by | May 2, 2022 1:36 pm | Comments (3)
Jess Bialecki (at left).
The Board of the Connecticut Children’s Museum submitted this article.
The board of the Connecticut Children’s Museum is delighted to welcome Jessica Bialecki as the new executive director and third leader of the institution.
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by | May 2, 2022 8:59 am | Comments (6)
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Sunday's ribbon cutting ceremony.
New Haven celebrated keeping hope alive at The Barack H. Obama Magnet University School (BOMUS) Sunday, officially welcoming a new teacher-oriented public school that opened its doors two years ago at the dawn of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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by | Apr 29, 2022 3:54 pm | Comments (3)
Church street students...
... plant a sunset red maple tree outside their school.
Church Street Elementary students took turns Friday shoveling soil over the roots of a young red maple tree — and played their parts in planning safer, shadier and more stimulating school grounds for future generations.
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by | Apr 26, 2022 9:53 am | Comments (15)
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Students protesting Monday in support of teachers facing nonrenewals.
After a day of student-led protest, Common Ground High School’s board voted to allow the administration to discontinue contracts of four teachers at the end of the academic year amid a broader discussion of the school’s direction.
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by | Apr 22, 2022 9:07 am | Comments (3)
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Kindergarteners make airplanes Thursday.
Instead of sitting home playing video games, grade-schoolers are spending the week doing handstands around the gym, building airplanes and mini-solar houses, and making new friends, thanks to the lower-school version of a “Spring Fun Club.”
by | Apr 20, 2022 1:51 pm | Comments (0)
Tenth-grader Carla Rodriguez and 12th-grader Cheisy Cudoro washed dishes after making food with their culinary class.
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Nakisha Cadore with Isabel Faustino.
Ninth-grader Isabel Faustino was tired of thinking she had to change for somebody else, she said. So she etched out some words on a “vision board” as a reminder: “I am: Strong. Proud. Tough. Powerful. Enough. ME.”
“That’s exactly it!” said Nakisha Cadore. “We’ve got to get you running some circles.”
by | Apr 20, 2022 12:02 pm | Comments (7)
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Educators rally outside City Hall for full school funding.
Mayor's proposed FY23 budget
Expenditure breakdown for proposed schools budget.
Teacher salaries. Student transportation. Building maintenance. Special education.
All of those costs are on the rise — and New Haven’s public schools need at least $5 million more to close the gap.
by | Apr 19, 2022 9:41 am | Comments (9)
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Fair Haven Alder and Black & Hispanic Caucus Chair Ernie Santiago on Monday night.
Invest in trade education, to help today’s New Haven public school grads become tomorrow’s local small-business owners.
Fair Haven Alder Ernie Santiago issued that vo-tech-funding call Monday night during the annual Board of Alders Black & Hispanic Caucus state of the city address.
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by | Apr 15, 2022 11:05 am | Comments (68)
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Vercillo (pictured with Boris): Teachers threatened, with no back-up.
Paul Vercillo wants people to know what happened when he tried to fend off a threatened attack by a student in and right outside Room 300 — before Vercillo was branded nationwide as a criminal.
by | Apr 14, 2022 3:45 pm | Comments (1)
Hamden Parents United members Lena Smith Parker, Christina Larrow, Sarah Northrop, Principal Nadine Gannon, and Melissa Atterberry-Jones.
Thursday's spread.
Hamden High School teachers, social workers, nurses, and security showed up to work at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, ready to be released into a highly anticipated week of spring break following a tough few years — then were surprised with a breakfast buffet served by smiling parents.
Continue reading ‘Parent Appreciation Breakfast Brings Energy Boost To Hamden High's Teachers’
by and | Apr 13, 2022 5:25 pm | Comments (12)
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Ten police officers see off parents at Dr. Mayo Wednesday afternoon.
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Jennifer Ivey with daughter Zamyra Warren at pick-up Wednesday: safe but worried, and considering leaving town.
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Assistant Chief Karl Jacobson and Mayor Elicker at Wedneday's presser.
A day after gunmen fired 23 rounds in front of a preschool at dismissal time, social workers and cops showed up to reassure families, and the cops announced they’ve arrested the alleged shooters.
Continue reading ‘Arrests Made In Gunfire Incident Outside Preschool; Social Workers, Cops Pitch In’
by | Apr 13, 2022 2:02 pm | Comments (6)
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Newly appointed school administrators.
New leadership is on its way to Conte West Hills Magnet and King-Robinson Magnet Schools, as well as in central school district offices.
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by | Apr 12, 2022 3:48 pm | Comments (6)
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Tuesday's reading rally.
New Haven students showed off their TikTok dance chops Tuesday — before stocking up on books as part of a citywide campaign to boost reading chops.
by | Apr 7, 2022 1:26 pm | Comments (7)
Cops and paramedics showed up at Hillhouse High School Thursday on a report that five students “ingested a food-like substance believed to be infused with an illegal substance.”
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Troy and Tyler piece their robot together "like a puzzle."
Sixth-graders Tyler and Troy took turns peering at the instruction manual that illustrated how the walls and gears in front of them fit together — and imagining the claw robot (“clawbot”) that would soon be roving around by their own design.
The team shared their work with New Haven legislators and leaders in the entrance of the Hillhouse High School athletic center on Monday morning, as Board of Ed officials announced a new program geared toward technology-curious students like Tyler and Troy.
The announcement: Next year, 45 ninth graders and five to 10 adult education students will be able to pursue an associate’s degree in manufacturing engineering technology at Gateway Community College alongside their high school degrees.
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by | Apr 4, 2022 9:12 am | Comments (22)
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Teacher/parent Sarah Levine pitches a shift in reading strategy.
The job description has grown. The pay and support haven’t.
Meanwhile, not enough kids are learning to read — in part because of the method they’re being taught.
So New Haven Public School (NHPS) teachers informed city alders at a once-a-year chance to check in and have their voices heard.
by and | Mar 31, 2022 10:59 am | Comments (29)
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Brackeen at rally: "It should not take a pandemic to do the right thing!"
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Teacher union prez Leslie Blatteau at hearing: Teachers are getting poached.
“We are in a serious crisis when it comes to fully staffing our public schools in New Haven.”
Teachers union President Leslie Blatteau issued that warning and a pitch for more support twice Wednesday evening as New Haven confronts a choice over how much to pay for public education.
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by | Mar 30, 2022 10:19 am | Comments (16)
Before an anticipated second spike in resignations, New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) is working to get ahead of the curve to get all classrooms filled with teachers in the fall — while board members debate the best way to recruit teachers, especially teachers of color.
by | Mar 28, 2022 4:38 pm | Comments (2)
Robert Boyd and Dasani Scott.
Robert Boyd stepped into his Dallas Cowboys slippers and took his granddaughter out on Orchard Street to the school bus stop — unaware they’d be staying there for close to an hour.
When the bus arrived, Boyd was grateful for another day that Dasani can attend Nathan Hale across town.
by | Mar 25, 2022 4:42 pm | Comments (1)
Town Clerk Karimah Mickens Thursday swearing in Morton.
After leaving the Board of Education to deploy overseas with the National Guard last May, Walter L. Morton IV is back in town and ready to return to local service.
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by | Mar 24, 2022 4:05 pm | Comments (14)
15-year-old Jamarion Lalanne: Tired of the fighting.
While Hamden High juniors were taking their SATs on Thursday, other students displaced from their usual classes crowded the school’s auditorium — until a fist fight involving two students sent an older staff member to the hospital.
Continue reading ‘Hamden High Fight Sends School Staffer To Hospital’
by | Mar 24, 2022 2:46 pm | Comments (6)
That was fast.
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by and | Mar 23, 2022 5:42 pm | Comments (13)
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February community rally against planned methadone clinic.
(Updated) A former school building on Dixwell Avenue might become a wellness-focused “Resilience Academy” rather than a community-opposed methadone clinic under a plan under consideration for millions of state bonding dollars.
Continue reading ‘Kimber-Clifford Beers "Resilience Academy" Would Replace Methadone Clinic Plan’
by | Mar 23, 2022 1:41 pm | Comments (7)
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Fiore: Hard work is worth it.
As Anthony Fiore finishes up his two-year term as a Board of Education student representative, his final tasks include finding another brave student leader to succeed him.
Fiore, 18, is a senior at High School in the Community. He reflected on his pandemic-era term serving as a student representative for the Board of Education.
by | Mar 22, 2022 1:08 pm | Comments (23)
Math results presented to the Board of Ed.
New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) has been working to help students advance more than a year in math and reading in a year’s time, as newly released numbers show how far some have fallen behind both socially and academically due to the Covid-19 pandemic.