Congratulations Class of - Three Rivers Community College

Three Rivers Middle College
Magnet High School
By Noah Carr
Photos courtesy of TRMC
The UCONN trip
Three Rivers opened its doors to high
school students three years ago in 2012 by opening the
Middle College’s main office in room E205. This allowed
high school juniors and seniors to learn in a college
setting and get a head start on their higher education.
TRMC’s Mission Statement:
Three Rivers Middle College Magnet High
School (TRMC) empowers students to be college and
career ready. A collaborative partnership with Three
Rivers Community College combined with TRMC’s
individualized and rigorous curriculum provides students
with a dynamic, innovative learning environment.
TRMC encourages students to become creative problem
solvers and independent lifelong learners.
When starting at TRMC students spend their
first semester or two taking high school classes such as
Algebra 2, intro to chemistry, and English 100 with the
TRMC teachers Chun Kong Wong (CK, Math), Pamela
Santerre (English), and Jeffrey Savoie (Science).
After students prove that they can manage their
time effectively they are allowed to start taking college
courses with the rest of the TRCC community, being
taught by the college professors with other college students.
TRMC Staff left to right: Top: Brad, Christpopher,
Marsha;Bottom: CK, Pamela, Heather, Jeffrey
While some students only take one or two college
classes per semester most end up taking three or
four college courses.
The rest of the TRMC staff includes: Brad
Columbus (Principal), Heather Singletary (SPED),
Christopher Delucia (Guidance), Marsha Goldreich
(Guidance), and Graciela Guzman (Secretary).
All of TRMC’s staff are very interactive with the
students and Portia Taylor, a senior, says“Each of the
faculty members, in their own sincere way, encourage
us students to work hard and practice the disciple of
delaying instant gratification, while making sure we are
aware of the challenge that may come up ahead.”
Grit day get-up
Grit, the “art” of delaying gratification, is one of
the school’s main focuses. From Grit days to assigned
reading to reminders from the teachers, students are
constantly reminded and encouraged to delay gratification
in order to obtain better grades or a better out
come outcome on whatever they are working on.
The students that attend TRMC come from
seventeen towns all around Connecticut and because
of this you would think that it is hard to fit anywhere at
the school.
Breakfast with a few of the honor students
Nonetheless, junior Serina Gelinas says that
“the school’s so small that you really get along with
everyone.” And with sixty-one students currently enrolled,
TRMC really is a small school.
TRMC started off with thirty-three students
and has never had more than sixty-five students at time
however their first two graduating classes all went on
to college after graduating. While it remains to be seen
what will happen to the graduating class of 2015, these
are impressive numbers, even for a small school.
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