Timothy EdwardsMiddle School

• The Yearbook Staff is asking for students and teachers to take a selfie with your pet and send the photo to Ms. Gravell through her email address: [email protected].  Please send them ASAP to get yours into the book!

• Here’s a moment of French culture as we continue National French Week. You have probably never heard of Carole Fredericks. That’s OK, not many Americans have. Carole Fredericks grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, one of six children, and attended Springfield public schools. After graduating, she asked her brother, the Grammy-winning blues artist Taj Mahal, to bring her to California to be a backup singer. At the age of 20, while working as a waitress in a French restaurant, she was urged by customers to travel to France to perform there. Even though she didn’t speak French at all, she took the chance and flew to Paris. As luck would have it, she met the owner of that restaurant at the airport in Paris. He called friends, and she began singing professionally immediately. She sang with many famous musicians, including Elton John, Eric Clapton, and  Celine Dion. The album she recorded with Celine Dion remains the best selling French language album of all time. For six years, she was one third of the trio “Fredericks Goldman Jones”. Eventually, she began writing and performing her own music, and toured internationally. At the time of her death in Senegal, at the age of 49, she was considered “music royalty” in the French-speaking world. She was active in supporting causes such as the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Jean-Jacques Goldman said of her:

“Carole was born once in the United States, the land of her parents, of her childhood, of her formation, of her musical culture. She was born a second time in France, the land of her artistic recognition, of her loves and friends, of her pleasures, of her home. Yet a third time she was born in Senegal, the land of her roots, of her heart, perhaps the place where she felt best, the land of her departure, as well.” 

 Here is Carole Fredericks singing Knock on Wood with Celine Dion - https://youtu.be/_vdOQ7efRXQ.

• Cougar Week Day 3

• November is National Native American Heritage Month.  Native American Heritage Month offers a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples' cultures, traditions, and languages throughout the Western Hemisphere.  In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, we’d like to acknowledge and honor the Podunk peoples and the homeland that we gather on daily when we attend our schools, as students, staff, and a community.  This land acknowledgement is something that is traditionally done by indigenous peoples to honor their territories and land as a way to pay respect to the history and tradition of their ancestors.

• Announcement: Remember everyone, The Yearbook Staff is asking for students and teachers to take a selfie with your pet and send the photo to Ms. Gravell through her email address: [email protected].  Please send them ASAP to get yours into the book!

• We are THRILLED to kick off the Entertainers season with this announcement! While we are disappointed that we will not be able to meet in person this year, we are grateful for the opportunity to try a remote performance of School House Rock Live, Jr. Sadly, there will be no need for a set, stage, or light/sound crew this year, but if you're interested in performing here's what you need to do: 

1. Join the Entertainers Google Classroom with code a3uwofm
2. Complete the Google Form to sign up
3. Pick your favorite musical theater song for your audition
4. Practice 30 seconds of the song you think best showcases your voice and your "screen presence"
5. Record your performance with or without accompaniment
6. Upload your video no later than Sunday, November 1

• Cougar Week Day 2

• Team T-shirt Vote time. Link in homerooms. Vote only once. Make sure you scroll down to see all the options.

• Cassidy's Cultural Corner - National French Week!

 Click Here to view the TETV Morning News.

• Cougar week - Day 1 all grades

• Veterans Day reminder from Jillian Venzie: November is National Native American Heritage Month.  Native American Heritage Month offers a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples' cultures, traditions, and languages throughout the Western Hemisphere.  In honor of National Native American Heritage Month, we’d like to acknowledge and honor the Podunk peoples and the homeland that we gather on daily when we attend our schools, as students, staff, and a community.  This land acknowledgement is something that is traditionally done by indigenous peoples to honor their territories and land as a way to pay respect to the history and tradition of their ancestors.

• Last spring, you may remember Mrs. Morgan-Hostetler coming on the air to talk about recent events that were taking place in our country and how TE was looking for students who were interested in helping our community engage in conversations about racism, the role of race in our society and student activism. We are looking to continue that group and add other students who are interested in brainstorming ideas on changes we can make at TE to be more inclusive and understanding of all who are part of our community. If you are interested, please join the “Make a Change” classroom using code:  c23gpkr Please do this by Tuesday, November 3^rd.  In the classroom, you will find information about our first meeting. If you are unsure of what this will be about, join the class, come to our first meeting and then decide if it is right for you. If you would like to ask some questions prior to the first meeting, please email Mrs. Kozik at [email protected]

• Our Fit A Thon pledge period wrapped up Saturday night.  Thanks so much to everyone who helped to make our fundraiser a success! Thanks to your efforts, we hit our goal and raised a total of $12,075.00!   Way to go Cougars!!! And now the moment you've all been waiting for... The announcement of our Fit A Thon Prize Winners. The individuals that have raised the most in donations for their grades and will be awarded $100 cash are:  Jesse Lessard in 8th Grade who raised $500, Peyton Carr for the 7th graders who raised $290  AND the top earning student in the whole school who is in the 6th grade is Emery Forko who raised $2,225!!   Absolutely Amazing!!  Congratulations to our individual winners!  And Now... the top earning team, raising $2,770 as a team is Team Evergreen!!  Enjoy your Free DQ Blizzards!! You deserve it!! All prizes can be picked up in the office Wednesday. Once again we would  like to offer our sincerest thanks and gratitude to everyone that participated in our Fit A Thon and worked hard to make it a success and hit our goal. Congratulations to all of our winners.  Enjoy your prizes!  

• Purple Week - Grade 6 Day 1 Grades 7 &8 Day 5

• Happy Halloween

• We can't believe it's here but today is the last day for our Fit A Thon!  Thanks for embracing this new Virtual format for our fundraiser and Thank you for all of your hard work, we are just $420 short of our $12,000 goal!  There is still time to get additional pledges in through Saturday and to log in any activity minutes!  If you have any pictures of you participating in activities that you would like to share to be added to the yearbook please send them to Mr. Goric. A Huge Congratulations to Emery Forko in 6th Grade who raised over $2,000 for our school!  Incredible!!  Team Evergreen is in the lead for the DQ Blizzard vouchers which will be announced on Monday! And now for our final Fit A Thon raffle.  All students that have met their personal fundraising goal of $50 have been automatically entered. Winners may pick up their prizes in the office after 10am. Good luck! The 3 lucky winners of $50 Amazon gift cards are...Soniya Patel Grade 7, Christianna Macchi Grade 8 and Nolan Charron Grade 6. Congratulations to all of our raffle winners.  And a big thank you to everyone who has helped to make our Fit A Thon a success so far. There's still time to get those pledges online or in school!!  Have a Great Weekend!

• Last spring, you may remember Mrs. Morgan-Hostetler coming on the air to talk about recent events that were taking place in our country and how TE was looking for students who were interested in helping our community engage in conversations about racism, the role of race in our society and student activism. We are looking to continue that group and add other students who are interested in brainstorming ideas on changes we can make at TE to be more inclusive and understanding of all who are part of our community. If you are interested, please join the “Make a Change” classroom using code:  c23gpkr Please do this by Tuesday, November 3rd.  In the classroom, you will find information about our first meeting. If you are unsure of what this will be about, join the class, come to our first meeting and then decide if it is right for you. If you would like to ask some questions prior to the first meeting, please email Mrs. Kozik at [email protected] .

 Click Here to view the TETV Morning News

• Purple Week - Grade 6 Day 2 - Grade 7 & 8 Day 4

• Team T-shirt Design contest. Single color design on blank background submitted to homeroom teacher by this Friday to vote on Monday.
  

• The last day for the Fit A Thon is tomorrow!  We can't believe it, but there is still today and tomorrow to get those donations in!  Keep up the great work getting those pledges!!  Its not too late to reach out to friends, family, aunts, uncles, grandmas and grandpas! Together we can reach our $12,000 school goal!!  We are just shy of $11,000!  Anyone who needs more information on the fundraiser can go to the TEMS website under the PTO section. Congratulations to the only team reaching the $2,000 team goal so far:  Evergreen! Watch out though, Lime, Pacific and Emerald are hot on your heels!.  Don't forget, each student on the overall highest fundraising team earns a DQ free Blizzard Voucher!  Good luck!

• Last spring, you may remember Mrs. Morgan-Hostetler coming on the air to talk about recent events that were taking place in our country and how TE was looking for students who were interested in helping our community engage in conversations about racism, the role of race in our society and student activism. We are looking to continue that group and add other students who are interested in brainstorming ideas on changes we can make at TE to be more inclusive and understanding of all who are part of our community. If you are interested, please join the “Make a Change” classroom using code:  c23gpkr Please do this by Tuesday, November 3rd.  In the classroom, you will find information about our first meeting. If you are unsure of what this will be about, join the class, come to our first meeting and then decide if it is right for you. If you would like to ask some questions prior to the first meeting, please email Mrs. Kozik at [email protected]. 

• Purple Week - Workshop Wednesday - STAR Assessment day - Log onto homeroom by 8:50 for instructions.

• Last spring, you may remember Mrs. Morgan-Hostetler coming on the air to talk about recent events that were taking place in our country and how TE was looking for students who were interested in helping our community engage in conversations about racism, the role of race in our society and student activism. We are looking to continue that group and add other students who are interested in brainstorming ideas on changes we can make at TE to be more inclusive and understanding of all who are part of our community. If you are interested, please join the “Make a Change” classroom using code: c23gpkr. Please do this by Tuesday, November 3^rd.  In the classroom, you will find information about our first meeting. If you are unsure of what this will be about, join the class, come to our first meeting and then decide if it is right for you. If you would like to ask some questions prior to the first meeting, please email Mrs. Kozik at [email protected]

• Attention all TE Students and Teachers: This year the Yearbook would like to invite all of you to submit your own SELFIE with your PET.  We all love our pets, and this year they can be a part of our 2021 TEMS Yearbook. Just email your photo with your pet to Ms. Gravell, with the subject line, SELFIE WITH PETS. Let's see how many of you can show off yourself with your pet. Please submit your photos as images, not on Google formats, to [email protected].

• We are THRILLED to kick off the Entertainers season with this announcement! While we are disappointed that we will not be able to meet in person this year, we are grateful for the opportunity to try a remote performance of School House Rock Live, Jr. Sadly, there will be no need for a set, stage, or light/sound crew this year, but if you're interested in performing here's what you need to do:

1. Join the Entertainers Google Classroom with code a3uwofm
2. Complete the Google Form to sign up 
3. Pick your favorite musical theater song for your audition
4. Practice 30 seconds of the song you think best showcases your voice and your "screen presence"
5. Record your performance with or without accompaniment
6. Upload your video no later than Sunday, November 15

You have 3 weeks to get ready so have fun and be sure to listen to the TETV morning news for more Entertainers related announcements. We look forward to seeing you soon!

• Team T-shirt Design contest. Single color design on blank background submitted to homeroom teacher by this Friday to vote on Monday. 

• We are in the home stretch for our Fit A Thon Fundraiser and we are so close to our $12,000 goal with $10.740!  We are $1,260 away from our goal!  We need a big push the last few days to hit our goal!  Remember our goal is for each student to raise at least $50.  Email grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncles, friends and neighbors. We want to give a shout out to our three current top fundraising students from each grade!. Congratulations to Emory Forko  in Grade 6 who is the overall leader and has raised over $1,950 dollars for our school!  Absolutely incredible! In 7th Grade we have Payton Beaudreau in the lead and in 8th grade we have Jesse Lessard but there are several students in both 7th and 8th that are close behind these students!   Awesome job guys!!!  Remember the top fundraiser from each grade earns a $100 cash prize! As for the Team prize for DQ Blizzard vouchers, Team Evergreen is in the lead, with over $2,000 raised, but Lime and Pacific could creep up from behind!  Keep sharing your fundraising webpage with family and friends. Don’t forget, there is only one more chance to win a raffle prize. This Friday we will be raffling three $50 Amazon gift cards for students that have met their $50 donation goal, so keep getting those donations! Good Luck!

• Purple Week Day 3

• With the Fit A Thon finish line ending this Friday keep up the great work getting those pledges!!  Together we can reach our $12,000 school goal!!  Anyone who needs more information on the fundraiser can go to the TEMS website under the PTO section. There is great news to share today. As of last night, we have raised over $10,000 for the Fit A Thon!!! Thank you to everyone that has registered and has been working hard to get donations for our school! We still need your help. We are $1,800 away from meeting our goal with just 4 days left! If you haven't already, register at our school’s fundraiser website and start raising money for our school. Now here are the winners of our $40 Nomad Gift Cards: Linnaea Kraus Grade 6, Nora Carty Grade 6 and Zachary Smith Grade 7. Congratulations to all 3 winners and you can pick up your gift cards in the office after 10am. Also, don't forget, we have our last exciting raffle on Friday!!  If you have raised at least $50 in donations you will be entered for a chance to win one of three $50 Amazon gift cards. Good luck!

• Team t-shirt design contest now through Friday. Single color on a blank sheet designs should be turned into homeroom teachers by Friday for consideration. Designs should be a representation of your team. Can't wait to see your designs!

• Attention all TE Students and Teachers: This year the Yearbook would like to invite all of you to submit your own SELFIE with your PET.  We all love our pets, and this year they can be a part of our 2021 TEMS Yearbook. Just email your photo with your pet to Ms. Gravell, with the subject line, SELFIE WITH PETS. Let's see how many of you can show off yourself with your pet. Please submit your photos as images, not on Google formats, to [email protected].

Purple Week Grade 6 day 4 Grade  and 8 Day 2

• We are THRILLED to kick off the Entertainers season with this announcement! While we are disappointed that we will not be able to meet in person this year, we are grateful for the opportunity to try a remote performance of School House Rock Live, Jr. Sadly, there will be no need for a set, stage, or light/sound crew this year, but if you're interested in performing here's what you need to do:

1. Join the Entertainers Google Classroom with code a3uwofm
2. Complete the Google Form to sign up
3. Pick your favorite musical theater song for your audition
4. Practice 30 seconds of the song you think best showcases your voice and your "screen presence"
5. Record your performance with or without accompaniment
6. Upload your video no later than Sunday, November 15
   
   You have 3 weeks to get ready so have fun and be sure to listen to the TETV morning news for more Entertainers related announcements. We look forward to seeing you soon!

• We are in our final week of our Fit A Thon, we are very close to our target of $12000 with $9275 raised already. We need a final push to get $2725 or more for us to achieve our goal. Needless to say we need your help in getting to the finish line! If you haven't registered yet, you can register today! Result highlights: Evergreen is leading by having raised the most so far, with Lime, Pacific and Emerald close behind.  Remember that each student in the top winning team wins a voucher for a DQ Blizzard! We also have an Individual prize for the top fundraising student in each grade who will also receive a $100 cash prize! This is an exciting and fun week with two more opportunities to win raffle prizes, so keep getting those donations!!

Oct 27th -TOMORROW - you will be entered in the raffle to win one of three $40 Nomad's gift cards  if you have raised $40 or more 

Oct 30th -Friday - is our last Raffle....if you have raised $50 or more, you will be in the raffle to win one of three $50 Amazon Gift Card 

Good luck!!

• Team T-shirt design Time...Team T-shirt design Time....Team T-shirt design Time. That's right TE, this week is our team t-shirt design week. Each team will vote on a team t-shirt design drawn by one of its very own students. Are you a design genius...are you a fashion connoisseur... are you an amazing artist... are you someone who is willing to draw a design... then this contest is for you. Please submit designs to homeroom teachers by this Friday. Designs should be drawn in a single color on a blank sheet of unlined paper and should represent your team. So lets see what your creative talents will deliver us this year. T-shirt designs will be voted on by your team members next week so make sure to submit to your homeroom by this Friday for consideration.

• With just a week left until the end of our Fit A Thon, we are more than 50% to reaching our goal and we need your help getting to the finish line!  Our individual student goal is $50 or more.  It is easy to share your fundraising webpage over email and Facebook.  Share with grandparents, aunt, uncles, neighbors and friends.  Only five, $10 pledges will reach your goal!  Cash and checks are also accepted and may be brought into the school office with your name and team on the envelope.  Let's go Cougars and help us reach our goal!! And now, It's our Fit A Thon raffle time!  All students that have raised at least $30 in donations so far have been automatically entered in the raffle. Today's lucky winners may pick up their prizes in the office after 10am. Good luck and thank you for registering with the Fit A Thon! The three winners of $30 Target gift cards are...Jake Brown Grade 7, Keira Deitelbaum Grade 6 & Caleigh Galin Grade 8. Congratulations to all our winners!

• Time is running OUT to register for the 2020 AMC-8 Math Test and ALL the activities in this year's VIRTUAL STEAM OLYMPICS. Register in the Google Classroom using code aj6rciw and complete the registration form. The deadline to register is this Friday October 23rd.