Husky Highlights
❄️ December 2023 /January 2024❄️
🔔Principal's Message
Greetings Tuscarora Family,
I hope you had an opportunity to pause this Thanksgiving holiday and share valuable time with friends and family. As we move into the holiday season, I want to express my gratitude and appreciation for the partnership between students, families, community, and our school. It is through this consistent partnership that we build community and work together in pursuit of the success for each of our students.
During the month of November, we started the second quarter of the 2023-2024 school year and recognized a number of Huskies for their fantastic accomplishments during the first quarter. Congratulations to all on the A/B Honor Roll students. I commend each of you for your perseverance and dedication to excellence!
We also recognized a number of students who excelled in the different content areas and those who exemplified the tenets of RISE: Respect, Integrity, Service, and Excellence. Please continue to read on into this newsletter for the names of our award recipients.
In this newsletter, you will find much information to keep you connected with upcoming events and important reminder. This newsletter also includes multiple opportunities for students to seek additional help in multiple subject areas. Please connect with classroom teachers, Advisory teachers, school counselors, assistant principals, staff members, or with me. Let us know how we can support you and help your student succeed.
Have a marvelous holiday season and a fantastic New Year!
Pamela Croft
Principal
🙌Competition Cheer 🙌
- Maddie Butler - 1st Team All-District, 1st Team All-Region
- Kaylie Garcia - 1st Team All-District, 1st Team All-Region
- Audrey Nitta - 1st Team All-District, 1st Team All-Region
- Elana Shapero - 1st Team All-District, 1st Team All-Region
- Hailey Wood - 1st Team All-District, 2nd Team All-Region
- Kat Kalb - 2nd Team All-District, 2nd Team All-Region
- Reese Law - 2nd Team All-District, 2nd Team All-Region
- Emily Thompson - 2nd Team All-District, 2nd Team All-Region
- Haley DeBardlabon - 2nd Team All-District
- Elizabeth Schlitzer - 2nd Team All-District
Attention parents, families, and students! The successful SLED program will be offered again beginning the week of December 4th.
SLED is an afterschool program where students can receive academic support from teachers afterschool. This is a great opportunity for any student to come in and get help on assignments, relearning missed content, address questions about content, and get extra help studying or preparing for assessments.
The SLED program is scheduled for each Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30PM - 6:15 PM in the school library. A late bus will be available to provide transportation for SLED participants. No registration is necessary, just show up in the school library before 4:30 PM. Students will not be admitted after 4:30 PM.
Don't wait until the end of the quarter to get help, start now and to ensure early and continuous success.
Interested in applying to Governor’s School for World Languages over the summer?
Please contact Ms. Paz (Catherine.Paz@lcps.org) in L212 or your language teacher for more information. (French, German, and Spanish are held June 22nd - July 13th while Japanese and Latin are held June 23rd - July 14th).
Information about the academies can be found on the VDOE website here.
Applications to THS are due December 22nd, 2022.
Rho Kappa
Need help in history? Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society has tutoring available every Tuesday morning beginning at 8:30 AM in room 203. All you need to do is show up!
Rho Kappa is sponsoring a toy drive for Loudoun Inova Hospital. Drive is running now through December 9th. Items should be new and can be dropped off outside of Mrs. Lane’s (room 203) or Mrs. Clark’s (208).
Model UN
On November 3-5, 2023, the Tuscarora High School Model UN Delegation traveled to the College of William & Mary for the 37th William & Mary Model UN Conference. There were over 950 students from 35 states and 2 countries in attendance for the weekend.
At the end of the Conference, Tuscarora HS Freshman, Juliette Monteleone, was awarded “Honorable Delegate” for her distinguished representation of Costa Rica.
VHSL Theatre Accolates
Congratulations to the cast & crew of Your Devoted, Anderson for an outstanding representation at the district and regional VHSL Theatre competitions. They received 2nd place in district and 3rd place in the region.
Outstanding Actor awards went to Queen Kincaide and Carolyn Snead. Ms. Kincaide won Best Overall Actor at the Regional Competition.
Congratulations to Ms. Sera Josep for writing and directing this beautiful piece. We are proud of our Tuscarora Performing Arts leaders!
Accessing Your Score Report
To access your PSAT results, you will need to create a College Board account. If you do not have one yet, please create one, using the link HERE.
Sign into CollegeBoard to view your PSAT scores
Log into the College Board to view your scores and access other data. PSAT scores will be available starting November 6th, according to the College Board information we have received. https://studentscores.collegeboard.org/home
If you are having trouble viewing your scores on your College Board account, here are some tips:
You may need to update your account information. Go to the Matching Tool to verify. To make corrections, click 'Update'. **LCPS uploads the student's Preferred Name for our roster. If your legal name is different, you may need to work with College Board to get them matched together.**
If you have a Registration Number for the SAT or Subject Tests, or an Access Code* for PSAT-related assessments, go to the Matching Tool and click 'Get My Scores'.
If you are having technical or account difficulties after you have tried using your access code, please call 866-433-7728 or go to the Contact Us page.
Understand Your Scores
You may use the link below to view College Board's information about how to understand your score. You may also use the video below for a brief tutorial of understanding your score.
https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt-psat-10/scores
What Is a Good PSAT/NMSQT Score?
According to College Board's website, the average PSAT/NMSQT score is about 920. A score between 1210 and 1520 puts you in the top 10% of test takers.
The PSAT/NMSQT and the SAT are very similar tests, so your score on the PSAT/NMSQT can give you an idea of how you’ll do when you take the SAT.
Your PSAT/NMSQT score report gives you valuable information about your strengths and weaknesses that you can use to prepare for the SAT and increase your score.
SAMPLE PSAT SCORE REPORT
PDF Score Report sample:
https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/sample-psat-nmsqt-score-report.pdf
National Merit Scholarships Program Details
Mark Your Calendars! 🔔
Winter Musical Concerts
- Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 7:00 PM: Strings
- Thursday, December 12, 2023 - 7:00 PM: Guitar
Winter Break
- Thursday, December 21, 2023 - Monday, January 1, 2024
Governor's School for World Languages Application Deadline
- Friday, December 22, 2023
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Holiday)
- Monday, January 15, 2024
Tuscarora HS Visit to the Academies of Loudoun
- Tuesday, January 16, 2024
End of Grading Period
- Friday, January 19, 2024
Free FAFSA Completion Workshop
- Saturday, January 20, 2024
Student Holiday
- Monday, January 22, 2024