Terrill Middle School

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, and physical education. 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 have reading replacing music, and eighth graders receive two marking periods of information technology.

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. [Schultz, Theresa. [http://www.nj.com/education/recordpress/index.ssf?/base/news-0/118185274137310.xml&coll=17 "Students: Community service should be in curriculum"] , "Record-Press", June 14, 2007.]

Awards and recognition

Teacher Barbara Jost was awarded the 1997 Edyth May Sliffe Award by the Mathematical Association of America, recognizing excellence in math instruction. [ [http://www.unl.edu/amc/f-miscellaneous/f1-archive/1997-98-fa/97jhsliffe.shtml Middle School - 1997] , Edyth May Sliffe Awards from the Mathematical Association of America. Accessed June 29, 2007.]

Principal John Foulks won the 1991 Golden Lamp Award for outstanding achievement from the Secondary School Principals' Association of New Jersey. [Cheslow, Jerry. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7DA163BF930A15755C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print " If You're Thinking of Living in: Scotch Plains"] , 'The New York Times", 'June 23, 1991, Accessed June 29, 2007.]

Administration

*Kevin Holloway - Principal
*Michael Klimko - Assistant Principal

Notable alumni

*Derrick Caracter, power forward/center for the Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, averaged nearly 30 points per game as an eighth grader at Terrill. ["National High School face-off today", "The Philadelphia Inquirer", July 14, 2002."while playing at Terrill Middle School in Fanwood, NJ, Caracter averaged 29 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 blocks as an eighth grader."] 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 Deng, Kris Humphries and Ndudi Ebi. ["CARACTER BUILDER FOR STORM", "New York Daily News", July 14, 2002. "The biggest bombshell of the summer observation period occurred when Clark Francis of Hoop Scoop named 6-9, 286-pound eighth-grade phenom Derrick Caracter of Terrill Middle School (Fanwood, N.J.) the best prospect at the Nike All-America Camp in Indianapolis after just the first day of competition. He beat out 6-7 forward Luol Deng of Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.), 6-8 Kris Humphries of Minnetonka, Minn., and 6-10 Ndudi Ebi of Westbury Christian (Houston)."]
*Scott Goldblatt, Swimmer who won a Gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and a Silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, with both medals earned in the 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay. ["Swimmer ready for the race of his life", "The Star-Ledger", September 17, 2000. "Name: Scott Goldblatt Age: 21 Hometown: Summit Residence: Scotch Plains, until going away to college in Austin, Texas. Education: He attended Mcginn Elementary School, Coles Elementary School and Terrill Middle School in Scotch Plains and then the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, graduating in 1997."
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References

External links

* [http://www.spfk12.org/terrill/ School website]
*NJReportCard|39|4670|065|Terrill Middle School
* [http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/53010 PublicSchoolReview.com report]