Ready to fly: HSC students Jonah Rosenberg, Jazmin Rosario, Diana Robles, and Justin Welch, who worked with Japanese class to fold 1,000 paper cranes to take to Japan.
High School in the Community (HSC) junior Ty’Nique Turner will get the chance to visit Japan and try out the language she’s been teaching herself since middle school, thanks to New Haven Public Schools’ return of international adventures.
Assuming organizers can raise a lot of money fast.
"I can't quit": Blumenthal fields sharp Qs from Mauro-Sheridan fifth-graders.
“If you had to either quit or work with Donald Trump as president, what would you do?”
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal faced that question and others about his role in the future of American democracy — not at a press conference, or on the Senate floor, but in Lauren Bitterman’s fifth-grade classroom at Mauro-Sheridan school.
by
Laura Glesby |
Jan 25, 2024 3:14 pm
|
Comments
(4)
Yale News / Dan Renzetti
Ruby Bridges in Woolsey Hall.
Laura Glesby Photo
Lauren Anderson and Janeska.
As Ruby Bridges spoke about making civil rights history simply by going to school, 15-year-old Janeska reflected on her own experience at a new high school this year.
by
Maya McFadden |
Jan 24, 2024 11:25 am
|
Comments
(19)
New Haven Public Schools is running a nearly $6 million budget deficit this fiscal year, which is increasingly resulting in cuts to student field trips and tutors.
by
Brian Slattery |
Jan 23, 2024 8:47 am
|
Comments
(7)
Kimberly Wipfler Photo
Flake singing at Stetson Library with family and Monk Youth Jazz.
“Kind of surreal” is how Marcella Monk Flake described winning a Connecticut Arts Hero award this year. But in a sense, Flake’s award is the most natural thing in the world, another step in a life steeped in the arts, education, and community since before she was a child.
Daniels band hits "Misty" at citywide attendance event.
Seven students showed up to school Thursday and brought clarinets and flutes to their lips — to help New Haven celebrate the fact that more kids are showing up in school.
by
Maya McFadden |
Jan 9, 2024 11:24 am
|
Comments
(3)
Hillhouse incoming principal Antoine Billy: On a mission to keep students' dreams from being deferred.
Maya McFadden Photo
Poster made by a NHPS paraprofessional for Monday's meeting.
The Board of Education heard about and took action Monday night on leadership of schools as well as the board itself, then received a plea from paraprofessionals for renewed contract negotiation.
A parent of a Conte pre-schooler called on the Board of Education Monday night to figure out how to “rebuild trust” in the wake of an investigation into abusive classroom behavior.
by
Maya McFadden |
Jan 8, 2024 3:08 pm
|
Comments
(1)
Maya McFadden Photo
Fulton pushes for a layup.
With eight minutes and 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Wilbur Cross sophomore Jackie Fulton leaped into action after a teammate missed a shot. She caught the rebound and reached up to bounce the ball off the backboard and into the hoop.
by
Maya McFadden |
Jan 8, 2024 9:16 am
|
Comments
(9)
Maya McFadden photo
NHPS Food Services Director Baron Young: Backing up student ID numbers will avoid cafeteria traffic jams.
Faster lunch lines. More student feedback. Less wasted food.
New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) Food Services Director Baron Young has these goals in mind as he learns and works to resolve a myriad of food-related concerns six months into the role.
by
Maya McFadden |
Jan 1, 2024 5:43 pm
|
Comments
(2)
Maya McFadden Photo
Downer swears in Monday at city inauguration.
Troy Wyile walked onto the Wilbur Cross High School auditorium stage Monday to present a bouquet to his former tutor — as she embarks on a new route to help young people up their learning game in New Haven.
A mural painted in Hillhouse's cafeteria last school year.
Hillhouse didn’t have to give back any unspent money to the state after all — and was able to roll over more than $190,000 in last year’s school-improvement funds to the current school year.
311 Valley: Future home of Edmonds Cofield Academy?
Rev. Boise Kimber’s plan to open a new boys-focused charter school has received a $2 million state boost — to help try to buy and renovate a vacant former public school building on Valley Street.
by
Asher Joseph |
Dec 18, 2023 2:58 pm
|
Comments
(0)
Asher Joseph photo
Students sing loud and proud at Elm City Montessori's eighth annual Winter Sing.
Students, families, and teachers bundled together in the subfreezing temperature at Elm City Montessori School (ECMS) to lift their voices in song during the school’s eighth annual Winter Sing — which played out as candles flickered, under the silhouette of West Rock.
