Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Thursday, October 24th, 2019

Attention members of Voila and The Red Cross Club, t-shirt forms are due Monday the 28th, so get them in fast.

Any Sophomore that is interested in attending the Butler Tech Career Day Field Trip that did not complete the survey during the presentation can still do so by Friday, October 25th.  The link has been emailed to you.  If you did not receive it or have any questions, please see your counselor or Mr. Phelps.  Your permission slip is due by Friday, November 8.  If you do not have one, please see your History teacher or grab one in the main office from Mrs. Stivers.

Voila is sponsoring SOCKTOBER again.  Please consider donating a pair of new socks, any type & any size.  The socks will be given away with a new pair of shoes.  Please bring the socks to Room 118!

Key club is going to be selling pins every day at lunch until October ends for $1 apiece, although you can donate more.  All profits will go to the Thirst Project, an organization that provides clean drinking water to impoverished nations in Africa.  Buy a pin and help save lives today.

Students if you want to donate blood next week please turn in your forms at lunch or room 611 to select your time.

Now for some Halloween Jokes and Scares

Now for todays birthday, Hunter French turns 16. Happy Birthday.

Hey Seniors, want a copy of the Senior Panoramic you just took? You can order them online or with an order form from the front office until Friday the 25th.

And now for Whats the T and Luke WP

28 days.

Last night the Washington Nationals took a 2-0 lead in the World Series with a 12-3 thrashing over Jose Altuve and the Astros game 3 is tomorrow at 8.

Once again, anyone who is interested in a Logan gives life shirt please see Caleb Allen. He also has wristbands so please see him to support the Logan Keebler scholarship fund.

Powderpuff rules meeting will be next Tuesday all athletes must attend.

Home games for today: None.

And that’s our broadcast on this day. I’m Luke South Poley. Thanks so much for watching, and if you missed out on pumpkins this week, sorry about your luck but stay tuned next week for another special Halloween announcement, we’ll see you tomorrow.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019

Are you still confused about what a VSCO girl is?  Are you obsessed with THS’s most famous TikToc Star?  Do you want to see the cross country team’s running faces?  Read and see photos from all that and more at talawandatribune.org or click the Talawanda Tribune link on the district’s portal.

Any Sophomore that is interested in attending the Butler Tech Career Day Field Trip that did not complete the survey during the presentation can still do so by Friday, October 25th.  The link has been emailed to you.  If you did not receive it or have any questions, please see your counselor or Mr. Phelps.  Your permission slip is due by Friday, November 8.  If you do not have one, please see your History teacher or grab one in the main office from Mrs. Stivers.

Voila is sponsoring SOCKTOBER again.  Please consider donating a pair of new socks, any type & any size.  The socks will be given away with a new pair of shoes.  Please bring the socks to Room 118!

Key club is going to be selling pins every day at lunch until October ends for $1 apiece, although you can donate more.  All profits will go to the Thirst Project, an organization that provides clean drinking water to impoverished nations in Africa.  Buy a pin and help save lives today.

Attention all YITs, we will meet after school today, hope to see you there.

Students if you want to donate blood next week please turn in your forms at lunch or room 611 to select your time.

Now for some information on Talawanda’s fall play

Now for todays birthdays, Dakota Abner and DJ Morris-Williams turn 15, and Maria Roell tunrs 16. Happy Birthday.

Hey Seniors, want a copy of the Senior Panoramic you just took? You can order them online or with an order form from the front office until Friday the 25th.

And now for Whats the T and Luke WP

Countdown to the season opener for the Brave hockey team vs Miami is down to 29 days.

Once again, anyone who is interested in a Logan gives life shirt please see Caleb Allen.

Powderpuf rules meeting will be next Tuesday during tutorial if you are paticipating in the event you must attend the meeting, as they will go over rules and pass out the T-shirts.

Home games for today: None.

And that’s our broadcast on this day. I’m Luke East Poley. Thanks so much for watching, and we leave you today with a special message from Jack Sikora about an event being put on here at THS courtesy of Channel 85.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019

Any Sophomore that is interested in attending the Butler Tech Career Day Field Trip that did not complete the survey during the presentation can still do so by Friday, October 25th.  The link has been emailed to you.  If you did not receive it or have any questions, please see your counselor or Mr. Phelps.

Huge congrats to both the Talawanda Ffa Chapter land evaluation teams at the state competition held on Saturday. The rural team finished in 6th place in Ohio and ALMOST qualified for the National contest in Oklahoma. Austin Weekley led the team with a 21st place finish, followed closely by Spencer Crauder, Dalton Schlichter, and Peyton Weekley. The urban team finished 12th in Ohio and was paced by Joseph Copeland, who was THE TOP INDIVIDUAL in the entire contest. Morgan Gillespie, Bryan Evans and Jordan Schulte also competed and did well in their first state event. GO AGGIES!

Voila is sponsoring SOCKTOBER again.  Please consider donating a pair of new socks, any type & any size.  The socks will be given away with a new pair of shoes.  Please bring the socks to Room 118!

Key club is going to be selling pins every day at lunch until October ends for $1 apiece, although you can donate more.  All profits will go to the Thirst Project, an organization that provides clean drinking water to impoverished nations in Africa.  Buy a pin and help save lives today.

Attention musicians, poets, writers, readers, singers, comedians, dramatists: the first Setting Stone Coffee House of the school year will be held on Friday, November 8th! If you are interested in performing, sign up today outside of Mr. Aerni’s room (320). Sign-ups will end on October 31st—so sign up today! Never been to a Setting Stone Coffee House before, see what they are all about at settingstone.com/coffeehouse

Now for a message from our newest sponsor, Rhotonol

Students if you want to donate blood next week please turn in your forms at lunch or room 611 to select your time.

Now for todays birthday, Chris Lute turns 15 and Catherine Marks turns 16. Happy Birthday.

And now for Whats the T and Luke WP

Countdown to the season opener for the Brave hockey team vs Miami is down to 30 days.

Anyone who is interested in a Logan gives life shirt please see Caleb Allen.

If you haven’t turned in your Powder Puff forms or money, you MUST SEE MR. ZIMMERMAN TODAY. T-shirt orders will go out today. There will be no practices this year, but there will be next Tuesday during tutorial.

Home games for today: None.

And that’s our broadcast on this day. I’m Luke West Poley. Thanks so much for watching, and the flow is gone.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Monday, October 21st, 2019

Any Sophomore that is interested in attending the Butler Tech Career Day Field Trip that did not complete the survey during the presentation can still do so by Friday, October 25th.  The link has been emailed to you.  If you did not receive it or have any questions, please see your counselor or Mr. Phelps.

The Talawanda Marching Band traveled to Coleraine on Saturday for their second competition of the season.  The band placed 1st in their class and 5th overall out of 13 bands. The percussion section placed 2nd overall.  Good job band.

Key club is going to be selling pins every day at lunch until October ends for $1 apiece, although you can donate more.  All profits will go to the Thirst Project, an organization that provides clean drinking water to impoverished nations in Africa.  Buy a pin and help save lives today!

Students who are interested in taking CCP in the spring please know that applications are due by Nov. 1.  Please see your School Counselor if you have any questions.

Do you miss seeing Paul Bolenbaugh now that he is at Butler Tech?  Are you able to easily beat Mr. Mills in Kahoot?  If so you should come to the first meeting of academic team.  It takes place in room 424 after school tomorrow from 2:30-3:30.  Paul will be there.  Please see Mr. Schmid if you have any questions

Attention musicians, poets, writers, readers, singers, comedians, dramatists: the first Setting Stone Coffee House of the school year will be held on Friday, November 8th! If you are interested in performing, sign up today outside of Mr. Aerni’s room (320). Sign-ups will end on October 31st–so sign up today! Never been to a Setting Stone Coffee House before, see what they are all about at settingstone.com/coffeehouse

Now for todays birthday, Abigal Bowman, Hunter Martin, and Katlyn Baldwin turn 17, and it’s Mrs. Merz’s birthday so be sure to wish her a happy birthday.

Picture Retakes and Senior Panorama on Tuesday the 22nd! Also, a Jostens representative will be here on Tuesday the 22nd during lunch with information about ordering Graduation items (like caps, gowns, and announcements, etc). Order early and save money!

And now for Whats the T and Luke WP

The football team pulled off a big win against rival Edgewood last fright in a 28-26 game Deondre Bothast-Revalee had 2 touchdowns and the Brave defense came up with a huge stop on a game-tying 2 point attempt for Edgewood in the fourth quarter to seal the win for the Brave. They improve to 6-2 on the year and 2-2 in the conference and their next game is at home this Friday versus Northwest.

A huge congratulations to the Girls Cross Country Team for winning the District Cross Country Meet on Saturday.  This is the first District Championship since 1985!  Members of the team are Hannah Lippincott, Maddy Iden, Libby Farmer, Lilly Iden, Eva Motta, Kylee Carver, and Abby Bahlau.  The boys also accomplished a first since 1985 by qualifying to the Regional Meet.  Kiefer Bell, Logan Murray, Jens Bartel, Eliot Berberich, Benjamin Farmer, Daniel Sawdai, and Quinn Kissell accomplished that feat on Saturday.  The Regional Meet will be held on Saturday in Troy with the girls racing at 12:30 and the boys at 3:00.

Home games for today: None.

And that’s our broadcast on this day. I’m Luke East Poley. Thanks so much for watching, and stop saying I look like Jack Tincher.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Friday, October 18th, 2019

Voila is sponsoring SOCK-tober again this year!  We will take new socks of all sizes & types.  The socks will be donated to a local Hamilton charity.  Please drop them off to Room 118!!! We will collect the entire month of October

Students who are interested in taking CCP in the spring please know that applications are due by Nov. 1.  Please see your School Counselor if you have any questions.

 The first meeting of academic challenge is in room 424 on Tuesday, October 22nd at 2:30.  Any questions,  see Mr. Schmid.

Freshmen: Don’t forget to ask friends, family, and teachers to buy candles for our fundraiser. Anyone who turns in a packet today will receive the candy goody bag along with an extra treat!

And now for a powderpuff reminder.

Like the video said, Powderpuff forms are due today.  See Mr. Zimmerman with any questions or concerns.  The game will be Tuesday, October 29th, NOT next Tuesday.  Again, the game will be Tuesday, October 29th at 7pm.

Now for todays birthday, Lexey Watkins turns 15. Happy Birthday.

Attention Setting Stone members: shirt order forms have been posted to Classroom. Please add your name and shirt size–last day to order is TODAY

And now for Whats the T and Luke WP

Two nights ago the volleyball team fell to Colerain in 3 sets in the postseason I apologize for not having that on yesterday, congrats to the volleyball team on a great season.

The girls soccer team fell to Loveland by a 3-0 score yesterday in the second round of the state tournament they finish their season with a 10-4-4 record and a second place finish in the conference congrats to them on a great season.

Home games for today: None, but good luck to the football team as they continue their season campaign tonight against rival Edgewood in Trenton the game will begin at 7 the student section theme is now a camo out that is a change from the beginning of the week so make sure to show up in camo tonight.

Lastly we would like to wish luck to the cross country teams as they will head to their district meets tomorrow on their quests for deep runs into the state tournament, the meet is at Cedarville University, the girls will race at 1 and the boys at 1:45 tomorrow afternoon.

And that’s our broadcast on this day. I’m Luke North Poley. Thanks so much for watching, and and have a great weekend.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Thursday, October 17th, 2019

Voila is sponsoring SOCK-tober again this year!  We will take new socks of all sizes & types.  The socks will be donated to a local Hamilton charity.  Please drop them off to Room 118!!! We will collect the entire month of October

Students who are interested in taking CCP in the spring please know that applications are due by Nov. 1.  Please see your School Counselor if you have any questions.

Are you a fan of Jeopardy?  Do you like the sound of buzzers?  Do you think you are smarter than John Jacobsen Whinery?  If you answered yes to any of these questions you should join academic challenge.  The first meeting is in room 424 on Tuesday, October 22nd at 2:30.  Any questions,  see Mr. Schmid.

Best Buddies members: our October meeting will be today after school in room 316. We will announce matches, play games, and have snacks. New members are still welcome to join us!

Freshmen: Don’t forget to ask friends, family, and teachers to buy candles for our fundraiser. Anyone who turns in a packet by this Friday will receive the candy goody bag along with an extra treat!

And now for the SWOC champs interviews

Only one birthday today, Trey Herring turns 17. Happy Birthday.

Key Club is raising money for the Thirst Project, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping provide safe drinking water in places where it’s not readily available, as well as help build wells for villagers across Africa.  We will raise this money by selling water themed pins during lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the rest of the month.  The minimum pin is only $1, but feel free to donate more!  Try to get a pin as soon as possible, as we have limited supply.

Attention Setting Stone members: shirt order forms have been posted to Classroom. Please add your name and shirt size–last day to order is this Friday.

And now for Whats the T and Luke WP

Good luck to Freshman Lorelei Langmeyer who will compete in the women’s youth doubles rowing event at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Massachusetts on Sunday.

Home games for today: None, but good luck to the girls soccer team as they head to Loveland to battle to 20th ranked Tigers in the second round of the state playoffs that game will start at 7 tonight.

And that’s our broadcast on this day. I’m Juicebox Luka. Thanks so much for watching, and we leave you with a preview video for the girls soccer game tonight we would like to share with you guys. Have a great day.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Wednesday, October 16th, 2019

Students who are interested in taking CCP in the spring please know that applications are due by Nov. 1.  Please see your School Counselor if you have any questions.

Attention all YITs, we will NOT be meeting today, but will meet next Wednesday afterschool instead.  Thank you!

Best Buddies members: our October meeting will be this Thursday, October 17, in room 316 after school. We will announce matches, play games, and have snacks. New members are still welcome to join us!

Freshmen: Don’t forget to ask friends, family, and teachers to buy candles for our fundraiser. Anyone who turns in a packet by this Friday will receive the candy goody bag along with an extra treat!

And now for powder puff

Only one birthday today, Michael Schwab turns 18. Happy Birthday.

Attention Setting Stone members: shirt order forms have been posted to Classroom. Please add your name and shirt size–last day to order is this Friday.

And now for Whats the T and Luke WP

Kiefer Bell is up for Cincinnati Cross Country athlete of the week you can vote for him on the Cincinnati Enquirer’s High School sports page.

If you want to nominate a teacher of the day for me to interview during these slower sports weeks email me your nomination at luke.westpoley@talawanda.org

Home games for today: None

And that’s our broadcast on this day. I’m Caleb West Bogseth. Thanks so much for watching, and have a great day.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Tuesday, October 15th, 2019

Students who are interested in taking CCP in the spring please know that applications are due by Nov. 1.  Please see your School Counselor if you have any questions.

Attention Setting Stone members: shirt order forms have been posted to Classroom. Please add your name and shirt size–last day to order is this Friday.

Now for todays birthdays. Zeek Nates and Mya Eynon turn 16, and Camille Ingersoll turns 17. Happy Birthday.

And now for Whats the T and Luke WP

The girls soccer team defeated Winton Woods by a healthy margin the finals score last night was 9-0. Ainsley Clark broke the all time season scoring record with 24 on the season. They play next Thursday vs Loveland in the second round of the state tournament.

Home games for today: None

And that’s our broadcast on this day. I’m Owen West Poley. Thanks so much for watching, and have a great day.

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Monday, October 14th, 2019

Attention Setting Stone members: shirt order forms have been posted to Classroom. Please add your name and shirt size–last day to order is this Friday.  Additionally, we will meet briefly after school today to discuss the upcoming Coffee House.

Key Club is raising money for the Thirst Project, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping provide safe drinking water in places where it’s not readily available, as well as help build wells for villagers across Africa.  We will raise this money by selling water themed pins during lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the rest of the month.  The minimum pin is only $1, but feel free to donate more!  Try to get a pin as soon as possible, as we have limited supply.

Students who are interested in taking CCP in the spring please know that applications are due by Nov. 1.  Please see your School Counselor if you have any questions.

Now for todays birthdays. Brooke Hubbard and Jeffrey McNeil turn 16, and Tiffany Johnson turns 17. Happy Birthday.

Talawanda Baseball Players: Open Field and Weights are cancelled this afternoon. Be ready to pick it back up Wednesday.

And now for Whats the T and Luke WP

The cross country team dominated the SWOC championships at home on Saturday.  The boys and girls teams were both victorious and in the process set new league records for the fewest points scored.  Hannah Lippincott and Kiefer Bell were named runners of the year for their first place finishes.  Maddy Iden, Lilly Iden, Eva Motta, and Libby Farmer were named first-team SWOC for their efforts.  Logan Murray and Jens Bartel were also named first-team.  Kylee Carver, Abby Bahlau, Eliot Berberich, and Benjamin Farmer were named second-team.  The team will try to advance to the Regional Meet this Saturday as they run the District Meet at Cedarville.

And the football team defeated Mount Healthy in a wild game on Friday night the final in that one 24-6, Deondre Bothast-Revalee had 3 touchdowns in that one and the football team picks up their first SWOC win of the year, they also improve to 5-2 overall and they will look to guarantee a winning record this year on Friday at Edgewood it will be a jersey out.

Photo credits to Nathon Detherage for this meme provided to us.

Home games for today: Girls soccer hosts Winton Woods in the first round of the State Playoffs, that will start at 7 and admission will be $6 and sports passes will not be accepted at this game.

And that’s our broadcast on this day. I’m Lazlo holmes. Thanks so much for watching, and I hope everyone had a fun and safe homecoming weekend. And waddup dawgs

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Thursday, October 10th, 2019

Key Club is raising money for the Thirst Project, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping provide safe drinking water in places where it’s not readily available, as well as help build wells for villagers across Africa.  We will raise this money by selling water themed pins during lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the rest of the month.  The minimum pin is only $1, but feel free to donate more!  Try to get a pin as soon as possible, as we have limited supply.

The Fall Spooktacular Blood Drive will be held October 30th all students 16 and over are able to donate blood.  With each donation three lives are saved!  Pick up forms during lunch, in the office or room 611.

Now an announcement for the future live streams of Channel 85

Best buddies members and anyone interested in joining: Our next meeting will be Thursday, October 17 after school in Mrs. Sammons’ room. We will have SNACKS! If you missed our first meeting, please see Mrs. Sammons for information about signing up to be a member! 

Now for todays birthdays. Annmery Katto turns 15 and Nathan Detherage turns 17. Happy Birthday.

Voila is sponsoring SOCK-tober again this year!  We will take new socks of all sizes & types.  The socks will be donated to a local Hamilton charity.  Please drop them off to Room 118!!! We will collect the entire month of October.

Attention THS students! Once again, NOSEBLEED will be performing after Homecoming. It will be from 12-12:30 after the Homecoming dance. Come out and rock! If you want to buy merch, links are at their instagram page, @Nosebleed.OH

And we’d like to thank everyone who participated in spirit week

And now for Whats the T and Luke WP

I’m glad that my announcing position is safe over Peter for now, but we’ll have to see how you guys respond.

Congratulations to Dylan Slager on his performance at Districts a couple of days ago. The golf team’s season is over and came with a SWOC title this year so awesome job boys golf.

Events this weekend: Homecoming parade through town at 6, enjoy your day off for the fall break tomorrow, then head out tomorrow night to the homecoming football game at 7 it is a Pink Out and should be a great time as the team looks to pick up their first SWOC win of the year against the Owls of Mount Healthy. Then Saturday morning the Cross Country teams will be hosting the SWOC meet in the field behind the football stands with the girls team having their sights set on a third straight SWOC title and the boys hoping for their first since 2012, so come out and support your cross country team. Finally Saturday night will be the homecoming dance at 8, so have a great time at that.

And that’s our broadcast on this day. I’m Luke West Poley. Thanks so much for watching, and have fun and stay safe on this long homecoming weekend.