Tahoma High School

TAHOMA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a recipient of the 2012 Washington Achievement Award.

Washington Achievement Award winners are selected using the Washington Accountability Index and criteria in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waiver. The award is given to elementary, middle, high and comprehensive schools in seven categories: overall excellence, language arts, math, science, extended graduation rate (high and comprehensive schools only), closing achievement gaps and high progress (Title I eligible and participating schools only).

TAHOMA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is being recognized for:

Overall Excellence
Language Arts

Read more about the award here.

Interested in opening your life to international friendship? Welcome a French teenager from August 1^st through the 22^nd . They speak English and want to experience what the American lifestyle is all about, so they have chosen to travel to our beautiful region. If you want to meet new people, learn about a different culture and make lifelong friends, then this is a great opportunity! Contact Madame Norris nnorris@tahomasd.us or stop by Portable 3 to find out more.

AP scores will be online this year. Get the facts so you can get your scores.

FBLA fundraiser for the WA State Leadership Conference: breakfast at Applebee’s on May 4th from 8-10am. The breakfast includes 2 pancakes, 2 eggs, 2 sausage, 2 bacon, o.j., and coffee. Tickets are $10 each.  Breakfast will be served by your FBLA members.  To buy tickets, contact your favorite FBLA member or Deb Wood at dwood@tahomasd.us.

As the warm weather arrives, we ask for parental support from home regarding appropriate school clothing and our dress code.   Our “Dress Code” can be found in the student planner on page # 7.

The major violations listed below will be strictly enforced through the remainder of the school year:

• No bare midriff or showing of underwear (e.g. Bra straps, boxer shorts, etc.).
• No spaghetti straps or muscle shirts—ALL straps that are part of upper attire must be a minimum of an ASB card width and not hanging below the armpit.
• Shorts and skirts MUST be fingertip length.

Tahoma High School’s We the People team places 7th in the nation at the National Finals in Washington, D.C. Great job representing Washington state, Bears!

We the People - Class of 2012-2013

Noah Adam, Christina Adamson, Alissa Bates, Joel Christensen, Rachelle Frets, Jessica Glassner, Mitchell Halbert, Tabitha Kim, Timothy Lamb, Molly Lathrop, Trenton Lawrence, Nicole Lindblom, Dessa Meehan, Matthew Milburn, Dakota-Storm Nichols, Erika Nist, Sorina Pitts, Angela Rocchi, Niribili Sarmah, Jacob Seely, Miranda Smith, Carter Stoddard, Ashley Taylor , Kendall von Michalofski, William Wheeler, Taylor White, Bridget Wulfing

This past weekend was the State Solo Contest, held at CWU in Ellensburg.  You may recall that we had some students win our regional solo contest back in March.  They competed today against the best student musicians across the state of Washington, and did very well.  We had 3 singers and 3 instrumentalists competing today, and here are the results:

Singers:

• Tyler Johnson WON the Tenor category (the first Tahoma soloist I can remember winning the state contest in my 17 years here at THS)
• Katie Duffy came in 2nd in the Soprano category.
• Elizabeth Zosel came in 3rd in the Mezzo-soprano category.

Instrumentalists:

• Stephen Shin came in 3rd in the Euphonium category.

These are huge accomplishments for our musicians!  Please congratulate them if you have the chance.