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…
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…
Up Close and Personal in Our Nation’s Capitol by Katie Keegan Terryville High School Goes To Washington is a tradition that began before Covid officially resumed and several students had the fortunate opportunity just before Thanksgiving this year, to join Mr. Veleas on a return to our nation’s capital. Through the organization Closeup, students learn the inner workings of our government through an intensive week of workshops and learning. Their days are filled from breakfast…
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…
Building the Yellow Brick Road: The Wizard of Oz at THS, Spring 2022 On the evening of April 8th, anticipation was building in the Borkowski family auditorium as the spring Drama Club production, The Wizard of Oz, was about to begin. For the first time in over ten years, the Terryville High School drama club was about to show us, there really is no place like home. Raucous applause was sure to be heard throughout…
On April 13th, a group of eager students and their teacher guides jetted out of JFK International Airport on a flight to Costa Rica, where they would learn all about what it means to live “pura vida”. According to Mrs. Erickson, the main teacher guide, every day was, “Endless learning, every single aspect of the day – between learning about biodiversity, language, cultural practices, how daily life is, learning about yourself and how you are…
Day of Kindness On April 14th, the town of Plymouth sponsored its annual day of kindness, celebrating the positive power of generosity and kindness to others. As you drove around town, many yards were adorned with bright purple “Be Kind” signs, helping to spread awareness of the day. Purple lights were placed in Baldwin Park where they could be viewed by the hundreds of drivers on Route 6. At THS the Student Council decided to…
Art Showcase 2022 Recently, two talented art students in Ms. Ritchie’s art classes created fabric murals as a generous donation for our local Food Pantry. Milani Giovacchino and Gia Tirino were responsible for the creation of these fabric murals which are on display. Each student designed, sewed, and painted the murals, which are real showstoppers. Wall murals are intricate large scale pieces that let you make a major statement. For both girls, it was…
