From Susie Ragan-Walsh, RN, Tipton Community School Corporation Nurse. All students entering Kindergarten, 6th grade, and 12th grade at the start of the 2017-18 school year MUST have their vaccinations complete before the first day of school. In accordance with Indiana State law, students will NOT be able to attend school until their vaccinations are complete. Be sure to schedule your appointments soon with your primary care physician or the Tipton County Health Dept. at 675-8741.

During the 1996-1997 school year, Tipton High School established the Academic Wall of Fame, as well as the Distinguished Wall of Fame. The goals of the Wall of Fame committee were to honor former students of Tipton High School for their accomplishments while encouraging current students to work toward this distinguished honor.

The Tipton community congratulates the three THS Alumni who were added to the Academic Hall of Fame during the 2017 Seniors Awards Program:

Karen (Funke) Hum (Class of 1983).  After high school Karen earned her undergraduate degree from IU. She then attended Ball State University where she earned her master’s degree and in 2016 her doctorate in Educational Psychology. She has served as the director of institutional research for Ivy Tech, and served the state of Indiana as the psychometric consultant during the process of preparing the state’s high school equivalency examination in 2013. She was the technical editor for the book,  Statistics for Big Data for Dummies that was published in 2015. Recently, she took a position at Purdue University as the Director of Assessment.

Jordan Clouser (Class of 2007).  After high school, Jordan attended DePauw University and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. In 2014, Jordan earned his Doctorate of Juris prudence from Chicago-Kent College of Law. Currently, Jordan works for law of Huelskamp and Associates, specializing in criminal defense.

Justin Clouser (Class of 2004).  Justin also earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science degree from DePauw University and was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. The next step of his educational journey led him to the University of Dayton’s School of Law. He earned his Doctorate of Jurisprudence degree in 2011.  Currently he works for the law firm of Noel Law in Kokomo. 

Mark your calendar for July 20th! Free school supplies offered at the Tipton 4-H Grounds.  Stop in and see us for some free supplies and back to school information.

Tipton Community School Corporation is a WeatherBug School. The WeatherBug Program collects weather data from our local site. This information is available to anyone in the community. Individual only need to download the program on their computer or app on their smartphone to receive weather information directly from Tipton. (Google WeatherBug)

Approximate range of the Lightning Alert Horns at TCSC.
When lightning is within 8 miles of the school, a fifteen (15) second alarm will sound. When lightning has cease to exist within this range for at least thirty (30) minutes, an all-clear signal will be given which is a series of three (3) short alarms of (5) seconds in duration each. Lightning alerts will also be received through individuals’ downloaded computer and phone applications.

The alarms will be activated between the hours of 6:00 am through 10:00 pm. This will prevent the alarms being sounded through the night or early morning hours.

The Indiana Department of Education’s Office of eLearning is excited to announce the awardees of the 2017 Digital Learning Grant. This grant supports corporations in providing professional development, developing content and expectations, creating avenues for parent and student communication, as well as purchasing devices.  Tipton Community School Corporation was one of thirty-two school corporations in Indiana selected to receive this grant.

TCSC’s grant calls for the expansion of the corporation’s one-to-one technology initiative to the third grade for 2017-2018.  This current school year, computers were provided to students in grades five and four.