Tuscarawas Central Catholic Elementary School offers programs from pre-school through grade six.  Our mission is to provide all students with opportunities to become life long learners by integrating Catholic teaching with academic excellence.  We are affordable.  We are open to all.  We invite you to be a Saint.

TCCES is one of three Catholic Schools in Tuscarawas County.

Tuscarawas Central Catholic Junior/Senior High School in New Philadelphia houses grades seven thorugh 12.  The website is 
www.tccsaints.com
Immaculate Conception School in Dennison offers programs from pre-school through grade six.  The website is www.icsdennison.org.

The Tuscarawas County Catholic Schools operate as a unified school system dedicated to providing an excellent faith-filled education at an affordable price.  Click here to see our Code of Regulations.

 

St. Joseph Catholic Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Church of the Holy Trinity
Immaculate Conception Church

Tuscarawas Central Catholic Elementary School is dedicated to building disciples of Christ, providing an excellent academic program integrated with Catholic teaching, and promoting life long service to church and community.

We have two dress down days next week. 
Next week is Spirit Week at the high school.   To show our support for the Saints we will have a spirit day Monday.   Students can wear Saints and Immaculate Conception gear and colors.   All proceeds will be donated to Catholic Relief Services for hurricane relief. 

This is also Domestic Violence Awareness Month.    Wednesday we will have a dress down day to support the local domestic violence shelter.   The color theme for the month is purple. 

We thank-you for any support you can give to these causes.  

And with the arrival of cooler weather, “shorts season” will come to an end on Friday.   Starting Monday, no shorts will be permitted until spring.   Please make sure the kids are dressed for the weather so they can go outside at recess. 

Our next Peach Fragasse Spaghetti Dinner is this Sunday.   We ask everyone to contribute by volunteering to help, participating in the meal, and providing a dessert.   The dinners are held in the school cafeteria.  For the dinner this week we are asking families with students in Grades Pre-S/Pre-K, 3, 4, 5 to donate a dessert.  Please drop off desserts the Friday before the dinner.  If that’s not possible, desserts may be dropped off Sunday morning.  Thank you!
October 26 is the final day of the first grading period.   Report Cards and Life Skill Achievement Reports will be issued the following Friday.  Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held November 7 and 8.

Fifth and Sixth graders are invited to join us at the high school Friday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 pm for Fun Night.   Permission forms are available in the office. 

Thank you to the students, parents, and staff who participated in our annual Walk to School Day.   The event is a great way to promote physical activity and talk about safety.  Ms. Jane Egler coordinated the event. 











Fifth grade science students of Mrs. Sedares recently wrapped up a biology lesson on the life cycle of the butterfly by releasing the Monarch butterflies they watched grow and change over the last few weeks.

All parents and parishioners of Immaculate Conception, Church of the Holy Trinity, Sacred Heart, and St. Joseph are invited to attend the annual membership meeting of the Tuscarawas County Catholic Schools.   The meeting will be held at 6:00 pm Monday, October 22 at Tuscarawas Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School.   At the meeting, parents and parishioners will receive a report on the activities of our Catholic Schools and the Tuscarawas County Catholic Schools Board of Trustees.  All parents and parishioners in attendance will also elect two new board members.  One to represent the Church of the Holy Trinity and one to represent St. Joseph Church.   (The terms of board members from Sacred Heart and Immaculate Conception are continuing and not yet up for election.)
Nominees are:
Church of the Holy Trinity
Franklin Bachman : Frank was born and raised in Tuscarawas County and graduated from TCCHS in 1996.  He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Akron and earned an MBA from Walsh University.  He is currently the Quality Assurance Manager at Allied Machine & Engineering in Dover.
Frank and his wife Stephanie have twin boys – Edward and Joseph – who are currently 3^rd graders at TCCES.  They are members of Holy Trinity in Zoar.  Frank volunteers with Cub Scout Pack 95 at St. Joseph’s, the Run for Home Half Marathon committee, and the Lawrence Township Zoning Commission.

St. Joseph Church
Andrea Legg: Andrea is the Assistant Director of the Tuscarawas County Public Library System and has overseen library operations in the Bolivar, New Philadelphia, Strasburg, Sugarcreek, and Tusky communities for the past nine years. She is a 2012 graduate of the Leadership Tuscarawas program, worked closely with each Tuscarawas county school district when she chaired the 2017 One Book, One Community project.  She has served on various leadership committees with the Ohio Library Council and in 2018, she was named Librarian of the Year by the Ohio Library Council. 
Andrea is a graduate of St. Michael School and Central Catholic High School in Canton and holds degrees from both Malone University and Kent State University. Prior to joining St. Joseph’s, she was a twenty-year member of St. Michael the Archangel Church in Canton. She lives in Dover with her husband, Josh, and son, Donovan, who attends pre-K at TCCES. 
 
Shelagh Pruni:  Shelagh is the mother of 4 graduates of Tuscarawas Central Catholic HS and one current sophomore at TCC.  She been actively involved with Saints Club, most specifically organizing the Staff Appreciation lunches. She has taught second grade PSR at St Joes for the past 13 years and is currently the Director of the Reeves Museum in Dover.