The TGS Student Council had a great turn out for the Pumpkin Decorating Contest! We had 19 pumpkins lining the front hall. Students could vote by dropping money into the jar of their favorite pumpkin. They earned around $340.00 for the Student Council fundraiser.

The winners were:

1st place -Brook Tharman with $77.11

2nd place – Brayden Holder with $51.68

3rd place – Beckett Redman with $44.97.

Thank you to everyone who participated and brought money to vote for their favorite pumpkin!

Kaden's Kloset Open Shopping Dates are posted on the attached flyer from 5-7 PM.

For the month of October, Mrs. Geiger kept things exciting with a couple of fun contests in the TGS library. We love seeing our students get involved and make the library a place full of learning and fun!

Congratulations to the winners of the Spooky Story Writing Contest: 1st Place-Charlie Petersen, 2nd Place-Brook Tharman, and 3rd Place-Ainsley Kostman.

The winner of the "Guess the Number of Spiders in the Jar" contest is Sydney Grable! (There were 337 spiders in the jar and Sydney guessed 340)

IMPORTANT CALENDAR CHANGES!!!!  Please make sure you are subscribed to the USD 429 Troy School Calendar on our website at www.troyusd.org for all the calendar changes and that you review the school calendar on the website often for changes.  

Please make the following Calendar Changes to your Printed School Calendar:

Wed., Oct. 29 - NHS Inductions from Nov. 4 - 6 PM; C.W. Oliver Gymnasium

Thurs., Oct. 30

HS Football Playoff Game - Thursday, Oct. 30 - 6 PM @ Jayhawk-Linn (14675 K-52, Mound City, KS - 2 hr.10min.)

TMS Girls BB has been moved to Tues., November 4th at McLouth at 4:30 PM

Nov. 1

TMS Wresting @ DWEST - 9 AM

Nov. 4

TMS Girls BB @ McLouth - 4:30 PM

Nov. 6

MOVING TMS GIRLS BB @ PLEASANT RIDGE TO TUES., NOV. 18TH - 4:30 pm (Due to P/T conf.)

TMS Wresting @ Oskaloosa - 4 PM

Nov. 8 - TMS Wrestling @ Rock Creek

Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day Assembly - 9 AM; C.W. Oliver Gymnasium

Nov. 15 - TMS Wrestling @ Silver Lake

Nov. 18 -

TMS GIRLS BB @ PLEASANT RIDGE - 4:30 PM

Financial Aid Night for Seniors - 6 PM; THS Cafeteria

Nov. 22 - TMS Wrestling @ Rossville

DECEMBER CHANGES:

Tues., December 2nd -

THS BASKETBALL @ VALLEY FALLS - 4:30 PM (MOVED FROM DEC. 16TH)

Thurs., Dec. 4th

THS BASKETBALL @ HANOVER - 4:30 PM

Sat., Dec. 6 - THS Wrestling @ Highland Park

Sat., Dec. 13 - THS Wrestling @ Onaga

Sun., Dec. 14 - Cheer Kid's Clinic - 2-4 PM

Tues., Dec. 16 - Gr. 6-12 Winter Concert @ 6:30 PM; C.W. Oliver Gymnasium (moved from Thurs., Dec. 18)

Thurs., Dec. 18 - HS Wrestling @ Rossville - 4 PM

Sat., Dec. 20 - HS Girls Wrestling @ ACCHS

Ella Grable, Freshman at Troy High School, qualified for State Cross Country. Ella will run at approx. 11:45 AM on Sat., November 1st at Wamego Country Club. More information pertaining to State CC is posted below. 

Celebration plans:  Ella will walk through and greet the Elementary students as they wish her good luck on Thursday, Oct. 30th at 8 AM.  The MS/HS will celebrate Ella's accomplishment on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 3:15 PM in the C.W. Oliver Gymnasium.  The public is invited to attend.  Please join us and give Ella a good luck send off on Saturday, November 1st at 8 AM on Main Street!  

Good luck Ella!!!

The KSHSAA State Cross Country Championship Page has information and will likely answer questions you and/or your coaches may have. 

Here are a few pieces of information:

• Tickets are $10 for kindergarten and above.  PreK and under are free. 
  • At Rim Rock, fans may not purchase tickets in advance online.  Cash and credit cards will be accepted on site.
  • At Wamego, fans may purchase tickets in advance online at GoFan.co early next week. Tickets may be purchased on site with cash only.  Tickets purchased in advance will be redeemed at the gate.
• Superintendents, Principals and ADs for each school represented in the meet are on a printed list given to each host site.  Those three individuals receive free admission.  Their spouses and family members do not.  Simply tell the people working at the gate, they will check their list and let you in. 
• Teams and individuals are automatically advanced in MileSplit.  There is not an entry form for the state meet.
• If a team needs to make a substitution, they have until noon Central Time on Monday, October 27.  This can only be done on the Girls State Substitution Form and the Boys State Substitution Form.  At noon Central Time Monday, October 27, there will be no changes to rosters, bibs will be assigned, the meet file will become final and the program will start to print.
  • If your team is not making a substitution, then you DO NOT need to complete this. 
• Live scoring and live splits will be available at KS.MileSplit.com and MidwestTiming.com.  In Wamego there will be a multi-camera video production on NFHSNetwork.com for $13.99 with KSHSAA Hall of Famer Garry Sigle as part of the broadcast team.
• For those qualifiers at Rim Rock Farm – communicate to parents and fans to allow extra time to get there and park.  For people who haven’t been there before, the amount of traffic on the dirt roads can be a surprise. 
• No pets are allowed at either site.
• Programs will be sold for $4.
• State championship apparel will be sold at each site.

Mrs. Prawl's 2nd Graders made diyas for Diwali.  They learned about Diwali during our Knowledge unit on ancient India and China.  Diwali began on Monday and ends on Friday.

The Troy Middle School Sixth Grade class visited Summit Truck Bodies on Wednesday, October 22. The students learned how math and science applies to the workforce. Thank you to Mrs. Veronica Masters for facilitating the event, and thank you to Summit Truck Bodies for hosting!

Pic 1: Students attend a pre-meeting in the conference room.

Pic 2: Students learn how to operate a crane.

Pic 3: Troy Middle School Sixth Grade.

The Troy Kindergarten traveled to Gary's Farm Fest on Wednesday, October 22nd.  They enjoyed a wagon ride, picking a pumpkin, playing in a huge corn pit, going down tube slides and much more. It was a beautiful fall day for some pumpkin patch fun!

Regional Cross Country Information.  Regional Cross Country will be hosted at Richmond-Central Heights.  Girls will run at 10 AM and boys at approx. 11:10 AM.  Good luck Trojans!