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Seek more improvements to STC High building

Nick Hildebrandt, a Struxture Architects, Waterloo, representative, proposed a series of changes to the South Tama High School in Tama during a presentation to the STC?School Board on Monday night, Jan.18. Replacement of the four portable classrooms which are 29-years -old continues to head ...

S. Tama schools awarded grant totaling near the $500,000 mark

STC has been awarded the Teacher Leadership and Compensation Grant by the Iowa Department of Education. South Tama schools joins 294 other school districts in receiving this grant that equals nearly $500,000 for the District.This grant was passed by the legislature in 2013 as part of the ...

STC School Improvement Advisory Board is named

The South Tama School Board met Monday, Dec. 21, at the Professional Learning Room in the Partnership Center, Tama, and approved members on the School Improvement Advisory Committee (SIAC).The School Improvement Advisory Committee serves as an advisory group with the purpose of enhancing the ...

“Grocery Sack” contest is set By Soil Water District

To help spread the message of Soil and Water Stewardship Week, April 24 through May 1, Tama Soil & Water Conservation District will be holding its annual Grocery Sack Contest. 314 area students participated in this event last spring.The 2016 activity will be open to third, fourth and ...

Madison Stull, Anna Dvorak are South Tama High School Students of the Month

STC High School Students of the month for the month of December are Madison Stull and Anna Dvorak.Madison Stull,10th gradeParents: Josh & Wendy StullActivities Involved In: Newspaper, yearbook, God's kids, and Cheerleading.Madison's teacher said about her: "Madi has volunteered to be ...

Haley Shope: young ag Leader on the rise

Haley Shope is a senior at South Tama County High School. If you have not had the pleasure to meet this exceptional young woman, then allow me to introduce you to her. Haley is the daughter of Stacey and the late Mike Shope. She lives on a working farm outside of Toledo and is active in ...

STC Middle School names Nov. students of the month

Interviews and Biographies by Hannah Oliver, Olivia Stull, Adriana Cervantes, Draysen Henle, Addison Anderson, Nolan Upah, Roman Hill, and Grace Smith-Jasmin Ramos (5th)Jasmin Ramos is ten and she is in 5th grade. Her family members are her mom Mariela, her dad Cipriano, her brother Angel, and ...

South Tama National Honor society inductees

The 2015/16 National Honor Society Induction took place on Thursday, Nov. 19 at the Wieting Theatre in Toledo. To become a member of NHS four criteria must be met 1. Scholarship, students must have a 3.5 G.P.A. (grade point average) or higher, 2. Leadership, students must hold certain ...

South Tama School Board does not act on sales tax vote

It was incorrectly reported in the Dec. 18 issue of the Tama News-Herald South Tama voters will vote on Feb. 6, 2016, to decide if they approve the proposed spending of a one-cent tax collected on sales, services and use. No vote has been set for that date. The tax replaces school ...