Jenna Brull placed 3rd at MCL Forensics in Phillipsburg on Monday with her Informative Speech. Congrats, Jenna!
Join the TMP High School Band as they perform with the FHSU Bands this evening! Concert is at 7:30pm. Admission is free!
The 3rd Quarter Monarch Messenger is Out! Please checkout the JH newspaper's most recent edition.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17j3qmEAKVzdELE5sUygdEbSxckyQikSO/view?usp=sharing
Friday was the end of quarter three and the latest crew of Personal Finance students are ready to be good Money Managers, so we celebrated with some M&Ms!
It's FFA recap time!!
Feb. 24
Students competed in the Meats Judging CDE in Grinnell, KS where the team placed 4th overall and Grace A. Schmeidler placed 7th as an individual.
Ainsleigh & Ella Bain
Grace A. Schmeidler
Chloe Purinton
Feb. 8
Students competed at the Speech LDE at FHSU where TMP placed 10th overall with Grace A. Schmeidler placing 2nd and Caleb Marinzter 5th as individuals.
Grace A. Schmeidler
Chloe Purinton
Ella Bain
Preston Mermis
Caleb Marinzter
Feb. 14
Caleb and Mattias Matinzter competed in Ag Mechanics in Goodland, KS.
Feb. 20-22
FFA Week!!!!
20th - FFA Trivia won by 8th grader Ava Flynn (pictured)
21st - Hide the Pig found by Ieesha Guzman & Alejandra Robles (pictured) & FFA Officer Interviews
22nd - Pizza Party and KS FFA State President Christian Pena was a guest speaker for the middle school ag classes! (8th grade class pictured*)
Feb. 29
Students participated in community service by helping serve and handle food at Ag Appreciation Night held at the Schenk Building.
Grace A Schmeidler
Teagan Legleiter
Caleb Marintzer
Preston Mermis
Mattias Marintzer
Kimberly Sack
Chloe Purinton
Ava Schumacher
Collin Haselhorst
Yesterday the JH Scholars Bowl teams competed at Phillipsburg. The 8th grade team finished at 8-1 securing 1st place. The 7th grade team received 2nd place with a 6-3 record. Great job to both teams. Go Monarchs!
Junior High students, High School students, Faculty, and Staff celebrated Leap Day by leaping over various lines throughout the building today! 😁
To sign up for a blood drive time please click below.
https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time
The Chess team took two high school and ten junior high students to Hutchinson High School's Chess Tournament Saturday, and brought home some impressive results.
In the High School division, Sophomore Eli Stein tied for first with five wins and one loss, taking home the 2nd Place medal. Sophomore Blaise Staab was 10th with four wins and 2 losses.
In the Junior High division, the team jumped off to an early lead, and never looked back, finishing with 20 1/2 points, 7 1/2 points ahead of a 25-member team from Allison Middle School of Wichita, and 8 points ahead of Wichita Collegiate.
Individually, 8th Grader Dylan Billinger tied for first place with five wins and one draw, followed by 7th Grader Caden Pinkney, and 8th Graders Colby Schmeidler, Evan Staab, and Zack Billinger in 3rd through 6th with five wins and one loss. TMP took five of the top six places in the tournament! Providing support were 8th Graders Cade Schlautman, James Dickman, and Ethan Gibson, in 10th, 14th, and 17th places with four wins and two losses.
TMP's next action will be at State in Emporia on March 9.
Repeat guest speaker, Derek Gerstner, of Simons Wealth Management shared investment thoughts with our 3rd Quarter Personal Finance students. We talked about why it is good to diversify our investments to grow our money. We thank Mr. Gerstner for spending his time with us again!
Informational Meeting on Italian Pilgrimage is Tonight!
Current Freshmen and Sophomores Are All Invited to Attend!
All are welcome to this parish mission regardless of your home parish or if you're even Catholic. All are encouraged to attend!
Mr. Kellett will present to TMP-M high school students on March 20.
The Monarchs Forensics squad traveled to Wakeeney on Thursday and had a great showing at the novice tournament there. Morgan Greenwood placed 6th with her Humorous Solo. Morgan and Mia Baltodano placed 5th in IDA. Nathan Stecklein and Adrian Normandin placed 2nd in IDA. Thanks to Riley Frank and Jenna Brull who judged and mentored.
Congratulations to TMP-M's very own Amy Hudson! She was recognized by the diocese as the safety coordinator of the month for the entire diocese.
Amy works in the front office and handles many responsibilities including all of the safe environment compliance. We know our kids are in great hands when Mrs. Hudson is on the job.
Thank you so much for being at TMP-Marian! We're so blessed to have you!
https://salinadiocese.org/office/safe-environment-office/
Informational Meeting on Italian Pilgrimage is Tonight!
Current Freshmen and Sophomores Are All Invited to Attend!
Save the Date!
Kade '13 Megaffin and Adam '13 Urban are both going to be ordained transitional deacons on April 6 in the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina. These are their school pictures from their junior year at TMP-Marian.
Both men will then celebrate their first homilies on April 7 in Hays at the parishes of St. Nicholas of Myra (Urban) and St. Joseph (Megaffin). TMP-Marian plans to send a group of students and faculty members to the ordination in Salina.
Please keep Kade and Adam in your prayers.
Yesterday the TMP JH hosted a Scholars Bowl Tournament. We had 9 teams participate in the tournament. TMP's 7th grade team took second place with a record of 6-2 and the 8th Grade team took first place with a record of 8-0. Great Job Monarchs.
A special shout-out to all the volunteers and staff who came together to make the event happen. Without their support, the tournament would not have been possible. Thank you all so very much.
Today our 6th Grade Personal Finance hosted speaker Lisa Unrein from Sunflower Bank. She spent time talking with us about accounts, fees, services, and jobs in banking. We even enjoyed a 'Would You Rather' money themed game and got a few prizes! Thank you Mrs. Unrein!
TMP-Marian is proud to recognize senior Allison Weber and sophomore Preston Mermis for being Accepted to Play in the 12A Honor Band! The 12A Honor Band is a Nominated Process that reviews students on their District Band Placement and their History at the Regional and State Solo/Ensemble contest.
Allison Weber is 2nd chair Alto Saxophone out of 6 and Preston Mermis is 7th Chair Trumpet out of 13 for the Band! They will rehearse and perform at the Kansas Music Educators Convention in Wichita, February 22nd to the 24th!
Their performance is Saturday, February 24th, 1pm at the Century II Convention Center. Congratulations to these students for their hard work and dedication!
2024 TMP-M Sweetheart Candidates and parents:
● Nevaeh Weigel, daughter of David and Renee
Weigel; and Joseph Mindrup, son of Joe and Meg
Mindrup
● Halle Dreiling, daughter of Shane and Mona
Dreiling; and Nathan Stecklein, son of Todd and
Brenda Stecklein
● Allison Weber, daughter of Michael and Christine
Weber; and Henry Meitner, son of Chad and Sarah
Meitner
● Bentley Ditter, daughter of Wade and Jaye Ditter;
and Lynkon Vahling, son of Jeff and Kathleen (Class
of 1990) (Emmot) Vahling
● Tessa Befort, daughter of Brad (Class of 1986) and
Sarah Befort; and Caden Becker, son of Ray and
Olivia (Class of 1993) (Neuberger) Becker
