Tuesday, February 13, 2024
TMS Families,
My apologies for getting this out a day later than usual. I hope you had an outstanding Super Bowl Weekend. Our TMS dance team enjoyed a terrific weekend at IDTA State in Springfield, bringing home some hardware. They placed 2nd in Jazz and 7th in Open Pom. Congratulations to our TMS dance team members and coaches on an incredible season!
As a reminder, students will have a four-day weekend this coming weekend with teachers’ institute on Friday and Presidents’ Day on Monday. School will resume for students on Tuesday, January 20th.
Student Council “Souper” Bowl Week Thank You! Thank you again to all of our TMS families for the overwhelming support and donations! The band trailer was full of canned goods yesterday when it arrived at Ministries Unlimited. They told us that they wouldn’t need to go out and buy soup at all this year because of our large donation. We appreciate all of the support from the TMS students and families who participated by donating food to help those who are less fortunate. We have such a caring school community full of empathetic students and staff members! Here are the grade level totals (soup was worth 2 pts and other items were worth 1 pt):
Overall, TMS had 6,357 points!
6th grade overall had 3,463 points
7th grade overall had 1,814 points
8th grade overall had 1,080 points
Congratulations to our homeroom winners:
8th Grade - Mr. Frey with 245 points
7th Grade - Mr. Wise with 334 points
We had 3 6th grade winners because all of them had over 500 points!
Mrs. Noyes - 598 points
Mrs. Monk - 601 points
Mrs. Wombacher - 658 points (Congrats to Mrs. Wombacher’s room for being the highest at TMS!)
Student Reminders: Please reinforce the following TMS expectations with your students.
Daily on-time arrival to school and class are very important.
Please wear your ID each day, IDs should be on at all times.
AirPods/earbuds are only allowed in class with teacher permission.
No cell phones outside of lockers. Keep phones off and in your locker during the school day.
Check your email, Canvas, and Skyward often.
Spring Scholastic Book Fair: Our annual TMS Spring Scholastic Book Fair will be taking place the week of March 11th. With the book fair quickly approaching, we could use some parent volunteers to make the event as smooth and successful as possible. We're using SignUp to organize our upcoming Book Fair Volunteers. Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:
1) Click this link to see our SignUp for the TMS book fair.
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you would like.
3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.
Note: SignUp does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact Rebecca Chigas in the library (618) 667-5406 ext. 4530, and she can sign you up manually.
5 Essentials Survey: The Illinois 5 Essentials Survey window opened two weeks ago and runs through March 29th. Students, staff, and parents will have the opportunity to take the survey to share their experiences with Triad Middle School. Parents should use this link to access the survey. We need at least 20% of TMS parents to take the survey, so please take it soon to help us out! We are currently at 16% after just two weeks. Please consider helping us out by taking the survey if you haven’t already. The surveys are specific to each building, so if you already took one for an elementary school or the high school we would need you to take it again for TMS specifically.
SOAR Information: Sixth grade only after school recreation (SOAR) will be up and running for a Spring session beginning April 2. All sixth grade families are encouraged to read the SOAR parent letter and get registered for the Spring session using this registration form if they are interested.
8th Grade PSAT 8/9: TMS will be administering the PSAT 8/9 test to interested 8th graders on Wednesday, April 24th. The test is optional and tuition-based ($15). Students must turn in permission slips and payment to the TMS office by Friday, February 23rd. Please see the PSAT 8/9 parent letter for more information and the permission slip. Please contact Andrea Morris with any questions at andrea.morris@tcusd2.org.
Other Important Information for 8th Grade Families:
Daily Announcements: Would you like to have access to the daily announcements that TMS students hear each morning at school? If so, please go to the “Daily News” section on our TMS Website.
Important Dates/Reminders:
At the January Board of Education meeting, the 2024-2025 Triad District School Calendar was approved by the board. Please check out next year’s school calendar when planning short trips, appointments, and vacations to help us improve attendance at TMS and maximize in person learning opportunities for students and staff. Thank you!
Checkout the Triad District Virtual Backpack for other flyers regarding events in our community.
Feb. 13 - 2:00 - Weightlifting Group 1 - Crusaders Hall (Vickrey & Bengtson)
Feb. 13 - 3:45 - Scholar Bowl @ O’Fallon Fulton
Feb. 13 - 3:45 - Bowling vs Wesclin @ Baden Bowl
Feb. 13 - 4:00 - Volleyball Home vs Highland
Feb. 14 - 2:00 - Scholar Bowl Practice - Room 805 (Nagel)
Feb. 14 - 2:00-4:00 - Dungeons & Dragons - Room 704 (Inda)
Feb. 14 - 2:00 - Crusaders Council Meeting (Monk & Morris)
Feb. 14 - 3:30 - Volleyball @ Granite City
Feb. 14 - 4:00 - Wrestling vs Wood River Lewis & Clark
Feb. 15 - National School Resource Officers Day - Thank you Officer Maue for all that you do!
Feb. 15 - CTE Presentation in 8th Grade PE Classes - Large Gym
Feb. 15 - 2:00 - Dungeons & Dragons - Room 704 (Inda)
Feb. 15 - 4:00 - Volleyball @ O’Fallon Carriel
Feb. 15 - 7:00 - Early Spring Band Concert (Grades 6-8) - Triad High School
Feb. 16 - No Student Attendance / Teachers’ Institute Day
Feb. 18 - 8:00-4:00 - Greg Holthaus Memorial Cardiac Screening Event @ Esic YMCA (Edwardsville)
Feb. 19 - No School - Presidents’ Day
Feb. 19 - 8:00-4:00 - Greg Holthaus Memorial Cardiac Screening Event @ Holly’s House of Hope (Highland)
Feb. 20 - 2:00 - Weightlifting Group 1 - Crusaders Hall (Vickrey & Bengtson)
Feb. 20 - 2:00 - Dungeons & Dragons - Room 704 (Inda)
Feb. 21 - 2:00 - Scholar Bowl Practice - Room 805 (Nagel)
Feb. 21 - 2:00-4:00 - Dungeons & Dragons - Room 704 (Inda)
Feb. 21 - 2:00 - Crusaders Council Meeting (Monk & Morris)
Feb. 21 - 4:00 - Wrestling Home vs Grant
Feb. 21 - 4:00 - Volleyball @ Highland St. Paul
Feb. 21 - 6:00 - Parent Advisory Council Meeting - TMS Library
Feb. 22 - 2:00 - Weightlifting Group 1 - Crusaders Hall (Vickrey & Bengtson)
Feb. 22 - 3:30 - Scholar Bowl @ Edwardsville Lincoln
Feb. 22 - 3:45 - Bowling vs Aviston @ Hank’s Bowl
Feb. 22 - 4:00 - Volleyball Home vs Wesclin
Feb. 23 - Deadline for PSAT 8/9 permission slips and payment from 8th graders wanting to test in April
Feb. 24 - Wrestling @ IESA Regionals
Feb. 24 - 9:00 - Introducing a Girl to Engineering Day @ SIUE - No registration fee now!
Feb. 26-27 - Model UN Conference - SIUE (DeNap)
Feb. 26 - 2:00 - Art Club (Session 1) - Room 902 (Ellis)
Feb. 26 - 2:00 - FCA - TMS Cafeteria
Feb. 26 - 3:45 - Bowling vs Albers/Damiansville @ Hi-Top
Feb. 27 - 2:00 - Weightlifting Group 1 - Crusaders Hall (Vickrey & Bengtson)
Feb. 28 - 2:00 - Scholar Bowl Practice - Room 805 (Nagel)
Feb. 28 - 2:00 - Crusaders Council Meeting (Monk & Morris)
Feb. 28 - 3:30 - Bowling vs All Saints Academy @ Hi-Top
Feb. 28 - 4:00 - Volleyball (8th Grade A/B) @ Waterloo
Feb. 29 - 2:00 - Weightlifting Group 1 - Crusaders Hall (Vickrey & Bengtson)
Feb. 29 - 3:30 - Scholar Bowl Home vs Coolidge & Carriel
March 1 - School Maintenance Appreciation Day
March 2 - Wrestling @ IESA Sectionals
March 4-8 - Respect Week @ TMS
March 4-8 - School Social Worker Week - Thank you, Mr. Bengtson, for all you do!
March 5 - 2:00 - Weightlifting Group 1 - Crusaders Hall (Vickrey & Bengtson)
March 6 - 2:00 - Scholar Bowl Practice - Room 805 (Nagel)
March 6 - 2:00 - Crusaders Council Meeting (Monk & Morris)
March 7 - 2:00 - Weightlifting Group 1 - Crusaders Hall (Vickrey & Bengtson)
March 7 - 3:45 - Scholar Bowl @ Mascoutah
March 8-9 - Wrestling @ IESA State Finals
March 11-15 - Illinois Arts Education Week
March 11 -15 - TMS Spring Scholastic Book Fair @ TMS Library
March 12 - 2:00-6:00 - Family Night at the Scholastic Book Fair - TMS Library
March 12 - 2:00 - Weightlifting Group 1 - Crusaders Hall (Vickrey & Bengtson)
March 13 - 2:00 - Crusaders Council Meeting (Monk & Morris)
March 14 - 2:00 - Weightlifting Group 1 - Crusaders Hall (Vickrey & Bengtson)
March 19 - 2:00 - Weightlifting Group 1 - Crusaders Hall (Vickrey & Bengtson)
March 21 - 2:00 - Weightlifting Group 1 - Crusaders Hall (Vickrey & Bengtson)
TMS Pictures: February Photo Album - January Photo Album - December Photo Album
Make it a great week, Crusader Nation,
Matt Noyes, Ed.D.
TMS Principal