Two Rivers Magnet Middle School
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Two Rivers Magnet Middle School is a magnet school
located in East Hartford, Connecticut
. It is named for its location, where the Hockanum River
discharges into the Connecticut River
. It currently serves grades 6 - 8 with approximately 600 students. Two Rivers admits 44 students, randomly chosen, from each of the five towns it serves: Glastonbury
, East Hartford
, Manchester
, South Windsor
, and Hartford
. Any remaining seats are filled from other towns on a lottery basis. The school focuses on Science and Technology, but it offers courses in Music, Art, Language Arts, Math, and Spanish as well. Two Rivers is also a NASA Explorer School, one of 25 in the nation, and receives grants and opportunities relating to NASA and spaceflight. There is also a running club that runs in local races (the Santa's Run in Glastonbury and the Race for the Cure in Hartford), a jazz band, a green team, and more.
The building consists of three floors. The first floor holds the gym, offices, nurse, band rooms, and cafeteria. On the second floor is the media center and the sixth grade classrooms, plus some spare classrooms for LIT and MIT, programs that help students that may be struggling with their classes. Grades seven and eight, and the exploratory science and art rooms, are on the third floor. There is one main stairwell that is painted dark blue, plus two smaller back stairwells. There is also a faculty-only elevator.
The dress code is black polo shirts with the Two Rivers logo, a belt, and khaki pants. This must be worn for special occasions such as concerts and field trips. For normal days, there are black, blue, navy, and red shirts available, along with khaki, black, and navy pants.
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
located in East Hartford, Connecticut
East Hartford, Connecticut
East Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 51,252 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
. It is named for its location, where the Hockanum River
Hockanum River
The Hockanum River is a river in Connecticut. The Hockanum neighborhood in East Hartford is named after it.It rises at the outlet of Shenipsit Lake in Rockville, then flows through Vernon, Manchester, and East Hartford...
discharges into the Connecticut River
Connecticut River
The Connecticut River is the largest and longest river in New England, and also an American Heritage River. It flows roughly south, starting from the Fourth Connecticut Lake in New Hampshire. After flowing through the remaining Connecticut Lakes and Lake Francis, it defines the border between the...
. It currently serves grades 6 - 8 with approximately 600 students. Two Rivers admits 44 students, randomly chosen, from each of the five towns it serves: Glastonbury
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Glastonbury is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, founded in 1693. The population was 31,876 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Glastonbury in Somerset, England. Glastonbury is located on the banks of the Connecticut River, 7 miles southeast of Hartford. The town...
, East Hartford
East Hartford, Connecticut
East Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 51,252 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
, Manchester
Manchester, Connecticut
Manchester is a township and city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 58,241.- History :...
, South Windsor
South Windsor, Connecticut
-History:In 1659, Thomas Burnham purchased the tract of land now covered by the towns of South Windsor and East Hartford from Tantinomo, chief sachem of the Podunk Indians. Burnham lived on the land and later willed it to his nine children...
, and Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
. Any remaining seats are filled from other towns on a lottery basis. The school focuses on Science and Technology, but it offers courses in Music, Art, Language Arts, Math, and Spanish as well. Two Rivers is also a NASA Explorer School, one of 25 in the nation, and receives grants and opportunities relating to NASA and spaceflight. There is also a running club that runs in local races (the Santa's Run in Glastonbury and the Race for the Cure in Hartford), a jazz band, a green team, and more.
The building consists of three floors. The first floor holds the gym, offices, nurse, band rooms, and cafeteria. On the second floor is the media center and the sixth grade classrooms, plus some spare classrooms for LIT and MIT, programs that help students that may be struggling with their classes. Grades seven and eight, and the exploratory science and art rooms, are on the third floor. There is one main stairwell that is painted dark blue, plus two smaller back stairwells. There is also a faculty-only elevator.
The dress code is black polo shirts with the Two Rivers logo, a belt, and khaki pants. This must be worn for special occasions such as concerts and field trips. For normal days, there are black, blue, navy, and red shirts available, along with khaki, black, and navy pants.