History
Terryville Mock Election Mirrors 2020 Election
The presidential election: one of the most important aspects of our American democracy. Every four years U.S. citizens age eighteen and up vote to decide who will be the next leader of our country. But what about those who do not meet the age requirement? Every four years for the past twenty four years, Terryville High School has been staging a mock election to allow high school students, especially those under the age of eighteen,…
New AP Courses Open Doors for Students at THS
Here at Terryville High School, we have continued to increase the variety of advanced placement classes offered throughout students’ sophomore, junior, and senior years. Recently, our school has welcomed the addition of two new AP courses, AP United States Government and Politics and AP Computer Science. Until now, THS only offered one history AP course and no courses in the computer science field. Since the purpose of an AP class is to prepare students for…
Close Up: DC Bound
It’s that time of the year again! Teachers of the THS history department will be joining students in the second annual trip to the nation’s capital via the Close Up program. The Close Up program provides students from around the country with the experience to visit Washington, D.C. where they can gain new insights into politics in our country. With a fresh group of students attending, the Terryville High School Newspaper Club interviewed one of…
THS Students Travel to Washington D.C. : A Once in a Lifetime Experience of the Nation’s Capital
This past November, students in the Terryville High School Sophomore and Senior History classes, along with history teacher Peter Veleas, participated in a trip to Washington D.C. via the national CloseUp program. With this trip, students were given the opportunity to visit some of the nation’s most known attractions in D.C. and Virginia, such as the Lincoln and Vietnam Memorials, as well as given the opportunity to engage in a hands-on experience of learning how…