Tburg Elementary teachers spend the day with Michelle Hill from Reading League. What an amazing session!
In Partnership with TST BOCES, we are excited to host about 100 teachers from around the Region on our Superintendent's Conference Day. Teachers are spending their day learning powerful curriculum and instruction strategies, tools, and ideas. Many of our own staff were asked to present today and many are out at other districts learning. It's been a wonderful day of learning with our colleagues from the TST BOCES Region!
Students from Trumansburg High School were at the UNIS UN 49th Annual Conference: Navigating the Future of Artificial Intelligence. This 3-day conference had 700 students this year, hailing from 32 countries. We were the only public school present at the conference. Thanks to Jane George for escorting our students through this amazing opportunity to meet students from all over the world. Our Exchange Student Aqeel was excited to find his home country in the General Assembly Hall! We look so forward to hearing more about their trip!
What's on our walls? We're learning about percents and probability during March Madness in Math Lab, word stems in Lit. Lab, plate tectonics in Science 6, the Constitution in Social Studies 7, and mindfulness in WINN 6 enrichment. Thank you, teachers, for decorating our halls with our students' work.
Today our 8th graders had the incredible privilege of hearing Roald Hoffmann -- a Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor -- share his story of bravery and perseverance in the face of tremendous challenges. Thank you, Dr. Hoffmann, for being with us.
Charles O. Dickerson students were just amazing in their performances of "Newsies" over the weekend! Congrats to the cast & crew for bringing such joy & entertainment. Special thank you to Hope Lewis for capturing these incredible photos during the power outage. Inspiring!
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! ☘️ Our Kindergarten students designed and created leprechaun traps. Engineers at work!
It's 3/14 -- Happy Pi Day! Math 7 students celebrated with math-related music, games, puzzles and, of course, PIE! Also, congratulations to our student band -- Peregrine -- who helped fundraise for the Tburg Music Boosters last night. We have such talented students!
Today, our STEAM 7 students were treated to a presentation by Ice Cream Bar owners, Sarah DeSantis and Robert Farrell. They learned about the various ways to develop, market, and profit from a small business. Thank you for sharing your expertise!
In their science class, our Localvore students are studying the phases of the moon in preparation for their trip to the Clemens Center to see "Moon Mouse," and for this week's total lunar eclipse. The moon rises at 7:38pm on Thursday and totality is from 2:30am-3:30am on Friday. Enjoy the show, but make sure to get enough sleep!
The Doigs and the Doigosaur are ready for tonight's Staff Slam.
Are you?! Come to the HS gym to cheer on your middle school team and raise money for our PTO, Sports Boosters, and HS Student Council.
Doors open at 5pm and the games start at 6pm. See you there!
Students in Ms. Dawson's class learn a lot more than math. Here, they investigate real-world math applications while also using ELA strategies to write paragraphs that support claims with specific evidence, and have a touch of Spanish added in as well.
Boys Varsity Basketball won the sectional quarterfinal game this evening! And, they took time to shake hands with their young fans. On to semifinals at TC3! Go Blue Raiders!
Students from our Global Humanism Class are set to leave their mark at the United Nations International School-United Nations (UNIS-UN) student-led conference!
Full Article:
https://tompkinsweekly.com/articles/trumansburg-global-humanism-students-to-attend-un-conference/
Dikota Hamilton was cheered on by Charles O. Dickerson High School students, faculty, and staff as he departed for the 2025 Boys Wrestling State Championships in Albany, NY.
Good luck Dikota!
On Friday, our 7th graders took a field trip to the Women's Rights National Historical Park where they learned about civil rights, equality, abolitionists, and other 19th century reformers. Thanks to our teachers for organizing the trip! It was a great day.
On 2/13, TCSD celebrated its 3rd annual black light glow show. Our theme was “Under the Sea." The students did a fantastic job. A big thank you to the Trumansburg Education Foundation for sponsoring this event! Check out the video here: https://vimeo.com/1057313347?share=copy
Ski Club has been canceled for today. Today's session has been moved to next Sunday, 2/23/25.
MS Grade-Level Roundup! 5th graders are dividing fractions in math; 6th graders are annotating texts in ELA; 7th graders are practicing kindness by making valentines in their free time; and 8th graders are studying the Cayuga Lake Basin in Earth Science.
Due to current weather conditions and a bus driver shortage, the District will be operating on a two hour delay.