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Tri-Center Community:

In the table, you will see the first draft of Tri-Center's proposed budget and resulting tax rate. This is the same type of notification you can expect to be getting in the mail. This is "close" to what the real rate will be due to the fact that the Legislature has not yet set the Student Supplemental Aid (SSA) number, although we do not expect a major change in the number. A couple of the reasons for any growth in the overall tax rate is due to the rising insurance costs and inadequate funding for teacher salaries. Tri-Center has worked to keep your tax rate as stable as possible, slowly lowering that rate over the past 8 years (FY '16 $14.49 to FY '24 $12.78). If you have any questions regarding this information, please reach out to Dr. Huseman (ahuseman@tctrojans.org).

Hello Tri-Center families,

At the end of 2024, PowerSchool was impacted by a data breach that impacted many customers. As a PowerSchool customer, Tri-Center has been working to see if we are one of the customers affected by the data breach.

After several phone calls and communication with our PowerSchool representatives, we have been told that Tri-Center was NOT a customer compromised by the data breach. However, they have told us that some individuals tied to our PowerSchool account may be tied to OTHER organizations that have connections to PowerSchool (previous school, other educational services, etc.). Some of our staff, students, and families may have already or will be receiving emails offering free credit monitoring services from Experian.

PowerSchool security breach emails are being sent to district staff, students, and parents. These emails are coming directly from Experian and provide information on signing up for complimentary credit monitoring services. The emails will likely be sent from the following address: ps-sis-incident@mail1.csid.com.

We understand that some recipients have been concerned about the legitimacy of these emails. Please rest assured that they are not a phishing attempt. You can verify their authenticity by reviewing the information PowerSchool has published on their SIS Incident page:

https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/notice-of-united-states-data-breach/

Recipients can sign up for credit monitoring services using the links provided in the email or by visiting the SIS Incident page.

If you received an email from PowerSchool recently offering this credit protection, it is a valid email if it fits the criteria stated above and you are eligible to receive the services offered for two years free of charge.

If you did not receive an email from PowerSchool recently offering this credit protection, no additional action is required as Tri-Center was not part of the data breach.

Thank you.

Summer Care 2025 sign ups are live! You can use the Google Form attached to sign up now. On February 26th and 27th during conferences please stop by room 217 in the Elementary to ask any questions you have regarding the program and to fill out the necessary forms required to attend. If your child/children have attended Summer Care in the past please stop by during conferences as well to make sure all forms are still accurate and up to date! 

Thank You!

Summer Daycare Sign-up

You COULD not, WOULD not want to miss....

Tri-Center Literacy Night on March 6th in the Tri-Center High School Gym from 5 to 6:30 PM!

This event is open to all families with students in Preschool through 5th grade.

Tri-Center Schools will have a 2 hour late start tomorrow, February 13th, 2025.

Tri-Center 4-Year-Old Preschool Sign-up and Early Childhood Screening will be held Monday, March 10th from 8:30 to noon. Screening will be at the Tri-Center Elementary School. 

Children ages 2-5 can have early childhood dental and vision screenings. Incoming 4-Year-Old Preschool students can also meet their potential teachers! Incoming 4-Year-Old Preschool students must be 4 by 9/15/25. 

Please follow these steps to register:

1. Complete the Tri-Center Pre-Registration Form here: https://tricenter.powerschool.com/public/formbuilder/form.html?formid=22594&request_locale=en_US
2. Call the Tri-Center Elementary School at 712-485-2271 to schedule a screening time slot.

Please share this with other families that would benefit from this information.

No school tomorrow, Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 at Tri-Center Community Schools.
 

Tri-Center Parent / Teacher Conferences will be held February 26th and 27th from 4-8 PM.

Middle School and High School:

Conferences are held in the High School Cafetorium by walk-in. Please email a teacher if you want to set a reserved meeting time.

Elementary:

Please schedule your conferences with your teacher in PowerSchool.

From the Public Portal of PowerSchool (on a computer or mobile device browser):

1. Select the elementary student in your PowerSchool dashboard.

2. Click Parent/Teacher Conferences in the left navigation column

3. Review any current reservations and teacher notes

4. Click the name of a conference

5. Select a teacher from the drop-down menu (lead teachers and co-teachers will be visible)

6. Enter an email address and select an “options” that display from the drop-down

7. Click Save

8. Repeat the steps above to select additional teachers and reserve other conference times

9. To delete the reservation, refresh the page and click the red minus button to the right of a reservation under “My Reservations.” The reservation list will list conference reservations from other family members as well.

Your parent PowerSchool account is the same one you have used to register your student in the past. If need assistance with your account, please email administrator@tctrojans.org.

There will be no school on Friday, February 28th.

FCCLA will be selling carnations for elementary, middle, and high school students from January 13th to February 7th. They will be delivered on February 14th during 8th hour. Carnations will be sold for $1.50 each and can be bought from any FCCLA member, by seeing Mrs. Lilley, or emailing mlilley@tctrojans.org.