Tri-Point Upper Elementary/Jr. High

JH Scholastic Bowl faced a tough team with some tough questions tonight as we played at an out of conference school, St. Joseph Middle School and lost 240-145. We had to split our team to play two rooms and only the “varsity” team counts for our record. We have so many good players that I like to sub in and mix it up a bit, but our team did well using some important strategies! Brynner brought in 40 points. Kara 20. And Sammy 10 on the "varsity" team. And on the "JV" Monty buzzed in for 2 correct answers and Grace got one correct answer. Our next match is at home against Cissna Park on Monday!

UE/JH : Congratulations to our Champion Chargers of the Week

UE/JH Candy Bar Fundraiser : We would like to thank all our students and parents for signing up for our candy bar fundraiser !! The candy bars will be coming home today with students!! *If you marked that your student would like to sell both a box of Variety and a box of Carmel at the same time. The office will need $60 in advance of pick up. Students can only have one box in circulation each at one time. (to avoid un sold items as they cannot be returned ) If you have questions please call 815-686-2247. Thank you

Reminder : March 6th - 2:10 dismissal March 7th - No School

The JH Scholastic Bowl team battled a close match tonight! They gained 50 points in the last 3 questions to win decisively over Iroquois West 220-165! Brynner brought in 80 points! Kara 20 points and Sammy and Grace each earned the team 10 points! The team had 18 correct bonus questions! Way to go Chargers!

Reminder : All movie theater permission slips must be turned into the office by Thursday, March 6th , to reserve a student's spot. If you have questions please contact 815-686-2247

JH Track Update : Track parent meeting will be Thursday, March 6th at 4:00

8th Grade Volleyball Regional Tournament. Tri-Point received the #4 seed and will play #5 seeded Donovan on Saturday, March 8. The regional will be played at St. Anne Grade School, 333 S St. Louis Ave, in St. Anne. BUS- 7:50 Cullom 8:10 Piper No game time was posted. The brackets say the next match will start 20 minutes after the previous match ends. We will play the second match of the day, with the first one starting at 9:00.

Congratulations to our Tri-Point Chargers JH ScholasticBowl team for their first victory of the season! They won with a score of 275 to Prairie Central’s 145 points. Brynner brought in 80 points! Kara 30 points! And our new team members who each earned us 10 and control of the bonus round were Tucker, Max, and Grace! The team answered 26 bonus questions correctly! Way to go team!!

Candy Bar Fundraiser : We would like to thank all our students and parents for signing up for our candy bar fundraiser !! We anticipate the candy coming in and handed out to students on Thursday, March 6th. *If you marked that your student would like to sell both a box of Variety and a box of Carmel at the same time. The office will need $60 in advance of pick up. Students can only have one box in circulation each at one time. (to avoid un sold items as they cannot be returned ) If you have questions please call 815-686-2247. Thank you

Track Athletes & Parent: Junior High WELCOME to the 2025 track and field season!! Practice starts Monday March 3rd right after school. There will be an activity bus after every practice that will bus your child to Cullom or Kempton. (This bus does not run a country route.) Monday March 3rd is also our athletic pictures. Your child will be given their uniform the morning of and given an opportunity to change before their pictures. After they are done, they will return their uniform to me. The uniforms will be handed out closer to our first meet, Tuesday April 8th. (Doing this helps decrease the chances of the uniforms being misplaced.) We will have a parent meeting on Thursday March 6th at 5:15pm in the Piper gym. Please plan to attend. Your athlete may stay after practice if you will be attending the meeting. If you will not make the meeting, please let us know and we will send the packet home with your athlete. If your child still needs their sports physical, please schedule that for as soon as possible. We can not allow any child to participate until we have an up to date physical on file. Please check to see if your child owes an athletic fee for the 2024/2025 school year. If you are unaware if you owe this, please don’t hesitate to reach out so we can provide that information to you. Please feel free to contact either of us with any questions. We look forward to working with you and your child this season! Tri-Point Track & Field 2025 | Varsitee Screenprinting https://tri-point-track-field-2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/

On Saturday the prairie cicada research crew presented their work at the Wild Things Conference at the Rosemont Convention Center. These 6 students in grades 4 to 12 did a wonderful job sharing their research with other interested scientists, naturalists, and citizen scientists. Pru Davies, Mitch Woods, Hunter Davies, Trace Rogers and Luke Tompkins presented, along with Phoebe Davies, who informed the audience about why "Two is not the magic number!" (its not the number of years that the cicadas spend underground before emerging. ) Finding out is a major part of their research. Once they know the answer of how long they take underground, they hope to publish their work and return to give a talk again!

Reminder : Tomorrow, March 3rd is sport and club pictures day . Students will need uniforms . ( Track uniforms will be handed out for photos and recollected ) Photos : -Volleyball -Track -Band -Choir -Speech and Drama -student council -art club -scholastic bowl

LONDON/PARIS TRAVEL OPPORTUNITY The informational meeting for this travel opportunity has been postponed until Wednesday, March 19. It is open to students currently in grades 5-10, as the trip will be in the summer of 2027. It is also open to family members, homeschoolers, and other neighboring districts if you have family or friends who will be in grades 7-12 in 2027. You can still RSVP to the meeting by using the QR code or bit.ly posted on the attached flyer. (Just ignore the date on the sign up page.) Food will be provided at the 5:45 pm meeting (either pizza or Subway).

It was a hard loss for our JH scholastic bowl team Thursday at their first match of the season. The 6-7 graders were bested by Odell, 115-255. Monty brought in 25 pts, Tucker had 20 points, and Grace earned us 10 points. The next home matches are Monday and Tuesday next week. Thursday, they play at St. Joseph Middle School.

Dress Up Days UE/JH: March 3rd -6th

Tomorrow is the last day that the site to order yearbooks will be available. Please go to... book.hrimaging.com

On Friday, March 14, 2025, the 4th-8th grade will take a reward trip to the Onarga Theater for a movie day. The junior high will be on a shortened bell schedule in order to attend all classes prior to leaving. Students will eat lunch before departing for the movie theater at 12:00. The movie will start at 1:00. We will return to school by 3:00 for regular dismissal. In order to earn the reward, the students must meet the guidelines listed below. Guidelines for Attending the Movie Theater Reward Trip - Guidelines start February 5 Detentions - 3 or less No Missing Assignments Assigned Study Table - 1 or less Voluntary study tables are allowed and encouraged. Before or After School Detention - 1 or less No In-School Suspensions No Out of School Suspensions The school will provide each attending student with popcorn and a drink. Students may also bring no more than $5 to purchase movie theater candy. Students who do not earn the trip, will stay back at the school with Mr. Schmale. If you have any questions, please contact the Upper Elementary/Jr High Office at 815-686-2247. The movie we will be showing is: Despicable Me 4

EF TOURS TRIP TO EUROPE meeting is cancelled for tomorrow. For family and students of any district grades 5-10. Travel Summer of 2027. New meeting date to be announced asap.

Today was the JH Cheer Lunch. I would like to thank all the girls for an amazing season . All the girls are so appreciated. I appreciate all their hard work and effort this season . Congratulations to Josie and Lilly for their Charger Awards . We hope to see everyone next season !