JUNE 2008—Twin Towers Middle School's Annual Awards Ceremony was held on June 17, at the school, and honored about 60 students for their outstanding efforts this year. Those honored included:

Health & Career Fair brings awareness to Twin Towers Middle School  students

May 2008—Twin Towers Middle School students participated in a Health & Career Fair this spring organized by the Health, Home & Career Skills and Physical Education departments.

As part of the fair, students listened to presentations on various topics including cancer prevention, physical health (students had blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen checked), and the dangers of tobacco, alcohol and drugs. In addition, students also got a lesson in infant care. Each was able to hold a baby that simulates shaken-baby syndrome and learned gentle techniques when handling newborns.

Representatives from The Healthy Heart Program, of Orange Regional Medical Center, The American Cancer Society, The Children’s School of Yoga and Dolson Ave. Medical Chiropractic Office were also on hand to speak to students, among others.

Presenters included: Danielle Edwards, of The Healthy Heart Program, The American Cancer Society’s Grace Haddad, Doreen Foxwell, of The Children’s School of Yoga, Case manager George Paskiewicz and Shifka Siegel from Dolson Ave. Medical Chiropractic Office, Middletown Community Health Center’s Caren Gordon-Fedun, Maternal-Infant Services Network’s Jennifer Howard, Mobile Life Ambulance Service’s Steve Hawkins and Chris Morris, Safe Schools/Healthy Schools, Occupations Inc., & Healthy Families organizations were represented by Jennifer Macri, Tina Marsicano & Sandra Taveras. The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council was represented by Michelle Buccione, and Ruth Bowles.

"Tiaja just had heart surgery for a rare heart disorder and the students of TTMS wanted to help raise money to help cover the costs of this heart transplant," said teacher Sodra Edelman.

The event, run by students with some help from TTMS staff, was held in the school's cafeteria and featured games, a bounce tent, food, and fun.

TTMS students smile for the camera after winning third place at the OVA competition.

TTMS students bring home third place at the Visual Art Olympics

APRIL 2008—Twin Towers students traveled to Saratoga Springs on April 1 to compete against other student-artists from across New York State at the Olympics of the Visual Arts (OVA) competition. Gurpreet Kaur and Sagardeep Singh (pictured above) won third place in the middle school painting category—way to go!         

Students selected to Orange County Music Educators' All County festival

APRIL 2008—The following students have been selected as members of the 2008 Orange County Music Educators' Association's Middle School All-County ensembles from TTMS:

Project SUCCESS™ brings prevention education and awareness to Middletown

MARCH 2008—Project SUCCESS™, a national school-based program that focuses on reducing the factors that put students at risk for substance abuse, is providing prevention education, individual and group counseling, school-wide awareness, outreach activities, and parent programs to secondary Middletown students and their families. Click here to read more!

Drama Club hosts seminar with Peter Sklar—Broadway producer and talent scout

JAN.2008—On Jan. 10 the TTMS Drama Club hosted a seminar with Peter Sklar—a Broadway producer & talent scout for the New York City area. About 80 students and parents were in attendance.

Sklar discussed what it takes to get into show business and more.  "The kids, and parents, thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Sklars' lecture," said Drama Club advisor and TTMS teacher Sondra Edelman. "He was very informative and spoke, at length, about what people in the business look for and what young people should do to prepare."

Sklar held interviews with over 40 kids in search of new talent, and 24 of them were invited to attend a week long performance workshop in either New York City or London, England.  Students who participate in the NYC workshop will perform in an Off-Broadway showcase and potentially book an agent or manager. Students who participate in the London workshop will take classes in Shakespearian and classical theatre. 

TTMS students participate in Red Ribbon Week and win big
DEC.2007—The PTO at TTMS sponsored a Red Ribbon Week contest at the school recently and the winners are in! Students entered an array of anti-drug promotional materials and winners received gift certificates to the mall and/or movie passes. Way to go!

An eighth grader at Twin Towers Middle School creates a song in the Basement Records Studio.

Teen Talk radio show features kids signed to Basement Records

DEC.2007—Several students that are part of Basement Records at Twin Towers Middle School were featured on a Teen Talk Radio program on  Dec. 1, 2007. The radio program, run by teens, deals with issues and topics relevant to the lives of teens in the listening area. 

Ball in the House takes to the stage at Twin Towers Middle School
NOV.2007—Ball in the House, a Boston-based vocal a cappella group, performed at Twin Towers Middle School on Nov. 15, 2007, as part of Arts in Education (AIE) programming at the school. Ball in the House is made up of five guys and their voices— that's it. The band uses vocal drums/beatbox and vocal bass under their harmonies to create a sound that's all their own.
 

Students on their way to mastering math, science & pre-engineering
PLTW kicks off at schools
 

Angello Ariza works on AutoDesktop Software while in class.

Janie Lancaster talks to students.

Local author visits Twin Towers
OCT.2007—On Friday, Oct.12, 2007, the Library/Media Center, in cooperation with Thrall Library, presented local author Janie Lancaster. Lancaster is the author of Julie and the Lost Fairy Tale and is currently working on a second book. 

She spoke to the students on ways to create believable characters in their own writings. After her talk, she autographed bookmarks that were given to each student.  Ms. Lancaster hopes to return in the spring to speak to students.

Students create an American flag banner.

School makes a pledge for peace
SEPT.2007—Twin Towers students, teachers and staff members made a "Pledge for Peace” during the week of September 10, 2007, said Assistant Principal Janet Davis. Each student and staff member signed their name on an American flag banner compiled by students and the banner was hung in the lobby as a reminder to all that "we are committed to promoting peace within our school, within our community, across our nation and around the world," said Davis.


School cafeteria receives a top health rating from County
SEPT.2007—Twin Towers Middle School has one of the cleanest school cafeterias in Orange County. According to a report released recently by the Health Department, the cafeteria has aced health inspections since January 2005.  It is now ranked among the top 15 cleanest school cafeterias in the County. Click here to read the Times Herald-Record article on the cafeteria inspection and view the rating list.