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Tri-Point Junior High honored 46 students at the Eighth Grade Promotion Program held May 22. Building Principal Jerry Tkachuk gave the Welcoming Comments. Tri-Point Bands provided the Processional and Recessional music. The Junior High . . . read more
The Jr. High Chorus has 22 members and sang four songs at the concert. The 4th grade music class sang one song and played one song on their recorders. The 5th grade music class sang three songs. The Jr. High Band has 26 members and played . . . read more
The Coach of our Scholastic Bowl team is Mr. Scott Saffer. The team starting with the 6 th grade members: Cullen, Andrew, and Bradley. The 7 th grade members are Bethany, Stephanie, Haley, Josh, Zach. The 8 th grade members, . . . read more
On Friday, May 9, thirty 7 th and 8 th grade students went to Parkland College. They were there to see the See It All 2008 Technology Workshop that the college sponsored. These students were chosen because thy showed special interest . . . read more
This picture shows a dark fairy that Chris Z. made. You need an acrylic board and some printing paper to draw your picture. Once you have drawn the picture you take another sheet of paper and use a pencil and you scribble all over the . . . read more
The Pre-School and the Kindergarten stay in the small gym in the morning, along with three supervisors: Emily, Jillian, and Hayley. We put in a movie every day for the kids to watch. We either watch the kid’s movies that we bring . . . read more
It’s that time of year again when Tri-Point Jr. High Track athletes compete at Sectionals and the State track meet. Coach Hills and Coach Edwards should be very proud of how their team competed at those two track meets and the rest of . . . read more
The Kempton and Piper City Kindergarten classes took a field trip to Gibson City on Tuesday, April 22. While they were there they went to Monical's Pizza, the park, and then they went to the Gibson Area Hospital and had a tour. Every . . . read more
CONGRATULATIONS to two Tri-Point 6th graders who placed 1st in the Livingston County Soil and Water Conservation Limerick Contest The limerick contest was open to all 6th grade students in Livingston County. Limericks are five line . . . read more
One spring afternoon in April, the Art Club decided to paint the school’s front window for the Art Show and the Concert. They wanted to make it look nice and Mrs. Gibb came to take pictures. Some of the Art Club members didn’t . . . read more
The entire 7 th grade took a field trip on April 30, 2008 to the Wildlife Prairie State Park by Peoria. We arrived around ten o’clock. After we got off the bus each group went off through the trails. You could go to the Bird Sanctuary . . . read more
The 5th grade classes have been studying gravity, friction, and the 3 laws of motion. As a final project, the students were placed in groups to design marble boards. They had to . . . read more
On April 18, 2008, the Student Council hosted a Raider Night at the Junior High. The whole week leading up to Raider Night was a Spirit Week. So, Raider Night was like the ending of a fun week at school. It was a relief from all the . . . read more
Here at Tri-Point Jr. High we-the kids and the teachers-take Sprit Week very seriously. We have Crazy Hair, 80’s, Island, Red White and Blue, Twin and P J Days. But when I say seriously, I don’t mean you will wear this and . . . read more
Mrs. Tkachuk’s Fourth Grade Music Class students have been working on a project for the past few weeks. They had to pick a music artist who writes their own music. After they picked someone they had to find some information on them. The . . . read more
7 th grade students, wrote a report in English. Topics had to be approved by the teacher. Some topics chosen were: Collin-John Adams, Jessica-Cobras, Hayley-Wild Cats, Amy-Ellis Island, Noah-Korean War, Emily H.-Titanic, Eddie-Billy the . . . read more
This year our Tri-Point Upper Elementary and Jr. High students participated in Spirit Week. Spirit Week started on Monday, April 14, and went through Friday, April 18. Wednesday’s theme was Island Day. If the teachers participated, most . . . read more
Congratulations to our Scholastic Bowl Team for winning their Regional April 23! Great job and we are very proud of all of you and Coach Scott Saffer. Sectional Meet is Monday in Paris, IL at Crestwood School. . . . read more
On Wednesday, March 19, 2008 the first Math and Science Olympics was held at Tri-Point Jr. High. It was a lot of fun for everyone. They had 5 different events. The first event was Pirate Ships. You were given a piece of tin foil, duct . . . read more
Sometimes science experiments do not turn out the way you want them to. You may have to do the experiments more than once. When the fifth grade class took a trip around the block they experimented with three forces: friction, graviton, . . . read more
We received the eleven fertilized eggs from the University of Illinois Extension Office in Pontiac, Illinois. We placed them in the incubator on Tuesday, February 19. It takes 21 days for the eggs to hatch. We had seven out of our eleven . . . read more
The 5th Grade Science Class is working in teams of two to build the fastest race cars powered by fans. The materials they have been using are a motor, fan blade, AA battery, straws, tongue depressors, axle, and wheels. They will race down . . . read more
Krystal is an 8 th grader in Enrichment Class with the project of photography. She picked this project because it sounded fun. She made this project by taking pictures and editing them. The pictures that she took were of a flower with . . . read more
