Extracurricular

Student Government Association SGA - Mission: To provide leadership and service opportunities to all students.  Student government will be the vehicle which provides an opportunity for students to share ideas, tackle projects, and experience success.  We will help to improve the school through support and respect for each other. SGA also works hard towards maximizing student’s educational and personal growth.  In order for students to be part of SGA, they must run for office and be elected by the student body. Details and instructions will be given to all at the beginning of the school year.

National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) - Mission: The purpose of NJHS shall be to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, to develop character, and to encourage good citizenship in the students of secondary schools.  The Dr. Nancy M. Kirk chapter of the National Junior Honor Society was started in April of 1999.  Members from the 7th and 8^th grades are chosen on the basis of scholarship, leadership, service, character and citizenship. Two of the biggest service projects that NJHS works for during a school year are UNICEF and the Annual Holiday Food Drive.

·         Each year, NJHS raises money for the UNICEF project through a bake sale, homeroom collection, and students trick-or-treating

·         NJHS also sponsors a canned good drive in November and December, which benefits the “Feed Our Children” charity.

Tri-M Honor Society - Tri-M National Music Honor Society is “the” national honor society for musicians to help promote music awareness in our schools and community.  Students must meet academic and music eligibility requirements to be considered for membership in the club.  Service hours are also required for active membership.  Meetings are held on the last Monday of each month immediately after school.

TCMS Forensics - Forensics is an organization devoted to helping students improve their public speaking skills.  It is both educational and fun. Our team has the opportunity to meet and socialize with students from all over the Tampa Bay area.

        ·          During the fall, students in grades 6 through 8 can join.
·         The Forensics team currently competes four times a year through the Bay Area Forensics League. 

STEP Team - Step, if you've never seen it, is a complex, rapid-fire series of freshly inventive movements that incorporate African-inspired rhythms and hard-hitting body percussion. It's also exhilarating to watch -- and do.

        ·         TCMS is proud to offer for the 6^th year the Step Team, a fun, exciting way to motivate school spirit, friendship and fitness within our students.
·          Students are invited to audition to be part of this wonderful team at the beginning of the school year.

Math League Teams - Math League is a county-wide competition that will take a grade level team of 4 students from grades 6-8 and pit them against other Hillsborough County School  District middle schools.  Students receive awards individually, by grade level teams, and by total school scores. The students, with a sponsor’s supervision, practice after school once a week, and then cram in a few additional sessions as the date of the competition approaches.

TCMS Music Booster Club, Inc. The TCMS Music Booster Club, Inc. is a parent support club of the music program at TCMS.  Membership is encouraged of all parents who have students enrolled in music classes.  Fundraising and general support for music activities is the primary focus of the organization which meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Athletics -  This will be an exciting year for TCMS Sports.  Our Athletic Director is planning a great variety of sports involvement within the school and other schools in the community. Being part of a sport  team promotes a good sense of sportsmanship, leadership, community, friendship and motivates students to participate in unity building confidence and trust.

·     This will be a great opportunity where TCMS students can develop and create the conditions under which as many athletes as possible can express their potential in competition and derive the maximum benefit from the sport.

·         Sports offered through the year include basketball, volleyball, soccer,  flag football and tennis

·         More information will be given at the beginning of the school year.

Odyssey of the Mind - Odyssey of the Mind is an educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. Students apply their creativity to solve problems that vary from creating mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to competition on the local, state, and world level. Many teams from throughout the U.S. and abroad participate in the program. This is a great way to build, and improve creativity, confidence, character and discipline. TCMS students will have the opportunity to work as a team representing their school.

Girls Empowerment Group -  The Girls Empowerment group at TCMS is offered to 7^th and 8^th grade girls who are interested in learning more about themselves and how they relate to their peers.  Topics for discussion include popularity, cliques, self-image, current culture, and self-acceptance.  The purpose is to help the girls to “own up” to their behavior and become more aware of how to be more assertive and stand up against negative interactions with others.  The group is based on a program developed by the Ophelia Project.

Spanish Club - new (2010-2011 school year)

Junior K Club (Kiwanis/Builders Club) - Click here for more information