THE SOUTH TAMA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING

MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 AT 5:30 P.M. IN

THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE AT TAMA, IOWA

High School Happenings

The Guidance Office wants to showcase some of the great things our students are doing in and out of the classroom at South Tama to prepare themselves for the future. In addition, we want to make parents and the community aware of the new and expanded course offerings coming to STC in the next academic year. 

Advanced Placement (AP) Courses

AP college-level courses and exams are a way for high school students to earn college credit and advanced placement, to stand out in the admission process, and to learn from some of the most skilled, dedicated, and inspiring teachers in the world.  Most four-year colleges in the United States and colleges in more than 60 other countries give students credit, advanced placement or both on the basis of AP Exam scores. By entering college with AP credits, students have the time to move into upper level courses, pursue a double-major or study abroad.  Advanced Placement course offerings have been recently expanded at South Tama to include AP English, AP Biology, AP Statistics, and AP US History.

Congratulations to the STC Concert Band for earning a Division I rating at large group contest in Grinnell on Friday, May 4th.  This is the first Division I rating for an STC concert band since 1997.  Way to go band!  This is also the first group of STC students since the 1985/86 school year to record a Division I at both state marching band and concert band in the same school year!

South Tama County Schools recently started using the ALERTNOW Communication system to send important information to parents.  If you receive a phone call or an email from ALERTNOW it is a message from the School District.

• Caller ID will display the school’s main number when a general announcement is delivered
• Caller ID will display 411 if the message is a dire emergency
• ALERTNOW will leave a message on any answering machine or voicemail.
• If the ALERTNOW message stops playing, press any key 1-9 and the message will replay from the beginning.

Please make sure you have accurate contact information on file at your child's school.  The system will not be able to reach you if we do not have accurate information in our records.