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TE Morning News - 5/21/18 
  • Good morning!  I am Ms. Olsen and I am the Out of the Blue club advisor.  I’m Kiran Francis and I’m one of the Out of the Blue club members. We are pleased to announce our contest winners for the 2017-2018 school year and would like to thank all the students, alumni, and staff who submitted, because your work truly is what makes our magazine so phenomenal!

It is with great pleasure that we would like to celebrate the winner of our cover contest, Karen Luo!  Your inspiring, colorful cover is magnificent and contains a great message.  We hope you enjoy the gift card to Amazon as well as a certificate to celebrate your accomplishment. 

Additionally, Anoushka Prabhughate is our cover art honorable mention which is featured on the back cover of this year’s magazine.  Thank you for sharing your talent with us Anoushka!  Enjoy a certificate to celebrate your accomplishment! We are also thrilled to announce the winner of our poetry contest, Nora Lombardo, for her meaningful poem “Am I Perfect, Am I Enough?”  We are proud of you Nora!  You won a gift card to Amazon, as well as a certificate to celebrate your accomplishment. 

We would also like to recognize our honorable mention Hillary Benitez for her beautiful metaphor poem “Ocean” which has very deep meaning.  Thank you for sharing your talents with us Hillary!  Enjoy your certificate to celebrate your accomplishment! Finally, we would like to recognize the winners of our Strive for Five contest and the students who showcased the values that are so important to our school.  Congratulations to our winner Iniya Raja, for her beautiful collage.  Iniya won a gift card to Amazon as well as a certificate to celebrate her accomplishment.

We would also like to congratulate Julia Alkhayer for her inspirational photo and poem.  Julia, here is a certificate to celebrate your accomplishment. Thank you again to everyone that submitted to our magazine.  We hope you all enjoy reading this year’s colorful issue of Out of the Blue, which will be distributed to those who submitted at lunch!  Also, if you would like a copy to purchase, we are going to sell copies of our magazine starting Tuesday May 22 in my room, room 312, in the Garnet hallway.  Copies will sell for $2 each.  Please be sure to bring exact change.  Your support and generosity will help us with our goals to expand our magazine next year."

  • Join Outdoor Education Club for a stand up paddle boarding and kayaking trip at Collinsville Canoe & Kayak on Saturday, June 9th.  If you are interested, please stop by the main office, Mr. Wilkinson’s room, or Ms. Nelson’s room for a form.  Forms are due back by Friday, June 8th.
  • The Cougars Baseball team had a rough loss on Friday to Illing of Manchester. Tim Sigler and Nick Worthington came through with hits during the game. The next game is today against Sage Park here at Orchard Hill Park.
  • Please check the TE website for a link to sign up for Timothy Edwards Making Strides, our Relay for Life team. The Relay for Life is a fun event that benefits the American Cancer Society and we need you to join us in making strides against cancer.Thank you!
  • TE Peer Mediators and the South Windsor Public Works are teaming up for the  ”Fill A Truck” Food Drive. Starting TODAY please bring in  nonperishable food items, canned goods and boxed foods, and help our school successfully fill a Public Works’ truck full of food. All donated food can be placed in a recycling bin in the lobby of the school. All the food that you donate will go to the South Windsor Food Bank. Please help support this wonderful cause!
  • Attention all MathCounts participants. You are invited to the Board of Education meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 7:00.  The meeting will be in Alt. 6. MathCounts will be spotlighted. Please consider attending. If you can make it please wear your MathCounts tee shirt and if you have any questions please see your math teacher.  
  • Ambassadors, Peer Mediators, Jump Start and Generation Leadership students, you will be receiving a pass this morning from your homeroom teachers to attend the Kevin "Showboat" Jackson and Harlem Globetrotters program in the large gymnasium.  You will leave class at 1:45 pm and enter the gymnasium at Common Area B through the bleacher entrance. 

  • Yesterday afternoon the Boys Track Team competed in the Connecticut River Athletic League track meet.  Competing against six other schools, the boys finished in 4th place overall.  Scoring points for the team were:  Andrew Bell with a 2nd place finish in hurdles and a 4th place finish in high jump; Nikhil Kikanamada with a 5th place finish in the 1600; Sam Meleshenko winning the 400 with a time of 58.25 seconds; Jaideep Naik with a 5th place finish in the 200; Alex Magarian with a 4th place finish in the 800; Kyle Sullivan also placing 4th in the high jump; Wyatt Cote placing 4th in discus and 3rd in shot put; and Phillip Martin winning shot put, and setting a new school record, with a throw of 34 feet 7 inches.  The 4 by 100 relay team of Jaideep Naik, Phillip Martin, John Montana, and Matt Venzie placed 4th with a season best time of 53.2 seconds. Good job to all the boys.  And, a special congratulations to the girls team for their championship win yesterday!  Way to go girls!
  • Congrats to our Girls Track Team on their 1st place finish at the CRAL championship league meet last Thursday. Even though the meet was filled with tough competition from six other schools, the girls dominated the meet winning with 79 points.  Highlights from the meet include: 3rd place finish from Jessica Pollack in the 100 meter run, 1st and 2nd place finish from Kayden Burke and Sarah Gordon in the 55m hurdles, 1st place finish from our 4x100 relay team consisting of Jessica Pollack, Amanda Walsh, Grace Reed, and Arden Sansom, and another 1st place relay finish by our 4x400 relay team of Katelyn Roux, Marybeth Grasso, Iniya Raja, and Sarah Gordon. Kaitlyn Baumgartner took 2nd place in the 200 meter run and 1st place in the high jump, which was followed by a close 2nd place high jump finish by Grace Reed. Rhianna O'Meara ran by everyone in the 800 meter run taking 2nd place, while Kayden Burke took 1st place in discus, and Tracy Doan took 2nd in long jump. Overall a great meet. Congrats ladies!!

  • Today for lunch... In the Create line you can have Cheese Breadsticks. In the Grill line you can have Meatball Sub and in the On the Go line you can have your choice of deli sandwiches. Have a great day, do your best, remember to always strive for 5!                      

 

Posted by dmatchett On 21 May, 2018 at 9:09 AM