Tri-County Area School District

4K-5th Grade Homecoming Spirit Week Dress-Up Days!

Youth Night at Lawrence University! Congratulations on the three set win, Lady Vikings!

Middle School Dress Up Days for Homecoming Week at TC!
Get your outfits ready for a fun-filled spirit week!
Her is the official schedule for our dress-up days:
Monday, September 28th- Pajama Day
Tuesday, September 29th- Twin Day
Wednesday, September 30th- Color Day
Thursday, October 1st- Jersey Day
Friday, October 2nd- TC Colors Day
GO TC!

🐧📸 THE FLAT PENGUIN HOMECOMING CHALLENGE! 📸🐧

Flat Penguin is ready for Homecoming Week — but he needs YOUR help to have some adventures!
Throughout Homecoming Week, we’ll post different Flat Penguin Challenges for students, staff, families, and community members to complete. Grab your Flat Penguin, complete the challenge, snap a picture, and share the fun!
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
🐧 1. Get Your Flat Penguin
Print, color, and/or decorate your Flat Penguin. Make him as simple or as creative as you'd like!
📣 2. Watch for Challenges
New Flat Penguin challenges will be posted throughout Homecoming Week. Some will be easy, some silly, and some might take a little creativity!
📸 3. Complete the Challenge
Take Flat Penguin along and snap a picture showing him completing the challenge.
📱 4. Share Your Picture
Post your picture on Facebook or Instagram using:
#TCPENGINNATION
#FlatPenguin
#Homecoming2026
Make sure your post is set to public if you would like us to be able to see and share your entry!
🏷️ 5. Tag Us
Tag TCPENGUINNATION so we don't miss your Flat Penguin adventure!
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
EVERYONE! 💛
🐧 Elementary students & families
🐧 Middle school students
🐧 High school students
🐧 Teachers & staff
🐧 Parents & grandparents
🐧 Alumni
🐧 Community members
Students who are too young for social media can have a parent, guardian, or other trusted adult post their entry for them. Students do NOT need a social media account to participate.


THE RULES
• Your Flat Penguin must appear in the photo unless the challenge says otherwise.
• Keep all photos and captions school appropriate.
• Complete challenges safely and follow all school rules.
• Do not interrupt classes or enter classrooms/offices without permission to complete a challenge.
• Never put yourself or someone else in an unsafe situation for a picture.
• Please get permission before posting recognizable photos of other people, especially children.
• Do not include private information such as addresses, phone numbers, student schedules, or other personal information.
• You may complete as many challenges as you'd like!
• Be creative! Funny, clever, and unexpected Flat Penguin adventures are encouraged. 🐧
🏆 PRIZES & BRAGGING RIGHTS
We'll be watching for Flat Penguin adventures all week!
Awards may include:
⭐ Most Creative
😂 Funniest
💛 Most School Spirit
🐧 Best Dressed Penguin
👨‍👩‍👧 Best Family Entry
🏫 Best Staff Entry
📸 Best Photo
🌎 Furthest Flat Penguin Adventure
🏆 Ultimate Flat Penguin
Some challenges may also be worth Homecoming points for your class!
Most importantly — have fun, show your Penguin Pride, and let's see just how many adventures one little Flat Penguin can have!
Ready, Set... WADDLE! 🐧💛

Artist of the Week - Faith Joseph is a senior in 2D Art 2 . Faith is an outstanding artist here at TC and won several awards last year in our school art show. Her watercolor painting measures 23" x 17". Faith's use of color, tints, shades and overall effort created a stunning painting. As we sail into a new school year, this piece is an outstanding choice for our first Artist of the Week.

1000 plus career digs for senior Addyson Rettler. Way to go Addyson!

Tonight the HS cross country team traveled to the HS Wautoma Invite at Camp Lucerne. Everyone ran well, and the weather was nice! Jaxten Selke set a new PR (personal record) by 45.9 seconds! His time was 27 minutes 04.1 seconds. Nice work Penguins! Thank you to our fans for coming out to support us! The MS and HS cross country teams will travel to Westfield High School on Thursday, September 24th. We hope to see you there!

Attention parents of students in grades 7-12! Please see the following FREE resource for your students.

Tonight the middle school cross country team (Taylor Dahl) traveled to Camp Lucerne for the MS Wautoma Invite. Taylor ran a very smart, strong race. Keep working hard, Taylor! Nice job! Thank you to Taylor's family for coming out to support him tonight and always! Tomorrow the HS team will travel to Camp Lucerne for their meet. Taylor and the HS cross country team will travel together to Westfield this Thursday, September 24th.

Middle School Volleyball took 6th today in a tournament at Columbus Catholic. They played some great volleyball!

This morning the HS cross country team traveled to Wausau East for the annual Smiley Invitational. Everyone ran in the combined Divisions I, II, and III junior varsity races, but were only scored against Divisions II and III runners. Everyone ran very well in the wet and rainy conditions! Keep working hard Penguins! Thanks to all the families who came out to support us today! We greatly appreciate you. This coming week the Penguins will travel to Camp Lucerne for the Wautoma Invites (Monday 9/21 for MS only and Tuesday 9/22 for HS only) and to Westfield on Thursday 9/24 (MS and HS). We'd love to see some Penguin fans there!

Congratulations Penguin Football! With a 48-14 conference win over the Almond-Bancroft Eagles. Despite the weather, the team had an impressive win on this Team Mobile's Friday Night Lights celebration. Great job and congratulations Penguins!!!

FOOTBALL TIME CHANGE!
Kick-off will be happening at 6:00 pm, September 18th.
Come help us celebrate our T-Mobile 5K win and cheer on our TC Penguins!
@tmobile @tcpenguinnation
#entry #fn5gl

Great job Middle School Soccer! The team has been working hard and the games are fun to watch. Shout out to the players, coaches, parents and refs. If you get the chance, catch one of their games for some fast pace excitement.

Join us for our first Penguin PACT Meeting on Wednesday, September 23rd in the Tri-County High School Cafeteria at 6pm

Tomorrow, Thursday, September 17th, is Elementary School Photo Day!

Any middle school or high school students who did not have their photo taken at Open House should have their photo taken tomorrow.

Photo orders can be placed online at emilywysocki.com/order through September 24.

Retake Day will be October 15.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Emily at mlephotoart@gmail.com.

Thank you!

Our first Tri-County ExCEL Play Group of the school year will be on Friday, September 25th from 9:00-10:30 am at Tri-County Elementary School. ExCEL stands for Excellence in Children's Early Learning. Any child from birth to age 4, who is not enrolled in school, is welcome to attend with a caregiver. Our goal is to provide a safe and welcoming atmosphere to our future Penguins, while helping to foster early skills like language, cognition, social/emotional, and motor development. Children have the opportunity to interact with peers and teachers, while caregivers are there to support the process and network with other families.

If you have attended in the past, feel free to drop a comment about your experience! We look forward to seeing new and familiar faces on September 25th!

Despite the rainy weather, TC soccer secured the win over Newman Catholic beating them 8-0. Noe Rodriguez scored 4, Jayce Loa scored 3 and RJ Meddaugh scored 1. Jose Banda, Jose Sauceda and Dylan Castillo helped with assists. Congratulations TC.

The Lady Penguins went 2-5 on the weekend at the JAG tournament. Addyson Rettler was selected from the team by other coaches as TC's All-Tournament player. Congratulations Addyson!

THE PENGUIN PARADE IS BACK!

We’re excited to continue our Penguin Parade down Main Street for Homecoming! Departments, teams, grade levels, families, community members, local businesses, and organizations are invited to sponsor and decorate a plywood penguin.

Penguins are $20
Homecoming Theme: RIO
Order new penguins by: Friday, September 18th. They'll be avalible for pick up on Monday, September 21st
Completed penguins due: Friday, September 25th in the HS shop

Already have a penguin? Let us know if you’d like to participate again!

Once you purchase a penguin, it’s yours to keep and reuse in future years - no additional sponsorship fee.

Questions? Contact Jamie Helmrick or Theresa Glodoski.