Updated :
7th Grade Volleyball regional bracket :
Bus Time :
8:10am Cullom
8:30am Piper
Smile Mobile Dentist :
The mobile dentist will be coming to the UE/JH on 4/17/24. Forms will go home this week. If you prefer to sign up online...Please click the following website for the Piper City School Location.
https://www.myschooldentist.com/Default.aspx
(Kempton students will use a different web address)
8th grade students & parents/guardians:
Junior High :
Congratulations to our students of the week and our positive office referral recipients.
Happy National SRO Day!!!
Tri-Point Schools would like to thank our own SRO Deputy Jason Draper!
We appreciate you spending your days with us and making our district safer for students and employees. Tri-Point Schools appreciates the ongoing relationship with Livingston County and its surrounding departments .
The junior high had some special visitors from the Piper City Monday Night Reading Circle, a community group that was originally formed in 1899 and is the oldest still functioning interest group in Illinois. They visited the science lab and saw presentations from several students. Luke Tompkins shared his rocketry and astronomy projects, AJ Fernandez, Howie Bledsoe, and Kara Stuckey spoke about their plans for the upcoming solar eclipse, Connor Metke presented his electronics projects, and Kara Stuckey demonstrated her work restoring a typewriter to use to write a family history book. AJ Fernandez also spoke about his maple syrup project. 6th grader Abby Hoffman talked about her cooking projects and everyone enjoyed the sugar cookies she made.
Tonight Tri-Point JH volleyball played in the TCC tournament at Clifton. The 8th grade team lost in 2 sets: 13–25 and 19–25. Khloe Miller-Dyrby had 3 aces and 1 kill. Josie Harris had 1 ace, 1 assist and 3 kills. Madelyn Yohnka had 2 kills. Ella Thorndyke had 1 ace and 1 block. Myah Mettille had 2 digs. The 7th grade team also lost in 2 sets: 20–25 and 12–25. Josie Harris had 2 aces, 1 assist and 1 kill. Ella Thorndyke had 1 ace and 1 kill. Sophia Billerbeck had 1 kill and Gabby Souligne had 1 kill. Tessa Porth had 1 ace and 1 assist.
3v3 Co-Ed Basketball Tournament:
Reminders:
Thursday, February 15th- 2:10 out
Friday, February 16th- No School
Monday, February 19th- No School
Tri-Point JH Volleyball went up against GCMS tonight. 7th grade lost in 2 sets: 16–25 and 15–25. Josie Harris had 4 aces and 1 assist. Ella Thorndyke had 2 aces and 1 kill. Sophia Billerbeck had 1 ace. And Kazlyn Melendez had 1 ace. And Abby Hoffman had 2 aces. The 8th grade Chargers won in 3, losing the first set 20-25 and winning the 2nd and 3rd sets: 25-8 and 25-21. Khloe MillerDyrby had 3 aces and 1 kill. Josie Harris had 2 aces and 3 assists. Madelyn Yohnka had 1 ace, 1 dig and 2 kills. Ella Thorndyke had 4 aces, 1 assist, 1 kill and 1 block. Jaelyn Mettille had 1 dig. Myah Mettille had 1 ace and 2 kills. Addy Honeycutt had 2 aces and 1 kill. Both 7th and 8th grade teams will travel tomorrow to Clifton for the TCC Tournament.
Attendance letters will be mailed home today. This will be for students who fall into certain categories per the student handbook.
Things to keep in mind when receiving these letters;
-These letters are computer generated by Teacherease.
-Sometimes as parents, we lose track of how many days our children have missed. These can just be used has a helpful reminder.
-Doctor, Dentist and legal notes (while appear in the total days spent outside the classroom) are not held against students in final days total for the office.
-Doctor, Dentist and legal notes can always be turned in to have the days moved to documented.
-Truancy will only be referred after a parent meeting with principal. Our goal is to resolve the attendance issue and see the student(s) improve, before that step is taken.
If you ever have any questions, please call the
school office at 815-686-2247
Thank you
Reminder :
-Parent Teacher Conferences will be Thursday, February 15th 3:00-8:00. Phone calls have gone out to those parents teachers would like to meet with. If you received a VM , please call the office. If you did not receive a phone call but would like to meet, Please call 815-686-2247.
-No school for students on Friday, Feb 16th.
-No school for students on Monday, Feb 19th
Upper Elementary/Junior High:
Congratulations to our students of the week and positive office referral recipients !!
Mark your calendars with these important dates !!
-May 7th at 6:00 Junior High Athletics Banquet
-May 13th Junior High Awards Night
Reminder :
-Parent Teacher Conferences will be Thursday, February 15th 3:00-8:00. Phone calls have gone out to those parents teachers would like to meet with. If you received a VM , please call the office. If you did not receive a phone call but would like to meet, Please call 815-686-2247.
-No school for students on Friday, February 16th.
Tonight the Tri-Point Chargers JH Volleyball team faced Milford. The 5/6th grade team played two sets and fell short to Milford. The 7th grade team won in 2 sets: 25-23 and 25-22. Ella Thorndyke had 5 aces, 1 dig, and 1 kill. Josie Harris had 2 aces, 1 dig and 2 assists. Sophia Billerbeck had 3 aces and 2 kills. Tessa Porth had 1 assist and 1 kill. Addy Honeycutt had 1 assist and 1 kill. Jaelyn Mettille and Abby Hoffman each had 1 kill. The 8th grade team came to win tonight! Winning in 2 sets: 25–20 and 25–16. Khloe Miller-Dyrby had 8 kills and 1 assist. Josie Harris had 3 aces, 1 dig and 2 assists. Madelyn Yohnka had 2 assists. Ella Thorndyke had 1 ace, 1 dig, 1 assist and 1 kill. Myah Mettille had 1 ace, 2 assists and 2 kills. Brooklynn Hunt had 2 aces. Addie Honeycutt had 5 aces, 1 dig, and 1 kill.
Upcoming TCC Volleyball JH Tournament
-The 7th grade tournament will be played in the Clifton Central High School gym.
-The 8th grade tournament will be played in the Nash Middle School gym.
*The 7th grade team received the #6 seed. They will play Watseka on Wednesday, February 14 at 6:00.
*The 8th grade team received the #8 seed. They will play GCMS on Wednesday, February 14 5:00.
New banner for Mr Saffer in our Junior High trophy case. We are very proud of our science teacher and all his accomplishments here at TPJH!!!
Junior High Art Club had a special guest, Kiyoshi Mino- a needle felt artist from Chicago. He’s been featured in national magazines and has taught classes around the world. Mr. Mino’s work has been showcased in major galleries, and he has several videos online.
Art club members spent all afternoon and after school art club to learn how to needle felt and created individual art sculptures, including frogs, bears, anime characters, and other creatures. They had a great time and learned a lot! They also used a lot of Band-aids while learning to use the felting needles!
The Chargers JH Volleyball teams faced Cissna Park tonight. 7th grade lost in 2 sets: 20-25, 13-25. Josie Harris had 2 aces and Tessa Porth had 1 ace. 8th grade lost in 2 sets: 18-25, 15-25. Khloe Miller-Dyrby had 2 aces, 1 dig, 1 assist and 2 kills, Myah Mettille had 3 aces, 3 assists and 1 kill, Madelyn Yohnka had 2 assists, Addisyn Honeycutt had 1 ace, 1 assist and 1 kill, Brooklynn Hunt had 1 assist. The Chargers will face off against Milford Thursday night at home.