Every year, our school has various field trips that offer students the chance to have fun, new experiences, and to make new memories. This year, there was a particularly special field trip opportunity: the happiest place on earth, Walt Disney World! Students who are part of band, chorus, and drama club had this exciting opportunity that is only offered once every few years. In the middle of the night on Thursday, March 23, our musically…
During the week of May 15—19, THS held its final spirit week of the 2022-23 school year. There were some very unique themes this year that added to the usual fun and excitement of spirit week and the upcoming pep rally. On Music Monday, students dressed up as their favorite musician or wore a shirt for their favorite bands such as Morgan Wallen, Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead. Tuesday was “Going on a…
From May 23 through June 1, the Terryville High School Art Show took place. It is an annual event in which art students from Art 1, UCONN Drawing, independent studies, and art club have the opportunity to display their artwork from the entire year. Every year, there is new and unique artwork. This year, the artwork included bright and colorful pastel drawings, still life drawings, watercolor paintings with calligraphy, and large monochromatic paintings of animals,…
The annual winter pep rally was an exciting event with many activities and spectacles. This year, for our winter pep rally, students were encouraged to wear specific colors based on their grades: black for seniors, orange for juniors, gray for sophomores, and white for freshmen. Once students arrived at the pep rally, they sat in their assigned areas in the gym. At the start of the pep rally, all of the winter athletes ran into…
Sports, Stunts, and Spooky Spirit(s) THS’s Pep Rally: A Thriller of a Good Time Katie Keegan The annual October pep rally was an extremely exciting event with many activities and spectacles. From Paper Mummies to Thriller dance moves, the pep rally was a great way to end an exhilarating Spirit Week. In the days leading up to the pep rally, students got in the spirit with Jersey Day, Work from Home day, Superhero Day, and…
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),…
Memories in the Making By Melissa Miskin The Memory Project is a nonprofit organization rooted in Middleton, Wisconsin that aims to connect youth around the world through beautiful, personalized artwork. Through this organization, talented young artists create portraits of underprivileged children in other countries, in order to give them a keepsake from their childhoods. This project was started in order to bring some joy to the lives of children who have very little to be…
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…
Walking into school for their first “normal” day back after the chaos of the past year and a half, Terryville High School students did not expect the plans that awaited them. Instead of the usual bouncing from classroom to classroom and going over syllabi and rules, students were first instructed to make their way out to the track to the sound of motivating music where a pep rally of sorts was held. The ready to…
Terryville High School Art Club is Ready to THRIVE! The Art Club students had fun painting in the dark with fluorescent paints and glow-in-the-dark paint under black lights. The paintings turned out great even with the lights on! Terryville High School
