Terrill Middle School
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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, German, 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. 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
.
by the Mathematical Association of America
, recognizing excellence in math instruction.
Principal John Foulks won the 1991 Golden Lamp Award for outstanding achievement from the Secondary School Principals' Association of New Jersey.
Terrill Middle School is also the best school ever to the students there.
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
located in Scotch Plains
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Scotch Plains is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the township population increased to a record high of 23,510.-History:...
, in Union County
Union County, New Jersey
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 536,499. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Elizabeth. Union County ranks 93rd among the highest-income counties in the United States. It also ranks 74th in...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, as part of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District
The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students from two communities in Union County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students in Prekindergarten through twelfth grade, who come from the Township of Scotch Plains and the...
, which also serves students from the borough of Fanwood
Fanwood, New Jersey
Fanwood is a borough in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,318.Fanwood was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on October 2, 1895, from portions of Fanwood Township , based on the results of a...
. 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, German, Spanish, or French), and an exploratory. Art, informational technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
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. 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
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District
The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students from two communities in Union County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students in Prekindergarten through twelfth grade, who come from the Township of Scotch Plains and the...
.
Awards and recognition
Teacher Barbara Jost was awarded the 1997 Edyth May Sliffe AwardEdyth May Sliffe Award
The Edyth May Sliffe Award is given annually to 20 teachers in the United States by the Mathematical Association of America . The awards are funded by a bequest from a retired high school mathematics teacher named Edyth May Sliffe, of Emeryville, California. Her purpose was to award high school...
by the Mathematical Association of America
Mathematical Association of America
The Mathematical Association of America is a professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists;...
, recognizing excellence in math instruction.
Principal John Foulks won the 1991 Golden Lamp Award for outstanding achievement from the Secondary School Principals' Association of New Jersey.
Terrill Middle School is also the best school ever to the students there.
Notable alumni
- Derrick CaracterDerrick CaracterDerrick Caracter is a power forward–center for the Los Angeles Lakers.Caracter grew up in Fanwood, New Jersey. He played high school basketball at St. Patrick High School as a freshman, and attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School as a sophomore, to team with fellow SPF native, and subsequent...
, power forward/center for the Louisville Cardinals men's basketballLouisville Cardinals men's basketballThe Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team is the 18th winningest college basketball team in NCAA Division I history and has the 10th best winning percentage in college basketball history. Currently coached by Rick Pitino, the Cardinals of the University of Louisville have been to 37 NCAA...
team, averaged nearly 30 points per game as an eighth grader at Terrill. As an 6-9, 286-pound eighth grader, Character was named "best prospect" at the 2002 Nike All-America Camp, beating out current NBA players Luol DengLuol DengLuol Deng is a South Sudanese-British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls and the Great Britain national basketball team. He plays the small forward position.-Early life:...
, Kris HumphriesKris HumphriesKris Nathan Humphries is an American professional basketball player who last played for the NBA's New Jersey Nets. He became an unrestricted free agent in 2011.-Early life:...
and Ndudi EbiNdudi EbiNdudi Hamani Ebi is a Nigerian-British professional basketball player who formerly played in the NBA.He committed to the University of Arizona, in the U.S., but reneged by making himself eligible for the NBA Draft...
. - Scott GoldblattScott GoldblattScott Goldblatt is an American swimmer who specializes in the freestyle.-Biography:Raised in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Goldblatt first began swimming in the children’s pool at his local swim club, Willow Grove Swim Club in Scotch Plains...
, Swimmer who won a Gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in Athens and a Silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney, Australia, with both medals earned in the 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay.