Communities
Tomlinson students are divided into "communities" (called teams and pods at the other Fairfield middle schools). For many years there has been three sixth grade communities, and two for both seventh and eighth grade (two in each). The names of each community were taken from the 'TMS' acronym. Sixth grade had T, M, and S, seventh and eighth each had T and S. However with the 2009-10 school year brought extra sixth graders, which called the need for a fourth sixth grade community. G was picked up from Tomlinson's namesake, Gideon Tomlinson. Typically there are four teachers in each community, with certain teachers sharing grades and communities. Languages (Spanish and French are offered) are mixed-community, as are "UA's" (Unified Arts)
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