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Dayana and Samaner spell out "wig" together.
“Wig,” said Fair Haven School eighth grader Dayana.
First grader Samaner sounded out the word, as Dayana helped her place a “w” to finish spelling it out.
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Leslie Blatteau at WNHH FM: “If our students have stable housing, our job is going to be less hard in the classroom.”
Leslie Blatteau noticed that 70 percent of New Haven’s teachers live in the suburbs — and saw an opportunity to boost state-level support for New Haven’s schools.
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The Board of Education approved a $150,000 increase for one of its legal services contractors, bringing the total allocation to $400,000 for a firm that is handling 46 pending cases for the city school district.
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Strand and student Jyce Relaford, who wants to combat abusive relationships between teens.
Teen domestic violence, more mental health days, and the school-to-prison pipeline are just some of topics on the minds of High School in the Community (HSC) seniors — as they aim to spread awareness and make change through their final capstone projects.
by | Jan 14, 2025 9:35 am | Comments (8)
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School board's 2025 picks: President Yarborough and Vice Prez Matt Wilcox.
In a 5 – 2 vote, school board members picked OrLando Yarborough to serve as Yesenia Rivera’s replacement as the president of the Board of Education.
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Mayor Elicker (at the mic) in Hartford on Monday.
(Hartford) Mayor Justin Elicker and Supt. Madeline Negrón made the trip to the state’s capital Monday — to stand alongside mayors and superintendents from Bridgeport, Stamford, Waterbury, and Hartford and deliver a collective call for state government to up its public education funding by $545 million.
by | Jan 10, 2025 1:43 pm | Comments (11)
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Yondr pouches, now not just for Barnard.
Cellphone-restricting pouches are officially headed for all New Haven middle and high schools, now that alders have approved a nearly $371,000 contract with the tech-securing company Yondr.
by | Jan 9, 2025 7:10 pm | Comments (7)
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At 54 Meadow: "We are the union... the mighty, mighty union!"
Vereen: "I really didn't think it was going to take this long."
After a full day of preparing students’ meals, John C. Daniels School lead cafeteria cook Latasha Vereen added a coat and scarf to her uniform and headed to the school district’s headquarters — to rally for a new contract and a living wage for public school food service workers.
by | Jan 6, 2025 9:23 am | Comments (1)
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Hillhouse soars at latest Saulsbury Invitational.
Coach Saulsbury (right) with Olympic gold medalist Alexis Holmes and invitational founder Neil Richardson.
Under the bright lights of the Floyd Little Athletic Center, shoes squeaked on hardwood. Bodies collided and scrambled for loose balls. The 800 people in the stands groaned over every missed jumper.
The scintillating affair, between the Hillhouse High School Academics and the New London Whalers, was just one matchup in the annual Robert Saulsbury Basketball Invitational.
by | Jan 6, 2025 9:17 am | Comments (0)
Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School’s (BRAMS) darkrooms are now mold-free, thanks to an “urgent” cleanup completed during winter break.
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Yours truly, proud inductee in the Lee High Hall of Fame.
New Haven’s Richard C. Lee High School (1964 – 1986) was an experiment.
by | Jan 3, 2025 9:38 am | Comments (4)
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Porto working as building manager during the school day ...
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... and as Wilbur Cross softball coach after class.
Andrew Porto takes pride in his daily work keeping preschool classrooms and hallways clean on Goffe Street — before heading across town to coach Wilbur Cross’s softball team.
“This job has been great to me,” he said during a recent interview about his three decades as a New Haven custodian and his two decades as a mentor for public school athletes. And there’s so much more he still wants to do.
by | Dec 20, 2024 2:09 pm | Comments (13)
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Outgoing school board Prez Rivera (pictured) wanted another term; Mayor Elicker wanted "new energy and a new perspective."
Board of Education President Yesenia Rivera was interested in serving another four-year term on the school board — but the mayor decided otherwise, so now she’s getting ready to leave.
by | Dec 19, 2024 2:18 pm | Comments (3)
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This Citizen Contribution was submitted by Army Sergeant First Class (Retired) Lisa Rodriguez.
This month, James Hillhouse High School was honored to be a stop on this year’s Wreaths Across America convoy along their way to Arlington National Cemetery.
The school was tapped because of Hillhouse JROTC’s yearly participation in the National Wreaths Across America Day wreath-laying ceremony over the last four years. The convoy started in Maine and traveled for six days, making three stops each day at designated locations until they reached Arlington. They stopped at Hillhouse on Dec. 10.
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Cross club takes out the trash.
The banks of the Mill River are now that much cleaner — thanks to a small but mighty group of Wilbur Cross Environmental Club members who braved the cold to clean up eight full bags’ worth of trash.
by | Dec 18, 2024 3:41 pm | Comments (3)
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21 Wooster Pl.: Some desks and books, no people.
A former school-turned-administrative office building in Wooster Square is still empty of people, though it may soon have furniture for future office workers to use.
by | Dec 17, 2024 9:37 am | Comments (4)
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Mrs. G in class: "All group members' voices should be contributing."
A brick house with a raised foundation and a hardwood front porch emerged from the minds of Augusta Lewis Troup School science students — as they learned about designing resilient housing that can withstand strong storms.
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by | Dec 16, 2024 1:31 pm | Comments (3)
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Rolanda Booker with Supt. Madeline Negrón.
A former New Haven teacher who became a principal in New Britain is returning to the city to help the public school district fill vacancies and keep its educators.
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by | Dec 13, 2024 6:07 pm | Comments (18)
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School board nominee Daniel Juárez: "I believe that as a parent, I would be able to advocate for students and families."
Mayor Justin Elicker has selected a Yale fundraising coordinator and father of two New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) students to be the next member of the Board of Education.
According to Friday’s publication of the agenda for Monday’s next Board of Alders meeting, Elicker has picked Daniel Juárez to replace Yesenia Rivera on the school board.
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by | Dec 13, 2024 9:26 am | Comments (3)
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Little kiddos coming soon.
A nonprofit cafe and job training program for immigrant and refugee women has won city permission to open a worker-owned childcare center in the basement of a downtown church.
by | Dec 12, 2024 2:22 pm | Comments (17)
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Jasanea Hernandez (left): A fair contract will "send a powerful message to our children about the value of hard work and dedication."
Local 217 in the house: "You want order, we want to eat!"
Amid contract negotiations, dozens of New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) cafeteria staffers called on the school district to pay them livable wages so they can keep their own stomachs full as they work to feed students.
by | Dec 11, 2024 9:41 am | Comments (4)
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Board of Ed Prez Rivera: "I have served with integrity."
After half a decade of serving on the school district’s Board of Education, President Yesenia Rivera has announced that after her current term expires at the end of the month she will not return to the school board.
by | Dec 9, 2024 11:18 am | Comments (13)
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Wet desks make for optimal learning conditions?
Wilbur Cross English teacher Kim Anderson had hoped that her days of rearranging her classroom so that leaking ceiling water fell into a trash can instead of onto her students’ heads were over. Turns out, they weren’t.
by | Dec 6, 2024 4:23 pm | Comments (41)
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Schools Supt. Madeline Negrón: “I am ready to stand and fight for the education that every child deserves … regardless of their immigration status.”
Retraining city employees on the “welcoming city” executive order. Confirming public school students’ emergency contact information. Securing federal grant money in contracts as soon as possible, before it can be revoked.
Those are some ways that New Haven officials are preparing — not panicking — ahead of an anticipated immigration crackdown promised by the incoming president.
by | Dec 6, 2024 1:35 pm | Comments (3)
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NHPS students with MATCH instructor David Feinberg.
New Haven’s annual holiday tree on the Green shines extra bright this year — as the ten-and-a-half-foot aluminum star up top was handmade by ten manufacturing students from Hillhouse and Wilbur Cross.
Continue reading ‘That Tree-Topping Star? NHPS Students Did That’