Tolsia e-business courses

In the spring, Tolsia High School will begin its e-business courses, taught by Ms. Amanda Copley. The course is a total of four classes BCA1, Desktop Publishing, Digital Imaging, and Web Design. Any student who takes the course can earn up to twelve college credit hours just by passing the classes with a C and making at least a 75% on each of the final tests. At the present, only a few students have signed up, but more are needed in order to be able to provide the course. If you are interested see your guidance counselor or speak with Ms. Copley for more information about the course.
-Jonathan

JROTC Coat Drive

JROTC is sponsoring a coat drive to give back to the community. Chief Brown his cadets,  at the beginning of the school year, started collecting coats.  The drive will end at the end of October.

The coats are going for a very good cause. They will be cleaned and donated to “St. Jude Church” and “The Coat Closet”, both located in Louisa, Kentucky.

Chief Brown has helped out a lot, and as well as his students. As You may take your new or used coats or jackets to the office and tell them what they are for, and they will take care of the rest. Chief Brown will collect the donated items at the end of each day. So do something good: go home, go through your closet and help keep others warm.

 -Grace

Coed Cornhole Tournament

Tolsia High School is holding a co-ed (boys-girls) corn hole tournament out in the courtyard during both lunches. The games are double elimination which means you have to lose one game in order to find yourself a place on the loser bracket, or two to be out of the tournament. Current brackets are on the bulletin board in the cafeteria.

During both lunches there are 6 teams totaling 24 people blowing up both corn hole boards. There is a lot of good competition, but the tournament is nearing the end. It should be over by Friday of this week.

The winners of the tournament will be treated to a pizza party and will also get a t-shirt. Getting pizza for lunch is better than eating the schools lunch any day. There are still four teams on first lunch and five teams on second lunch waiting for the winners to be determined.

On first lunch teams include The Incentive (Mr. Morrone & Mrs. Asbury), C&C Domination (Chelsea Muncy & Channing Spaulding), The Punishers (Amber Berry & Austin Runyon), and The Wannabes (Tyler Copley & Krista Maynard) all still fighting for the finish.

Then on second lunch the teams left include the Buckeyes (Breezy Horne & Brandon Clark), The Cookies (Mr. Cooke & Courtney Stacy), W2 (Mr. Waller & Mrs. M. Walker), and still waiting to play against each other are The Hatfield/McCoy’s (Mr. Stanley & Joetta Hatfield) and The Whatchamacallits (Courtney Stiltner & Austin Brewer).

     The tournament is inching towards the end and there are many teachers and students anxious to get the results of the tournament. Good Luck to all teams!

 -Melanie

Special Olympics volleyball

Tolsia High School Special Olympics volleyball team will be playing the October 29. 2010 at Spring Valley. There are two teams with a combined total of 18 people between the two teams. The volleyball team brought home the gold last year, so hopefully they will bring it home again this year. The team is fundraising for their uniforms by selling candy and they are also accepting donations. The coaches Mrs. Marsha Walker And Mrs. Emily Bailey ask for your help. Support the Special Olympics volleyball team.

 -Tyler

Drama Club an Outlet For a Positive Voice

Tolsia High School’s Drama Club gives students a chance to be a good example to their classmates, friends and the entire Tolsia High School staff.

The Drama Club learns plays or short skits to perform for the school. The material is chosen and acted out in hopes that they might touch someone in the viewing audience with their message, whether that message to say no to drugs or to not drink and drive. Their goal is to share a positive message. Last year, during the spring concert, the Drama Club performed two skits that dealt with issues that teens might face. Now the students may want to show off their talents, but they also feel they have an obligation to inform and get the message across to others.

Students who volunteer and participate in Drama are very energetic and want to display their many talents. There are students of all grades who participate in Drama.

The Drama Club meets during Rebel Tutoring, so some days many students attend, but other days, only a few show. Currently, they are working on putting some skits together to coincide with the choir’s Christmas performance this winter.

 -Kaitlin

New Greenhouse

Over the past few weeks,  Mr. Roberts and his building construction students have been building a new greenhouse.

Why does Tolsia need a new greenhouse? Mr. Roberts said, “the old one is out of date.” According to Mr. Roberts, it will take about two to three more weeks to have this $14,000 greenhouse  ready for use.

 -Skeeter

Rewards Trip

On Saturday October 16, 2010, Several Tolsia High School students went to Kings Island. on a rewards trip for the students who scored well on the West Test last year.

Everyone who went seemed like they had a great time.  Mrs. Asbury said,” It was awesome! I had a great time, and I wish more students would’ve went.” She said her favorite part about the trip was seeing how much fun everyone was having. Asbury said that she hopes that the trip would be motivational for students to do well on the next WESTEST, and she hopes that next time the school can raise more money so that more people can go.

 -Glenna

Special Thank You

We at the Tolsia Times would like to give a special thanks to McDonald's corporation of East Kentucky for their second year of supporting the paper. Donations like theirs are vital to keeping the Times going! Thank you McDonalds!!!

THS Clubs Info-Fall

Yearbook- School pictures are November 4th for freshman, sophomores, and juniors. Then November 5th is Picture day for seniors. Volume 24 yearbooks are coming soon. 2010 yearbooks have come in. There are five left if anyone wants to purchase one. Seniors need to bring in baby picturesas as soon as possible.
Mu Alpha Theta- The selection of new members will begin the first of next semester. To be eligible, seniors need five math classes, maintain a B or above (3.0) grade average.

Bible Club- Meets every Wednesday at lunch. 1st lunch meets in the Art room, while 2nd lunch meets in room 101. Bible Club will be doing two service projects, Christmas Blankets, Santa Stockings, and Easter Treats, which go to the Senior Citizens. They have Bible lessons, and special speakers.

T.I.- TI will be starting a campaign on anti-bullying in the next week. They are having a trip in March, and are going to start getting active around the school.

Beta- Students need to get their applications in. For state convention 34 students will be chosen.

Cocoa Tea-There is a new club called Cocoa Tea, which is a new book club that will be held at Rebel tutoring. Go see Mrs. Elkins for information.

Drama- Drama Club is planning to do a Christmas Drama, but they need more people. If you are interested see Mrs. Holland.

National Honor Society- Applications will be handed out in the next two weeks. Students must have a 3.0 grade point average, and three teacher recommendations. NHS will be having a food drive around Christmas. 

 -Cory and Latisha

Tolsia Glad to Have JROTC Program

Tolsia High School is now offering the JROTC program, which allows students to grow in leadership, education, and training. The teacher of the JROTC program is Stephen A. Brown, but the students know him as Chief Brown. Before coming to Tolsia, Chief Brown worked at West Steel. He was superintendent of the number two rolling mill.

He said this is his first year teaching the JROTC program, and he loves it. His favorite part about teaching JROTC is trying to make a difference in the student’s life and teaching them to be a good citizen. His goal is to teach students that they should be good citizens, that they can do anything, and they should be proud of themselves.

Jonathan, Glenna, and Mitchell

Tolsia Times Welcomes Mrs. Thompson to THS

Ms. Thomson is one of the many new faces here at Tolsia High.

Ms. Thompson was a teacher at Crum Middle School before coming to teach Algebra at Tolsia High School. She was a student at Marshall University for four and a half years. While there she majored in accounting before she decided to become a math teacher.

She said that she started teaching because she loves to work with kids. She said her favorite part about teaching is loving to have the chance to help someone out, even if it’s just understanding algebra. When asked what she thought about Tolsia so far she said, “ I love it”.

 -Jonathan, Glenna, and Mitchell

Mrs. Dick at Helm of THS Choir

This year Tolsia High School has many new teachers like Mrs. Dick.

Mrs. Dick said that she picked teaching as a career “because I enjoy teaching people something I enjoy or something I am interested in, or something that I love." She also said, "I love my job and I enjoy being a teacher."

Mrs. Dick graduated from Marshall University and taught at Wayne Elementary, Crum Elementary, and Dunlow Elementary before teaching at Tolsia.

Patricia, James, and Kaitlin

Lady Rebels Volleyball Off to a Good Start

The Lady Rebel Volleyball team is off to a great start. This year’s only two seniors Rebecca Rowe and Melanie Townsend hope to take their team back to the state championship in Charleston. They have played some good teams already leaving their record at 8 wins and four losses after Tuesday night’s win against the Wayne Pioneers and Wednesday night’s win against the Chapmanville Tigers. The girls are hoping to make their record 9-4 after tomorrow night’s match against the Wayne Pioneers. Tolsia’s Volleyball team is in the Cardinal Conference this year, so to keep up their outstanding records they have achieved over the last few years, they are going to have to be prepared to take on some of the best in the state.

Tolsia has a variety of new players this year. There are more freshman than there are seniors and juniors combined. Starting on Varsity are your seniors Rebecca Rowe and Melanie Townsend accompanied by Junior Kellie Lahoda. sophomore Kayla Stroud and Freshman Savannah Vance, Sierra Wilson and Jordan Presley are also a big part of the Varsity team. The volleyball team is full of fresh talent this year.

The girls would also like to have all you Rebel Fans at their remaining games to cheer them on and support them through their season.

-Melanie and Teia

Lady Rebels Volleyball

Upcoming Games:

10-5-10 -H- WAYNE

10-7-10-H-CHAPMANVILLE AND SISSONVILLE

10-9-10-H-MONTCALM, TUG VALLEY AND LCHS

10-12-10-A-POINT PLEASANT

10-14-10-H- POCA

10-19-10-A-HERBERT HOOVER AND POCA

10-21-10-A-SISSONVILLE

10-26-10-H-BUFFALO

10-28-10-H-MATEWAN

Project Success

Mrs.Sabrina Hill is trying to bring awareness to students about graduates from the past that have progressed in life by starting the program Project Success. She started this program because all we see and hear is negativity. Students that thought they had no hope because their family members dropped out need to know that they can still be successful. The plan for Project Success is to change the people posted on the board weekly so students can see the numerous amount of people from this area that have gone on in life and found personal fulfillment. Who is the most successful? It’s still up for grabs, so try your hardest!

 Kellie and Kelly

Band Marches Again with Mr. Nicholas Amis

Bright lights, roaring crowds, and hard hits are common for Friday night football. This year though music will be introduced again, as the Marching Rebels return after a one year hiatus. Veteran band director Nicholas Amis took over the Rebel Marching Program with a stunning rise in the number of members. After only having eight members last year, the numbers have risen to fourteen. Amis, a student from Morehead State and Marshall University said, "Band is fun and the kids like it and I'm hoping numbers will rise next year." You can go to: www.tolsiaband.weebly.com for information on future band activities and pictures of the members of the Marching Rebels!

 Danielle and Jordan