Hello Tomah Area School District Families and Community Members!
Enjoy this issue of the PAWS highlighting the wonderful things happening at Tomah Area School District!
The district has recently completed a Facilities Study with Bray Architects and Market and Johnson leading toward several macro level options for discussion as the district looks toward its long-range facility needs. Community stakeholder input is very important to this process. We encourage you to attend one or both of the March 5th Informational Meeting and Feedback sessions. We have one starting at 12:00 p.m. (noon) in the Robert Kupper Learning Center. An additional meeting also scheduled March 5th begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Tomah High School Cafeteria. Thank you very much for considering attending these informational and feedback sessions that will help shape the direction of this process!
A look back at: February 2024
WI Athletic Service Award
Each year the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association acknowledges a special group of people who go above and beyond for their athletic departments. These people step up when needed and take on responsibilities at sporting events that typically go unnoticed but are a vital part of the game.
This year’s recipient of the Wisconsin Athletic Service Award goes to our very own scoreboard/bookkeeper Brenda Kroener. Athletic Director Brad Plueger presented Brenda with the award between basketball games during Pack the Gym Night at the High School.
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Brenda is a 1985 THS graduate and has been a teacher in the Tomah Area School District for the last 30 years. Her love for sports started at a young age and continues today. For the last 28 plus years, after teaching all day, you can find Brenda at many middle school or high school sporting events working the clock, keeping scorebook, or selling tickets. Even though we all know Brenda hates being in the spotlight, her dedication to Tomah Athletics doesn’t go unnoticed and we want to show our appreciation for all she contributes! Join us in congratulating Brenda Kroener!
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COMING UP...
HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT
FFA HEADS TO SECTIONALS
Congratulations to all Tomah FFA members who competed at Districts in Holmen for Leadership Development Events this month.
Josie Bailey competed in both Employment Skills and Discussion
Morgan Jensen competed in Employment Skills
Caden Fravel Competed in Creed Speaking
Lynn Ueeck competed in prepared speaking.
Marshall Reiman competed in discussion.
Makayla Ueeck competed in extemporaneous speaking.
Lucas Salzwedel competed in extemporaneous and earned first place. He will be moving onto Sectionals on March as well!
Congratulations to the Middle School FFA quiz bowl teams who competed at districts.
Team 1 placed third and was made up of Anja, Lucy and Teagan.
Team 2 was made up of Norah, Riley and Karlee. They placed first and will be moving onto sectionals in March!
Congratulations to all FFA members who competed and good luck to those who are moving on!
The Parliamentary Procedure team Carter Ollendick, Cale Ollendick, Kieralynn Tupper, Aidan Hernandez, Addy Gerke and Kylie Moake took first place and will be moving onto Sectionals.
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LIMITEDEDITIONSHOWCHOIR
Limited Edition Show Choir competed in seven competitions across Wisconsin and Minnesota this season, racking up a 5th Runner Up win, two 1st Runner Up wins, and three GRAND CHAMPION wins bringing them up the show choir rankings to #1 in Wisconsin and #8 in the Nation! They also took home numerous awards throughout the season for: Best Band, Best Dressed Band, People’s Choice x2, Spirit Award x2, Best Soloist x5, Best Choreography x3, Best Vocals, Outstanding Sportsmanship, Best Crew, and Showstopper. They head to Nationals in Branson on April 13th to finish out their incredible season! Follow along with their story on our Facebook page!
MIDDLE
SCHOOL SHOW CHOIR
Our Middle School Show Choir took the stage February 17th, in Sparta's Burst of Adrenaline Competition and boy did they REPRESENT!!
TMS Soundsations won GRAND CHAMPION for the MS Mixed Division!
TMS Crescendo won GRAND CHAMPION for the MS Treble Division!
To say we are proud of our show choir students is an understatement!!
Congratulations on all your hard work!!
The THS Black Student Union hosted a variety of events throughout February to celebrate Black History Month, bringing in speakers, holding fundraisers, and a fun week of dress up days to get the school involved!
They also created a timeline mural in the hallway, highlighting important dates and influential figures throughout history for students and staff to read and learn from.
THS Celebrated Black
Guest Speaker Dr Jones, UW-Eau Claire Minority Studies Professor
Guest Speaker Darren Price of BP Smokehouse
History Month
HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT
THS CLASS PUBLISHES A BOOK!
“The whole process was AMAZING!” said Ms. Tackett. The students were given a huge poster laying out all the steps to take in making the book. They worked together brainstorming book ideas before voting, and unanimously decided on Holidays. Sticky notes were passed out with different holidays on them, and the students used their Chromebooks and iPads to look up facts and information on their holiday.
They started out practicing their writing and drawing on blank paper before they began transferring them to the book sheet. The group worked for two weeks and made deadline! When the shipment of bound books arrived, the students were EXTREMELY proud and excited!
Austin Leis, La'Dainian Coleman, Riley Fravel, Addisen Lee, Emily Long, Alex Larson, Jacob Gerke, and Livia Licona created the book with direction from Ms. Tackett and Mr. Lenning. The book will also be in the National Book Challenge by Student Treasures Publishing!
THS STUDENTS ATTEND UW-EAU CLAIRE MATH MEET
On Saturday, Feb. 17, two teams of THS students traveled to Eau Claire to compete in this year's UW-Eau Claire Math Meet. Of the 19 teams in Tomah's division, the two Tomah teams placed 7th and 14th. Individual scoring leaders for Tomah were Joanna Stryker and Dylan Stickney Joanna also finished 4th among all scorers in Tomah's division.
(Back
(Not pictured) Aiden Santiago
(Front row) Ross Killgo, Tyler Moake, Marco Huser, Bella Arne, Alexa Miller, Joanna Stryker
row) Ms. Stoker, Michael Zastoupil, Alex Paisley, Dylan Stickney, Owen Gerke, Manraj Grewal, Mr. Stryker
The Tomah Area School District honors the accomplishments and humanitarian efforts of alumni through nomination, selection and induction to our Distinguished Alumni program It is hoped that this recognition will provide role models for our current students, instill pride in our community and provide an opportunity to celebrate the successes of these outstanding individuals. We believe distinguished alumni can inspire our students to continue the legacy of excellence which is defined by those whom we are honoring - individuals who have made a difference and have made our world a better place
www.tomah.education/Distinguised-Alumni
DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO:
Is a graduate of THS or attended THS for at least two years?
Is a THS Alumni of at least 10 years?
Has a record of outstanding achievement in his/her career field or fulfillment of personal educational potential?
Has a history of outstanding leadership, character and service to his/her community?
SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS!
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2021 Inductee Linda Netsch
2023 Inductees Greg Griffin and Donna Ulteig
A LOOK AT HIGH SCHOOL Sports
Junior Cameron Finch was celebrated for achieving his 100th Career Win in Wrestling. Congratulations Cameron!
Our Girls Our Girls Basketball Basketball Team Team celebrated celebrated their Senior their Senior Night on Night on February 6th. February 6th.
As the Boys Basketball season came to a close, they
As the Boys Basketball season came to a close, they celebrated Senior Night and the much-anticipated celebrated Senior Night and the much-anticipated Youth Night in February. The players lined up to Youth Night in February. The players lined up to autograph team photos for all the future autograph team photos for all the future Timberwolves! Timberwolves!
2024 Seniors
FRONT ROW (L to R): Landon Pierce, Connor Granahan, Gian Miles, Michael Miles. BACK ROW (L to R): Owen Gerke, Jacob Squires, Jayden Brieske
Yvette Miles
Victoria Miles
Olivia Wall Lupita Ruiz
TIMBERWOLVES TAKE ON STATE
Congratulations to our lifters! Here are their results (placements per their weight classes)
Jaidyn Addison 19th Place
Mae Boyles 18th Place
Morgan Iverson 4th Place
Mackenzie Kohn 8th Place
Brenna Reynolds 3rd Place
Madonna Schroeder 11th Place
Shon Abbas 17th Place
Nolan Arch 36th Place
Jeffrey Baumgartner 20th Place
Jakob Baumgartner 17th Place
Jayden Brieske 15th Place
Ayden Jackson 12th Place
Sawyer Reinart 21st Place
Atlin Steinhoff 11th Place
Jack Thompson 2nd Place
Qualified but didn’t attend: Andrew Rufledt and Logan Rufledt
The Girls Bowling Team made it to STATE !
Congratulations to our bowlers: Kendall Downey, Isabelle Lieser, Madison Raap, Brook Griffin, Kaelan James and Destynee Phillips for taking 10th place!
Howl On!
The Varsity boys and girls competed in West Salem at the D1 WIAA Wrestling Sectionals last month Thirteen schools in total competed with only the top two wrestlers in each weight class advancing to State for the boys and for the girls only the champion from each section moving on. Congratulations to Zandrea Mason, Cameron Finch, and Elisa Bowie, who all took 1st place in their weight classes and went on to compete at State on February 22nd in Madison.
Congratulations to Cameron, who took it all the way to the podium winning 6th place!
Powerlifting had an amazing season and ended up with 17 lifters qualifying for State in Appleton this past weekend!
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