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Construction and Reconstruction
Tomlinson Middle School was built in 1957. The building price was $1,793,929.67. The building was 52 rooms. In 1991 the building was deemed unsafe due to the age of the building(it was falling apart). It was 34 years old when reconstruction started. The students went to different public schools throughout Lawton.

Reconstruction was finished in 1995. It took a total of 4 years to rebuild. The price of reconstruction today would be around $4,300,000 The  reconstructed school has over 90 rooms in the building (there are closet like rooms all throughout the building) plus 4 portables and two gyms (one boy and one girl or big and little).

Sports
Tomlinson Middle School 7th and 8th grade boys basketball beat every team on there schedule. The boys won the 08 Chickasha tournament. The team record for the season was 11- 8 which was a winning record. This was with the help of good team work and the leading scorer Tevin Foster. He dropped 45 points in a single game.

The 8th grade girls for basketball had a real off season for basketball. They didn’t win many games, but they used good teamwork. The 7th grade girls won many games and finished with a winning record along with the 7th grade boys.

8th grade boys have some real athletic runners and got 1st and 2nd and every track meet they went to in 08. Girls track was similar to the boys. They won many track meets and had athletic runners also. The 7th grade boys and girls are coming up from 6th grade and hope to have a outstanding track season.

But these are only a few sports at Tomlinson Middle School here are more sports at TMS. Baseball, football, and wrestling. The sports coordinater is Dennis Totte. Baseball is one of our top sports, the head coach is Scott Wattson and his assistant Cody Brooks. There will be a team of 25 which includes JV and Varsity. The team colors are white and green. Football is the next most popular sport at Tomlinson Middle School. The head Coach is Roy Burk and the assistant Coaches are Sean Laura, Scott Wattson, and Reggie Ervin. The seventh grade football team went undefeated and the eight grade had a winning season. The sixth grade football team went (3-3)in the 2008 season. The wrestling team was city champs. They beat Ike and Mac. The head wrestling Coach is coach Smith, his assistant Coaches are Coach Kim, Coach Johnson and Coach Neighbors. The wrestling team combines with Central's wrestling team to get the best team in Lawton.

Clubs and Organizations
Tomlinson Middle School has had many various clubs and organizations.Most of the clubs have died out by now, but some of them still remain. Examples of some of the older clubs would be Future Homemakers of America, Pep Club, Hi-Lite Club, and Library Club. More recent clubs and organizations would be Creative Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Family Career Community Leaders of America. Organizations and clubs that are still here today are National Junior Honor Society, Band, Choir, Orchestra, Art Club, and Yearbook. You can not be ineligible to participate in most of these extra curricular clubs or organizations. Some clubs go on field trips, such as National Junior Honor Society (if they complete their community service hours). Fellowship of Christian Athletes also have field trips too. Creative Club may not go on field trips, but they do other things. Such as, creating a literary magazine. They write poetry, stories, and draw anime pictures. In conclusion, Tomlinson Middle School has a lot going on.