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 Friday, May 16.

• Out of the Blue will meet immediately after school on Monday, May 19!  Ms. Olsen looks forward to seeing you there.  Feel free to drop off anything you need to in her room 222 in the morning.

• Congratulations to the TEMS Girls Track Team for winning the CRAL League Championship Meet yesterday! The team competed against eight schools and came out on top with an impressive 99 points!There were many amazing performances, but here are a few standout top-three finishers:800m: Jana Brownbill (1st), Allison Truong (3rd) 1600m: Greta Johnson (1st), Allison Truong (3rd) Hurdles: Sarah Krivickas (3rd) 4x100 Relay: Harper Kelly, Mia LeRoy, Sasha Staroverov, Sarah Krivickas (3rd) 4x400 Relay: Brenna Klaus, Callie Taylor, Annabelle Truong, Jana Brownbill (2nd) 4x800 Relay: Allison Truong, Alexandra Kupec, Emma Hennessey, Greta Johnson (2nd) Shot Put: Emily Keegan (1st), Maddie Carpenter (3rd) Discus: Iulia Luangpraseuth (1st) High Jump: Elise Glunt (1st), Laura Yeboah (3rd) Long Jump: Arianna M. (1st), Elise Glunt (2nd) We are incredibly proud of our athletes' hard work, teamwork, and dedication. Go TEMS!

• Congratulations to the Boys Track and field Team for winning their conference championship meet yesterday and becoming CRAL champions! The boys faced off against 7 different teams yesterday at the Ellington High School track. Despite the ongoing weather challenges, the Cougars were able to out perform rivals such as Sage Park and Illing to come out with the win. There were so many top finishes in the events including Caiden G, Logan S, and Krisha B in the hurdles. Adam E won the 400 meters with an insane time of 57.74 and Ishaan Ray came in 2nd with a time of 61.78. Gavin Williams and Brooklyn King took 1st and second in the long jump. Gavin jumped a huge personal best of 18 feet 11 and a half inches which set a new meet record and puts him in first place for all time at TE. Congratulations to all of the boys who competed and came out to Support -YOU ARE CRAL CHAMPIONS! There will be no practice today -our last team practice will be on Monday May 19.

• Last night, the UConn Writing Project held its annual celebration in Storrs to honor this year’s outstanding student writers. Today, we’re proud to recognize the incredible achievements of our 8th grade award winners!

Honorable Mentions
For Fiction: Emma Hennessey
For Poetry: Hasini Kasam

Silver Finalists
For Fiction: Daksha Rajasekaran
For Poetry: Annaliese Leroy and Daksha Rajasekaran

Gold Finalists – The Top Honors
For her Poetry, “I’m Holding on to Gravity Before Sleep Can Claim My Soul”, Sophia Maksymiuk
For her Fiction piece,  “Birdsong”, Emma O’Brien
For her Nonfiction piece, “They Never Stopped Writing: The Liberator’s Defiant Heroism and Its Crucial Input in the Abolition Movement”  Emma Hennessey

Emma Hennessey was also selected as one of just 12 students statewide to read her work aloud at last night’s ceremony — a tremendous honor!  A huge congratulations to all of our winners! Submitting your writing for judgment takes tremendous courage and shows great strength. We are proud of each and every one of you as you continue on your writing journey!

•  Attention all chorus students:  Please remember to bring your Chromebook AND earbuds to chorus today.

•  Attention all students going to Six Flags today.  Please report to the auditorium at 8:55am.

•  Attention all band members, please remember that Mr. Marci's Band Lessons are cancelled due to the six flags trip.  Please remain in your regular encore classes.  We will be back to normal on Monday.

•  Hellooooo, Cougars! Cougar Chronicles is back with their 4th issue, and they have an even wider variety of items! You can pick from wonderful articles, artwork, stories, etc.! We even have fun games you can play at the end of the newspaper! We have everything for everyone! Teachers, please post the link to the Cougar Chronicles in your Google Classroom! 

•  Helloooooo, Cougars. We want you to listen very, very carefully because TE Change Leaders is hosting a wonderful Twin Day on May 23rd, next Friday! You can find your bestie and twin with them in any sort of way, and it will be fun for all! We’re doing this all for cerebral palsy, a serious disorder that affects many people worldwide, restricting their movement and preventing them from living the life that they deserve. Even though donations are optional, we encourage everyone to donate to this important cause to change lives in our community. Donations can be given to your homeroom teacher next week from May 19th till Twin Day, May 23rd. So Cougars, we hope you decide to twin with your bestie twin, to support our important cause! After all, we want to make those people with cerebral palsy smile.

•  Good morning, TE students! You are all invited to participate the first annual TEMS  Debate Day on Tuesday May 27th! 
  Get a few of your friends together and spend an afternoon debating. There will be food, prizes and debate fun! Participate in three rounds of debate, and receive prizes for best team, speaker, and sportsmanship!  If you aren’t already in the Debate Google Classroom, join the classroom with code d e e c j r r, all lowercase, and click the registration link in stream. We hope to see you there!

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