Ms. Anderson 8th grade Science classes created art with paint pendulums while learning about the concept of kinetic and potential energy.

Mrs. Johnson's 5th Grade class answered these two questions today. Are worms pests and do worms eat dirt? The best science lessons are usually the messiest! Mystery Science at its best...

Some of our 7th & 8th graders will be performing with the THS band for pregame at the home football game this Friday, Oct 4th. Today THS band director Mr Jourdan came by our rehearsal to work with the students.

Day 1: Where's Waldo Descriptive Writing Unit The wall is open and the 8th Grade ELA classes are collaboratively teaching and learning how to write using figurative language Teachers are dressing the part! -students are learning to SHOW and not TELL in writing by using imagery and figurative language

TJHS Builder's Club members are continuing the Food Drive through this week. Thank you for all of donations that have poured in thus far. We have a goal of 2000 items for the Taylorville Food Pantry and with your help we can get there! It's a Great Day to be a Tornado!!

Mrs. Reindl spent Friday in Mrs. McLean's 7th grade Geography classes teaching students to use CANVA to create travel brochures of a National Park. Students have to include the 5 themes. They learned how to add images, change text, use image AI generator, and Magic Write.

Mrs. Reindl went into all the 5th grade classes this week and taught the students about their digital footprint. She read "The Technology Tail" by Julia Cook to the classes. Then students designed their own tail. They used band -aides to cover any bruises or scratches (bad things posted online), stickers (good or helpful things they have done online), and holes (not so smart things they have shared online). It was a great learning activity.

Mrs. Salmon's 6th grade science class has been learning about the solar system. Mrs. Reindl - brought in sphero's teaching the students how to code them. Students then coded the sphero's to rotate around the sun. More advanced coders went on to add color and sound.

Thank you Christian County Health Dept for the generous donation of journals to be used by our TJHS students. Ms. Whitehead "SEL" Interventionist is more than happy to facilitate along with our student helpers.

STUCO Twin Day at TJHS! More pics to come...

On Friday, Mr. Starks' geography class was taught how to use the design tool Canva by Mrs. Reindl. Students are now working on creating a travel brochure about a state or national park of their choice. They need to incorporate the 5 key geographic themes into their brochure: 1. Location 2. Place 3. Human-Environment Interaction 4. Movement 5. Regions Students were also taught how to use AI writing tools to help develop descriptive text for each of the 5 themes.

Last week, all the 5th grade classes in our school received their first digital citizenship lesson from Mrs. Reindl. Here's what the students learned: The students discussed what it means to be a "digital citizen". They learned that as we use more and more technology and go online, we all have certain responsibilities to be good, ethical, and safe digital citizens. The class talked about the difference between right and wrong when it comes to online behavior. They discussed things like being kind to others, protecting your personal information, and using technology appropriately. The students worked together to go through different online scenarios. They had to decide what the right thing to do would be in each situation, and why. This helped them practice making good choices when using technology. Overall, the digital citizenship lesson gave the 5th graders a great foundation for being responsible and safe as they continue using computers, phones, and the internet more and more. It's an important lesson that will help them become better digital citizens.

The TJHS Builders Club is sponsoring a food drive to assist local families in our community. We are featuring a classroom competition and the 1st hour class that beings the most items will receive a breakfast pizza party. Monetary donations will also be accepted and each dollar counts as four items. Thank you in advance for supporting the Builders Club service project and our Taylorville Food Pantry!

TJHS STUCO Homecoming Week fun photos!

TJHS Homecoming Dress Up Days! Let's show our school spirit!!

Thank you to our community partners at First National Bank in Taylorville for their generous donation to our PBIS store at TJHS! Nivaeh Wiley --Student Council President Maecy Richardson-- Student Council Vice President Bank Representatives: Hannah Buzzard Stephanie Longden with daughter Riley Longden (6th grader)

Mrs. Sharrow's class is enjoying the challenges of STEM team building activities. Thinking outside of the box for some hands on learning and community building for the Class of 2032!

The RISE Classroom took advantage of the summer sun to create this fun, sun-melted crayon science experiment. What a great idea!

TJHS 5th grade spirit on full display in Mrs. Tyler's Class! Go Tornadoes!!

Hope to see everyone...Monday night at TJHS. Dominoes will be served as well--please join us on Aug 19 and rsvp by Friday, Aug 16, 3 pm--824-4924.