Today, our STEAM 7 students were treated to a presentation by Ice Cream Bar owners, Sarah DeSantis and Robert Farrell. They learned about the various ways to develop, market, and profit from a small business. Thank you for sharing your expertise!
In their science class, our Localvore students are studying the phases of the moon in preparation for their trip to the Clemens Center to see "Moon Mouse," and for this week's total lunar eclipse. The moon rises at 7:38pm on Thursday and totality is from 2:30am-3:30am on Friday. Enjoy the show, but make sure to get enough sleep!
The Doigs and the Doigosaur are ready for tonight's Staff Slam.
Are you?! Come to the HS gym to cheer on your middle school team and raise money for our PTO, Sports Boosters, and HS Student Council.
Doors open at 5pm and the games start at 6pm. See you there!
Students in Ms. Dawson's class learn a lot more than math. Here, they investigate real-world math applications while also using ELA strategies to write paragraphs that support claims with specific evidence, and have a touch of Spanish added in as well.
Boys Varsity Basketball won the sectional quarterfinal game this evening! And, they took time to shake hands with their young fans. On to semifinals at TC3! Go Blue Raiders!
Students from our Global Humanism Class are set to leave their mark at the United Nations International School-United Nations (UNIS-UN) student-led conference!
Full Article:
https://tompkinsweekly.com/articles/trumansburg-global-humanism-students-to-attend-un-conference/
Dikota Hamilton was cheered on by Charles O. Dickerson High School students, faculty, and staff as he departed for the 2025 Boys Wrestling State Championships in Albany, NY.
Good luck Dikota!
On Friday, our 7th graders took a field trip to the Women's Rights National Historical Park where they learned about civil rights, equality, abolitionists, and other 19th century reformers. Thanks to our teachers for organizing the trip! It was a great day.
On 2/13, TCSD celebrated its 3rd annual black light glow show. Our theme was “Under the Sea." The students did a fantastic job. A big thank you to the Trumansburg Education Foundation for sponsoring this event! Check out the video here: https://vimeo.com/1057313347?share=copy
Ski Club has been canceled for today. Today's session has been moved to next Sunday, 2/23/25.
MS Grade-Level Roundup! 5th graders are dividing fractions in math; 6th graders are annotating texts in ELA; 7th graders are practicing kindness by making valentines in their free time; and 8th graders are studying the Cayuga Lake Basin in Earth Science.
Due to current weather conditions and a bus driver shortage, the District will be operating on a two hour delay.
20 of our grade 7 and 8 chorus students represented TBurg at the STMEA All-County Festival last weekend. They performed an impressive program including a piece by Mozart, a folk song from South Africa, and a gospel piece. We are so proud of their hard work!
As we head into the long weekend, here are a few more scenes of our fifth graders handling artifacts at the Johnson Museum and touring Uris Library. They had a great time. Stay warm everyone!
Today, while some of our 5th graders visited the Cornell campus and Johnson Museum, others were reading buddies in kindergarten classes. Thank you, 5th grade, for being great role models!
See you tonight!
After learning about and experimenting with drawing, painting, and felting, our 8th grade art students document their projects for their final, online portfolios. Beautiful!
Our middle schoolers may be a little sleepy this week, but they are back to work and having fun. PE classes are learning a modified version of bocce while Social Studies 7 classes are using online games to review terms and concepts. Meanwhile, students in Math 7/Pre-algebra got a tasty treat today after learning about square footage and surface area while building gingerbread houses. Welcome back, everyone!
REMINDER: No School for PreK - Grade 12 from Mon, Dec 23 - Wed, Jan 1 ! Have a wonderful December Break!
Topping Tompkins County, Russell I. Doig Middle School has been ranked 66 out of 609 New York State schools based on the results of our 2024 science exams in grades 5 and 8. Congratulations to all of our students and teachers on the positive results of their hard work!
https://www.syracuse.com/hslife/2024/12/new-york-school-districts-ranked-from-1-to-609-based-on-new-test-scores-in-science.html