Tewksbury Memorial High School
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Tewksbury Memorial High School is a suburban public high school
located at 320 Pleasant Street in Tewksbury, Massachusetts
, USA. Serving grades 9-12, it is the only public high school in the town. Its total enrollment for the 2005-2006 school year was 1,206.
. The MIAA classifies them as a Division II school for most sports. Significant rivals include conference foes Andover, Billerica
, Central Catholic
, and Chelmsford
. Their biggest rival is the Wilmington
Wildcats of the Middlesex League, whom the football team plays every Thanksgiving
.
Band – These are groups of students who perform throughout the year using their musical talents in Concert, Jazz, and Marching Band.
Class Council – This is made up of students elected to positions of both officers and representatives. They organize fundraisers and activities that benefit the students’ senior year.
DECA – Marketing students can participate in applications of real-life business situations at district, state, and national conferences.
Drama Club – Students can express their dramatic talents in stage productions throughout the year.
ECHO– Students can participate in cultural events as well as perform charitable and community service as members of this.
Fall Sports – Golf
, Football
, Cheerleading
, Boys and Girls Cross-Country, Field Hockey
, Boys and Girls Soccer, and Volleyball
.
International Club - Students hold fundraisers (car washes, dances, etc) to help defray the costs of trips to foreign countries (France, Canada, and Spain). Each year, members participate in a field trip to experience French and Spanish culture in a local atmosphere.
Junior Classical League – This is a club for high school students who study Latin. They participate in state and national conferences and competitions.
Literary Magazine – The Realm – This club showcases the talents of TMHS’ aspiring artists and writers.
Math Team – This club provides an opportunity for students to compete with other schools in academically challenging mathematical contests.
Mock Trial Team – Students engage in simulated trials of law, civic or criminal, against other teams statewide.
National Honor Society (NHS) – This is an organization that recognizes and encourages academic achievement, while developing other characteristics of leadership, service, and character. Membership is by invitation and approval.
Newspaper – The Press – This is published at least four times during the year. It reports on events and happenings at TMHS.
Peer Leadership – This is an organization that is dedicated to enhancing the general school climate. Part of their work involves peer mediation and violence prevention programs.
Renaissance Program – This program whose goals are to enhance the academic environment and promote effort, honesty, and tolerance. Students fulfilling the necessary criteria benefit from rewards such as exam exemptions and business discounts.
Robotics Club – With the help of engineer mentors from local firms, students design, build and compete a robot in the First Robotics Competition.
SADD – Students Against Destructive Decisions.
Spring Sports – Baseball
, Softball
, Boys and Girls Spring Track
, Boys and Girls Tennis
, Boys and Girls Lacrosse
, Dance Team
Student Council – This group of students organizes and conducts leadership, spirit, community and charity service activities at TMHS and in the community. Hosts and participates in regional and statewide conferences.
Tolerance Core – Support Group for Gay/Straight Alliance.
Winter Sports – Hockey
, Gymnastics
, Boys and Girls Basketball
, Cheerleading, Boys and Girls Winter Track, Wrestling
Yearbook – Scroll – It’s a year of TMHS put on paper to be remembered always. Underclassmen are needed for some sections.
Co-Chairperson:
Teachers/Staff:
Parents:
Lynnette Allen &
Ellen Robichaud &
Anne Marie Stronach
Community Rep.:
Jeff Oberg
Student Rep.:
Brian Gugger,
Also, the building recently saw an upgrade in its computer system in an effort to make learning in the digital field easier, and of course to boost the image of the building for accreditation. However, it is apparent that these systems are still severely lacking. The school's activities are covered through a local channel that is broadcast on regular cable. However, these events are captured through technology that was considered at the front of technological innovation in the late 1970s. As of 2011, a new school building is under construction. Once finished, it will completely replace the current building.
As a result of these issues, Tewksbury Memorial High School has been placed on warning status.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located at 320 Pleasant Street in Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Tewksbury is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 28,961 at the 2010 census.- History :Tewksbury was first settled in 1637 and was officially incorporated in 1734 from Billerica. Like Tewksbury Township, New Jersey, it is named after the town of Tewkesbury,...
, USA. Serving grades 9-12, it is the only public high school in the town. Its total enrollment for the 2005-2006 school year was 1,206.
Athletics
The Redmen are a member of the Merrimack Valley ConferenceMerrimack Valley Conference
The Merrimack Valley Conference is a high school sports league located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is named after the Merrimack River Valley where all of the primary league schools are located. The league members are also members of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic...
. The MIAA classifies them as a Division II school for most sports. Significant rivals include conference foes Andover, Billerica
Billerica Memorial High School
Billerica Memorial High School is located at 35 River Street in Billerica, Massachusetts. It is one of two public high schools in the town. Kevin Soraghan is the principal of Billerica High. The school serves about 1,630 students in grades 9 through 12. An assistant principal oversees students in...
, Central Catholic
Central Catholic High School (Lawrence, Massachusetts)
Central Catholic High School is a college preparatory school with an academic campus in Lawrence, Massachusetts and an athletic campus in Methuen, Massachusetts associated with the Marist Brothers of the Schools and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and founded in 1935 by Brother Florentius...
, and Chelmsford
Chelmsford High School
Chelmsford High School a public high school located in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts built in 1974. Before 1974 the high school was located in the current McCarthy Middle School building. It serves as the public high school for students in grades 9 through 12. It is part of a central campus that...
. Their biggest rival is the Wilmington
Wilmington, Massachusetts
Wilmington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 22,325 at the 2010 census.-History:Wilmington was first settled in 1665 and was officially incorporated in 1730, from parts of Woburn, Reading and Billerica. Minutemen from Wilmington responded to the alarm...
Wildcats of the Middlesex League, whom the football team plays every Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the...
.
Student activities
Academic Decathlon – This team is organized to develop and provide academic competitions with students from other schools to promote learning and academic excellence among students of all achievement levels.Band – These are groups of students who perform throughout the year using their musical talents in Concert, Jazz, and Marching Band.
Class Council – This is made up of students elected to positions of both officers and representatives. They organize fundraisers and activities that benefit the students’ senior year.
DECA – Marketing students can participate in applications of real-life business situations at district, state, and national conferences.
Drama Club – Students can express their dramatic talents in stage productions throughout the year.
ECHO– Students can participate in cultural events as well as perform charitable and community service as members of this.
Fall Sports – Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, Cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, Boys and Girls Cross-Country, Field Hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, Boys and Girls Soccer, and Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
.
International Club - Students hold fundraisers (car washes, dances, etc) to help defray the costs of trips to foreign countries (France, Canada, and Spain). Each year, members participate in a field trip to experience French and Spanish culture in a local atmosphere.
Junior Classical League – This is a club for high school students who study Latin. They participate in state and national conferences and competitions.
Literary Magazine – The Realm – This club showcases the talents of TMHS’ aspiring artists and writers.
Math Team – This club provides an opportunity for students to compete with other schools in academically challenging mathematical contests.
Mock Trial Team – Students engage in simulated trials of law, civic or criminal, against other teams statewide.
National Honor Society (NHS) – This is an organization that recognizes and encourages academic achievement, while developing other characteristics of leadership, service, and character. Membership is by invitation and approval.
Newspaper – The Press – This is published at least four times during the year. It reports on events and happenings at TMHS.
Peer Leadership – This is an organization that is dedicated to enhancing the general school climate. Part of their work involves peer mediation and violence prevention programs.
Renaissance Program – This program whose goals are to enhance the academic environment and promote effort, honesty, and tolerance. Students fulfilling the necessary criteria benefit from rewards such as exam exemptions and business discounts.
Robotics Club – With the help of engineer mentors from local firms, students design, build and compete a robot in the First Robotics Competition.
SADD – Students Against Destructive Decisions.
Spring Sports – Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, Boys and Girls Spring Track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, Boys and Girls Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Boys and Girls Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, Dance Team
Student Council – This group of students organizes and conducts leadership, spirit, community and charity service activities at TMHS and in the community. Hosts and participates in regional and statewide conferences.
Tolerance Core – Support Group for Gay/Straight Alliance.
Winter Sports – Hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, Gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, Boys and Girls Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Cheerleading, Boys and Girls Winter Track, Wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
Yearbook – Scroll – It’s a year of TMHS put on paper to be remembered always. Underclassmen are needed for some sections.
School Council
Chairperson:Co-Chairperson:
Teachers/Staff:
Parents:
Lynnette Allen &
Ellen Robichaud &
Anne Marie Stronach
Community Rep.:
Jeff Oberg
Student Rep.:
Brian Gugger,
Accreditation
Recently, TMHS has undergone a series of tests to accredit the school system. While the teachers were rated as "adequate", the rest of the building was not. The facility was built in 1958, with renovations occurring in 1981. However, due to budget cuts the building, along with the elementary schools in town, has not been well maintained. Wires are commonly exposed along the roof.Also, the building recently saw an upgrade in its computer system in an effort to make learning in the digital field easier, and of course to boost the image of the building for accreditation. However, it is apparent that these systems are still severely lacking. The school's activities are covered through a local channel that is broadcast on regular cable. However, these events are captured through technology that was considered at the front of technological innovation in the late 1970s. As of 2011, a new school building is under construction. Once finished, it will completely replace the current building.
As a result of these issues, Tewksbury Memorial High School has been placed on warning status.