Duke Energy presented a $217,000 check to the Tippecanoe School Board.

The CEO of Tactile Engineering shares show he is transforming lives through technology.

Eric Jenkins shares how advice early in his career continues to serve as a lasting reminder to connect with students.

GE Aerospace donates $150,000 to expand the aviation maintenance program.

The closet of donations is designed to help families with essential items and school supplies.

For several  years, Miss Delp & Mrs. Davis’s classes have been Book Buddies. Every Friday their classes get together, and the second graders read to their kindergarten friends. When the weather is nice, they meet outside. Otherwise, the two grades take turns going to each others’ classrooms. Students are paired up at the beginning of the year and remain together all four quarters. Sweet bonds are created between these “book buddies,” and it’s fun to witness the waves when they pass each other in the hallway. Second graders love when Miss Delp’s class parades through their classroom for special things, like the Nursery Rhyme Program day or before their Thanksgiving feast. This collaboration also makes the second graders feel “big” because they are proving their reading skills by being the “reader.”

The First Graders got a visit from the reindeer today! Riley Crowl, a first grader in Mrs. Frey's class, shared his family business with the entire first grade. The Indiana Reindeer Company brought two deer named Denali and Willow and the students learned about how reindeer grow, their habitat, all about their antlers and more. These deer are from Alaska and came to Indiana to make their home with the Crowl family! 

Students in Mrs. Swick's Reading Group learned about identifying the main idea and support details of different stories recently. To help reinforce this concept, students worked together to identify details about many different fall activities (Halloween, Carving Pumpkins, and Hayrides to name a few). Students also read a story about spiders. They were then given the task to identify the main idea and supporting details and make a spider displaying their work. Students had fun doing these activities while also learning!

Mrs. DeGolyer’s kindergarten class investigated, sorted, and graphed candy in preparation for Halloween. The class also compared candy to learn that bags of candy are heavy. The class used a balance to weigh and compare common classroom objects with a bag of candy. The class had a STEM Candy Bag Challenge day following the investigation of candy, where they read several books that had different types of candy bags. Next, the class created a word web about the characteristics of a bag and explored different types of bags. After learning about characteristics of a bag and what makes a good bag to hold candy, the class designed their own candy bag.  The class worked in small groups to create a candy bag. Learning about team work was a big part of the candy bag making experience. Using different types of paper, tape, yarn, and pipe cleaners, the candy bags were complete. To finish out the lesson, the class tested their candy bags to see if they would hold the weight of a big bag of candy. It was a successful project wit lots of learning and fun!