The Titan Weekly

Greetings Titan Families,

The school year is marching along quickly! Next Friday, September 22, is already mid-term. I encourage you to check Schoology with your student to check for missing assignments and ask questions about your student’s grades. If you have specific questions related to a course, please reach out to the teacher.

In addition to next Friday being mid-term, it is also Fair Day. As a result, schools will dismiss 3.5 hours early. Please note our Fair Day schedule (listed on the second page). We will run all four blocks, however only our AM CTC students will attend CTC for the morning. Our PM CTC students will report to the Media Center for blocks 3 and 4 and eat on 4th lunch. Also, schools will be closed on Monday, September 25.

Please mark your calendars for our upcoming Homecoming festivities! The Homecoming parade, Fangate, and football game will occur on Friday, October 6 and the Homecoming dance will be on Saturday, October 7. We are looking forward to a week filled with Titan spirit.

I hope that you all are able to relax and enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend!

Sincerely,

Lisa Smith

Principal

After experiencing ongoing challenges with Lifetouch, we felt it was in the best interest of our school and our community to make a change in school photography vendors immediately. The vendor we've selected for the 23-24 school year is Legacy Studios. Legacy comes highly recommended by other FCPS schools who are currently working with them. A no cost, yearbook-only sitting is available to all seniors; with this change in vendors, we ask that seniors who were previously photographed by Lifetouch, be photographed again by Legacy for the yearbook. This will ensure the continuity of the portraits that appear in the senior section of our yearbook. Again, this will be at no cost to the student. In addition, all seniors will have the opportunity to select from a variety of upgraded sitting levels, which include cap and gown and casual clothing options, if they'd like.

Senior Portraits are scheduled for October 3rd - 4th and October 9th - 11th. Appointments should be scheduled through https://seniors.legacystudios.com/.

Yearbook Website

Seniors

President: Kayla Wankep

Vice President: Regan Byrd

Class Officers: Coleen Catania, Donovan Quinn, Miguel Josue Sosa

Juniors

President: Andie Wagstaff

Vice President: Mujtaba Saeed

Class Offiers: Judity Akondo and Alek Tekeyan

In an effort to provide Tuscarora High School students and families with improved picture quality and customer service, we will now be utilizing Legacy Studios as the official school photographer. Underclassmen picture days will be September 29th and October 2nd. Please disregard email communication from Lifetouch. If you already paid through Lifetouch for underclassmen pictures, they will refund your payment so that you can purchase school pictures from Legacy Studios during our upcoming picture days.

We apologize for the confusion this may have caused. Thank you for your patience and continued partnership! Our hope is that this decision will benefit our school community.

September 29th: All 9th grade and 10th from last name beginning with A - N

October 2nd: 10th grade from last name beginning with M - Z and all 11th grade

Exciting news! Career services at THS are now enhanced with a personalized touch! Meet your new career coach, Ashley Sellman in room A-115. Also, please take this quick survey about your career services knowledge and preferences to help us tailor our support to your needs. Let's make your career journey a success!

Career Coach Website

Explore the Career Coach Websiter were students can schedule appointments, get access to online career resources, find out about jobs that are hiring and upcoming events, and more.

SAVE THE DATE - TGI Fridays has a treat for you! On Monday, September 18th, TGI Fridays is donating 20% of all Dine-In orders to Tuscarora High School Cross Country. Take a night off from cooking and enjoy a meal out for a good cause! TGI Fridays accepts orders mentioning Tuscarora High School Cross Country.

• Tuesday, September 19th: Joe Corbi's/Claire's Gourmet Fundraiser begins. Seniors can stop by the Media Center for a fundraising packet.

View the senior website for all the details.

RESCHEDULED EVENT!
The CTC Student Ambassador Program is back this year and will be partnering with The Academy of Fine Arts to bring a collaborative presentation to THS on WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27th, 2023! during 2nd block FLEX time (9:50 – 10:30 AM)

This is your opportunity to engage with the ambassadors to learn information and participate in activities related to programs of interest before CTC's Open House on October 26th.

The Career and Technology Center has over 25 programs to choose from! For more information on these programs, here is a link: https://edu.fcps.org/ctc/programs-courses

Students who are interested in attending the presentation and who would like to hear about all we have to offer should fill out the registration form here: https://forms.gle/RDyZpScLN1vYjkUh7.

For additional questions, please reach out to Ms. Sellman in room A-115.

Some quick facts about the new digital PSAT:

· It's all on the computer.

· There are 54 reading and writing questions (64 minutes).

· There are 44 math questions (70 minutes).

· A digital calculator is available for ALL questions on the math section.

· There is digital reference sheet available during the test with helpful math equations.

· You get a 10 minute break between the reading/writing and math section (bring a drink and snack!)

· You MUST have your chromebook with you fully charged. Students who have a non FCPS device will be given one of ours to use.

College Board has digital tests for you to use on your account. If you haven't already, created an account on collegeboard.org and use your personal email as the email (not your my.fcps.org email) .

https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt/preparing/practice-tests

Began the week of September 5th! These meetings are for students only.

Students - use the links below to schedule your meeting with your School Counselor to make sure you are all set for meeting graduation requirements, the college admission process and your plans after high school

Ms. Moore (A – Ce): https://calendly.com/ths-danielle-moore/senior-conferences

Mr. Gill (Ch – Ha): https://calendly.com/william-gill-1/senior-conference

Ms. Goto (He – Mc): https://calendly.com/carla-goto/senior-conference

Ms. Cooper (Me – R): https://calendly.com/diane-cooper/grade-level-meeting

Mr. Harrison (S – Z): https://calendly.com/joshua-harrison-2/senior-conference

Penn State University: Monday, September 18th - 9:15 AM

Gettysburg College: Tuesday, September 19th - 1:15 PM

Frederick Community College: Thursday, September 21th - 9:15 AM

UMBC: Tuesday, September 26th 1:15 Pm

West Virginia University: Thursday, September 28th - 9:15 AM

Towson University: Friday, September 29th - 1:15 PM

Students – check Naviance for more information and to register for these visits.

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

6:30- 8:00 PM

Athletics Center (Gym)

Register here.

This is our annual county wide college fair where over 100 colleges and universities will be present. Students and guests will be able to talk with Admissions representatives from different schools. Registration is not required, but encouraged this year, so we can get an expected head count.

Saturday, October 21, 2023

9:00- 12:00 PM

Athletics Center (Gym)

Register here.

This event is open to all prospective students. The day will include a campus resource fair where you can talk to faculty and staff, campus tour, student panel, and career exploration session. Every student who attends will receive a free FCC t-shirt!

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

6:00- 7:30 PM

Student Center

Register here.

This event is specifically for high school seniors. There will be a presentation that features Admissions, Career & Academic Planning Services, and Financial Aid. Students can talk with faculty and staff at a campus resource fair, apply to the College, and visit the Bookstore for a free giveaway.

Ms. Moore (A – Ce)

Mr. Gill (Ch – Ha)

Ms. Goto (He – Mc)

Ms. Cooper (Me – R)

Mr. Harrison (S – Z)

Ms. Ingram (EL)

Ms. Honaker (Behavior Support)

Ms. Gomez (Community Liaison)

Mr. Jackson (Registrar)

All FCPS athletic events are using the GoFan platform to purchase online tickets. Please see the link for more information.

Executive Board

Coordinator of Athletics and Facilities - Chris O'Connor

President - Tommy Nguyen

Vice President - Elaine Enoch

Secretary - Heather O'Brien

Treasurer - Suzanne Elder

Members At-Large

Concessions Manager - Suzanne Elder

Fundraising - Katie Jackson

School Store - Crystal Snyder

Membership - Elaine Enoch

Social Media - VACANT

Please contact President Tommy Nguyen at tommyn0321@yahoo.com if you’re able to help.

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For more information contact Tommy Nguyen at tommyn0321@yahoo.com or

Chris O’Connor at john.oconnor@fcps.org

Lisa Smith - Principal

Kevin Hall - Asst Principal

Jason Lininger - Asst Principal

Roger Rich - Asst Principal

Kristin Sheehy - Asst Principal

Tanisha Smith - Asst Principal

John Milliman - Special Programs

Chris O'Connor - Athletics & Facilities

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