A form was sent out on behalf of the newspaper club about a month ago regarding ideas for new school lunches. We received a decent number of responses with a lot of new good ideas. One of the main requests we saw in the survey was for more culturally diverse foods in the cafeteria. There were requests for empanadas and Spanish rice which are both good options that many people would enjoy. People are also…
THS Summer Reading Book Recommendations Our revised summer reading program expands beyond the classroom and offers students guidance for their independent reading. These choices were selected to offer students a variety of resources that will help them to discover their personal reading preferences and broaden their reading horizons. Below are some sources for finding books. We know that readers use literature to help them understand themselves and their world. It is our hope that these…
Our third edition of this newspaper and we are bringing back a fan favorite: interviews of our newest staff additions. Mr. Marquis is a new member of the staff here at THS, and he is a new English teacher. He is also a newer teacher in general. He said that he previously worked in the restaurant business, but when he and his wife moved to Texas, he decided to pursue a career in teaching. I…
May is college finals and AP exam season, and it’s often one of the most intense times of the year for AP students. Here at Terryville High School, AP exams start on May 1st and end on May 10th. The AP courses offered here at Terryville include AP United States Government and Politics, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP United States History, AP Calculus AB, AP Computer Science Principles, AP English Language and Composition, and AP…
Meet & Greet Some of Our New THS Staff Members! Adriana Clukey In the past couple of years, Terryville High School has hired multiple new staff members. Ms. Miller is one of the new teachers, and she teaches history. When I asked her why she chose to teach history, she said “I had a really good AP US History teacher in high school. I hated history until I took his classes.” She talked about how…
Murder on the Train … A Regular Who Dunnit? Adriana Clukey Every year Terryville High School Drama Club puts on a play. This year, the play they performed Murder On The Orient Express. The performances took place Friday November 18th, Saturday November 19th, and Sunday November 20th. This play is about a group of people who board a train called the Orient Express. The characters include Hercule Poirot (Taryn McWilliams), the head waiter (Ruby Loeffler),…
New Year, New Schedule, New You Adriana Clukey In previous years, our schedule has consisted of 7 periods. These periods would rotate daily, and then would reset the next week. Each class was 47 minutes long, and lunch period was slightly longer. During the 2020-2021 school year, we cohorted students. Each class was approximately 90 minutes long, and we ran various versions of the schedule during the year. Initially, half of the students were in…
