
The Blue Tornado Sideline Store is offering 24% OFF purchases of $100+ with code NY24. Sale ends at midnight on 1/7/24.
https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/kentucky/paducah/paducah-tilghman-high-school


Here are PT athletic events coming up January 4-9. You can get details at paducahtilghmanathletics.com


The Kare Mobile Dental Team working with Washington Street Baptist Church in January 2024 to provide dental care. Please see the attached graphic for more information.


Remember: You can find info for boys & girls basketball, along with wrestling tournaments at https://paducahtilghmanathletics.com/


Remember: You can find info for boys & girls basketball, along with wrestling tournaments at https://paducahtilghmanathletics.com/


Veteran music educator Douglas Van Fleet's name was installed this week to honor his lifetime of service as a band and orchestra leader and promoter of music in our region. Mr. Van Fleet was the band and orchestra director at Paducah Tilghman from 1976 to 1992 and went to teach music for 29 years. In 2008 he revived the orchestra program at Paducah Tilghman and started the orchestra program at Paducah Middle in 2011. As Paducah Middle Band Director Lindsey Williams said so eloquently in her remarks at the the PTHS Christmas concert, "Mr. Van Fleet is the grandfather of all music in Paducah, but he is so much more than that...thank you for being so dedicated to the development of young people, and for being a leader and mentor with music at the center of our lives and hearts."


Remember: You can find info for boys & girls basketball, along with wrestling tournaments at https://paducahtilghmanathletics.com/


Congratulations to our Purchase Area Technical Center Students of the Month for December 2023!
Auto Tech- Kaelin Mallory
Auto Body- Juno Hanson
Welding- Jonathan Desantiago Rios (not pictured)
Carpentry- Atleih Nichols
Health Science- Reagan Hartman
Phlebotomy- Toree Purchase
Computer Science- Jeremy Woolery (not pictured)
Media Arts- Kristen Lee (not pictured)






PESPA has an Angel Tree located inside the HUB. Please help this holiday season as we add cheer to some of our Blue Tornado! Pick a tornado from the tree, purchase the wish list items, and return your gifts to Paducah Head Start by Monday, December 19, 2023. Please ask for Ms. Winter Rawlins when dropping off your purchases.
Thank you,
PESPA membership


A media guide for 2024 Kentucky Governor's Cup has been compiled by David Snow, who formerly covered education for the Paducah Sun. Here's a link- https://5il.co/2axnc
Best wishes to the PTHS Academic Team as they begin their season!


Here is the finals schedule for December 15 - 19.




The Kare Mobile Dental Team working with Washington Street Baptist Church in January 2024 to provide dental care. Please see the attached graphic for more information.


Here's a link to the video of the PTHS Band & Orchestra Christmas concert, along with the tribute to Mr. Van Fleet. Thanks to everyone who contributed to make it such a memorable evening! https://youtu.be/quslRklKO-Q

The PTHS art department is selling student-glazed mugs and planters to raise money for art supplies for the department. The mugs are Tilghman Blue and White and the planters are a variety of glazes. Everything is selling for $25. Please contact Mr. Romang at john.romang@paducah.kyschools.us if you would like to purchase.


Come dashing through the snow with us as we enjoy the holiday concerts that our schools will offer this Christmas season!


PTHS faculty, staff, family and friends were present at Paducah Tilghman on December 6 as 31 students were inducted into the National Honor Society.
Inductees included Ansley Barks, Dwayne Benjamin, Ryan Bidwell, Levi Brown, Emily Campbell, Makeyah Carruthers, William Coltharp, Madalynn Dochniak, Madelyn Duwe, Kennedy Franklin, Russell Hancock, Julia Helms, Jasmine Jones, Hannah Long, Tessa Martin, Whitson McNeill, Cassidy Minter, Blaine Oliver, Horace Godfrey Page, Brandon Peck, Madeline Peck, Toree Purchase, Brooklynne Riley, Terrance Robinson, Alexander Southern, Peyton Toon, Kenya Wade, Ivy Wenzel, Audreya White, Addison Winklepleck, and Erica Wurth.
The National Honor Society (NHS) is one of the oldest, largest, and most widely recognized co-curricular student organizations in American high schools. More than 1.4 million students are members of the NHS.
Membership in local NHS chapters is an honor bestowed upon a student by a faculty council and is based on the four pillars of NHS: scholarship, character, leadership, and service.





The Paducah Board of Education will be dedicating the Band Room at Paducah Tilghman High School in honor of our longtime music educator, Doug Van Fleet at the PTHS Band & Orchestra concert at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 7, 2023.
Help celebrate Mr. Van Fleet's decades of service to our schools and enjoy the performances to kick off to your holiday season.


PTHS Picture make-ups and retakes are scheduled for Wednesday, December 6th for all staff and students, including seniors.

The Kentucky High School Athletics Association (KHSAA) honored the golden anniversary of Paducah Tilghman’s 1973 2A state championship football team. Paducah Tilghman (now a Class 4A competitor) was recognized during halftime of the 4A state final game on December 1 at Kroger Field on UK Campus in Lexington.
Front row left to right: Ed McFarland, Terry Young, Kevin Pascall, Teresa Breidert, James Young, Allen Chumbler, Darrell Anderson, Wesley Noss, Alan Usher, Kevin Chatellier. Back row: Thaddeus Teague, Bob Blackmon
Photo Credit: Cara Blackmon


The PTHS Student Equity Advisory Council invites all parents of PPS students to join us for a student-led Parent Forum Tuesday, December 5, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The forum will be at the Murray State University Paducah Extension at 4430 Sunset Avenue.
