First Day of Classes Resume January 3rd, 2011
Classes will resume on Monday, January 3rd, 2011. It will be a busy time back in the classrooms as there are less than two weeks before the First Semester ends!
Have a Safe and Happy New Year!
Tipp City’s FIRST LEGO League team “The Rolling Bones” wins tournament!
Tipp City’s FIRST LEGO League (FLL) team, “The Rolling Bones”, attended the Wright State University Regional tournament on Saturday, December 18th.
This young team, coached by Brian Oskey, consists of five 4th graders from LT Ball and one 6th grader from Tippecanoe Middle School.
The team finished 3rd out of 32 teams. In addition, the team took first place in the Robot Performance category with a score of 250 points.
This finish has qualified them for the State competition which will be held February 12-13 at WSU’s Ervin J. Nutter Center.
You can see their robot in action on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTlUwpS2-ZA.
FIRST LEGO League has been going on since 1998 when FIRST Founder Dean Kamen and the LEGO Group’s Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen joined forces to create a powerful program that engages children in playful and meaningful learning while helping them discover the fun in science and technology through the FIRST experience.
Athletic Schedules Are Out
Check the athletic schedules below and come out and support your Red Devils! Tippecanoe High School athletic schedules: are available at
http://www.highschoolsports.net/school/Tippecanoe-High-School-Tipp-City-OH/
Tippecanoe Middle School athletic schedules: are available at
http://www.highschoolsports.net/school/Tippecanoe-Middle-School-Tipp-City-OH/
Tipp City Exempted Village Schools’ website: www.tippcityschools.com is full
of important information please go there often to stay updated on the district and your child’s schools’ happenings.
Tipp City Schools Financial Information
The Ohio School Board’s Association publishes “Facts in a Flash” which is a weekly Legislative Update: click on the link http://ealerts.osba-ohio.org/msgs/764.html to read the full report. Here are a couple of facts that may be of interest.
Ohio Statehouse
In the Ohio House, Rep. Brian Williams (D-Akron), the outgoing chair of the House Education Committee, joined Rep. Kris Jordan (R-Powell), a vocal Republican proponent of school choice, to offer tax credit legislation supporting private school scholarships for K-12 students.
Rep. Jordan’s legislation, House Bill (HB) 610, would allow businesses, community organizations and individual taxpayers to provide local support for private education. Students in public schools and private institutions sanctioned by the state would be eligible to apply for the scholarships. Under the legislation, students also would need to have a family income at or below 300% of the eligibility level for the Free and Reduced Lunch Program. HB 610 would authorize a total of $20 million for private school scholarships of $4,250 in grades K-eight and $7,000 in grades nine-12. Funds would pass through the 501(c)(3) Education Scholarship Organizations (ESO) on their way to eligible students.
