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Coach Uncovers "Beautiful Game's" Lessons

by | Nov 11, 2022 11:10 am | Comments (2)

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Playing, learning on Wilbur Cross's soccer field.

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Coach Miller.

As a lifelong student of o jogo bonito and a decades-long fixture of New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) athletics, Wilbur Cross High School head soccer coach Edgar Miller has a lot to say.

About perseverance. About natural talent and hard work. And about how soccer can teach one to overcome adversity — whether that be the ruts of Rice Field or the challenges of being a teenager.

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Student-Athlete Pleas Power Field Repairs

by | Nov 9, 2022 3:07 pm | Comments (18)

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A contingent of Wilbur Cross community members, including Board of Ed Student Representative Dave John Cruz-Bustamante, art teacher Melody Gallagher, and soccer captain Matteo Festa.

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A lightly muddy Blake Field on Friday afternoon.

Broken ankles. Used syringes. Mud-induced match cancellations. Low morale.

Those were just a few of the high school sports-related obstacles that Wilbur Cross coaches and students spoke out about having to surmount time and again, as they successfully urged alders to move forward with long-awaited upgrades to the East Rock Athletic Complex.

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Race Finds A Place In The Classroom

by | Nov 4, 2022 12:02 pm | Comments (24)

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Robinson leads a junior class book talk Tuesday ...

... about Stamped, a "present book" about race and America.

Should former presidents like Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson have their faces on America’s paper currency? 

Sayvion Saley asked himself that question for the first time in English class as he and his Career High School classmates grappled with this country’s long, painful, sordid and complicated history of racism — with the help of a present” book that seeks to set the record straight.

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Seeking Stability, Cross Principal Hits The Halls

by | Oct 28, 2022 3:33 pm | Comments (21)

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Chemistry teacher/professional arm wrestler Mike Selearis gives Principal Carolina some tips as he faces off against student champ Jordin during Wilbur Cross's weekly "Wellness Wednesday" programming.

Wilbur Cross High School Interim Principal Kermit Carolina announced over the PA that students had 30 more seconds to get to class.” Less than a minute later, he had his arm draped around a student’s shoulders. 

Mr. Carolina, this is the first time I got caught in the sweep today,” the student said. It doesn’t have to be like this.” 

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East Rock Athletic Fields Upgrades Advance

by | Oct 28, 2022 9:29 am | Comments (9)

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John Geanakoplos on Wilbur Cross' existing running track.

New fencing for Rice Field. New soccer equipment for Blake Field. A multi-sport field and track” at Wilbur Cross.

Those upgrades and others might soon come to three East Rock sports fields if the Board of Alders approves accepting state and possible federal funding.

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Ed Board Staying On Zoom For Now

by | Oct 26, 2022 9:00 am | Comments (11)

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Board of Ed Prez Rivera: Zoom meetings = more accessible.

The Board of Education will continue to meet online only for the foreseeable future — as the board president defended virtual gatherings as more accessible to the public, while a fellow board member criticized the move as less accountable to teachers, students, parents, and staff.

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Hispanic Heritage Takes Center Stage At Career High Fest

by | Oct 24, 2022 8:51 am | Comments (1)

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Erika Zelocuatecatl: "When we get together as diverse as we are, we come as a united chorus."

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Career students perform "Latino Moves" at Friday's fest.

The sounds of salsa, bachata and merengue filled Hill Regional Career High School alongside a host of Spanish-language pride as staff and students celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month.

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Teacher Tim Takes To TikTok

by | Oct 19, 2022 10:45 am | Comments (5)

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Brzezinski mixing in-person and digital teaching at ESUMS; more than 20,000 people follow his instructional videos online.

Tim Brzezinski welcomes smart phones and TikTok when he’s teaching — both to his New Haven middle-school math classroom and to thousands of people around the globe who follow his videos online.

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Bonuses OK'd As Teacher Crunch Continues

by | Oct 12, 2022 2:30 pm | Comments (18)

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Supt. Tracey: "Let us not present New Haven Public Schools in a negative light."

New hires will receive signing bonuses through the end of January in the public school district’s latest effort to recruit more teachers, paraprofessionals, social workers, and safety officers — amid an ongoing flood of staff resignations and publicly vented concerns about substandard working conditions in the city’s schools.

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