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Students Monday outside the parked cARTie bus.
cARTie museum educator Nicole Pappo reads to students outdoors.
When asked “does art matter?” second graders Mercedes, Mason, and Elia agreed “yes.” Then they showed some of the reasons: Mason drew a sign reading “art = peace.” Elia drew a self-portrait. And Mercedes drew a rainbow, reading “I love art.”
by | Mar 4, 2024 2:18 pm | Comments (0)
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Ellen Maust reads aloud to Mauro Sheridan second-grade class.
In a second-grade classroom at Mauro-Sheridan Interdistrict Magnet School students danced along to Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” after learning about the “Queen of Soul.”
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by | Feb 29, 2024 9:16 am | Comments (34)
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Supt. Negrón: Targets 60 percent student-teacher gap.
Schools officials unveiled a plan to increase the number of educators of color in New Haven classrooms by 15 percent in three years.
by | Feb 28, 2024 9:30 am | Comments (8)
Elijah Johnson with students at King/Robinson.
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Elijah Johnson walked into King/Robinson School classroom in his United Airlines pilot uniform — on a mission to inspire some of the students one day to take flight.
by | Feb 27, 2024 9:56 am | Comments (5)
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Ann Brillante: Coming home.
Ten years after she left Metropolitan Business Academy to become an assistant principal at Wilbur Cross, Ann Brillante will return in two weeks to helm the Water Street interdistrict magnet high school.
by | Feb 26, 2024 11:46 am | Comments (0)
Watch Friday’s fashion show above.
Long polka dot skirts from the ’50s, black leather jackets from the ’60s, and bell bottoms from the ’70s all made a return to Hill Regional Career High School as it celebrated Black fashion throughout the years.
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by | Feb 23, 2024 9:27 am | Comments (2)
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BOMUS leaders and panelists Melanie Thomas, Dondi José Burroughs Sr, Gary Winfield, Shante Teel-Williams, Alisha Crutchfield-McLean, Gary Highsmith, and Jamie Baker-Vilsaint.
Third and fourth-grade scholars at the Barack H. Obama Magnet University School sat in an audience looking at their future selves through the lens of a business owner, health professional, schools superintendent, state senator, and a motivational speaker/author.
by | Feb 22, 2024 2:15 pm | Comments (4)
The following was submitted by Hamden Hall Country Day School.
After losing their 14-year-old son in a tragic bicycle accident in May 2022, the family of Zayne Ali Thomas of New Haven has established a scholarship fund at Hamden Hall Country Day School where he had been a student.
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by | Feb 19, 2024 5:12 pm | Comments (89)
Hopkins head Glendinning: "Very upsetting and unsettling.”
A private school has placed an employee on administrative leave after his wife and a neighbor got in an argument over the war in Gaza.
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by | Feb 19, 2024 9:00 am | Comments (6)
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Davis-Taylor at Saturday's graduation: Ready for steady work.
Cameron Davis-Taylor is ready to reenter the workforce. This time around, she plans on being a chef.
She had no professional culinary experience until she joined the ConnCAT Culinary Arts Academy half a year ago. Now she knows she is ready to start a business and begin working.
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by | Feb 15, 2024 4:22 pm | Comments (18)
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John C. Daniels newcomers with staff: Rosalyn Díaz-Ortiz, Heather O’Brien, Widny Morel, Marlene Rosario, Kenia Wama Vargas, Iveth Shenoha Quintero Rodriguez, Deam Sebastian Barrozo Garzon, David Santiago Franco Chaparro, and Yesenia Perez.
Forty-five native Spanish speakers have immigrated here and entered seventh and eighth grade at John C. Daniels School just over the past four months — and are getting up to speed fast thanks to a schoolwide effort to focus on language skills as well as family needs.
by | Feb 14, 2024 1:03 pm | Comments (0)
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Wilbur Cross' 2023-24 basketball team.
After a season of growth, resilience, and bonding the Lady Governors said goodbye not just to the basketball season but to three of their beloved Class of 2024 seniors.
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by | Feb 14, 2024 12:01 pm | Comments (5)
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Roberto Clemente students taking the push-up test.
A new iteration of gym class is taking hold in New Haven schools, focusing less on team sports and more on individualized fitness goals tailored to each child.
by | Feb 12, 2024 1:41 pm | Comments (0)
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Harmoni Thomas with the ball against Shelton.
Wilbur Cross Lady Governor Leilanie Pugh had just minimized her opponents’ lead by laying the ball off the backboard and into the hoop — but she didn’t stop there.
Seconds later she caught a rebound, then sank a mid-range shot to bring her team within four points.
by | Feb 9, 2024 4:50 pm | Comments (5)
This reporter's favorite student as seen during Friday's Davis magnet school pep rally.
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Ernie's owner Pat DeRiso tries to get orders out for delivery while reporters hound him about National Pizza Day.
A plethora of pizza, pom-poms and politicians flooded Upper Westville Friday morning amidst a pair of symbiotic popularity contests – in which every party was a winner.
The slices of of za and strings of plastic were featured in two separate city celebrations taking place around the corner from one another.
Over at Davis Academy, students screamed out of ostensible excitement or, perhaps, excess energy as their principal announced that both The Magnet Schools of America and the University of Connecticut have recognized the school for “innovative excellence.”
Down the street on Whalley Avenue, politicians and thin-crust fanatics packed like anchovies inside Ernie’s Pizzeria for National Pizza Day and a proclamation by the governor naming New Haven the “Pizza Capital of America.”
by | Feb 8, 2024 4:30 pm | Comments (1)
Cross huddles one last time during Wednesday's game.
“I’ve seen what you guys can do,” Head Coach Deborah McClease told the Wilbur Cross Lady Governors after a tough 15th loss. “I need for you guys to show everyone else that potential.”
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by | Feb 7, 2024 3:40 pm | Comments (1)
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Hillhouse's Jordyn Thomas scores during Tuesday's game against Career.
Hillhouse’s Lady Academics didn’t let a tough one-point loss on Monday get in the way of coming out victorious Tuesday night.
by | Feb 6, 2024 12:14 pm | Comments (1)
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Cross senior Kiara Cabassa: "It feels great anytime I can contribute to my team with points or motivation."
Although her team was down, Wilbur Cross senior guard Kiara Cabassa kept spirits high on the court with shouts of encouragement and reminders that the team must always stay together.
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Union head Leslie Blatteau: "Human to human is better.”
The president of New Haven’s teacher union locked eyes with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal to deliver a meta message about how to free kids from the grips of social media giants like Meta: Lean on hands-on learning that takes place face to face.
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by | Feb 5, 2024 12:10 pm | Comments (2)
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Gomez Stafford takes it to the net to help her team catch up.
Just a few months ago Wilbur Cross point guard Bella Gomez Stafford partially tore her quad. That wasn’t noticeable as she weaved through her opponents and sank a three-pointer in the first five minutes.
Continue reading ‘Torn Quad Healed, Junior Swings Back Into Action’
by | Feb 1, 2024 12:22 pm | Comments (0)
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Harmoni Thomas.
With six minutes and 43 seconds left in the third quarter, freshman forward Harmoni Thomas drove to the basket and made a layup off the backboard to kickstart a big run for her Lady Governors.
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by | Jan 31, 2024 2:53 pm | Comments (1)
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State Dept of Ed's Erik Clemons and Felicia Canty came to listen.
Dozens of Common Ground High School’s community members expressed support for the school’s state renewal while a handful said the renewal should be granted only if the school agrees to make administrative improvements.
Continue reading ‘Students, Families Urge Common Ground Renewal’
by | Jan 30, 2024 12:03 pm | Comments (4)
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Junior Klever Chilel practices omelet making.
Friday's fresh blackberry scones and brown sugar banana muffins.
Genesis Correa flipped a farmer’s omelet onto the grill, Damani Wheeler cut thick slices of ciabatta toast, Klever Chilel delivered the fresh off the grill breakfasts, and Tracey Salazar poured customers of the Wilbur Cross Bakeshop a cold cup of fresh grapefruit juice.
by | Jan 29, 2024 3:17 pm | Comments (34)
Seeking higher ground: former staffer Victor Rios, student Kiana Camacho and friend, and former staffer Nicole Mackin.
Students, staff, and parents at Common Ground High School say the school is going downhill because of high teacher turnover and distrust for administration. The environmental-themed charter school’s board and leaders say they are working to get to the bottom of these concerns.
by | Jan 29, 2024 1:42 pm | Comments (8)
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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona at Fair Haven School: "We don’t have all the answers in D.C."
Fair Haven got to work Monday on creating “community schools” — by first deciding what that means in 2024.
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