Terrill Middle School

Three Cheers for our Nurses! 🌟
Nurse Lambo and Nurse Giannacio were amazing in guiding our students in the Protect Me With 3+ Contest, sponsored by the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey and the New Jersey Department of Health.
🏆 Grade 5-8 Division
Video Category
🥇 1st place: I. Nandy & A. Kamath, 8th Grade, Terrill Middle School
🥈 2nd place: A. Athungal, 5th Grade, Terrill Middle School
Poster Category
🥈 2nd place: C. Wasik, 5th grade
Also, in the Union County Nurses Association Contest, R. Alaulddin from 6th Grade secured the 1st place spot.
Congratulations to all the winners! 🎉

📅 Friday, May 3�🏛️ Union County Courthouse
Our amazing 7th graders were honored at the Courthouse for winning the annual Union County Law Day Competition! 🏆📝🎨 They created fantastic projects about voting and elections - essay, poem/rap, or poster. 🗳️✨ Judges from Union County Vicinage selected the winners. Such a proud moment for our students! 🙌

Mr. Parvin with J. Yee (1st place poster category), A. Reid (3rd place poster category), M. Pathrose (1st place poetry category), and Mrs. Hulick. Not Pictured: J. David (1st place essay category)

Busy Evening on the SPFHS campus - Girls Youth Lacrosse
In addition to a great District Art Festival, down the parking lot is the Perry Tyson Field. SPF Girls Lacrosse 7th Grade team (Terrill and Nettingham students) hosted Millburn. The girls won against Millburn and will play Westifield tonight at 7pm. Please come out and support your youth sports programs.

District Art Festival Highlights ✨
🎨 Celebrating the artistic talents of Terrill! From current students to alumni, our art festival was a night to remember. Special thanks to Mr. Christopher and Ms. Manhire for guiding and showcasing the amazing Terrill talent. Here's a glimpse of the incredible art creations by Terrill students:
🖌️ Mr. Christopher's Artwork:
* 5th Art 🌟
* 8th Art 🌟
* Art Club 🌟
Students explored Gargoyles and Koi, Mandalas, Self-Portraits, Abstract Portraits, 1-Point and 2-Point Perspectives, Still Life, and much more!
🎨 Ms. Manhire's Digital Arts:�Terrill and Nettingham students delved into creating 'Sugar' Shoes 🍭👠, Polygon Portraits, Surrealism, Reimagined Movie Posters, Name Street Art, and a variety of other captivating projects.
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Bookchatter Visits the NYPL
Students from the 8th Grade Terrill Book club had an exciting opportunity to explore the New York Public Library. Gorman, a NYPL docent, guided us through the impressive collection of this second-largest public library in the United States after the Library of Congress, and the fourth-largest globally. Scholars from all corners of the world visit the New York Public Library for research purposes. During our visit, students had the privilege to see remarkable treasures such as:
* Winnie-the-Pooh and Friends (Photograph by Robert Kato)
* Bill of Rights 1789 (Thomas Addis Emmet Collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division)
The experience was truly memorable! 📚🌟

Author Day Highlights 📚🌟
📖 Gordon Korman in the Spotlight�🎉 Meeting the writer of 103 books was truly inspiring! Every student learned about his writing journey.
🎁 Lunch with Gordon Korman�🎉 Winners of the bookmark contest: Samantha M., Sophie B., Max M., Garrison M., and Tia S.
🖊️ Writing Workshop Recognition�🎉 Exceptional adventure writings impressed Mr. Korman. Nominees were selected by their Writing Workshop teacher.
🙏 Thank You PTA!�🎉 A big shoutout to the PTA for making this author visit possible!

TMS Players Proudly Presenting Finding Nemo Jr.! 🌟🐠🌊
👏👏 Bravo! What an amazing performance! 🎭 Check out these photos from Saturday's performance. Don't forget to follow for more official snapshots. 📸 🌟

Union County Arbor Day Poetry Contest Results
Terrill students excelled at the annual Union County Arbor Day Poetry Contest! 🌳📝
🥉 6th Grade Division�Sloan P.'s poem, Trees, secured 3rd Place.
🥇🥈 7th Grade Division�Olivia S. and Aidan K. clinched 1st and 2nd place, respectively.
Check out their amazing poems through the links below! 🔗
Season of Trees by Olivia S.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTlImoeAZ4DVwguUmxkkcpdXdG4ZIikEoH9yZKosS0twhcMY69I4fL581Ep5A9XTLOw1CHvGLK4U0xN/pub
Towers of Nature by Aidan K.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQXzK-rmFCOHS2IZ4S4sbatrsHjovmQIbtX612epX0Gb5p1UZIkBf9TiW66dDfeIk6ZucflbEBsIKoq/pub

Union County Celebrates Young Poets in Annual Arbor Day Poetry Contest In honor of Arbor Day, the Union County Board of County Commissioners, in collaboration with the Union County Shade Tree Advisory Board, unveils the distinguished winners of the annual Union County…

Author Day! 📅
Join us at our TMS Author Day this Friday, April 19, 2024, to meet the incredible Gordon Korman. Students will enjoy a school assembly presentation! 🌟 Afterwards, select students will enjoy lunch 🍴📝 with Mr. Korman; others nominated will participate in a writers’ workshop. Thanks to all who participated in the Gordon Korman contests and our language arts teachers for the student nominations. Let's Restart with Gordon Korman reading! 🏆🎉✨ P.S. Mr. Yap is looking for ‘missing’ books from the media center, please make sure to bring them to the media center on April 19, 2024.

TMS Players Present Finding Nemo Jr.
🐠🎭 April 19-21, 2024 🌟
Get ready for a fintastic show this weekend! Come support our talented cast in Finding Nemo Jr.! Check out the amazing displays in the auditorium hallway. Can't wait to see our Terrill stars shine bright! Best of luck to the cast, stage crew, and everyone involved this weekend. For more information, www.tmsplayers.com Break a leg! 🐟🌟

Shark Tank Junior Edition Finale
🦈 Thank you, judges and 8th-grade students! 🌟 One of the most exciting events in 8th grade is the Shark Tank Junior Edition. Special thanks to Mr. Yap for hosting it in the media center, giving a different venue for aspiring entrepreneurs. Our panel of 'sharks' includes their Terrill teachers, school principals, and other staff members. All sharks provided valuable feedback on students’ product proposals and their decisions on investing. 🚀 We hope that the SPF Class of 2028 got to learn innovation, understand profit margins, production costs, and marketing. 🌟

Eclipse Fun 🌒🔭 Pt. 2
Thank you teachers for capturing our watch party event for the eclipse. 🌟 🌌

Social Justice Teaching Academy at SPFHS
Terrill Alumni are making waves! Shoutout to our amazing former students for coming back to Terrill to chat with our 8th graders about the Social Justice Teaching Academy. Huge thanks to Ms. Brooke Kaska-Esposito, Assistant Principal of Innovative Programming at SPFHS, for spearheading this initiative and shaping future SPF educators and leaders! 🌟 .robert .v.mast REAL Parents x SPF

February Shining Forth 🌟
🎉 Congratulations to our February Shining Forth Award winners at Terrill Middle School: C. Flynn, J. Mann, C. Velasquez, W. Weisman, C. Previlon, G. Roost, S. Chao, L. Christensen, and N. McNair! 🏆 Thank you all for contributing to the greatness of our school. 🎓 ✨

The Addams Family
Shoutout to SPFHS Repertory Theatre for a fantastic preview of The Addams Family! 🎭👏 Great to see Terrill alumni shining in acting, stage crew, lighting, and pit orchestra. ✨ Come support the cast starting tonight! For more info, visit https://www.spfhsrep.com/tickets. .robert .v.mast .choir

Thurs. March 14 at 7:00PM
Fri. March 15 at 7:00PM
Sat. March 16 at 7:00PM�
Sun. March 17 at 2:00PM

Read Across America
Terrill Middle School’s Bookchatter 8th Grade Book Club would like to extend our gratitude to students, teachers, and administrators at Coles and McGinn for hosting us for Read Across America. 📚 Thank you! 💙 🍎🎓📚✏️

A Message from TMS Student Council
Next Week: Spring Spirit Week
🌸 Get ready for Spring Spirit Week at Terrill Middle School! 🌷 Join us for a week full of fun events leading up to SPF’s Spring Break Week (March 26-29). Spirit Week kicks off on Monday, March 18th. Check out the flyer for more info. 📸🎉

Teacher-Student Swap Day: A Success!

We appreciate all the teachers and students who took part in our Teacher-Student Swap Day event. It was amazing to see teachers dressing like students and students dressing up as our teachers. A big shoutout to the TMS Student Council for making this event possible!

Check out these snapshots from yesterday's event. The students nailed the look of some of our Terrill teachers - great job! 🌟

The TMS coding club is starting. Students in grades 5-8 are welcome to join. The first meeting will be on Wednesday, March 6th. Further details will be announced.

A Message from TMS Student Council
Next Week: Thursday, February 29th!

In celebration of Happy Leap Day, the Student Council is excited to announce Teacher-Student Swap Day!

-Teachers will dress like students, and students will dress like one of their teachers.
-The teachers on each team will vote on the best-dressed student "teacher." 📸🎉

🎉 Congratulations to our winners of the Patriot’s Pen Youth Essay Contest! 🏆🌟
🥇 M. Pathrose (1st Place, 7th Grade)
🥈 A. Blanco (2nd Place, 6th Grade)
🥉 H. Davis (3rd Place, 7th Grade)

🇺🇸 Sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) 10122, this year’s theme was "How Are You Inspired by America?" 📝✨

Terrill Middle School congratulates our January Shining Forth Award recipients: S. Brazzini, C. Lowder, B. Haight, N. Solomon, D. Caspersen, L. Hynes, L. Robbins, K. Gonzalez, P. Reilly and F. Vazquez.