Timothy EdwardsMiddle School

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• Good morning everyone, please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated.

• Welcome back to another edition of TETV Morning News. Today is Thursday, May 4.

• Student council hopes you enjoyed your half day yesterday. Please send any feedback you have to your homeroom representative. For the 6th grade- Are you smarter than a 5th grader, the answer to the last question,” What movie won the first ever Oscar for best animated picture?” The answer was Shrek. The winning homerooms were Ruiz, Sullivan, McAvoy, and Pantages. Student council will deliver your reward next week!

• On Monday, May 2nd, the TEMS Gold Team traveled to the Appellate Court House in Harford to participate in the Civics First Middle School Mock Trial State Championship. Unfortunately, the Defense team from Moran Middle School prevailed over the Prosecution team from TE. Special shout out to the entire GOLD Team who made history as the first MOCK TRIAL team from TE to qualify for the State Championships. Members of the GOLD TEAM include: Jane Carty, Maham Husain, Anvitha Jayavarapu, Dhanya Sanakkayala, Shruti Shah, Akhil Shunmugaraja and Karthik Srikumar. In addition, Shruti Shah was named Outstanding Witness for the tournament! On Tuesday, May 3rd, eight members of the TEMS's DEBATE team went to Connecticut's OLD STATE HOUSE to compete in the Semifinals and Finals of the Civics First GREAT DEBATE. In an exciting FINAL DEBATE pitting two TEMS teams against one another,  the team of Das and Srivastava prevailed in an unanimous decision over the team of Srikumar and Shunmugaraja. Kudos to the 2023 State Runner Ups: Karthik Srikumar and Akhil Shunmugaraja and congratulations to the 2023 Middle School Great Debate Champions: Anoushka "THE ANNIHILATOR" Das and Pooravi "THE PUNISHER" Srivastava. 

• Have you had a chance to look through this year's issue of Out of the Blue yet?  Make sure you look at Maribeth Casionan's amazing, colorful artwork or Owen Sampson's creative poetry!
  

• The TEMS baseball team traveled to Manchester to take on Illing yesterday afternoon and they suffered another close defeat.  Final score was Illing 4, TE 2.  Tom Melia came on in relief and held the Rams offense in check by pitching a solid three and a third innings.  Offensively, the Cougars were led by Melia and Wyatt Prather who had two singles each.  Ben Tetreault and Nico Calderon had the other hits for TE.   The Cougars take on Sage Park today at home.
  

• Pride Month is quickly approaching and there’s lots to do to get ready for the TEMS Pride celebration! Even if you’ve never been to SAGA before, there’s plenty of opportunity for you to get involved! Come to SAGA after school today to help us work on the annual Pride Art Contest, trivia, news and media, and crafts! If you can’t make it today, reach out to Miss Carver or Mrs. Reed to express your interest in helping plan our most colorful month of the year! SAGA meets right after school in room 145 until the late bus.

• The Timothy Edwards Athletics Department is hosting it's first ever Cricket Intramurals.  There are limited spots available for this after school program, so it will be offered to students that sign-up first. A confirmation email will be sent to all students that have been accepted for Cricket Intramurals.  Once you sign up, you will be able to participate every Monday until June 5th.  If you have additional equipment, you are encouraged to bring it in on or before the first participation date.  If you don't have equipment, don't worry there will be some to share.  LAST DAY TO REGISTER IS May 5th.  You must go to the TEMS Homepage to register.  Any questions, please see Mr. Chandler in the main gym.
  

• Are you wanting to improve your speed and agility?  If so, the speed, agility and quickness camp is just for you.  Whether you are a beginner or want to get faster this camp will help you in so many ways.  This is a summer camp that will begin on July 24th and end on July 28th.  You can pick up more information in the boys and girls locker room or see Mrs. Giaccone in the main gym.
  

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