Talk:Tewksbury Memorial High School

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Inappropriate, unencyclopedic information[edit]

This article's purpose is to provide people with encyclopedic information about the school, not day-to-day events and long lists of clubs and the teachers who sponsor them and it definitely shouldn't have the school's calendar. I've gone through and removed anything unenencyclopdic/inappropriate as per WP:NOT and I will continue to clean it up. Please do not re-add any of this information without first bringing it up here, on this talk page, and gaining a consensus about it. --pIrish ^{talk, contribs} 22:59, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the school merge tag to the article. So far, from what I can tell, this school isn't exactly notable. Before you argue that point, let it be known that a few bomb threats does not make a school notable, this happens all the time all around the country. To figure out whether something is notable, you have to answer this question: What sets it apart from all the rest? Basically, what is unique about this school? All this page has been used for thus far is a personal homepage for the school, not an actual encyclopedia article. If nobody objects in the next day or two on this talk page (please give your reasons here), I will merge it with Tewksbury, Massachusetts. --pIrish ^{talk, contribs} 14:17, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article continues to have a low level of encyclopediadicity (how's that for a word!). Except for some outdated statistics, none of the supposed facts are sourced to anything, not to school committee reports, not to public statements by faculty or administration, and not to newspaper articles. This situation is an opportunity for someone to improve the level of research and reporting in the article. References could include news stories in the Tewksbury Town Crier or the Lowell Sun. Does anybody live in Tewksbury anymore? Did anybody graduate from TMHS? Does anybody care? Snezzy (talk) 11:46, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Motto[edit]

The text appearing as the school's "motto" appears to be the (rather long and weak) mission statement from the TMHS website. A motto is usually short, pithy, and all too frequently in Latin. "Dirigo" for the State of Maine. "Excelsior" for the State of New York. "Veritas" for Harvard. "Eureka" (Greek, not Latin) for the State of California. "Today well lived" for Beverly Hills High School.

Cannot TMHS do as well? Does it already have a good, short motto that should be placed here? See List_of_mottos#Educational_institutions for some examples. Snezzy (talk) 12:12, 7 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here it is a year later, and the school's "motto" is still crummy. Some at TMHS should take on the task of getting the school a real motto. MIT's "Mens et manus" comes to mind, and I would suggest "Dum spiro, disco." It's really on target ("While I breathe, I learn") and--being in Latin--will confuse the heck out of nearly everyone, something that the students and faculty desperately need. Snezzy (talk) 11:50, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I live in Tewsbury and I will have you reported if you ever say something insulting about it, because talk pages are to improve the article, not criticize it. Also, the motto provided is not the real motto. "Make it a great day or not, the choice is yours," that's the Trahan's motto, not the High Schools'! IBCPirates (talk) 21:58, 19 May 2014 (UTC)IBCPirates[reply]

Thank you for providing a less inane motto. As for my 'insulting' criticism, I'm glad I stirred you into action. Snezzy (talk) 09:48, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]