March 2024 Newsletter
Tisdale Middle & Secondary School
Principal's Message
We are fully into our second semester of the school year despite the interruptions due to weather and Saskatchewan Teacher Federation members’ job actions. We appreciate everyone’s ability to adapt quickly when announcements are made whether it be withdrawal of extracurricular clubs or no noon-hour supervision. We will continue to communicate changes through our Edsby platform.
The online auction, through Bruce Schapansky Auctioneers raising money for our playscape project, goes live Friday, March 1. Your donations have been impressive. The generosity of our community never fails to amaze us! Feel free to check it out and see what great finds you can discover. The auction is from March 1 through 8th.
We’ve also been donated a beautiful, hand-made quilt by a local quilter, Chris Keays, all in classic Tornado colours. We’re selling raffle tickets for the quilt which you can buy through our school portal site or stop in at the office. The draw for the quilt will be June 1st. Did I mention how generous our community is?
We are excited to have curling and basketball playoffs for our senior athletes continuing into March. Our junior Tornados represented TMSS well at NESSAC playoffs in February and brought home some hardware. We plan to have an in-person assembly before the Easter break to honour these well-deserved athletes.
Wednesday, March 20th is our first of two evenings of conferences. The second evening will be in April after the holidays. Notices will be sent home through Edsby. Stay tuned.
Finally, we’ll also be having an in-person Grad 2024 meeting on Thursday, March 14th in the Maurice Taylor theatre. Grade 12’s should attend and bring a family member.
Warm Regards,
Carmen Messer
The Grade 6 GRIT winner is Bennett Casavant. Bennett begins each day with a positive attitude, willing to take on all the daily challenges of grade 6. He is polite to all the people in our classroom, respecting and listening to the ideas of others. He is willing to share his thoughts and encourages others to do the same. His competitive spirit is not limited to sports, rather he challenges himself to do his best in everything he does. Bennett’s positive energy is contagious!
Congratulations to Brielle Wilson, who is the much deserving Grade 7 GRIT award winner this month. Brielle has shown plenty of growth over the year so far by consistently asking questions and asking for suggestions on how she can improve her work. Brielle makes sure to always hand in her best work and is open to making any adjustments to improve. She also works towards integrity and togetherness in our classroom by being someone that is open to group work, no matter who is in the group. When working with groups or partners, she will do her best to keep her group on task and make sure they have quality work to hand in. Brielle has been an asset to our classroom by showing GRIT daily, keep it up!
Morgan Scott-Lafond is the recipient of the Grade 8 GRIT award this month. Morgan always tries his best in Arts. Ed. 8 and is kind and considerate in his interactions with others. Thank you, Morgan, for your consistent example of strong learner integrity.
This month’s Grade 9 GRIT award winner is Grady Mamer. Grady demonstrates our student mantra by showing Growth, Resilience, Integrity, and Togetherness every day. Grady has shown tremendous growth in his academics by setting mastery goals, persisting through challenges, and choosing to learn every day. Grady is always willing to help his classmates and demonstrates leadership in the classroom and on the football field. We are extremely lucky to have Grady part of the TMSS community. Congratulations!
The Grade 10 GRIT award for February goes to Emily Sawchuk. Emily is a hard worker and strives to get good grades in all her classes. She is always pleasant and has a smile and a hello for everyone. Emily is an important member of the Tisdale Air Cadets. She loves to learn and even sat in a physics class one day to better understand quantum mechanics. Thank you for being a TMSS VIP and congratulations on being the grade 10 February GRIT award winner.
The Grade 11 Grit award goes out to Jordan McAvoy. Jordan is the type of student who always does the right things. He excels in his academics and gives every classroom activity 100%, no matter what it is. Most recently, Jordan has proved his GRIT by being an outstanding participant in the outdoor ed. program.
Alexa Hidlebaugh is the winner of this month's Grade 12 GRIT award. Alexa is an example of all the characteristics of our school mantra. She shows a growth mindset, resilience, integrity, and how we should all work together. Alexa is always smiling, which is contagious to others. She has a hello for everyone. She is willing to help others complete “whatever”. She works effectively to get assessments completed. She does this while balancing time doing several activities: spending time with her friends; helping take care of siblings; playing sports like hockey (Go Aces!) and Tornado volleyball; and being the friendly gas jockey at our local Coop gas bar. Great Job Alexa!
TMSS Sports Updates
Our Sr. Curling team went undefeated in the NESSAC Sr. Curling championship! They had a close game in the semifinals where they were down by two going into the final end and scored 5 points to end the game at 8-5. In the final game, they went point for point until the fourth end when they scored 4 points, which gave them a big lead to capitalize on. They continued to play a great game an finished the game with a score of 10-5.
Wish the Sr. Curlers luck, as they will be off to Regionals in Melfort on March 1st and 2nd.
Skip- Jaycee Prevost
Third- Brecken Whitelaw
Second- Travis Holmstom
Lead - Adyson Prevost
* Special thanks to coaches Mckaila Scharfenberg and Leanne Holmstrom.
Congratulations to the Jr. Curlers who played great at NESSAC in Melfort on February 12.
The grade 7 girls team (Harper, Sylvie, Emily, and Maddie) placed 1st in their pool and made it to the semi-finals.
The grade 8/9 girls team (Elizabeth, Paige, Makayla, and Laken) won the NESSAC final by an intense draw to the button!
The mixed team (Grady, Sophie, and Drew) went undefeated, winning all 4 games and the NESSAC champion title as well! We are pretty excited to add 2 NESSAC plaques to the display case!
Way to go TMSS!
Congratulations to our Senior Boys’ B (grade 10’s only) basketball team who played Choiceland Cougars in the NESSAC finals to win the B league. It was a very exciting game that required challenging overtime play, but the Tornados battled through for an 80-79 win. The team is grateful for all the time Coach Jesse Sharp and Coach Josh Boon put into practice and games, especially enduring riding in a van with a bunch of 15-year-olds 😊 Fortunately, the basketball season will continue with the A team preparing for conference and regional competition and a few of the B team players being called up to contribute. Thank you for a great opportunity, Coach Keith Chapman!
It was a successful season for the Junior A boys basketball team.
We finished the season with a 5-2 record, tied for 2nd with Hudson Bay. We had a balanced scoring team as different people led the team in scoring each game. Even those that didn't score as much showed their worth and grit on defence. Except for a game against Nipawin, we held all teams under 40 points.
With our 2nd place finish in the season, we qualified for NESSAC Championships in Nipawin. We lost our first game to Hudson Bay but defeated Creighton to win the Bronze position at the championship. Great season boys!
-Coach Brinklow
Jr. A Boys Basketball Team
The February break marked the end to our Jr. B Boys’ basketball season. Our team demonstrated a tremendous amount of GRIT throughout the season. We showed resilience by working extremely hard, even though we were short on numbers. We started the season with 16 players but ended with 8, due to the demands of other sports in our community. We got off to a slow start this season with 3 straight losses but came on strong in the end winning 4 of our last 5 games. The team ended up finishing in 4th place, after a tough loss to Ministik.
Coach Dallas would like to thank the following players for the time and effort they put forward this season: Graham Whiting, Hayden Thomas, David Gherman, Drew Lucas, Kayson Adams, William St. Amant, Brady Westlake, Delorme Nawakayas, Grady Wasylyniuk, and Liam Deaflad
The Jr. Girls B Basketball season came to an end after a good game on the road against Choiceland just before the break. The girls had a great season, playing some tough teams and learning a lot! Coach Abby and Miss Thompson would like to thank all of the players for their dedication and commitment to this season of basketball. Looking forward to another great year next season!
TMSS Natural Playscape Project
We had a fantastic year of fundraising for Phase 1: the Outdoor Amphitheatre. With a projected cost of $120,000, we have reached 65% of our goal already with $77,685.00 already raised!
We have been accepting donations for the Online Auction on Friday, March 1. If you would like to see the variety of items donated for the March 1st TMSS Playscapes Online Auction, click here. Our School Community Council has been busy gathering and posting the items as they come in. There is truly something for everyone!
You can register for bidding by clicking here. Bidding is open from March 1- March 8.
Last year's auction was a great success, raising $11,223.00 towards our goal. Let's see if we can beat that total this year! LET'S DO THIS!
TMSS Playscape Raffle
Get Your TICKETS!
TMSS is selling raffle tickets as a fundraiser for the TMSS Natural Playscape Project. This gorgeous quilt was made and donated by Chris Keays .
Tickets will be on sale until May 31, with draw date on June 1, 2024. Tickets are $2 each, or 3 for $5. They can be purchased at the TMSS office, or on our online payment portal at https://publicforms.nesd.ca/store/home/ .
Thank you for supporting this initiative!
SRC Telemiracle Fundraising
February was a busy month for the TMSS SRC. We kicked off the new semester with a focus on supporting Telemiracle. There was a school wide contest between classes to see which ones could raise the most money by selling Helping Hands. The combined effort of the classrooms brought in $389.95. Mrs. Simoneau's Calculus 30 class won for the high school with $112 raised. Ms. Scharfenberg's Grade 7 class won for the middle years with $34 raised.
We also had the return of the Telemiracle Carnival. The SRC pre-sold carnival passes for $5.00 and also sold popcorn, candy bags, and juice boxes at the event. Every student that bought a pass and participated in the activities had their name entered into raffle draws. Thank you to the Beeland Coop for the donation of juice boxes and to the Falkon Theatre for movie passes. The Carnival and Canteen sales raised a total of $389.20.
Finally the TMSS Staff had a Dress Down day for Telemiracle and they raised $460.
Our total for Telemiracle 48 is $1239.15!!
Thank you TMSS staff and students.
2023-24 TMSS Yearbook
2023-24 Yearbooks cost $45 and can be reserved by payment on the TMSS online payment portal https://publicforms.nesd.ca/store/home/ OR with cash or cheque (payable to NESD #200).
Check out the video below, created by this year's Yearbook Committee...
Social Media: Virtual Presentation
Check your Edsby for the Virtual Meeting Link
Wednesday, March 6 @6pm