What does TCAA do?

• TCAA publishes a newsletter "Tornado Connections" at least three times per year.  It includes interesting articles by and about TC graduates, remembrances of times past,  alumni events and information about current activities within the school system.

• TCAA makes available replicas of every current and former academic building in the Tiffin City School district including the stadium. 

• TCAA provides assistance to reunion committees at no charge.

• TCAA offers an alternative source of funding for organizations within the school system having no other source of funding. We like to think of the Alumni Association as an "All Schools Booster" organization. To be considered for funding by TCAA, the requesting party must complete an application and present it to the Board.  The TCAA Board of Trustees will then vote on each request.  TCAA has contributed either in full or partially to the following:

  Creation of the TCAA Scholarship - Given for the first time in May of 1999, this scholarship

  has been created to serve as an incentive for seniors to pass the senior proficiency test. A

  $20 award will be given to each senior who passes all five sections of the test. 

TC Academic Letter Breakfast - This annual breakfast honors Columbian students (and their parents) who have maintained a 3.5 or better cumulative average for 3 or more semesters.  The student receives a letter and subsequent bars that can be placed on a letter jacket. 

Student Council - A donation is given each year to this student group to help defray Homecoming expenses.  The TCAA President presides over the ceremony crowning the Homecoming King and Queen immediately before the Homecoming game.

Junior High Orientation - An annual donation is given to help the school defray expenses of its new-student orientation program.

Wendy's Wrestling Invitational - TCAA assists in sponsoring this annual event which features schools from across the state.  It is generally regarded as one of the premier two-day wrestling tournaments in northwest Ohio. 

Columbian Athletic Hall of Fame Program - TCAA assists this program which honors outstanding individuals who have fostered principles of competition, sportsmanship and scholarship while serving as role models to students.

Nature's Classroom - A 3-day outdoor camping experience for 5th graders from participating schools.  TCAA's donations are in the form of scholarships, so that no student is denied the privilege of attending,  Classes at the camp are chosen by their teachers and are based on the 5th-grade curriculum.

Equipment Purchases - TCAA has assisted various areas within the schools with equipment purchases.  A partial listing of equipment which TCAA either purchased in full or made donations toward follows:

        Etching press for Fine Arts Department at Columbian

        Macintosh Workgroup Server 60 (hardware & software) at Columbian

        Playground equipment at Noble, Lincoln, Washington elementary schools

        Airbrush compressor for Fine Arts Department at Columbian

        Multiplex Display System for each elementary school and the Middle School

        Automatic ice machine for athletic programs at Columbian

        Apple Quick Take 150 Digital cameras for Bloomville elementary and the Middle School

        Photo-slide scanner for the Technology Lab

        Drums for Columbian Band

        Uniforms for Flag Squad

        Choir robes for Columbian Choirs

        Display cases for main hall at Columbian

        Computers for the Technology Initiative Program

Contributions made by TCAA to Tiffin City Schools in the past year:

• December, 2007 -  $2,000 to the Summer Art Program

• January, 2008     -  $$2,000 to HEIGHTS program for musical "Oklahoma"

• February, 2008    - $1,000 to STEPS program

• April, 2008          - $700 Elementary Schools and Middle School for Honors program