Husky Highlights Newsletter

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 2022-2023 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

Pamela.Croft@lcps.org

Each quarter, Tuscarora High School recognizes students who exemplify each tenet of RISE (Respect, Integrity, Service, and Excellence) in the school, in the community, and among the Tuscarora family.

A special recognition, the Husky Award, is reserved for two students ho exemplify all four tenets of RISE.

The RISE Awards for the 1st Quarter of 2022-2023 are as follows:

12th grader, Jaidan Braddock, won first place in our local conservation poster contest through Loudoun Soil and Water and competed at the state level competition this past October. Congratulations, Jaidan, on your accomplishment!

In the November newsletter, we congratulated Natalia Tikalsky and Maria Arevalo Alvarado for their winning entries to the 3rd Annual Tuscarora Hispanic Heritage Month Art Contest. Carlin Lacques, Staff Writer for Tuscarora's student newspaper, The Pack highlights this annual celebration in this article.

Congratulations to the Marching Huskies for earning 1st place in Class 1A and earning Best Music, Best Visual and Best General Effect at the VMBC State Championships.

This placement sent the Marching Huskies to finals where they competed against the best marching bands in VA! The Marching Huskies placed 12th in finals with the best run of their season yet.

We are so proud of the hard work and dedication from all the students. #LetsGoMarchingHuskies

On Nov 4, Tuscarora Performing Arts competed in the VHSL Sectional Theatre conference hosted by Rockridge. They received a SUPERIOR ranking for their one act performance of We Are the Sea.

They also placed 2nd amongst seven LCPS schools and moved on to the regional competition, on Saturday Nov 19 at Millbrook HS in Winchester, VA where they received 3rd place.

Amanda Anthony received the 2nd place overall best actor award. And Ava Peach, Rachael Giessmann, and Madisson Peshoff all received honorable mentions for their performances.

Looking for a way to get into the Holiday spirit? Come out to the FREE Holiday Music Concert Series featuring Tuscarora Music Ensembles. Here are the dates and times of our shows:

Choir on 12/6 @ 7pm

Strings on 12/8 @ 7pm

Guitar on 12/13 @ 7pm

Band on 12/15 @ 7pm

Congratulations to our choir students who auditioned and were accepted into District Choir. The event will be held at Dominion HS on February 10 and 11th, 2023.

Selected singers include: Ava Peach, Carolyn Snead, Alyce Snead, Dillan Vanzego, Sydney Nicklas, Madison Tulowitzky

We are looking for students and staff to join our Tuscarora Performing Arts team in producing Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame. If you are a singer, dancer, tumbler, juggler, contortionist, or any talented individual, join us!

Auditions are December 13,14, & 15 afterschool.

Sign up to audition here: https://forms.gle/8NpqEXg7Jkn7bbed7

Questions? Contact Mr. Daniel

Congrats to the Cast & Crew of Lord of the Flies for a great show run! We look forward to hearing about Cappie nominations in May. Read what local students had to say about our show in The Pack:

• https://thsthepack.com/8210/entertainment/cappies-review-lord-of-the-flies/
  
• https://thsthepack.com/8206/entertainment/cappies-review-the-lord-of-the-flies/

Congratulations to Julia Johnson, Christopher Tally, and Bailey Bushrod for an AMAZING performance with the Northern Central Virginia Regional Orchestra on November 13th, 2022, at 3:00 PM, at Brooke Point HS!

These amazing students made it in one of the most competitive honors orchestras in our region; and they drove two hours away to Stafford to be a part of this incredible experience! We are SO proud of them for their excellence and dedication to music!!!

Pictured below are Mrs. Marian, Bailey, Julia, Chris, and upfront on the floor, Mrs. Wright from Smart’s Mill MS!!!!

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 full-immersion academies while Japanese and Latin are partial-immersion). Information about the academies can be found on the VDOE website here.

Applications to THS are due December 16th, 2022.

Welcome to the second quarter. Let’s begin strong and end even stronger. Some students will need to take the winter SOL for Algebra 1.

All Algebra 1 and Geometry students will take the second administration of the MAP assessment in January. The data from the MAP assessments help teachers and students measure academic growth and progress since their fall administration of the MAP assessment in September. MAP assessment data is also used to help determine students' readiness for upcoming course concepts. For more information about the MAP assessment, please click here.

ALSO, IMPORTANT NEWS!

Changes are coming to the courses offered next year in Loudoun County. Courses that will be retired (no longer offered) are Non-AP Calculus and AFAM (Advanced Functions and Modeling). We will begin offering AP-precalculus next year. Students will have a several course progressions to choose from in the mathematics curriculum track. Please view the possible pathways here: Secondary Mathematics Course Selection Pathways. Please click here for the Secondary Mathematics Course Selection Process

On November 22, Tuscarora students of African American History and Literature took a field trip to Stone Bridge High School. While there, they presented projects on the history of African American cuisine with students from Stone Bridge and Virtual Loudoun. Afterwards the group enjoyed tasting a variety of food such as macaroni and cheese, gumbo, cornbread, and beignets.

The Tuscarora High School Book Fair is here again! Let’s build our in-home libraries and give great gifts!

Students can purchase books from 11/30-12/6 in the THS Library. There will be a range of books so students can purchase gifts for family members as well.

Bookworm Central is our vendor again this year and a generous percentage of the profits go back to the library to purchase additional media and makerspace items. The largest portion of our proceeds go to fund book purchases for THS readers who might not have been able to participate otherwise. Let’s go shopping!

https://www.bookwormcentral.com/index.php

This past Halloween, the Tuscarora High School Key Club was selected to serve as the Grand Marshal of the 66th Annual Leesburg Halloween Parade! Thank you, THS Key Club for your dedicated service for the HeadStart program, the animal shelter, and more.

During the month of November, PEER engaged both Smart's Mill Middle School students and Tuscarora students in a Thankfulness writing campaign. Students jotted down one thing they were thankful for on a leaf and posted to turkey banners.

Welcome to the Winter Season Husky Nation!

While we are in the middle of our Winter SY 23 sports please realize that Spring 23 is just around the corner!

Online registration is now open for all SY 23 sport is open at www.huskyathletics.info

All physicals must be dated after May 1, 2022 and be on the VHSL Physical Form – VHSL Physical Form

Please complete all four pages thoroughly. Physicals missing signatures or information will be returned.

There is a new requirement this year – you will need to take the Sudden Cardiac course through NFHS (https://nfhslearn.com/courses/sudden-cardiac-arrest). Course is 10 min. Please create an account, take course, download or save a picture of certificate, you will need it for registration.

Returning Users: go to the website listed, sign in to your account, click ‘Register’ for returning students and ‘Add a New Student’ for new athletes in the family. Update your info and click Pay Later on the last page (there is no fee).

New Users: Please create an account, verify it, and follow the steps from above.

Winter Sports Tryouts start November 7, 2022. Please visit this link to contact individual sport coaches to inquire about out of season workout and tryout specifics. All Sport Coach List

TicketSpicket is our exclusive online ticket provider. Please follow this link to purchase tickets for all Tuscarora Athletic Events: TicketSpicket. This will be the primary ticket purchase moving forward. Family passes will again be offered in the fall.

Remember to search for the home venue to purchase tickets for Husky events. (Ex. If a game is at Heritage you will look for tickets by typing in Heritage on the school lookup)

Below is the coach contact information for the upcoming Winter Season:

The deadline for ordering a senior baby ad for your senior is December 31st.

Visit www.yearbookordercenter.com and enter our school code 13699 to get started. Scroll down and click “start your ad.”

Email Toni.Kelley@lcps.org with any questions.

Seasons Greetings from the PTSO! Lots of Holiday fun happening!

1. Order your Mickman Holiday Greenery by December 9th! For each item purchased, the PTSO receives $8 toward Senior Rise Scholarships:

https://thsptso.ptboard.com/annlist?ann=lHeADAriSe6_KzvstuXWwwfnf__-fCzTFEw=

2. THS ornaments, purchase online and we’ll send you an email with pick-up instructions. Choose from “Tuscarora High School” or “Class of 2023” ornaments!

https://thsptso.ptboard.com/formvw?store=3206&form=

3. THS Staff Holiday gifts!! We’re spreading the holiday cheer with Staff Holiday cheer bags. Each Staff member will receive a gift card, ornament and candy. Please use this link to donate gift toward gift cards: https://thsptso.ptboard.com/annlist

Amazon wish list for ornaments: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3IOAIHOJZBRYY/?ref_=lol_ov_le

We’re delivering the Holiday cheer bags to THS on Wednesday, December 14th, please be sure to donate by Saturday, December 10th to allow time for delivery.

Please contact Heather Gonzalez (Thsptsoleesburg@gmail.com) with any questions.

Starting the week of November 28th, Tuscarora High School will begin offering the afterschool SLED program to support students' academic success. SLED is an afterschool program, offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30PM - 6:15PM, to provide students with extra support and tutoring.

During SLED students can:

• work with peer tutors to get help with homework, assignments, and studying.
• work with teachers to review or relearn class materials.
• complete assessments.
• work with peer tutors or teachers to strengthen skills for upcoming class content.

These are just a few ways SLED can provide support for your student's academic success.

Afterschool bus transportation will be available for students participating in the SLED program

If you are interested in this afterschool program, please reach out to your student's teacher(s), school counselor, or Assistant Principal.

We are about halfway through Quarter 2 of the 2022-2023 school year and there are many opportunities for students to seek additional help should students need support.

Credit Recovery: Students who were not successful in Q1 and earned an 'F' are able to participate in Credit Recovery. Students have the opportunity to collaborate with the teacher to learn any missed learning from Q1, complete assignments and assessments, to earn a passing grade for Q1. Please connect with the teacher with any questions.

Tutor.com: Students have access to a free, online tutoring service through Tutor.com. This service is available 24 hours a day and can provide tutoring support in a wide variety of subjects. Please leverage this resource that is FREE to all LCPS students.

Peer Tutoring Support: Multiple content departments have Honor Society students who are available to provide peer tutoring support. Please reach out to your teachers to see if any peer tutoring opportunities are available.

Holiday Concerts:

• Tuesday, December 6, 2022 @ 7:00 p.m. (Choir)
• Thursday, December 8, 2022 @ 7:00 p.m. (Strings)
• Tuesday, December 13, 2022 @ 7:00 p.m. (Guitar)
• Thursday, December 15, 2022 @ 7:00 p.m. (Band)

National Honor Society (NHS) Inductions

• Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Winter Break

• Monday, December 19, 2022 - Monday, January 2, 2023

Advanced Placement/Dual Enrollment (AP/DE) Night at THS

• Thursday, January 19, 2023

End of the Grading Period

• Friday, January 20, 2023

Empowering all students to make meaningful contributions to the world. At Tuscarora, we RISE!

Website: lcps.org/Tuscarora
Location: 801 North King Street, Leesburg, VA, USA
Phone: (571)252-1900
Twitter: @TuscaroraHS