Reminder: There's no school for students tomorrow (Friday, March 17). It's a professional development day for teachers. Enjoy the long weekend!
At the March meeting of the Paducah Board of Education we were pleased to honor the Paducah Tilghman High School Wrestling Team for winning the 2023 state championship. Thanks for representing us at state!
PTHS senior Diamond Gray received the Lea Wise Prewitt Playmaker Award at a presentation held Wednesday in Lexington. The award recognizes a female athlete that has contributed and given signifcant time to their community. Congratulations, Diamond!
Seniors Jayvion Powell and Mian Shaw were named to the Paducah Sun All-Purchase Basketball Team. Congratulations and thanks for your hard work on and off the court!
Eighth grade parents and students, please join us at the PTHS Auditorium on Tuesday, March 14 at 6:00 PM for 8th Grade Transition Night. Auditorium doors open at 5:45.
You will have the opportunity to learn about your 9th grade schedule, meet your teachers, and explore career pathways, clubs and activities.
There will be an AP information session prior to the event at 5:30 PM in the PT Library. There will be a greeter at the auditorium entrance to let parents in for the AP session.
Diamond Gray was named to the Paducah Sun All-Purchase Girls Basketball Team, and Dasia Garland and Myiesha Smith were selected for Honorable Mention. Congratulations!
Students interested in applying for the Student Equity Advisory Council for next year should attend the information and application meeting on Tuesday, April 18 at 3:30pm in the Innovation Hub seminar room. For more information or questions, you can message Ms. Burrus on TEAMS.
Paducah Tilghman Parents,
The PTHS Principal Search committee seeks your feedback as we begin the work of seeking our next principal. Please use this link - https://forms.office.com/r/wakBzCrCKj to answer a few questions that will help guide search process. Thank you!
Here are copies of the schedules for 2023 PTHS Baseball and Softball. Go Big Blue!
Murray State University School of Engineering hosted approximately 500 students across 14 high schools on Thursday, March 2 for Engineering Day 2023. Nineteen students from Paducah Tilghman took part in the competition.
The competition was a series of science, technology, engineering and math-centered challenges designed to teach engineering and construction concepts under the direction of Murray State faculty and staff.
Students competed in fifteen events across campus, including kayak construction, survival structure building, engineering design, and a CO2 car race.
Bennett Wilke and Brooke Larimer won first and third in the C02 car competition.
If you drive by the new Paducah Head Start construction near Paducah Tilghman, you can see the structural steel that is being installed for a multipurpose gymnasium and indoor practice facility. The gym will serve our Head Start students during the school day, and then our athletic teams will use it as an indoor training facility after school hours.
Tilghman senior Kendra Johnston placed sixth at the 2023 USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals held in Omaha, Nebraska March 3-5. Kendra defeated multiple nationally ranked wrestlers on her way to the podium and was named an All American for the second time. Congratulations!
Congratulations to our Paducah Area Technical Center Students of the Month for February 2023:
Auto Technology- Jack Wood
Auto Body- Austin Hunt
Carpentry- Willow Ethier
Health Science- Jamari Johnson
Body Structures & Functions- Kaiden Rogers
Welding- Abigail Jordan
Join us for coffee and conversation at Etcetera on Wednesday March 8 at 5:00 PM!
In the current edition of Paducah Life Magazine, read about the many stellar moments which have been part of the storied tradition of Paducah Tilghman’s football and basketball programs.
After an 88-52 victory over Meridian, Illinois, Paducah Tilghman High School cemented itself among the elite high school programs in not just the state, but
the entire nation. Not only did Tilghman tally their 2,000th program win in basketball—the second team in the state to achieve this number—but they are the first high school out of the roughly 21,000 in the nation to log a combined 2,000 wins in basketball and 800 wins in football.
Both programs have had their fair share of shining moments since the school’s opening in 1900. The school won state championships in football in 1973, 1985, and 2009, and were state runners-up in basketball twice thanks to a plethora of talented players and coaches who have represented the Blue Tornado.
With the history of the Tilghman athletic program spanning over 120 years, our student writer, Haddon Shively, wanted to hear some of the most notable moments and experiences that were forever embedded in the memories of former players and coaches. And that’s what he achieved.
Paducah Tilghman senior LeBran McMullen signed a football scholarship with Lindsey Wilson College at a signing ceremony at PTHS on February 24. McMullen played Wide Receiver and Defensive Back for the Tornado and plans to play football and major in business at Lindsey Wilson.
"LeBran is quiet and even-keeled, but he's tenacious on the football field," said PTHS Head Coach Sean Thompson. "LeBran is a special kid and a special talent. When I was thinking about taking the job I watched team film. LeBran was the first player that I saw on that film that made me say 'I want to be there'. That's because he's the type of talent that when you're bad, he makes you look good, and so you feel comfortable coaching those type players."
Congratulations to the Paducah Tilghman FBLA members who competed at the Region 1 Leadership Conference at Murray State University.
The following earned the opportunity to compete at the State Leadership Conference in Louisville in April:
Abby Brown and Madison Patel, 2nd place, International Business
Jack Butts, 2nd Place, Personal Finance
Abigail Wurth, 2nd place, Business Calculations
Erica Wurth and Bella Brown, 3rd place, Graphic Design
Sloane Edwards, 3rd place, Marketing
The Paducah Tilghman Student Equity Advisory Council presented at the Kentucky School Board Association Conference in Louisville on February 25. They discussed the work they are doing centered around Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Thank you, SEAC, for representing PTHS!
Tickets for all Region 1 Tournament Baskeball games at the CFSB Center in Murray will be available via GoFan (no cash gate).
Key Word on GoFan: CFSB
The Paducah Tilghman Tornado play Murray Wednesday, March 1, 6:00 PM at Murray State University in the first round of the Region 1 Boys Basketball Tournament. Go Big Blue!
