Tecumseh TidbitsNovember 11, 2019

Tecumseh Local Schools Honors Those Who Have Served on Veterans’ DayThroughout the district there were a variety of events to honor veterans November 11. The morning started at the high school with a flag folding ceremony followed by breakfast. Outside of the cafeteria The Missing Man table was set up to honor missing comrades in arms.

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The high school color guard traveled to Donnelsville, New Carlisle and TMS to be part of their ceremonies. Color Guard members are Morgan Gourley, Jaden Macik, Damion Marvin and Johnathon Scott.

Tecumseh TidbitsDonnelsville Elementary

To celebrate Veterans’ Day students invited veterans they know for breakfast and then an assembly to honor the guests. After opening remarks by Principal Jay Burkholder, the entire student body also joined together in singing “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “God Bless America.” Next, several students read the different messages they wrote about what Veterans’ Day meant to them.

Tecumseh TidbitsNew Carlisle Elementary

After enjoying breakfast with their honored guests, the students at New Carlisle Elementary presented their Veterans’ Day program. The ceremony began with Principal Kathryn Oakes welcoming everyone and members of Boy Scout Troupe 220 presented the flags along with the high school Color Guard. Next, several students spoke about what Veterans’ Day means to them, then choir director Melissa Willardson led the students in singing “Proud to be an American.” Lastly, the veterans each told a little about him/herself and said which student invited them.

Tecumseh Middle School Principal Brian Dixon opened the middle school Veterans’ Day program and introduced guest speaker, Kevin Becker. Mr. Becker is a local businessman who served in the Air Force from 1990-93 during Desert Shield and Desert Storm and helped in the U.S. humanitarian aide effort that benefitted the Kurdish people. Next, the 6th grade choir sang and veterans stood when their branch of the service was mentioned.

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Tecumseh TidbitsPark Layne Elementary

Principal Karyl Strader greeted guests and students attending Park Layne’s Veterans’ Day program and introduced guest speaker MSgt. Rodriguez. Next, the microphone was passed around the room as veterans introduced themselves and the student who invited them. After singing for the guests and a slide show featuring pictures of the service men and women with Tecumseh Local connections, students greeted guests in the gym and passed out thank you notes.

Tecumseh TidbitsTHS Choir Students Selected for Honors Choir

Honors Choir is a voluntary OMEA event that students were able to perform in with a recommendation from their teacher. They had three weeks of independent practice, 2-6 after school rehearsals with their choir teacher, Mrs. Lombard, and then combined with students from five other schools for 7.5 hours of intense rehearsal over the weekend with clinician Rev. Dr. Donna Cox from the University of Dayton. They performed a free community concert on Saturday, November 9 at Stebbins High School to finish the experience.

District 12 Honors Choir ParticipantsFront: Cade Bowden, Katelee Mata, Adam Hoover, Lacey Ward, Hannah Suver.Middle: Jasmin Morales, Sarah Collins, Billy Graves, Thomas Erickson, Kayla Bush, Piper Caddell.Back: Jake Brucken, Ellie Hoover. (not pictured: Dominic Plantz)

Tecumseh TidbitsFFA Members Attend National Convention in Indianapolis

Tecumseh FFA members attended the National Convention with their teachers Todd Vehorn and Meagan Wise the last week of October. On the way to Indianapolis they stopped in Piqua and received a tour and samples at Winans Chocolate and Coffee. Once at the convention the 12 students got to experience all kinds of different things, including a concert by Brett Young and attending a rodeo.

The cast of the fall play presented three well-known Edgar Allen Poe selections: The Black Cat, The Raven and The Telltale Heart. The creepy tales made for an entertaining evening for audience members on Nov. 15 & 16.

High School Students Present “A Night of Edgar Allen Poe”

Tecumseh TidbitsTECUMSEH MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL’S LIST

The following students from Tecumseh Middle School have attained the Principal’s List for the first grading period of the 2019-2020 school year. To achieve this honor they must have a Grade Point Average of 3.7 to 4.0. Asterisks denote students with a 4.0 average. GRADE 6: *Addison Accurso, Preston Allen, Jayleen Arevalos Lara, *Braylon Augaitis, *Madisyn Betts, Christian Birt, *Annabel Blackburn, *Destiny Bowers, Hayleigh Brown, *Faith Bunch, *Tyler Butler, *Hunter Chassereau, *Austin Clark, *Nolan Cornett, Marely Covarrubias-Fernandez, *Gabriel Darling, Madison Davenport, Gabriella Davis, *Mason Dean, *Brycen Dixon, Zoe Dunn, *Lillian Emberton, *Skylar Fox, *Shelby Frappier, *Ayden Frascone, *Peyton Fugate, Kenzie Gantz, Christian Gonzalez, *Kaitlynn Grody, Timothy Higgins, *Alexis Jenney, Hannah Kimble, *Sara Kottmyer, *Kathrine Kouts, Mariano Lopez Ceballos, *Samantha Manning, *Madison McDaniel, *Kylee Metz, *Paeten Musgrove, *Riley Olinger, *Brayden Phillips, *Ava Plank, Renee Reed, Cooper Rex, *Aylin Ruiz, *Corey Russell, *Hailey Spencer, Chase Stafford, *Johnathan Stump, *Aniston Taylor, Noah Taylor, Logan Teglas, Shyla Thomson, Jackson Thornburg, *Jordan Willoughby, *Brooklyn Woolum, *Litzy Zapien Torres, Gabriella Zaragoza.

GRADE 7: *Portia Allen, Angelee Bailey, Kaylie Baker, *Alexis Cahill, Savannah Cassidy, Yuridiana Chavez, Harper Coffey, *Hunter Cox, Braeden Culling, *Isabel Eber, Tanner Elam, *Jillian Evans, Lucas Finnell, *Isabella Fowler, Christopher Garcia-Rodriguez, Bailee Glenn, Yaritza Guzman-Arias, *Kylee Hampshire, *Emily Hernandez-Fernandez, *Rhiannon Hoover, Kennedy Johnson, *Cecil Kilburn, *Donovan Nickell, *Madelyn Noble, Hannah O’Connor, *Allyson Paradiso, *Bradley Patterson, Owen Perkins, *Caitlyn Popovich, Ariana Rodriguez, *Marissa Roth, Kimberly Shelton, *Taylor Sloane, *Alivia Snider, *Austin Soppe, *Kylee Sortman, Lillian Svisco, *Addison Thomas, *Brady Wallace, *Ronan Weaver, *Gavin Wiles.

GRADE 8: *Deacon Berner, *Scout Berner, Hayden Blanton, *Mattalyn Blanton, *Megan Bullock, *Jesse Bush, *Anna Campbell, Mary Campbell, Anna Camper, *Noah Cassell, *Jordan Castle, *Dakota Chafin, *Hunter Clark, Lyric Clark, *Ella Clayborn, *Rachael Cline, *Celeste Countryman, Jack Davis, Joseph Dillon, Talan Downing, *Marcus Ellis, Isabel Flores, Jackson Fourman, *Camden Fox, *Tucker Gantz, Robert Garza, *Aleysia Gayheart, *Avery Gibson, *Lydia Goenner, Emilia Gonzalez Gallegos, Litzy Gutierrez-Gallegos, *Serina Hallan, *Jada Hansgen, *Drew Hayes, *Ava Hennigan, Melaine Hill, Jennica Hodge, *Levi Horn, *Kameron Hynes, Montana Ison, *Parker Jackson, *Sophia Jamison, *Isabella Johnson, *Colleen Kottmyer, *Carson Leathley, Gustavo Medina-Montoya, Vanessa Mendez-Vargas, Andrea Mendoza, *Ava Moore, *Timothy Moore, *Kamren Mugavero, *Cruz Munoz, *Dylan Murphy, *Nevaeh Mustard, *Isabella Myers, Brooklyn Noble, *Hannah North, *Jennifer Paredes, Benjamin Radford, Lauren Riesinger, *Rosemarie Rogers, *Ana Ruiz-Montoya, Julia Sanchez-Hernandez, Grace Sharp, Kainyn Sineff, Travis Smith, *Mikenzie Sothard, Andrew Spencer, Robert Stacy, *Sydney Stacy, *Connor Stapleton, *Spencer Tomaro, Natalia Treon, *Chloe Turner, *Yaritza Villegas-Medina, Ezekiel Williford, *Hannah Willoughby, *Stevie Woolum, *Esmeralda Zamudio-Mendoza, *Winston Zheng.

Tecumseh Middle Schools Starts Club PeriodOnce a month middle school students will have the chance to participate in different clubs during their school day. For their first club day, Theatre Arts students from the high school came to the Drama Club’s meeting and had fun playing an improvisation game with the middle schoolers.

Tecumseh TidbitsTECUMSEH MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL

The following students have attained the Honor Roll. To achieve this honor, they must have a GPA of 3.0 to 3.699. GRADE 6: Raegan Adams, Destiny Aguilar, Daymian Albright, Sofia Alexander, Emily Anuszewski, Adriana Barrios, Ryan Bayless, Preston Bitzan, Kayley Blair, Trinity Boggess, Clarissa Bollinger, Colton Bower, Madison Bowling, Raegan Bowling, Sebastian Bushaw, Carson Campbrill, Jordan Casebier, Luis Ceja Martinez, Mackenzie Chafin, Kyon Chambers, Jerimiah Coovert-Ferrell, Camila Corona, Carla Corona, Miriam Cortes-Rodriguez, Gwendolyn Davenport, Madeline Davis, Carter Diamond, Lorien Ehlinger, Eduardo Esparza-Mendoza, Miles Gingrich, Rosa Gomez-Gramajo, Trevor Griffith, Austin Hale, Kaily Harter, Bryce Heart, Aaron Helm, Alexis Helm, Tyler Hillock, Annie Holt, Kathryn Horn, Kane Jackson, Lilyian Jennings, McKenzie Johnson, Elianna Jones, Aalliyah Kelley, Hannah Kennedy, Charles Lockhart, Rieley Lokai, Hallie McDaniel, Logan McFarland, Jesus Medina Garnica, Zoey Meyers, Ivan Mireles Campos, Aaron Mireles, Elizabeth Moss, Carolyn Mullins, Ayla O’Neal, Brooke Oppy, Tatianna Peck, Logan Petrae, Addison Rexrode, Michael Ritchie, Emily Roblero, Troy Rose, Samantha Russell, Makala Sagraves, Gustavo Sandoval Zaragoza, Paige Scott, Paul Sharp, Brenden Slagell, Troy Slater, Gracelynn Smith, Makenna Smith, Ralph Smith, Riley Smith, Carter Stapleton, Zoe Swearingen, Haylyn Thompson, Elise Tidwell, Aydin Tillman, Alayna Tobin, Thomalynn Wells, William Wright.

GRADE 7: Angel Alvarado-Cervantes, Natalia Arias-Guzman, Alberto Balli, Zachary Barrows, Corryn Beard, Christopher Beebe, Alanea Blair, Noah Blanton, Jason Burcham, Alberto Cabrera, Logan Connett, Amira Coomer, Emma Crist, Logan Crum, Selena Cruz, Shania Deam, Marley DeBoard, Nohemi Diaz-Velasquez, Zachary Doyle, Carson Easterling, Hayley Elam, Bryan Esparza, Joshua Estrada, Lucas Ferguson, Jonathan Fernandez-Leon, Cameron Fox, Katelyn Frost, Morgan Furnas, Megan Gilbert, Brandon Gonzalez, Janeth Gonzalez-Medina, Hailey Gosnell, Shayla Hagenbuch, Adeline Harrison, Jackson S. Hill, Caden Hoffman, Thomas Holmes, Sebastian Howard, Danesha Jones, Mikayla Koepp, Shayla Lee, Kenzie Leigh, Landen Litteral, Cheyane Lokai, Audrey Lowe, Madison Maenle, Aidan Magsaysay, Hailee Marano, Emmanuel Martinez Herrera, Diego Martinez, Mario Martinez, Emilynn Mata, Levi Miller, Seth Monroe, Cole Moore, Ethan Moore, Makaylynn Moore, Sydney O’Connor, Neftali Olvera, Skylar Parker, Mario Perez, Landin Petitto, Zane Pritchett, Emir Roblero, Leonardo Ruiz, Olivia Shelton, Kathleen Smith, Madyson Stephens, Isabel Teniente, Jaina Thomas, Bryan Watson, Dylan B. Williams, Olivia Williams.

GRADE 8: Aleksandr Aldrich, Autumn Allen, Faleh Al-rashidi, Dalessandro Bacon-Velasquez, Alexis Blair, Connor Bledsoe, Connor Bollinger, Aliyah Brooks, Riley Brown, Sophia Camden, Madison Chassereau, Analy Chavez, Manuel Cortes-Rodriguez, Elina Cusick, Riley Davidson, Allison Diaz Ventura, Alexandra Diaz, Ciara Dunn, Lindsey Fernandez-Botello, Hector Gallegos, Dillon Garza, Kendra George, Ailton Gomez Martinez, Justin Gonsalez, Carla Guzman-Mendez, Farell Hall, Brooklynn Haney, Jose Hernandez, Taylor Karjala, Kyle Keeton, Mekenzie Marker, Tanner Martin, Makenzie Masem, Chloe McCoy, Dwayne Merchant, Aiden Miller, Maddison Minnick, Steven Parker, Victoria Perry, Kaylie Peters, Jaden Radford, Estrella Ramirez-Medina, Jessica Rector, Ashley Reed, Violet Reed, Cody Roberts, Bodie Rogers, Collin Runyan, Karen Sanchez-Ramierz, Jake Sanning, Logan Shade, Makenna Shannon, Cayla Smith, Austin Stewart, Zachary Swearingen, Emanol Torres, Yocelin Villegas-Mendoza, Carson Wallace, Amber Ward, David Wehener, Conner White.

Tecumseh High School Students of the Week

Congratulations to Xavier Prenatt for being selected Student of the Week for November 11. Xavier was chosen because is very respectful and is a pleasure to have in class. He is a leader who does not follow the crowd, and other follow him.

Thomas Erickson has also been chosen Student of the Week for November 11. Thomas was chosen for being a great member of mixed chorus. He is a well focused section leader and pays close attention to his part and group in rehearsal. Congratulations, Thomas.