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Feedback about Apptegy from other school districts using the platform.
The city’s public school district plans to adopt a new app-based communication platform — which includes translation services that will allow parents to reach out in the language of their choice — in a bid to improve how students’ guardians and school staff stay in touch.
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Then-sophomores Charlotte Herzog, Alma Barjamovic, and Maya Harpaz-Levi at the start of the 2023 school year.
Every single person who ever attended Wilbur Cross will be there.
Well, that’s the idea anyhow.
For the first time ever, alumni from every generation of Wilbur Cross will be gathering for the ultimate reunion.
On Saturday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the school is opening the doors for the “Reunion in the Halls.” It’s free and it’s open to everyone — graduates of all years, all ages, and all generations. In truth, this is more than just a reunion or a chance to relive some old memories; it’s a moment to reaffirm our commitment to the city’s largest high school, even as the very idea of public education teeters on the brink.
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Mar 10, 2025 4:24 pm
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Truman 7th graders Balal and Jovanni: Yondr is better than a lock box but not better than new sports teams.
As 5th-8th graders across New Haven locked away their cellphones for the official kickoff of phone-free schools Monday, many Truman School students did so knowing that it would help them in the long run — though some argued that the money could’ve been spent better, like on more school sports.
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Mar 10, 2025 9:46 am
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Drawing partners Omar and Rosa Gonzales with finished renditions of Pikachu and Sonic characters ...
... in a class that brings Cross art students together with East Rock kindergartners.
Wilbur Cross sophomore Rosa Gonzales and East Rock School kindergartener Omar put pencils to paper to draw Sonic and Pikachu — as part of a monthly class-to-class collaboration focused on cartooning and literacy.
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Mar 7, 2025 3:07 pm
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At NHPS' mental health and first aid training session.
Rather than watch students present mid-year projects, 20 New Haven educators and school staffers stood at the front of the “class” to present their own research to their peers about what to look out for when it comes to student wellbeing and mental health.
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Mar 7, 2025 10:11 am
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Rosemary Russo: “I had to do it for me."
After teaching New Haven’s youngest special education students for the past 35 years, Rosemary Russo has now made the difficult decision to say goodbye to the energy-demanding work that only continues to increase.
Teachers union Prez Blatteau: "We will stand up and fight back."
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HSC juniors Japhet and Jonaily making a case for their future education.
High School in the Community (HSC) junior Japhet dreams of becoming the first college graduate in his family — but also worries that dream won’t be possible if federal education cuts are made by the Trump administration.
Holding signs reading “People over profit” and “fund our schools,” Japhet marched alongside hundreds of fellow New Haveners to fight for the future of public education.
On Tuesday, she’s also a symbol of opposition to President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash federal education funding and abolish the U.S. Department of Education. She is a guest of U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro at Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress.
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Mar 4, 2025 8:59 am
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Fractions on the mind, in Amanda Gonzalez's classroom.
After a full day of learning new vocabulary and all about fractions, taking “brain breaks,” and studying the American Revolution, Conte West Hills K‑8 students and staff concluded that strong relationships, engaging work, and one-on-one instruction are the keys to a successful school day.
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Mar 4, 2025 8:29 am
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At January's Local 217 rally at Gateway Center.
Pay raises laid out in the new four-year deal.
The Board of Education unanimously approved a new contract for the school district’s cafeteria workers union that includes a $6‑per-hour raise over four years and stepped-up training for lead cooks.
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Mar 3, 2025 4:35 pm
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A Feb. 13 leak in a Wilbur Cross classroom.
New Haven’s public school district says it found “no evident deficiencies” in the 30-plus areas of Hillhouse and Wilbur Cross high schools that were the subject of a recent state workplace safety complaint by the city’s teachers union.
All the while, New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) continues to address ongoing condition problems like leaky roofs and cold classrooms at Cross that educators have been speaking up about for months.
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Mar 3, 2025 1:38 pm
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Michael Carter at a July 2024 board meeting.
New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) is down one more administrative lead now that operations and facilities consultant Michael Carter has wrapped up his eight months of city-paid work for the school district.
Teachers union prez Blatteau (right): "The proposed 2.4% increase is not enough to maintain current staffing levels, in an already understaffed system."
Mayor Justin Elicker has proposed a $5 million increase in municipal education funding for the coming fiscal year — covering less than a quarter of the $23.2 million boost requested by schools Supt. Madeline Negrón.
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Mar 3, 2025 10:28 am
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"Barack and Michelle Obama" mark Black History Month at BOMUS.
Scenes from the BOMUS "wax museum."
Black History Month ended with a bang at Barack H. Obama Magnet University School (BOMUS) Friday as students, families, and staff welcomed special guests “Barack and Michelle Obama” — in the form of first-graders Jacob Bell and Imani Winfield.
The honoree (center) with family members Sean Hardy, Deana Mallory, and Byron Breeland.
She was a classmate of Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court; she was a member of the first Black troop of Girl Scouts in the United States; she became a major promoter of gospel choruses in the New Haven area; and her family founded the venerable Pitts Chapel United Free Will Baptist Church in Newhallville.
That’s why 103-year-old Mary Etta Atkinson Joyner, graduate of the class of 1939, was hailed not only as the embodiment of James Hillhouse High School history, but of New Haven and national history as well.
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(Updated) City police have arrested two students after one brought a BB gun to Wilbur Cross on Wednesday — leading to reports of a student with a firearm, and a subsequent school-wide lockdown.
Reading reading reading, in a Barnard kindergarten class.
Two years after the school district switched over to a phonics-focused literacy curriculum, reading levels among New Haven’s youngest students are slowly but surely on the rise.
Bless prepares to ride on the Wexler Grant track Wednesday with fellow second-graders completing a pilot bike-safety course.
Eighteen second-graders checked their tires and chains, fastened their helmets, and set off on two wheels Tuesday as the first cohort of a new New Haven safe-biking generation.
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Feb 25, 2025 11:39 am
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At Monday's online school board meeting.
(Updated) Nathan Hale School is missing a certified second-grade teacher — bringing eight parents to ring the alarm bell at the Board of Education about their students falling further and further behind thanks to the staffing shortage.
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Feb 21, 2025 11:28 am
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East Rock seventh grader Jeryl searches for frog's large intestines...
...while others check out the frog's tongue and teeth.
East Rock School seventh graders Leia and Lesly suited up in gloves and eye protection to pierce through the unexpectedly tough skin of a frog — and discover, through hands-on education, what a real three-lobed liver looks like.
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Feb 21, 2025 9:29 am
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Student leaders bring the first new recycling bin to math teacher Julia Pisani.
New bins!
When Scandinavian assemble-your-own furniture retail giant IKEA dropped off 30 new recycling bins at John S. Martinez School in Fair Haven, student council President Christian Ayapantecatl and Vice President Geovanelys Morales were ready to receive them, excited to build on all the progress the school has already made in sustainability.
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Feb 18, 2025 8:42 pm
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Daniel Juárez at a January Aldermanic Affairs Committee meeting.
The Board of Education has a new member in New Haven Public Schools parent, opera singer, and Yale fundraiser Daniel Juárez, who was unanimously approved for the position on Tuesday evening by the Board of Alders.
Senior Lily Gonzalez: "Just had to get used to" not texting mom or friends as much.
NHA's wall-mounted locking and unlocking devices near school exits.
New Haven Academy’s hallways and cafeteria have gotten louder — now that the high school has become the first in the district to adopt Yondr pouches, leading to students spending lunchtime talking to each other instead of looking at their phones.
Present at the ceremony, from left: Denise Morris, , VP Inclusion & Belonging, Employee & Labor Relations, Yale New Haven Health; Christopher O’Connor, CEO, Yale New Haven Health; Katherine Heilpern, President, Yale New Haven Hospital, Elissa Matthews; Kaeleigh Graham-Purdy; Janiya Greene, G. Brown Gervil; Raymond Lomax, Jr.; Ena Williams, Chief Nursing Executive, Yale New Haven Health; Jorge Rodriguez, Executive VP, Chief Ambulatory Officer, Yale New Haven Health; Pamela Sutton-Wallace, President, Yale New Haven Health and Melissa Turner, SR VP, Chief Human Resources Officer, Yale New Haven Health.
Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) marked President’s Day by honoring five high school seniors who will receive $1,000 to help pay for their first-year college books.
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Feb 17, 2025 9:13 am
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Don’t go breaking their hearts.
A group of students celebrated Valentine’s Day early by demanding that New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) spread the love and hire three coordinators to oversee the district’s climate change-combatting efforts.
