RANGOLI:DESIGNS IN SAND

Monday, October 15th

Make your designs on the sidewalks outside the lunchroom.

Held during all lunch sessions. Must sign up in advance.

SURVIVOR! 2-DAY COURSE BASED ON THE HUNGER GAMES AT TENAFLY NATURE CENTER

Two day-long workshop featuring survival skills

Shelter building Cooking out of doors

Snare-building Map reading / compass use

Orienteering and way-finding techniques

Emergency first aid

Dates to be scheduled: May – June 2019 Sign up now

C.S.I.: THE CASE OF THE VENGEFUL VANDAL:

•1-DAY MOCK CRIME COURSE AT THE MEADOWLANDS

ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER

•LEARN FINGERPRINT ANALYSIS, INK CHROMATOGRAPHY, FRAGMENT

ANALYSIS. JANUARY 3RD 6TH GRADERS ONLY

MOCK TRIAL AT NJ LAW CENTERBe a member of the audience (= jury) at this mock trial event held

in New Brunswick at the NJ Law Center. Casts who perform their

scripts at this event are the winners of a state-wide writing

contest. Watch them perform, then work with your peers to make

a decision.

__ 6th graders: Wednesday, May 22rd

__ 7th and 8th graders: Tuesday, May 14th

MOCK TRIAL 2: SCRIPT WRITING GROUP

•WANTED: STUDENTS WHO WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE LAW

--- TO WRITE A MOCK TRIAL SCRIPT THAT WILL BE ENTERED IN

A STATE-WIDE CONTEST.

•MEETS 3:00-4:00 ON ALTERNATE MONDAYS AFTER SCHOOL

THROUGH MID-JANUARY. (DOES NOT MEET ON FACULTY

MEETING DAYS) MEETS IN CONFERENCE ROOM.

ECO-CRUISE OF THE MEADOWLANDS WITH THE HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER

•WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12TH, 8:45-1:30 PM

Learn about all the

amazing restoration of the

Meadowlands, including

the return of wildlife.

INDEPENDENT STUDIES AT TMS

•4-12 WEEK LONG PROJECTS

•MEET BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL WITH DR. BIANCHI TO WORK

ON A RESEARCH PROJECT: LIMITED AVAILABILITY

•WORK ON YOUR OWN OR WITH A FRIEND

•MAY COMPLEMENT THE WORK YOU DO IN CLASS, OR HELP YOU PURSUE

ANOTHER GOAL

VHS: THE VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL COLLABORATIVE COURSES

JANUARY 25TH –MAY 8TH

INTENSIVE COURSES DESIGNED TO FIT THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS

WHO HAVE AN INTENSE INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER – AND THE

PERSISTENCE TO SEE IT THROUGH. REQUIRES TWO LETTERS OF

RECOMMENDATION FROM TEACHERS. JAN – MAY 2019

SEE NEXT TWO SLIDES

VHS COURSE TITLES FOR SPRING 2019

•1. SCIENCE FROM SPACE:

SPACE STATION ACADEMY

2. Ghoulies, Ghosties, and Long-

Legged Beasties: Young Adult

Fiction and the genre of Horror

stories

3. AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC: MUSIC AND CULTURE

IN THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES

4. CREATIVE PROGRAMMING WITH SCRATCH

ADDITIONAL VHS COURSES

NEW! MO MATH WORKSHOP AND GALLERY TIME AT THE

MATH MUSEUM IN NEW YORK CITY IN LATE FEB/EARLY MARCH

Requires letter of recommendation from math teacher.

NEW! HOME IMPROVEMENT WORKSHOPS

•SERIES OF HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS TO BE

OFFERED AT TMS THROUGHOUT THE

SCHOOL YEAR. JOIN TO LEARN HOW TO DO

SIMPLE REPAIRS AROUND YOUR HOME.

•DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED. SIGN UP NOW.