Paducah Tilghman High School

Show some LOVE to our senior class! We need your help to make sure every Class of 2025 student receives a note of encouragement for Valentine's Day. Family, friends and community members can click the link below to send a message as our seniors enter their final semester. Deadline to submit is 2/10. https://forms.gle/NX1n2GjjpHr3Qx6r5

This Week In Athletics at PT Tuesday: 1/21 Boys Basketball 🆚 Murray 📍Away (Murray High School) ⏰ 7:30 pm Girls Basketball 🆚 Trigg 📍Home (Paducah Tilghman) ⏰ 6:00 pm Friday: Boys & Girls Basketball 🆚 Marshall Co. 📍 Away (Marshall High School) ⏰ Girls 6:00 pm ⏰ Boys 7:30 pm

Paducah Tilghman Lady Tornado basketball defeated McCracken County 52-34 in last night's doubleheader at McCracken County. It was the first victory over McCracken since 2015 for the Lady Tornado. Congratulations!

Tilghman junior Miles Woodfork crossed the 1000 point plateau in Tuesday's win at Graves. Congratulations, Miles!!

PTHS Boys beat Graves County 78-65 on the road! Go Big Blue!

Congratulations to our Paducah Area Technical Center Students of the Month for December! Auto Tech/Devin Moore...Auto Body/Brian Shaffer...Welding/Aiden Hilton...Carpentry/Kip Siener...Health Science/Stone Crowe....Phlebotomy/Dontae Maxwell...Fire Science/Josheona Garnett...Computer Science/Nicholas Sokolov (not pictured)...Media Arts/Briana Hite (not pictured)... Find out more about what the Paducah Area Technical Center offers at https://paducahinnovationhub.com/atc/

Here are a couple of wrestling cancellations: The Wrestling meet vs. Christian County, Hopkinsville, and Ohio County scheduled for Friday, January 10 at PTHS has been canceled due to the likelihood of inclement weather. The Steve Johnston Memorial Invitational Wrestling tournament scheduled for Saturday, January 11 at PTHS has been canceled due to the likelihood of inclement weather.

PTHS Basketball plays Calloway County in the 2A Sectional Championship tonight at Dinning Gym. Girls play at 6:00 p.m. followed by the boys game at 7:30 p.m. Wear blue!

Paducah Public Schools families: The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning.  As a result of the forecast, all schools will use non-traditional instruction (NTI) tomorrow, January 10. Teachers will send instructions for online or at-home learning.  Tonight's (January 9) after-school activities will continue as scheduled. The NTI day does not change the school calendar.  The last day for students is still Thursday, May 22.

Parents and Guardians, As we begin our winter sports seasons, please be reminded that all students from kindergarten through 8th grade, regardless of school district, must be accompanied by an adult at all PPS school and athletic events. Students from kindergarten through 8th grade will not be admitted to games without an adult in attendance. Thank you for working with us to keep the safety of our students and fans a top priority. Go Big Blue!

Here is an updated bracket for the 2A Sectional Basketball Tournament. Note that the boys game vs. Murray has been postponed until Wednesday, January 8, at 7:30 p.m, with the girls playing Webster County at 6:00 p.m.

Seniors, please send us your photos for the senior slide show. You can send your photos via email or Teams chat to Mrs. Hardin or Myrick Livingston.

Students in grades 6-12 are invited to Loqui, which will be held at the McCracken County Library on Wednesday, January 8. Enjoy snacks and drinks at 4:30 p.m. followed by a session at 5:00 p.m. Loqui is an opportunity for students to have conversations about belonging, community, mental health and empowering students' voices.

Paducah Public Schools families: Due to inclement weather, instruction will resume tomorrow, January 6, online using non-traditional instruction (NTI). A NTI day does not change the school calendar. The last day for students is still Thursday, May 22, as scheduled. 

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Here's a copy of the 2024-25 Paducah Tilghman Wrestling schedule. If you would like to see our wrestlers in action, circle January 10, 11, and 16 on your calendar!

Thanks to your generosity, 4825 pounds of food was given to the Christmas in the Park School Challenge, which was sponsored by Paducah Power System. In the large school category, Paducah Tilghman collected 5.723 pounds of food per student, finishing in second place behind Concord Elementary's 6.151 pounds of food per student. We appreciate the efforts of Mr. Nantz, who coordinates the food drive each year. When we work together, everyone wins!

Please make plans to eat Chick-fil-a tomorrow night (Thursday, December 19) from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. to support the PTHS Interact Club and Starfish. Dine in or drive thru- just mention Starfish.  App orders don't count.  Thanks!  

The Paducah Middle and Paducah Tilghman band, choir, and orchestra have been practicing for their holiday concerts. Join us to celebrate the season!

PTHS staff, family and friends were present on December 11 as 41 students were inducted into the National Honor Society. Inductees included Christian Anderson, Cami Ball, Bailey Beyer, Jada Board, Malana Bobbitt, Avery Brown, Elijah Cagle, Stone Crowe, Cooper Cunningham, Qariah Davenport, Braden Douglas, Bailey Faulkner, Nathan Franklin, Max Grumley, Davis Gordon, Bryleigh Heal, Angelique Hernandez, Aiden Hilton, Landon Hinz, Jack James, Lucy Lebuhn, Cadance Leindecker, Gannon Massey, Owen Mikel, Brendan Mira, Leyton Morris, John Ben Myers, Nicholas Nyberg, Audrey Pullen, Jackson Ramer, Kadence Robertson, Ava Russell, Mariah Shumpert, Jillian Slaughter, Aidan Smith, Ian Swenson, Keaton Thompson, Quinton Turner, Tazhenay Walker, Naarah White, and Jude Williams. 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 NHS. Membership in local NHS chapters is an honor bestowed upon a student by a faculty council and is based upon the four pillars of the NHS: scholarship, character, leadership, and service.