2. Daily Announcements wednesday, december 16th, 2015

3. The Tiger Clause: Our Student Pledge We, the students of Thompson, pledge to: Be on time everyday and put forth our best effort by participating in the learning opportunities offered to us, demonstrate good character at all times and take responsibility for our actions. We pledge to make our school a positive, caring environment in which we respect our differences and where we pull others up instead of putting them down. Wilson, 2014

4. Let The Thompson Athletic Department Help You! Is Your Sock Game On Point? Tiger Logo Camo Crew $18 “Elite” Style With Tigers $15 If you are interested in looking fabulous on the court, making all the others envious on “crazy sock day” or just keeping your feet toasty this winter, see Mr. Donovan in Room 2359 or Mrs. Clements in the Main Office to purchase a pair!! Hurry, they will go fast!!

5. TIGER ROAR REGISTRATION IS OPEN! REGISTER ONLINE: WWW.SIGNMEUP.COM/111238 OR GET A REGISTRATION FORM FROM YOUR PE TEACHER REGISTER ONLINE BEFORE JANUARY 23 RD FOR $5 OFF REGISTRATION FEES!

6. It’s finally time to start … Thompson’s Holiday Club! Holiday Caroling Club Information 2015 Thompson’s Holiday Club starts on Tuesday, November 17 th, after school in the choir room! Don’t miss the chance to learn how to go caroling with your friends! See Mrs. Kleinmaier for details

7. PASSING PERIODS Students should not pass through the gym during passing periods…for any reason!

8. 7 th and 8 th GRADE GIRLS TRYOUTS FOR THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS WILL BE DECEMBER 14, 15 & 16 ALL GIRLS INTERESTED IN TRYING OUT FOR THE TEAM MUST REGISTER ON LINE USING 8to18. INSTRUCTIONS FOR 8to18 RESISTRATION ARE IN THE MAIN OFFICE. ALL GIRLS NEED TO HAVE A CURRENT PHYSICAL ON FILE IN ORDER TO TRYOUT. IF THE ARE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE SEE MR. TORREZ OR MR. PUCKETT

9. TOYS FOR TOTS As of today, we have collected just over 789 toys! That means we will be calling people this week to receive prizes from local businesses! Stay tuned! We are 111 toys away from our school goal! Here are the totals so far: In first place so far is Mr. Nassis’s homeroom with 137 toys! In second place is Mr. Donovan’s homeroom with 81 toys! In third place, Mrs. Kleinmaier’s Homeroom-“1” with 78 toys!! Honorable mention is Mrs. Sackmann/Mrs. Hamptom’s combined homeroom with 61 toys!! Remember, the top two collecting homerooms will have doughnuts provided AND earn free time in the gym! Our collection ends on Dec. 16-ONE WEEK FROM TODAY If we reach: 900 toys= We will be able to pie THE OSWEGO Fire Chief at our Toys for Tots Assembly on Dec. 18!!! We are only 111 toys away!!!! Our next collection will be this Friday! If we can collect 150 or more toys this week, then we will be showing a movie during all lunch periods on a day during the week of Dec. 14! We are so close to reaching this goal!

10. NJHS MEMBERS SCHEDULE CHANGE: Our Holiday Pot-Luck and Secret Santa will be on Wednesday, December 16th, this week! Don't forget to bring your Secret Santa gift and a snack or dish to share with everyone!

11. ROARING CHANGE 2015 SCHEDULE December 18, 2015 - The Roaring Change Schedule 8:14 – 8:35 Homeroom 8:40 - 9:30 Rotation 1 Cafe: 6 Gym: 7 Classrooms: 8 9:35 - 10:25 Rotation 2 Cafe: 8 Gym: 6 Classrooms: 7 10:30 - 11:20 Rotation 3 Cafe: 7 Gym: 8 Classrooms: 6 11:25 – 12:00 Wrap-up in gym All Grades

12. 6 TH GRADE CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS 1190 Abu Awad - Blomberg 1191 Blue - Corbett 1193 Corneliusen - Flaherty 1237 Florian - Hunter 1238 Ivy - Leubner 1239 Lewis - Montgomery 1243 Moodley - Prusinski 1246 Pryor - Schell-Auxier 1244 Schraft - Velazquez 1242 Ventura - Zepeda

13. 7 TH GRADE CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS 1190 Aagesen - Bourgoine 1191 Brackenridge - Diaz, Cami 1193 Diaz, Josephine - Georges 1237 Ginn - Hopp 1238 Hull - LeGrand 1239 Leigh - Miles 1243 Miller - Panza 1246 Partin - Sanchez 1244 Santacruz - Todd 1242 Torres - Zwart

14. 8 TH GRADE CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS 1190 Aguilar - Brockett 1191 Brown - Conn 1193 Contreras - Edwards 1237 Emanuel - Hagen 1238 Hall - Kowalczyk 1239 Kutschke - Mejia 1243 Metcalf - Provost 1246 Quinones - Sanchez 1244 Santiago - Uliks 1242 Urbina - Zavala

15. Please pick up all art work and projects in the LRC by Thursday, December 17

16. Schedules for Next Semester! Go to Home Access and find out your schedule! Make sure when you look at the “Classes” icon, then under “schedule” tab, that you look for all the classes M3, M4. This means Marking Periods 3 and 4. Schedules are correct right now for semester 2. If you think something is incorrect, see your counselor before break. The only schedule changes we make are for electives!! Print your schedule or take a screen shot so you know where to go. The new semester starts IMMEDIATELY AFTER WINTER BREAK. That means on Jan 4, you might be in some different classes than you’re in now.

17. A Very Caring Example: Team Hoyt Rick Hoyt was born in 1962 to Dick and Judy Hoyt. As a result of oxygen deprivation to Rick’s brain at the time of his birth, he was diagnosed as a spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy. His parents were advised to institutionalize Rick because there was no chance of him recovering, and little hope for Rick to live a “normal” life. Dick and Judy soon realized that though Rick couldn’t walk or speak; he was quite astute and his eyes would follow them around the room. They fought to integrate Rick into the public school system, pushing administrators to see beyond Rick’s physical limitations. His parents took him to do everything that “normal” kids do and taught him the alphabet and basic words. Rick uses a computer to “talk” to people. In the spring of 1977, Rick told his father that he wanted to participate in a 5-mile benefit run for a Lacrosse player who had been paralyzed in an accident. Far from being a long-distance runner, Dick agreed to push Rick in his wheelchair and they finished all 5 miles, coming in next to last. That night, Rick told his father, “Dad, when I’m running, it feels like I’m not handicapped.” This realization was just the beginning of what would become over 1,000 races completed, including over 30 marathons, duathlons and triathlons (6 of them being Ironman competitions). Also adding to their list of achievements, Dick and Rick biked and ran across the U.S. in 1992, completing a full 3,735 miles in 45 days. Rick was once asked, if he could give his father one thing, what would it be? Rick responded, “The thing I’d most like is for my dad to sit in the chair and I would push him for once.” Wilson, 2015