Thomas More Prep-Marian Jr./Sr. High School

TMP-M Junior High Student Council held a toy drive for Toys for Tots over the last month. Over 80 items were collected and donated during this holiday season. Thank you to all students and families for their generosity!

Congratulations to Blaise Staab, who won the 56-player High School division of the Washburn Rural Chess Tournament on Saturday with a score of five wins and one draw! Congratulations also go out to the Junior High Chess Team, who came from behind to tie for first and second with the host team in the Junior High division of Saturday's Washburn Rural Chess Tournament with 19 points! Unfortunately, we brought home the 2nd Place trophy on tiebreaks. Individually, 7th Grader Caden Pinkney placed 2nd out of 61 players with 5 wins and one loss, 8th Grader E.J. Gibson placed 4th with 5 wins and one loss, and Evan Staab placed 6th with 5 wins and one loss. 8th Graders Zack and Dylan Billinger placed 9th and 13th respectively with 4 wins and 2 losses.

Check out the Advent Family Challenge!

Monarch For a Day is Jan. 5, 2024. Families with 5th and 8th grader should definitely consider attending. Register at TMP-M.ORG or by contacting Melissa Schoepf at schoepfm@tmpmarian.org.

The Junior High Chess Team brought home another 1st Place trophy this past Saturday, defeating six teams in a field of sixty-eight players at Allison Traditional Magnet Middle School in Wichita. TMP-Marian jumped out to an early lead, and never gave it up, extending their lead all the way until the final round. Ultimately, TMP-Marian's top four scores, from which the team score is determined, totaled 20.5 points, followed distantly by Wichita St. Francis of Assisi with 16.5, and host Allison with 16. TMP took ten players to the tournament; it is interesting to note that TMP-Marian's second four scores would have tied for third! Individually, TMP-M dominated as well. 8th Graders Zack Billinger, Evan Staab, and Ethan Gibson took the first three individual places--Zack winning the tournament with a score of five wins and one draw, Evan placing 2nd with five wins and one loss, and Ethan placing 3rd, also with five wins and one loss. Rounding out the score of 20.5 was 7th Grader Caden Pinkney, who also had five wins and one loss. Also placing well were 8th Grader Dylan Billinger at 12th, 6th Grader Garret Billinger at 16th, 6th Grader Jarett Leiker at 21st, and 6th Grader Joshua Marintzer a 22nd, each with four wins and two losses. TMP-Marian will travel to Washburn Rural in Topeka next weekend.

FFA Review November 2023 November was packed with LDE's (Leadership Development Events), CDE's (Career Development Events), and field trips! At the beginning of the month the FFA officer team attended the Train the Trainer at Oakley where they learned how to teach and engage with elementary students through the KS Farm Bureau. Tessa Befort Allison Gottschalk Grace A. Schmeidler Chloe Purinton Collin Haselhorst Kimberly Sack Mid November, FFA members attended the Milk Quality & Food Products CDE at Wakeeney where the students tasted different kinds of cheese and milk, tested milk for mastitis, and took an exam. TMP-M placed 8th in the milk quality.. Grace A Schmeidler Allison Gottschalk Tessa Befort Chloe Purinton Aingleigh Bain This Monday, FFA juniors and seniors had the opportunity to be a part of Legislative Day where they toured the capitol, ate lunch and had conversations with legislative leaders Barb Wasinger (State Rep) and Ken Corbet (Chair of KS Ag), and had a tour of a sheep operation at Wilson, KS. Tessa Befort Allison Gottschalk Grace Schmeidler Chloe Purinton Caleb Marintzer Finally yesterday, students attended the Vet Science CDE at Colby where they had to ID vet equipment, take an exam and a math practicum. TMP-M placed 7th overall with Chloe Purinton placing in the top 10. Kimberly Sack Grace A. Schmeidler Collin Haselhorst Brooke Befort Caleb Marintzer Ainsleigh Bain Chloe Purinton

Why a well-rounded TMP-Marian Catholic Education? This Wall Street Journal article gives a great case in point. https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/colleges-teach-chitchat-to-shy-students-81fe9db1?st=8w1q0phenps5who&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink

Boys and Girls Retreats Connect Students with their Faith. The TMP-Marian high school girls are attending their Loved and Lovely Retreat at St. Nicholas of Myra today. They are enjoying dynamic speakers, a praise and worship band, a homemade spaghetti lunch, Adoration, games, confessions, and Mass. The high school boys are attending the Virtue and Manhood Retreat at Kennedy by hearing Catholic speaker Dave DiNuzzo, playing dodge ball, Adoration, pizza lunch, confessions, games, and Mass. All students will be dismissed at 3 p.m. The parents of our high school students will be pleased to know that their children are sharing faith moments and fellowship with their peers and teachers. We have much to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving and God bless!

Fr. Damian Richards, of TMP-Marian and St. Nicholas Parish, was a guest speaker in the 6th Grade Personal Finance class today. He spoke about his parish budget and how they take care of the money given to them by the parishioners. Even the church has to be good stewards of the money entrusted to it. We saw some real world examples of what all the parish does to take care of us all. We thank Fr. Damian for his time and pray for all those who support our Heartland Parishes and in turn, our Catholic Schools! 🙏🏼

Results of the Diaper Drive (Value given in cost of diapers donated) Diaper Drive 2022: $11,352.86 Diaper Drive 2023: $13,998.68 Just incredible! These will be used across the Diocese for families in need. Thank you so much to everyone who helped make this event possible!

The JH Robotics club met today and started preparing for M4D.

The Thomas More Prep-Marian H.S. FBLA members are now selling Krispy Kreme donuts as part of their fundraiser for state and national FBLA competitions. We are selling Original glazed donuts as well as several specialty donuts: raspberry filled, lemon filled, kreme filled, and chocolate iced. FBLA members will be selling until December 6th. We will plan on delivery of Krispy Kremes on January 3rd (weather permitting). If you are interested, please contact the school and we will get an FBLA member in touch with you--or email linnj@tmpmarian.org. Thank you for all your support of our FBLA program!!

Last 2 Days to Complete the TMP-M Parent Survey! If you haven't done so already, please complete the parent survey on your perceptions of TMP-M. It takes less than 10 minutes and helps the school tremendously. Your gift of time is appreciated! Complete the survey by 11:59 p.m. Nov. 17.

Save the Date and Share with Potential Families!

Not to make you jealous or anything at lunch time, but one of the best TMP-M traditions is the annual Thanksgiving lunch! Today, students, staff, and guests have been enjoying turkey, pumpkin pie, and all the delicious food made by the best kitchen staff in the world! Every day, grateful for the good!

Attention Senior Parents: Senior/Baby Ad forms and payments are due Dec 8th. Any questions please contact Mrs. Niehaus at niehausc@tmpmarian.org

Individual Math Relay Results Posted The Monarch Math Relay team took 2nd place in the 2A/3A division at FHSU on Thursday Nov 9. Sacred Heart scored 88 points and won the division, we had 64, while Ellsworth had 44. There were about 25 teams in our division. Here's how our students fared: Event #1 Number Sense No Calculators) Emmett Choi 4th in 10th grade Samuel Schroeder 4th in 11th grade 11th grade team (Haley Stecklein, Brooke Koenigsman, Caleb Marintzer) 6th. Event #2 Trigonometry Emmett 2nd as 10th grader competing against 11th graders Samuel 4th Zechariah Dickman 10th as 10th grader competing against 11th graders 11th Team 7th. Event #3 Algebraic Manipulations Emmett 1st Zech 10th in 10th grade Samuel 1st Lucas Hess 8th in 11th grade. Event #4 Geometry Samuel 9th Jacob Heimerman 6th in 12th grade 11th Team 10th. Event #5 Word Problems 11th Team 2nd. Event #6 Calculators Emmet 2nd Samuel 10th 11th Team 2nd 9th Team (Jacob Schroeder, Hannah Rose, Samuel Krannawitter) 2nd. Mattias Marintzer and Derek Becker also participated. The students were so happy with their finish that they carried the 2nd Place Trophy through the Victory Gates and all the way to Mr. Befort's classroom! Thanks to Ms. Miller who made sure everyone got to their tests and took the pictures. Go Monarchs!

The 11th grade Monarch mathletes had a great day today placing 2nd overall out of 48 high schools in the Fort Hays State University's 2023 Math Relays. Junior class team members are: Lucas Hess, Brooke Koenigsman, Haley Stecklein, Sam Schroeder, and Caleb Marintzer. Many individuals placed in the top 10 of specific events. We will share individual results soon. But for now, here are some snapshots from the day. Congratulations Monarchs! Other team members include soph. Zechariah Dickman, soph. Derek Becker, soph. Emmett Choi, sr. Jacob Heimerman, fr. Hannah Rose, fr. Sam Krannawitter, fr. Mattias Marintzer, fr. Jacob Schroeder, and coaches Jake Befort and Sianna Miller.

TMP-Marian Business department had some additional good news this morning in regards to the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge on Nov. 7. Apparently there was a tie for third place at the YEC. So this morning, Mr. James Robben, the Director of Business Development for Grow Hays, presented Ainsleigh Bain and Haley Stecklein a check for $300. Congratulations Ainsleigh and Haley!

FBLA students and sponsor would like to thank everyone who participated in the Red Wheel fundraiser. Your support is GREATLY appreciated. We exceeded our goals because of your wonderful support of our students and our FBLA program. Red Wheel items will be shipped to TMP-M High School on Wednesday, November 15th. Students will be in contact with you on pick up or delivery instructions. Thank you for your continued support of our TMP-M students and all our programs. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” -Helen Keller.