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
Recent updates on winter and spring sports: According to the CIAC, “[t]he CIAC is in the process of developing COVID mitigating plans for all spring sports, which will begin on March 27, with the first contest date on April 10. The final date for regular season games to count toward the state tournament will be May 27. The CIAC plans on holding traditional spring sports tournaments from June 1 through June 13.” Live streaming of…
It would be redundant to comment on how different and confusing this school year has been for us all, yet it’s important to emphasize something that many may not have noticed––the lack of available interaction between peers and teachers. Not only this, but students have noticed a lack of connection between themselves and their fellow peers. While it may have become increasingly obvious with the move to fully distanced learning, many students have admitted that…
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,…
March was an anxious period for most students. The normal stress of school – papers, math tests, AP exam prep – was slowly being taken over by another beast. This battle, for students and staff alike, was totally new: a worldwide pandemic. Throughout February, students received notifications from the news on their phones; they were frequently updated about the spread of COVID-19 as it infected thousands. At first, it seemed like something that was strictly…
2020 has continued to be a year filled with surprises and new changes. The last few months of this year have felt like anything but normal. However, with the help and amazing work of our teachers, our distance learning from home still keeps us connected as a school and a community. Ms. Erickson, the head of the Pep Club, decided to create a way to allow THS students the chance to continue to remain connected…
2020 marks the 99th year since the formation of National Honor Society (NHS), an organization made up of hundreds of chapters from different high schools across the United States. Members are chosen to join based on their personal academic achievement as well as their involvement in and outside of their community. Terryville High Schools’s newest batch of members, consisting of 17 bright-eyed and excited juniors, were inducted in early February of this year. Gathered in…
Like many who first heard the news about the flames spreading across Australia, Mrs. Hurd, devastated about the consequences of this tragedy, frantically strove to find a way to raise money for the country. In the wake of the Australian wildfires that have destroyed much of the country’s land and injured wildlife, she thought of a way to help: a school-wide activity called “Kangaroos Helping Kangaroos” as a way to collect donations. The money collected…
Cheers and clapping fill the gymnasium as the Roos boys basketball team runs in surrounded by a crowd of excited fans. This year, our boys have continued to impress us all with their efforts to represent Terryville High School in the state tournament. The team closed out their regular season with an impressive record of 13-7. As seniors this year, Albert Molina, Zack Rinkavage, Devonne Dao, Brandon Gauthier, Harold Garcia, Luis Rosario, and Jacob Toth…
BUZZZZ! The sound of the loud 3:45 PM buzzer filled the gym as the Lady Roos basketball team huddled up in preparation to start the most anticipated game of the season: against their rival, Thomaston High School. Their 3:45 game hyped up the viewers for the boys’ games, which led shortly after. Throughout the entirety of the game, the Lady Roos played with passion and competitiveness but were eventually taken down by the tough Thomaston…
