South Tama 5th gradeAneweer, LogenAraiza, NicolasBabinat, AlexanderBouthilette, LestatCervantes, JanetteChyma, AbigailDolezal, AubreyFontinel, DakotaGraff, CaleGutierrez, JosephineHill, RyderJaennette, KinzerJimenez, KadynKapayou, JeromeKearney, ClaireMathes, NevaehMunoz-temich, ...
The children of Phyllis Elizabeth Norton donated $1,000 worth of new books to the South Tama Elementary Library in honor of what would have been her 100th birthday on September 25, 2017. Phyllis and her husband, Herbert Norton Sr., opened a music store in Tama in 1958. Their children Linda ...
South Tama County schools employees received ALICE training on Wednesday, Jan. 3. ALICE is the acronym for Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate. The training emphasizes procedures for active or violent intruder incidents. Early in the fall, the STC High School had a threat of violence and a ...
Eight students from South Tama Middle and High School were recently selected to take part in the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association Honor Band held each year in Oelwein the first Saturday in December.The festival selects outstanding musicians from 7th and 8th Grades for the Middle School ...
South Tama schools special education programs are getting a thorough review with an action plan to meet with and survey parents, involve the students and provide added support for staff. Kym Stein, hired as the district special education director in October, and Superintendent Jeff Berger told ...
Ian Vore (5th): Congratulations to Ian Vore for winning November's Student of the Month. He has showed respect, responsibility, and building relationships. Ian Vore is 10 years old. He is in 5th grade. He has three sisters named Linsie, Skyler, and Ashton Vore. His parents' names are Jeff and ...
It's been a bit since the last column. It seems to go that way once you get past October with all of the holidays. So this column is a little bit of everything.Thanks to those of you who came out to our Project 60 event. We had, by our estimate, around 220 of you attending and it was great to ...
While South Tama elementary, middle and high schools all were in the "acceptable" category in the 2016 Iowa School Report Card, each slipped into the "needs improvement" assessment in the 2017 Report Card released on Tuesday, Dec. 12.STC schools are not alone - 28.6 percent of Iowa schools ...
How far will it go? Teachers and students gathered recently to answer that question. South Tama physics teacher, Danny Mayo, along with his physics class and Jeff Niedermann and his metals class began learning about and building trebuchets this semester. The students work was displayed in a ...
By John SpeerEditorjspeer@tamatoledonews.comCiting a total of 70 English Language Learner students currently enrolled at South Tama High School coupled with the resignation of the high school ELL aide, Superintendent Jeff Berger recommended adding a second ELL teacher to the high school staff ...