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
Parents of Seniors
There will be a Project Graduation meeting in the Fr. Blaine Learning Commons at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow (Feb. 7). We will discuss the event and chairs for the various committees. Let's make sure and send off the class of 2024 in style!
Congratulations to the TMP-M Junior High students who competed in the Ellis County Spelling Bee this evening: Jack Stoecklein, Evan Staab, Dylan Billinger, and Leo Billinger. A special congratulations to Evan Staab for being declared the Ellis County Spelling Bee champion! Staab will compete at the state level in March at Kansas Wesleyan University.
Today the JH Scholars Bowl teams competed at Ellis. The 8th grade went 6-0 for first place. The 7th grade team went for 4-2 to tie for second place but lost head to head to Ellis so took third place. Way to go Monarchs!!!
Here is the January recap from our TMP-Marian FFA members!
Jan. 11-12
The top five students who sold the most fruit during our FFA fundraiser this past fall were rewarded with a trip to the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado with Mr. and Mrs. James as chaperones. While attending students walked through the trade show, multiple livestock barns, watched the Pro Rodeo, and multiple stock shows.
Participants:
Preston Mermis
Kimberly Sack
Tessa Befort
Teagan Legleiter
Brooke Befort
Jan. 23
FFA participated in Split the Pot during the Great Bend girl's basketball game, and the winner of the night donated back the proceeds to FFA!
Participants:
Grace A. Schmeidler
Chloe Purinton
Ainsleigh Bain
Collin Haselhorst
Kimberly Sack
Special Instructions for Friday, Feb. 2
-JH & HS students report at 9:15 a.m. for attendance. HFE students report to HFE at the regular start time.
-High school students who normally park in the east student parking lot need to park in the Monarch Complex parking lot instead. This is the loop lot near the softball and baseball fields. Students, do NOT park in the east student parking lot on Friday, Feb. 2. If you do, you may get blocked in by the parent pick-up line at dismissal.
-If a TMP-Marian student needs to be dropped off before 9:15 a.m., he or she may come to TMP-M as early as 7 a.m. They are to report to the high school Fr. Blaine Learning Commons for supervision.
-There is no breakfast served Friday, Feb. 2
-We have Early Release schedule for both TMP-M and HFE on Friday, Feb. 2, HS dismisses at 1 p.m. and JH & HFE at 1:15 p.m.
-If a JH or HFE student will ride with their older high school sibling, please notify the younger student's teacher. They will be dismissed with their high school sibling at 1 p.m. High school students giving younger siblings a ride need to check out their younger siblings from the Fieldhouse and then walk to your car.
-JH NOTE: JH will be picked up in front of the Fieldhouse this day.
-Parents picking up HFE and JH students need to enter campus through the 17th and Hall Street entrance and form a line in front of the Fieldhouse. There will be 7 calling spots and teachers on duty, just like at HFE's dismissal.
-Please place a piece of paper in your dashboard with your last name and your HFE and JH student names. Even if you have only a JH student to pick up, please have a paper with their names on it.
-Parents then exit campus via Victory Road and pull out onto Hall Street out of Victory Gate.
Didn't answer your question? Contact the office at 785-625-6577 or office@tmpmarian.org. We're ready for a fun and exciting day!
Catholic Schools Week is a week of gratitude. Today, we give the students a gift to show our appreciation for their hard work. TMP-Marian will dismiss early at 1 p.m. for JH and 1:05 p.m. for HS. Enjoy the afternoon off from school!
Today the junior high scholars bowl competed at Smith Center. The 8th grade team tied for first place at 8-1, but lost in a head to head with Northern Valley for 2nd place. The 7th grade went 9-0 taking first place. Way to go Monarchs!!!!
Splitting up into three teams due to the low turn-out, TMP took home three team trophies Saturday, placing 1st in both High School and Junior High divisions in their annual home tournament, played at Kennedy.
A High School team of six placed an easy 1st with 17 1/2 team points, outpacing both their Junior High counterparts and two other high school teams from Ellinwood with 13 and St. Xavier in Junction City with 7. Individually, Sophomore Blaise Staab, Sophomore Eli Stein, and Felicity Joplin of Pratt tied for first with 5 wins and 1 loss each, Blaise taking 1st on tie-breaks, and Eli taking 2nd.
The Junior High split up into two teams, the first team scored 14 1/2 team points, to place 1st in Junior High and 2nd overall. 8th Grader Zack Billinger led the team with 4 1/2 points, placing 1st individually, while 7th Grader Caden Pinkney placed 2nd with 4 points. A second Junior High team placed behind with 6 team points.
The 6th-grade class participated in the NASA Techrise virtual event today to see if they were selected for any of their proposed experiments. Although no teams were selected they all gained valuable experience in teamwork, collaboration, experimenting, and conducting proposals. They did an outstanding job and we are very proud of the entire class.
