Nacho Holiday Treat

PTO parent volunteers served up nachos and ice cream sandwiches for Tyrrell students to enjoy on the half day before the holiday vacation.

It's a T-Bone Holiday

Singer T-Bone Stankus came to deliver his annual holiday cheer through a school-wide sing-a-long in the TMS gymnasium before the holiday break.
Also pictured: 8th graders continued the annual tradition of singing and dancing along to “The 12 Days of Christmas” and “Green Aligators and Long-necked Geese” for the 6th and 7th graders.

French Students Go Elementary

Some eighth graders from Tyrrell visited the Wolcott Elementary Schools to talk to students about the French program in middle school. Fifth graders enjoyed sampling French foods, making Eiffel Tower ornaments, and learning some French words.

St. Nicolas Day Shoes

French students made shoes for St. Nicolas day on December 6th. The tradition in French speaking parts of the world is that nice children will receive treats in shoes left by the fireplace, while those who have been naughty will get sticks.

Holiday "Links" Tyrrell Together

Student Council members hang links on the holiday chain around the cafeteria wall, as part of a contest between grades 6,7, and 8 to see who could add the most links to their part of the chain. All monies raised through the sale of the decorative links go toward more student council sponsored activities.

PTO Sundae Treat

Volunteers from the PTO made and served ice cream sundaes to students the half day before Thanksgiving break.
Thank you, Tyrrell PTO!

Peace Poster Contest Winner: Jillian Noack

6th grader Jillian Noack was the winner of the Wolcott Lions Club Peace Poster contest. This year’s theme was “Children Know Peace.” Jillian is pictured holding the certificate and award she received.

Superintendent's Award

Domenic Setaro and Carly Venditti are the 2011 Superintendent's Award recipients for Tyrrell Middle School. Seen here are Domenic and Superintendnet Macary.

TMS at State XC Championships

The 2011 Middle School Cross Country State Championships were held at Hammonassett State Park on Friday, 11/11/11. Jonathan Maldonado finished 44th out of 277 runners with a time of 15:14 (6:38 pace per mile), and Michael Rapisarda finished 59th out of 277 with a time of 15:32 (6:46 pace per mile). The course was 2.3 miles long.
Congratulations to Jonathan and Mike on a great performance!

Veteran's Day

Veteran's Day

Veteran's Day

Veteran's Day 2011

"Do Nut" Try to Top this Homeroom

Students in Mrs. Rosa’s homeroom earned a breakfast reward for being a top homeroom in the Homeroom Heroes contest, which rewards homerooms with the best attendance and behavior records each month.

Students Take Stock in Education

Investment advisor, John McKeon, came to speak with Grade 8 Project Explore students, who have been learning about the stock market. He discussed different kinds of stocks, how the concept of compounding interest works, and the factors to consider when buying and selling stock. Students worked in groups to determine which stocks would be good investments based on the S&P reports they were given to analyze.

More Science Museum

8th graders visited the Science Museum in Boston this week.

Duck boat

Today at TMS 11.7.2011

Fieldtrip to Boston a Real ROAR

Thanks for the picture of your purchase at the Science Museum gift shop, B.B. I am sure this was your favorite part of the Boston trip!

Fwd: Boston trip

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From: Marian <phoo422@yahoo.com>
Date: November 7, 2011 10:31:46 AM EST
To: Blog Update <stedesco1.tyrrell@blogger.com>
Subject: Boston trip

Here are some students in front of Mrs. Boisvert's favorite room here at the museum of science.

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Fwd: Making models

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From: Marian <phoo422@yahoo.com>
Date: November 7, 2011 10:38:02 AM EST
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Subject: Making models

There are lots of hands in activities here!

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Fwd: Fog Tornado

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From: Marian <phoo422@yahoo.com>
Date: November 7, 2011 10:55:09 AM EST
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Subject: Fog Tornado

Have you ever seen a fog tornado?

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Students in Spanish classes celebrated Dia de los Muertos last week with lessons in traditional customs of Spanish speaking countries. Seen here are sugar skulls or "calaveras de azucar" and an alter.

Frankie Rivera Visits Spanish Classes