BEAVER BELIEVERS. Food Drive. News from the principal s desk... Mr. David Chappell

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1 D A V I D C H A P P E L L, P R I N C I P A L J O H N N E A L, V I C E P R I N C I P A L / A T H L E T I C D I R E C T O R J O E B E L M O N T E, S U P E R I N T E N D E N T BEAVER BELIEVERS V O L U M E 1, I S S U E 1 F A L L S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F I N T E R E S T : News from the principal s desk... Mr. David Chappell Food Drive Accreditation Process NCAA Calendars I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Multimedia 2 Design Homecoming 2 Fall Sport 2 Counseling 3 News Winter 3 Sports It s hard to believe the first quarter of the school year has already come and gone! The school year is moving swiftly, and big things are happening at Tenino High School. Teacher professional development is focusing on providing more rigor in classroom instruction through quality assignments and questioning techniques that spark high-level thinking. We now have a posted, rotating schedule of when our math teachers are available for extra help and assistance, and teachers have formed focus groups to address the most critical aspects of school improvement including academic programs, communication and community involvement, instruction and professional development, and school environment and culture. This year is also the year the Tenino High School will again go through the process of accreditation. Accreditation is a formal process of being certified as a credible and authentic school. For Tenino High School, this means a rigorous process of internal and external scrutiny that includes months of preparation. The accreditation process culminates with an on-site external review conducted by educational professionals from other school districts. For us, that process is scheduled for the latter part of February. As part of our internal review, we are required to survey our parent stakeholders. Many of our parents completed the survey during conferences, but if you did not, you still have a chance to participate! Just point your web browser to: survey/public/ The survey only takes about 5 minutes, and it will give us important information that we will use to build upon for school improvement in the years ahead! We greatly appreciate your support of Tenino High School and our accreditation process. Welding 3 Class Vision & 4 Mission Sports 5 Schedule Special 5 Recognition TABC 5 Tibbetts 5 NCAA Tenino High School is holding our annual food drive now through Tuesday, December 12th. There will be a grade level competition as well as an advisory class competition. The winning advisory class will be treated to pizza and a movie in the library. The Food Drive students from the winning grade level will all be treated to doughnuts. It s good to give back to your community and help others, so make sure you participate!

2 P A G E 2 Mr. Hogue encouraging # 16 Jose Carrillo! Multimedia Design The Intro to Multimedia students just completed designing, editing and producing their own commercials. This unit taught students how color and music sway consumer choices. The students had a great time making the commercials while learning all about color theory and how music affects mood. Homecoming Week The commercials will be shown in the high school commons during both lunches through November. Way to go, Ms. Katy and her class! The theme was Alice in Wonderland, and the leadership crew did an amazing job of decorating the commons. Homecoming week gave students a chance to dress up in wild and fun outfits. Monday, students dressed up as cowboys and cowgirls. They wore cowboy hats and boots. On Tuesday they put on their poodle skirts and their leather jackets for 50 s day. Wednesday was International day, followed by senior citizen day. By the time Friday rolled around, it was time for students to show their school pride and wear their red and black! Friday night, the school gathered to put on a homecoming parade. The show was cleared to take place on Main Street. Each class had a float and some clubs and electives did as well. The homecoming court got to ride in the parade in different vehicles. Our Tenino TCYFL football players and cheerleaders joined everyone and marched in the parade. The TCYFL cheerleaders also got the chance to join our girls and cheer for part of the game. Sadly the Beavers did not triumph in the game against Montesano., but cheers to Erin and Jon for being promoted from Prince and Princess to King and Queen at the halftime ceremony! The next night, the school had their homecoming dance. The theme was Alice in Wonderland, and the leadership crew did an amazing job of decorating the commons. Students could take a breather from dancing and take a seat at the tables and get a drink of punch. Fall Sports Roundup It was an eventful fall season to the THS Beavers. The volleyball team finished in a 4-way tie for second place in the Evergreen 1A League, and due to tie breaker procedures, entered the district tournament as the #4 seed. Congratulations lady beavers for continuing on to state and finishing 9th! The Beaver football team wrapped up league play with an inspired win over rivals Rochester Warriors. The Cross Country team finished by competing in the District IV Cross Country meet. Our runners continually improved throughout the season, and are poised to ever bigger gains next year. The girls soccer team competed well this year, highlighted by two league wins against Forks. The cheer squad provided inspiration for the student athletes on the field and played a key role in our fall student pep assemblies. Special thanks to the Tenino Athletic Booster Club and the Tenino Football Boosters for all of their support during the Fall Season! The students and staff of Tenino High School truly appreciate all of your support! B E A V E R B E L I E V E R S

3 V O L U M E 1, I S S U E 1 P A G E 3 Counseling Center News - Mrs. VanBuskirk PSAT s were administered October 15th to 26 students. This is a great practice test for college-bound 10th and 11th graders. The life management conference for 9th graders at Centralia Community College is coming up December 12th from 9:15-12:00. Applications will be handed out late November. Limit 30 freshman. Juniors should be gearing up for their SAT/ACT this spring. Go to collegeboard.org or actstudent.org to register. Include the THS code It s never too late to try and improve your grades. Use your Skyward account to check grades and teachers. Need your account information? Call THS at If you missed the financial aid informational meeting November 13th, we have a work session in January. Financial aid representatives from Centralia College will be on hand to help and answer questions. Stay tuned for more details. Don t forget to check on scholarships with Mrs. VanBuskirk and Ms. Please welcome boys basketball head coach Joe Chihart, assistant coach Marcus Whittaker, girl s basketball head coach Tano Bailon, assistant coach Tracy Homann, wrestling head coach Justin Hernandez, and assistant coach Nikkolas Resutek. Cheer coaches returning are Kristen Julsrud and Aarde. Scholarships have deadlines and some are approaching fast! Need other ideas for searching for scholarships? Visit and of course check with the college or university that you are applying at to see what scholarships they have available. If you re still deciding on a career, go to Winter Sports have kicked-off! Practices started on Monday, November 17th for boys basketball, girls basketball, wrestling, and winter cheerleading. Many of the coaches also offered open gym/open mat prior. We are geared up for a great winter season. This year we would like to welcome our new coaching staff!! Kayte Rus. Tenino High School athletics are very excited to see what the upcoming winter sports season has to offer! Individual, Senior and Family passes available. See the winter sports schedule for dates and times to support the THS Beavers! THS Mr. Mann, the new welding class instructor, sure knows how to make class fun and interesting. Students are learning to make flowers by cutting out leaves and petals, then cutting rods into stems and bending them using a gas torch into beautiful works of art. The finished product is two flowers with the stems wrapped around each other. Great job Mr. Mann and students! Jack Burnham with his flower welding project!

4 P A G E 4 Tenino High School s Vision & Mission At Tenino High School, we find it essential to have a clear Vision and Mission Statement. Vision: The culture of Tenino High School promotes the value of learning and develops positive results through relationships, rigor, and relevance. Mission: Preparing lifelong learners as responsible citizens in a dynamic, changing world. Tenino High School (and Middle School) has the Tenino Band Lyre. If you would like to have a copy ed each month, please contact Andrew Bowerly, Director at bowerlya@tenino.k12.wa.us. Join us at Tenino High School in the gymnasium for winter sports, or travel to away games. Show your support for our athletes! Thank you Tenino Sound Train for performing at home games! Winter sports schedule* 12/1 Winlock 5:45/7:00 P 12/3 BBB/GBB vs. Rainier5:45/7:00 P 12/3 Elma 6:00 P 12/6 Seton Catholic 4:00/5:30 P 12/6 Forks Invite TBA 12/8 Rainier 5:45/7:00 P 12/9 BBB/GBB vs. Montesano 5:45/7:00 P 12/11 Wresting vs. Montesano/Hoquiam 6:00 P 12/12 BBB/GBB vs. Hoquiam 5:45/7:00 P 12/16 Eatonville 5:45/7:00 P 12/19BBB/GBB vs. Forks 5:45/7:00 P 12/19 Black Hills 5:00 P 12/23 NW Christian 5:45/7:00 P 12/23 Montesano Invite TBA 12/26 & 12/27 North Beach 1:00 P 1/2 BBB vs. Winlock 5:45/7:00 P 1/6 Rochester 5:45/7:00 1/7 Aberdeen/Forks 6:00/8:00 P 1/8 BBB vs. Elma 5:45/7:00 P 1/9 GBB vs. Elma 5:45/7:00 P 1/10 Gut Check Challenge TBA 1/13 Aberdeen 5:45/7:00 1/14 Aberdeen 5:45/7:00 1/15 Montesano 5:45/7:00 1/16 Montesano 5:45/7:00 1/17 Rainier 10:00 A 1/20 Hoquiam 5:45/7:00 P 1/22 GBB/BBB vs. Eatonville 5:45/7:00 P 1/27 Forks 5:45/7:00 1/28 Wrestling vs. Rochester 6:00 P 1/30 GBB/BBB vs. Rochester 5:45/7:00 P 2/3 Elma 5:45/7:00 P 2/4 Elma 5:45/7:00 P 2/6 GBB/BBB vs. Aberdeen 5:45/7:00 P *Times and dates subject to change. See link on our website to view most up-to-date dates/times! B E A V E R B E L I E V E R S

5 V O L U M E 1, I S S U E 1 Special Recognitions Congratulations to Knowledge Bowl! Advisors, Mrs. Perreira and Mrs. Blake, are proud to announce the students went to competition and took 1st place in the Novice Division and 1st place in Second Flight Division. Our FFA group has been busy, busy! Mrs. Maxfield and her FFA had a costume night at the Rutledge Corn Maze, ice cream social, and Turkey Bowling with dinner. Need a club? FFA is full of activities! Leadership, ASB and Class Officer s had a great time at Borst Park in THS Offers Centralia on November 19th at the many high school retreat clubs and the Middle encourage School Officer s students to Retreat. High join!! school student were able to teach classes to middle school students about school spirit, assembly preparation, team building and poster/sign making. Great fun was had by all. FBLA had a conference in Shelton recently. The students attend workshops and a new member orientation. The workshops included information about the winter conference and how to compete and be involved in FBLA! P A G E 5 Mrs. Jeske with FBLA students at the conference! Tenino Athletic Booster Club (TABC) The Tenino Athletic Booster Club started a great sports kick-off breakfast for each sporting season. The fall and winter sports breakfasts were a tremendous success. Coaches and athletes ate for free and families were only $5. Plus, an athlete from each sport won amazing prizes! TABC is always looking for new members to join. They are a great, Taylor has played volleyball for the past six years and has excelled bewonderful group that supports our athletes in so many ways. TABC opens concessions for sporting events and donates money to sports programs for gear and equipment. They also have a photographer take photos of our seniors individually and with the other seniors on their team to print beautiful posters for the students to take home! Senior Taylor Tibbetts signs with the NCAA Volleyball Tenino High School Senior Taylor Tibbetts had the great opportunity to sign with the NCAA women s for Volleyball here on campus on Monday, November 17th. Taylor will be attending Dixie State University in Saint George, Utah in the Fall on a volleyball scholarship. yond her own expectations. I asked Taylor her favorite high school sports memory, besides signing with the NCAA, and she said, going to state for volleyball this year! -Jocilyn Aarde Congratulations, Taylor! Your peers and teachers are very proud of you!

6 TENINO HIGH SCHOOL PO BOX 4024 TENINO, WA Recipient Label Here The the The theme was Alice in Wonderland, and the leadership crew did an amazing job of decorating the commons. theme was Alice in Wonderland, and the leadership crew did an amazing job of decorating commons. Upcoming Events: 11/26 Early release 11/27 Thanksgiving, no school 11/28 No school 12/10 2 Hour Late Start 12/16 THS Choir Concert 7 pm in the commons 12/16 Choir baked potato feed 6:30 pm in the commons 12/22-1/2 Winter break 1/19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, No school 1/29 Semester ends 1/30 Inservice Day, No school