learning how to play drum set in Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Owen's Rock Band class.