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Angel Mercado, Luis Diaz, and Joel Tolman on Thursday.
Walking to school is going to become a lot safer in the near future for students like Common Ground seniors Angel Mercado and Luis Diaz, as a half mile of new sidewalks connecting Brookside Estates and other developments with their Springside Avenue charter school are en route — as part of a suite of traffic safety improvements coming to the semi-rural West Rock corner of the city.
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May 9, 2024 1:35 pm
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Miriam Camacho, back at FAME with her new book.
Former Principal Miriam Camacho returned to her old school in Fair Haven to encourage students to always hold on to their home cultures — and, when possible, to make sofritofrom scratch.
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May 8, 2024 8:06 am
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Juniors Josh, Radwaa, and A'Mere map out the Salvadoran Civil War.
Hill Regional Career High School junior Josh Burgess wrote the words “causes and effects of Salvadoran Civil War 1980s” inside a circle, and then drew lines connecting the words “historic inequality,” “murder,” and “oligarchs” to that circle.
He did so as part of an African American and Latino studies course that encourages students to understand how different parts of world history relate to one another — and that builds off of recent state legislation designed to boost the diversity of topics covered in Connecticut social studies classrooms.
Because classes were closed for last month’s presidential primaries, the last day of school for New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) this year will be Monday, June 17 rather than Friday, June 14.
Fair Haven School teachers took a quick break from keeping students afloat for the remainder of the school year — to receive thanks and complimentary root beer floats from the mayor and superintendent, as part of National Teacher Appreciation Week.
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Maya McFadden |
May 3, 2024 3:27 pm
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Planned new adult ed center on Bassett St., to open in June 2026.
More than 120 students are expected to graduate next month from New Haven’s Adult & Continuing Education Center — which is back open for in-person classes on Ella T. Grasso Boulevard, after flooding caused the school’s now-repaired main building to close for nearly three months at the end of last year.
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May 2, 2024 9:21 am
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Melissa Rodriguez stays rooted to El Salvador family gardening memories.
As New Haven Academy junior Melissa Rodriguez planted pink and red “Busy Lizzies” at school, she thought back fondly on the days of helping her grandmother in El Salvador tend to her vibrant flower garden and fruit trees.
That was the scene Wednesday afternoon as New Haven Academy students worked to liven up the school’s garden beds as part of a week of environmental activities at the 444 Orange St. magnet high school.
Class of 2024 tree planted by John Martinez student council.
John Martinez School eighth grader Roselyn Sampedro’s dream to stay rooted to her middle school forever came to fruition Friday as she helped plant a crabapple tree — in honor of the Class of 2024, and to celebrate Arbor Day.
Thirty four percent of New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) students have missed at least 10 percent of school days — a slight decline from the district’s January peak, but still above the district’s end-of-year chronic absenteeism goal of 27.5 percent.
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Apr 26, 2024 8:48 am
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Sheila Lamb (right): "Your job right now is to be engaged."
As Mauro-Sheridan math teacher Sheila Lamb knocked on her seventh graders’ desks to urge them to participate in class, math coach Cortney Costa used her phone at the back of the classroom — not to play games, but to record Lamb’s model lesson.
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Apr 24, 2024 10:31 am
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New Haven Counts ED Ronald Coleman (center) and New Haven Reads ED Kirsten Levinsohn on Tuesday.
A citywide math and literacy tutoring effort has reached 1,700 New Haven elementary school students since launching nearly a year ago — and is now on the lookout for 100 more volunteer tutors this summer, on top of the 240 who are currently signed up, to keep the program growing.
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Apr 24, 2024 8:35 am
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Robles-Rivas: "You don't have to lose your identity to be successful."
Thirty three years ago, Evelyn Robles-Rivas moved to Connecticut from Puerto Rico to find a career despite not knowing how to speak English.
Now, the former Worthington Hooker School principal is returning to New Haven to lead the public school district’s work supporting multilingual learners.
High school senior Thailynn Morehead, right, called for the budget to fund functional school bathrooms.
To 69-year-old Linda Randi, who’s worked as a paraeducator in New Haven Public Schools for 38 years, more funding for the Board of Education would mean “I wouldn’t have to work a second job.”
Specifically, she said, she’d no longer have to work a nightly six-hour shift waiting tables on top of her full-time classroom hours.
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Apr 18, 2024 4:04 pm
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11-year-old Avery with her favorite Black Raspberry Newhall Street soap.
Bassett Street smells like lemongrass and poppy seeds to 11-year-old Kauren, now that her favorite sweet-citrusy soap is up for sale in honor of the street where she goes to school.
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Apr 17, 2024 11:37 am
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Brandon Haynes and Javon Culbreath on a mission: groceries first, then basketball.
Sixth- and seventh-graders Javon Culbreath and Brandon Haynes headed to The Shack to kick off their spring break playing basketball in the sun — and wound up grabbing some free groceries to take home, too.
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Apr 15, 2024 9:51 am
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Future pilot and current kindergartener Harmonie Santaella with sister Dhaniellie and mom Dagmar.
Making good choices, being polite, working hard, building community, and becoming student council leaders earned students and staff at John S. Martinez School recognition as “Rising Stars.”
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Glynis King-Harrell and Sondi Jackson at Monday's school board meeting.
When she was still a student at Southern Connecticut State University, speech-language pathologist Sondi Jackson was mentored by New Haven Public Schools Speech and Special Education Supervisor Glynis King-Harrell.
More than three decades later, Jackson is now about to take up the baton from her former mentor and longtime public-school district colleague — but stepping into her role upon the latter’s retirement.
Jailene Ramos (right) and Supt. Negron at Cross-hosted budget talk.
Will next year’s schools budget have enough money set aside to fix bathrooms with no sink handles and school buildings that get too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer?
Livingstone President Anthony J. Davis with Hillhouse senior Chamar Lee.
Hillhouse High School senior Chamar Lee came to school never having heard of North Carolina’s Livingstone College — until he was surprised with a visit and “opportunity of a lifetime” by the college’s president.
In one half of the poster, a bright blue, clear sky shines down on wildflowers and healthy animals surrounded by lush trees and a flowing stream. In the other half, the stream and the field are filled with litter. The world has caught fire, emitting deathly pollutants
That was an art piece by fifteen-year-old Aaliyah Jones and seven of her peers displayed at Common Ground High School — all of whom sought to share both their optimism and their fears around a climate change-impacted future.
Cross GSA: Zulaikha Khan, Alejandro Zacatelco, Levi, Jaime Soares, Gema, and Mikey.
Pins made by Cross GSA for teachers to wear and put up in classrooms.
More “You Are Safe With Me” pins and “This Is A Safe Place” stickers are popping up around Wilbur Cross High School hallways thanks to the efforts of the school’s recently revived Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA).
