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Terrill Middle School is a public middle school located in Scotch Plains, in Union County, New Jersey, USA, as part of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, which also serves students from the borough of Fanwood. The school is home to students grades 5-8. In 2003 its enrollment was some 747 students, of whom just 1% were eligible for free lunch, compared to a state average of 25%.

The fifth graders have a single primary teacher, with other teachers to teach classes such as music, art, and physical education. The students in grades 6-8 have seven periods a day. The classes taken by these students are math, science, social studies, English, physical education, a foreign language (including Italian, German, Spanish, or French), and an exploratory. Art, informational technology and technology education are accessible to all three grades. Sixth graders also have music, while seventh graders have reading replacing music, and eighth graders receive two marking periods of information technology.

Students in the school generally come from the McGinn and Coles elementary schools and go to Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School.

Students in the school's "Thinking Is Basic" program have made presentations to the district's Board of Education, advocating for inclusion of community service as part of the middle school curriculum.

Awards and recognition
Teacher Barbara Jost was awarded the 1997 Edyth May Sliffe Award by the Mathematical Association of America, recognizing excellence in math instruction.

Principal John Foulks won the 1991 Golden Lamp Award for outstanding achievement from the Secondary School Principals' Association of New Jersey.

Administration

 * Kevin Holloway - Principal
 * Michael Klimko - Assistant Principal

Notable alumni

 * Derrick Caracter, power forward/center for the Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team, averaged nearly 30 points per game as an eighth grader at Terrill. As an 6-9, 286-pound eighth grader, Caracter was named "best prospect" at the 2002 Nike All-America Camp, beating out current NBA players Luol Deng, Kris Humphries and Ndudi Ebi.
 * Scott Goldblatt, Swimmer who won a Gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and a Silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, with both medals earned in the 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay.