Terrill Middle School

Terrill Middle School is a public middle school located in Scotch Plains, in Union County, New Jersey, USA, as part of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, which also serves students from the borough of Fanwood. The school is home to students grades 5-8. In 2003 its enrollment was some 747 students, of whom just 1% were eligible for free lunch, compared to a state average of 25%.

The fifth graders have a single primary teacher, with other teachers to teach classes such as music, art, physical education, and world language. The students in grades 6-8 have seven periods a day. The classes taken by these students are math, science, social studies, English, physical education, a foreign language (including Italian, Spanish, or French), and an exploratory. Art, informational technology and technology education are accessible to all three grades. Sixth graders also have music, while seventh graders and eighth graders receive two marking periods of information technology and art. Also, students in grade 6 through 8 experience "advisory" day every Wednesday.

Students in the school's "Thinking Is Basic" program have made presentations to the district's Board of Education, advocating for inclusion of community service as part of the middle school curriculum.[1] Recently, the school's "Thinking Is Basic" was re-named QUEST because Thinking is Basic was thought to be too offensive to children not in the program, and this followed for the entire Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District.

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Awards and recognition

Teacher Barbara Jost was awarded the 1997 Edyth May Sliffe Award by the Mathematical Association of America, recognizing excellence in math instruction.[2]

Principal John Foulks won the 1991 Golden Lamp Award for outstanding achievement from the Secondary School Principals' Association of New Jersey.[3]

Administration

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Schultz, Theresa. "Students: Community service should be in curriculum", Record-Press, June 14, 2007.
  2. ^ Middle School - 1997, Edyth May Sliffe Awards from the Mathematical Association of America. Accessed June 29, 2007.
  3. ^ Cheslow, Jerry. " If You're Thinking of Living in: Scotch Plains", 'The New York Times, 'June 23, 1991, Accessed June 29, 2007.
  4. ^ "National High School face-off today", The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 2002. "while playing at Terrill Middle School in Fanwood, NJ, Caracter averaged 29 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 blocks as an eighth grader."
  5. ^ "CARACTER BUILDER FOR STORM", New York Daily News, July 14, 2002. "The biggest bombshell of the summer observation period occurred when Clark Francis of Hoop Scoop named 6-9, 286-pound eighth-grade phenom Derrick Caracter of Terrill Middle School (Fanwood, N.J.) the best prospect at the Nike All-America Camp in Indianapolis after just the first day of competition. He beat out 6-7 forward Luol Deng of Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.), 6-8 Kris Humphries of Minnetonka, Minn., and 6-10 Ndudi Ebi of Westbury Christian (Houston)."
  6. ^ "Swimmer ready for the race of his life", The Star-Ledger, September 17, 2000. "Name: Scott Goldblatt Age: 21 Hometown: Summit Residence: Scotch Plains, until going away to college in Austin, Texas. Education: He attended Mcginn Elementary School, Coles Elementary School and Terrill Middle School in Scotch Plains and then the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, graduating in 1997." Cheese

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