Student Council Members and their 7th Grade Buddies decorated pumpkins today during academic period. These pumpkins will be on display tonight at the volleyball games. Come donate to the best decorated pumpkin! All proceeds go to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation.

Tri County Elementary will celebrate Red Ribbon Week this week! See the flier for our dress-up days!

Sub-Districts Important Information & Reminders. GO BIG BLUE!

We're back at home for the first round of Sub-Districts at 7:30! Come support by wearing pink!

National FFA Convention day 2 we made a trip down to Louisville Kentucky and toured the Marengo Caves!

Tri County PBIS had its first TC Teams event today. Every student Pre-K through Seniors were split into 20 teams to help build community and unity throughout the building. Today's first event was picking team colors, mascots, and making a team pennant to be displayed in the cafeteria. Here are some pictures showing our day.

Congratulations to the High School Cross Country team at the state meet in Kearney today. Sage Holtmeier is your Class D state runner up. Also placing for the girls was Isabelle Peters earning a 14th place medal. The girls finished fifth as a team. On the boys side, Sammy Holsing earned a 9th place medal and the boys placed 6th overall. Both Sage and Sammy broke school records for the fastest 5K ran at a state meet. Great job by all our runners! You have made us coaches, your parents and your community proud!!!

National Convention day 1 students participated in leadership workshops, toured the expo center and gain career opportunities, then finished the day with top golf!

Monday night the student council is hosting a pink out. All proceeds will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Student Council would like to honor anyone fighting or who has lost their battle to breast cancer. Please email hannah.gay@tricountyschools.org with the names you would like to be honored.

🌟🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Send-Off for Our Cross Country Teams! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🌟 Let’s come together to support our amazing Boys and Girls Cross Country teams as they head to Kearney for the State Championships! 🎉🏆 Join us this Friday at 8:40 AM as the teams travel through downtown DeWitt. Wear your school colors and let’s cheer them on with our voices! 💙💛 Let’s show them how proud we are of their hard work and dedication. 📣✨

SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH UPDATE Tri County Public Schools is hosting a community forum to meet with the representatives of the superintendent search firm, McPherson & Jacobson. The purpose of the meeting is to determine the qualities and characteristics the patrons want in their next superintendent. Community members will have the opportunity to engage in a dialogue with the representatives of the firm and share their ideas for the next leader of Tri County Public Schools. The meeting will take place on Monday, October 28th at 6:00 PM in the Elementary school activity center. Please use the elementary school doors to access the meeting. For those who were unable to attend the “Community Input Forum,” here is the “Survey Monkey” link that is accessible on the school website from October 28th – November 5th. It will allow any user to provide their anonymous input on the skills and traits the next superintendent needs to possess as well as highlight the positives of the Tri County community and school district. We want your voice to be heard throughout this important process. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the characteristics of the next Tri County superintendent. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TriCountySchoolsNE

Congratulations to Henry Holtmeier and Ethan Rosenthal for auditioning and being selected into the NMEA All State Chorus. They will sing in November with students all across Nebraska at the Lied Center! We are very proud of you!

The Winter Sports Adidas Apparel sites are now live! Links below feature sites for Basketball and Wrestling. Items will be delivered to the school for pickup. The order deadline for the two apparel sites is Thursday October 31st. There are Youth, Women's, and Men's sizes available Feel free to reach out to Mr. Armstrong if you have any questions! Basketball: https: //trojansbasketball2024.itemorder.com/ Wrestling: https: //trojanswrestling2024.itemorder.com/

Agricultural classes has been very busy! - Introduction to Ag created their "ideal cow" and gave oral reasons about why it was the best of the class - Horticulture grew their own basil in the grow towers that were gifted by Farm to Fork, and then made homemade pesto - 7th grade is learning about the 3 circle model and how to document their work in AET

Second Graders showed creativity in our Halloween STEAM rotations!!

School picture RETAKES will be tomorrow, October 22nd!

Weekly Schedule for October 21st - October 27th.

We are so proud of the XC team making it to state. Order your TC State XC shirt by MONDAY 10/21 at 6:00 am to guarantee that you receive your shirt before the state meet. Order your shirt using the link below. https://dailygrindboutique.com/collections/tri-county-state-cross-country

Congratulations to both the girls and the boys cross country teams for qualifying the entire team for the state cross country meet next week in Kearney. Also qualifying individually were Sage Holtmeier 2nd and Isabelle Peters 3rd. Sammy Holsing led the boys with a third place finish, Drew Siems 12th, and Henry Kapke 13th. Great job to all our runners!!!

Through a collaborative effort between the PTO and the Advanced Woods class at Tri County Schools an addition has been made for the elementary students. Students from Mr. Sand's Advanced Woods class constructed a GaGa ball pit for current and future students to enjoy.