Unified Bowling had their second tournament at Mission Bowl this week. They placed 2nd, 10th, 11th, 15th, 20th and 21st! 🎳🎳🎳 #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Morgan Schmidt
bowling
bowling
bowling
bowling
Today our Success Center students learned about the importance of building credit, retirement investing, budgeting, & utilizing banking resources, among other financial topics. Thank you so much to Debbie Krivjansky, Dustin Barker, & Kalie Hileman from First State Bank & Trust! #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Mark Padfield
FSB&T presenting to Success Center students
FSB&T presenting to Success Center students
FSB&T presenting to Success Center students
How do you put what you've learned at a leadership event into action on your way home? You mop the bus for the bus driver when a drink is spilled! Thank you Eli Holthaus! (And no, it wasn't his drink 🙃)
over 1 year ago, Cody Witte
Student mopping the bus
Eli mopping
THS students visited Ottawa High School on Monday to attend a Renaissance Leadership Event. Students discussed what real leadership looks like & how to implement it in school to improve climate & culture. They brainstormed ideas specific to THS and heard from peers from other northeast Kansas high schools. The day ended with some fun competitive activities! #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Cody Witte
Dr. Campbell on stage
Dr. Campbell sharing a message
Students working in small groups
Students working in small groups
Student competing in a game
Students cheering
Fruit by the foot challenge
Beach ball relay
It's giving 👻spooky season👻! Mrs. Cassity's photography students put their aperture, shutter speed, white balance, & ISO skills to the test recently with a fun fall project! #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, USD 464
student wearing a white sheet like a ghost standing outside THS
a student wearing a sheet, dressed like a ghost, shoots a basket inside the auxiliary gym at THS
a student dressed in a white sheet like a ghost sits at the wheel of a car, wearing sunglasses
a student wearing a sheet like a ghost walks around with their arms up in the THS Chieftain Arena gymnasium
a student dressed like a ghost wearing a white sheet jumps up in the air, giving the illusion they are suspended
student wearing a white sheet like a ghost holds up a black camera to snap a pic
a white blurry ghost apparition in a gymnasium
a student dressed like a ghost sits at a table in the library with glasses on
a student dressed like a ghost in a white sheet wearing sunglasses sits at a table in the commons area outside Chieftain Arena
a student dressed like a ghost in a white sheet with blurred effects, walking down the hallway outside of TPAC
Our first state drumline of the year honored sophomore Paityn Van Middlesworth, who qualified for State Golf! On Monday, Paityn will travel to Hesston to compete in the 4A State Golf Championship. Congratulations and good luck Paityn!!! ⛳️⛳️⛳️ #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Tonganoxie High School
Paityn by herself
drumline with Paityn
The THS Unified Bowling team had their first tournament this week. Six teams attended and had a great time competing. One team placed first, with a new team record of 853 total pins. Great job, everyone! 🎳🎳🎳 #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Morgan Schmidt
bowling team
team play
fun pics
having fun
Abagale Bundy is the most recent student to earn a diploma in the Success Center. She is completing two classes for Allen County Community College credit this semester & two more next semester, so her cap and gown photos will have to wait until May. Congratulations Abagale, we are very proud of you! #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Mark Padfield
Abagale Bundy’s completion picture
Students in Profe McQueen's Spanish 1 classes played Matamoscas (Flyswatter) in pairs. They read slides of sentences in Spanish & raced their partners to swat the matching illustrations with pipe cleaners. Lots of teamwork to decipher the language while enjoying the competition!
over 1 year ago, Melanie McQueen
Pairs of students in their Spanish 1 classroom, sitting at tables, looking at slides on their Chromebook screens, playing a game to review unit vocabulary and culture. Using pipe cleaners to swat the illustration that matches sentences they read.
Pairs of students in their Spanish 1 classroom, sitting at tables, looking at slides on their Chromebook screens, playing a game to review unit vocabulary and culture. Using pipe cleaners to swat the illustration that matches sentences they read.
Pairs of students in their Spanish 1 classroom, sitting at tables, looking at slides on their Chromebook screens, playing a game to review unit vocabulary and culture. Using pipe cleaners to swat the illustration that matches sentences they read.
Pairs of students in their Spanish 1 classroom, sitting at tables, looking at slides on their Chromebook screens, playing a game to review unit vocabulary and culture. Using pipe cleaners to swat the illustration that matches sentences they read.
Pairs of students in their Spanish 1 classroom, sitting at tables, looking at slides on their Chromebook screens, playing a game to review unit vocabulary and culture. Using pipe cleaners to swat the illustration that matches sentences they read.
Pair of students in their Spanish 1 classroom, sitting at tables, looking at slides on a Chromebook screen, playing a game to review unit vocabulary and culture. Using pipe cleaners to swat the illustration that matches sentences they read.
Pairs of students in their Spanish 1 classroom, sitting at tables, looking at slides on their Chromebook screens, playing a game to review unit vocabulary and culture. Using pipe cleaners to swat the illustration that matches sentences they read.
Pairs of students in their Spanish 1 classroom, sitting at tables, looking at slides on their Chromebook screens, playing a game to review unit vocabulary and culture. Using pipe cleaners to swat the illustration that matches sentences they read.
Pairs of students in their Spanish 1 classroom, sitting at tables, looking at slides on their Chromebook screens, playing a game to review unit vocabulary and culture. Using pipe cleaners to swat the illustration that matches sentences they read.
Pairs of students in their Spanish 1 classroom, sitting at tables, looking at slides on their Chromebook screens, playing a game to review unit vocabulary and culture. Using pipe cleaners to swat the illustration that matches sentences they read.
The THS choirs had a beautiful fall concert! Our Chieftain Singers, Concert Choir and Treble Choir all sounded amazing! Thank you Tom Gifford and Carolyn Day for putting together an incredible show!
over 1 year ago, Cody Witte
Combined treble voices
Combined choirs
Tenor/Bass choir
Chieftain singers
Last week, Mr. King's Heavy Equipment students attended the Student Career Fair at Dozer Day Kansas City, an immersive construction industry experience. They visited with sponsor companies to explore career opportunities, discussed the industry & training, met with higher learning institutions, & hopped in the operator’s seat for hands-on experience. 🦺🏗🚧 #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, USD 464
a student drives a mini excavator loading balls into a yellow bucket
three students wearing safety vests and ball caps look on as bulldozers sit in the distance behind an orange mesh fence
three students wearing safety vests look on as three buckets full of stone sit on the table in front of them
a student wearing a safety vest digs in the dirt while using a miniature crane
students wearing safety vests sit at plastic tables in a tent during a break
high school student wearing a ball cap sits in the cab of a bulldozer
Day two of Shopping Day for Mrs. Rowe's Spanish 2 & 3 students was a success! Students continued advertising and selling in Spanish! #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Heather Rowe
4th hour
4th hour
fourth hour
fourth hour
fourth hour, Mr. Witte playing some connect four
sixth hour
sixth hour
eight hour
eighth hour
eighth hour
Students in Profe McQueen's Spanish 1 classes have been learning about the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. To review the cultural unit & work on listening comprehension in the target language, students played The Marker Game, a true/false listening game in which they raced their partners to grab a marker when they heard a true statement. #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Melanie McQueen
Students are seated on the floor in two lines, facing each other. One student per pair is holding up a marker.
Students are seated on the floor in a classroom, facing each other. One student per pair is holding up a marker.
Students seated on the floor in two lines, facing each other. Students have a marker in the middle, between each pair. They are playing a listening game.
THS Debate is back on the road for another season! Two teams medaled at the Paola High School Invitational on Saturday, October 5. The road ahead will take the team to Piper HS, Fort Scott HS, and Topeka West HS. #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Steven Harrell
THS debaters displaying their medals earned at the Paola Invitational on Saturday, Oct 5
AJ Ulreich has completed the academic requirements necessary to graduate from the Success Center; however, he is going to finish out his wrestling career & wrap up his welding program through KCKCC, so his cap & gown photos will have to wait for now. Proud of you, AJ!
over 1 year ago, Mark Padfield
AJ’s Success Center completion picture
AJ’s Success Center completion picture
Students in the Career & Technical Student Organizations at THS, including members of FCCLA, FFA, and SkillsUSA, joined together to help Harvesters today. These students are working hard to serve our community! #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Heather DeMaranville
Harvesters
Harvesters
Harvesters
Harvesters
Congratulations to the THS Marching Chieftains and the THS Chieftain Drumline for their superior performances yesterday at the Baker Marching Festival in Baldwin City, Kansas! Both ensembles received Superior (1) ratings! 🥇 🥇🥇 #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Charles VanMiddlesworth
Superior (1) Ratings!
Superior (1) Ratings!
Marching Chieftains!
Chieftain Drumline
Superior (1) Ratings!
Chieftain Drumline
Superior (1) Ratings!
Today is the first day of "Vamos de compras" for Mrs. Rowe's Spanish 2, 3, & 4 classes, when students open their very own stores! Earlier this week, they created commercials in Spanish to advertise to their fellow classmates. In this culminating event of shopping day, students are selling to (and bargaining with) each other & their customers, all in Spanish! #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Heather Rowe
5th hour
5th Hour
5th hour
5th hour
5th hour
3rd hour
5th hour
1st hour
3rd hour
1st hour
THS wrapped up Traffic Safety Week at the neon-themed football game on September 27. FCCLA and SADD members offered information on various safety topics, & students had the opportunity to sign the safe driving pledge banner, learn about big truck safety, & use virtual reality to reinforce safe driving habits. Thank you to FCCLA and SADD for working to keep students safe on the roads! #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Heather DeMaranville
traffic safety
traffic safety
traffic safety
traffic safety
Drum roll please......the winners of today's "Favorite Movie Genre" spirit day at THS are Rachel Harbour and Katherine Carter! Tomorrow's spirit day is "The Biggest Red and White Day Ever"!! Show your Chieftain pride tomorrow!! GO CHIEFTAINS! #tongienation #usd464
over 1 year ago, Crystal McCoy
Rachel Harbor was one of the winners of "Favorite Movie Genre" day, dressed up as "Roman Empire movies"!
Katherine Carter was one of the winners of "Favorite Movie Genre" day, dressed up as "Christmas Movies"!