Engineer Career Day

Engineer Career Day will be taking place on February 29, 2012 at Marshall. The Trip will focus on engineering careers. Mrs. Asbury and Mr. Spry will be over the trip. Nine sophomores, six girls and three boys have been chosen to attend this trip. More girls were chosen so that more girls might become interested in engineering. -Chastity Wallace

JROTC News

The JROTC is practicing for a compition at Wayne High School on Feb.25,2012. There will be fielding both armed and unarmed squad teams and also a color guard team .The JROTC members will also be entering a nationwide essay comepetition. The topic for the competition is "JROTC Helps With Peer Pressure." Cadets will write essays at least 250-300 words long in response to the prompt.
-Linda Bowen

Students and Teachers of the Month

This year, Tolsia students who do not miss any days of school and stay out of trouble are eligible for student of the month. At an assembly each month, one name is drawn from every eligible student in each grade, as well as one teacher with perfect attendance. Students receive not only recognition but a fifty dollar Walmart gift certificate (teachers win one-hundred dollar gift ceritificates.) The lucky students and teachers for August 2011 were: Donovan Salmons(Freshman), Shannon Reed(Sophomore), Angel Meade(Junior), Michael Ross(Senior) and Mrs. Wanda Ramey. September 2011 were: Davey Smith(Freshman), Logan Barnett(Sophomore), Natosha Salmons(Junior), Katrina Wilson(Senior) and Mrs. Amanda Copley.October 2011 were: Kerrie Lahoda(Freshman), Zach Perry(Sophomore), Morgan Williamson(Junior), Cortney Stiltner(Senior) and Mrs. Marsha Walker. November 2011 were: Kaitlyn Browning(Freshman), Jordan Daniels(Sophomore), Cheryl Halcomb(Juniors), Kristie Lahoda(Senior) and Mr. Jimmie Daniels. December 2011 were: Victoria Farris(Freshman), Shannon Reed(Sophomore), Timothy Robertson(Junior), Sammy Winnett(Senior) and Mrs. Jill Kitts.

-Jada Jude

Bible Club Community Service Trip

On December 21, 2011 several members of the Tolsia High School Bible Club took a field trip to the pediatric unit and geriatric unit of Cabell Huntington Hospital.  While they were there they performed Christmas carols and gave the patients a gift consisting of handmade blankets that were made by the students, and a Christmas stocking.

This tripmeant a lot to the students and faculty of Tolsia High School.  According to Hunter Cavins, “It was very inspirational to the children of Cabell.  We had a blast together and it was great to help others.” Club sponsor Mrs. Sabrina Hill stated that

 "What I hope is that our students are learning the importance of community service.  It’s our job to help one another.  No, it’s our privilege.”

 

Fall Rebel Incentive Trip

On Friday, December 16^th, approximately one hundred ten students were rewarded by a trip to Spare Time Recreation in Ironton, OH. They were treated with Texas Roadhouse catering and were able to participate in various activities. They could either challenge their friends to bowl or play laser tag, and had the opportunity to roller skate. The trip was free to all students who qualified, but the it cost the school $5,000. Almost any student who attended the trip had positive feedback.  Freshmen Katie Jervis and Rachel Gilkerson agreed that the trip was awesome and enjoyable. Sophomore Lakyn Dearnell went as far as saying the trip was simply spectacular. At the end of the trip, the chaperones gave multiple Tolsia backpacks as prizes with a multitude of gifts inside, ranging from pencils, iTunes cards  and even an iPod shuffle. Sophomore, Taylor Spry and Chelsea Maynard really enjoyed the prizes and thought they were a good idea.     

-Brianna Likens 

Incentive Trip Requirements

Tolsia High School hosts an incentive trip for each six weeks of the grading period. As of this semester, there are several requirements. First, you must have less than 2.5 absences( each sign-in or sign-out counts as half a day, and no excuses will be accepted other than the only excuse that will be accepted is a death in the family). You must not have any full days of ISS or OSS, no more than three level 1 and 2 write-ups, and no level 3 or 4 write-ups such as tobacco, skipping, bullying, etc. In order to qualify for the semester incentive trip, students must have been eligable for each of the 6-weeks parties in the semester.
-Kaitlyn Robertson