Toyota Erupts In Flames
by | Jun 22, 2018 12:48 pm | Comments (0)
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Margaret Olin sent in these photos of a car in flames and firefighters responding to the scene on the edge of Edgewood Park Thursday night.
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Chapel Haven Grads REACH High
by | Jun 20, 2018 7:42 am | Comments (0)
Courtesy Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo
2018 REACH graduates.
Catherine Sullivan-DeCarlo, vice president of Chapel Haven’s admissions and marketing, sent in the following article.
The REACH class of 2018 has a special place in Chapel Haven history.
The Muslim Women You’ve Never Met
by | May 29, 2018 2:01 pm | Comments (0)
Aaminah Bhat.
Three years ago, on Feb. 10, Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were killed by Craig Stephen Hicks in their North Carolina home. This horrific evening came to be known as the Chapel Hill Shooting, and is one of many hate crimes against Muslims. These acts of prejudicial aggression in our country have spiked following our most recent election year. An online piece called “The Islamic Administration” reports a “67 percent increase in hate crimes against Muslims in 2016” and that “from the end of Jan. 27 through the end of March, there were approximately 32 anti-Muslim and anti-Arab incidents, or an average of one every other day,” (Brennan Center). The phenomenon is nothing new, we’ve seen it in the years following 9/11, but it has been fuelled more recently under the rhetoric of our new Presidential Administration.
Still, we try to understand: Where does this prejudice stem from?
Creed Walks Out
by | May 18, 2018 12:08 pm | Comments (9)
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Students at Cortlandt V.R. Creed Thursday got an early start on leaving their school. They attended a session about the Board of Education’s plans to close the inter district magnet high school this coming academic year to save money. (Read about that here.) Then the students staged a walkout for 26 minutes. Creed junior Aurea Bianca Orencia sent in the following write-up about why the students walked out:
Despite some hesitations of getting wet in the rain, a majority of the students at Creed walked out to say a statement to the board: education should see no color.
From Piling Scrap to Bridging the Achievement Gap
by | May 10, 2018 1:41 pm | Comments (1)
Carolyn Christmann, a former Friends Center for Children parent who lives in Fair Haven Heights, submitted the following write up and photos from the 8th annual Fair Haven Family Stroll & Festival in Quinnipiac River Park.
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Colleges To Train Next-Gen Utility Workers
by and | May 9, 2018 7:49 am | Comments (0)
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SCSU President Joee Bertolino and Gateway President Paul Broadie.
(Opinion) Connecticut’s utility sector is facing a watershed – a flood of retirements and a drought of skilled workers.
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Gateway Recognized For “Achieving The Dream”
by | Apr 16, 2018 12:40 pm | Comments (0)
Determined to advance initiatives that realize improved student performance, New Haven’s Gateway Community College has won admission to a network of “Achieving the Dream” schools.
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Female Leaders Meet
by | Apr 13, 2018 12:06 pm | Comments (0)
Yale-China Association, which is part of the official New Haven delegation visiting China to cement a new sister-city relationship with Changsha and try to attract new investment in New Haven, sent the following photos and write-ups from the trip.
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Mayor Toni Harp, the first woman mayor of New Haven, was welcomed to Hong Kong today by Ms. Carrie Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong S.A.R. Also in the meeting were (left to right) Marc Camille, president of Albertus Magnus College, David Youtz, president of Yale-China Association, Althea Norcott, representing New-Haven Sister Cities, and Andrew Wolf, New Haven director of arts, tourism and culture.
Equity and Digital Literacies
by | Apr 13, 2018 10:21 am | Comments (0)
Amira Dhalla and Curtis Hill
Josiah Brown, a volunteer member of the board of the Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven, sent this account of an event in which the Coalition was involved.
On Saturday, April 7, Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) hosted a forum on “Equity and Digital Literacies.” Organized by SCSU Associate Professor of Education J. Greg McVerry – who is also a member of the board of the Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven – the event reflected the collaboration of co-sponsors the Mozilla Foundation, SCSU’s School of Education and Computer Science Department, the Connecticut Education Network, and the Literacy Coalition. The Saturday morning audience included educators from the New Haven Public Schools, public librarians (from New Haven’s Stetson branch), technology aficionados, parents, civic activists, and a peer mentor/academic coach (and aspiring early childhood educator) from SCSU’s Multicultural Center.
From The Forbidden City ...
by | Apr 11, 2018 2:37 pm | Comments (1)
Yale-China Association, which is part of the official New Haven delegation visiting China to cement a new sister-city relationship with Changsha and try to attract new investment in New Haven, sent the following photos and write-ups from the trip.
Courtesy Yale In China
The New Haven delegation visited Yali Middle School where they had a rich exchange of ideas and information on Changsha and New Haven. In the photo, Andy Wolf, Director of Arts, Culture, and Tourism for the City of New Haven, is talking with Yali Middle School students about the vibrant cultural, arts, and culinary culture in New Haven.
Kids LEAP Into Wakanda
by | Mar 6, 2018 1:25 pm | Comments (0)
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If you are among the small number of people who have not seen Black Panther, LEAPers highly recommend it.
Have Dinner With A Headliner — & Support A Good Cause
by | Feb 8, 2018 1:55 pm | Comments (0)
On the menu: An inside view of Hollywood scriptwriting. Or of immigration reform. Or of the Yale Art Gallery. Or politics, courtesy of a leading New York Times op-ed writer.
Or the menu will feature singing Broadway tunes with a master at the keyboard.
Of course, the menu will feature great food, too.
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Holiday Reads, From One Student To Another
by | Jan 4, 2018 8:36 am | Comments (0)
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Armoni McCoy, Alejandro Torres, J’Sha’Ray Suggs, Dakota Davis and Elijah Joyner at Columbus Academy.
Teacher Michael Pavano sent in the following aritcle:
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2017, was a cold day, but the warm welcome inside the K‑2 classrooms at Columbus Academy was spreading.
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Hillhouse ROTC Cadets Honor Veterans
by | Dec 20, 2017 8:50 am | Comments (0)
Hillhouse JROTC
The following article was submitted by retired Lt. Col. John Hinrichs and retired Sgt. 1st Class Lisa Rodriguez.
On a blustery cold December day, nine James Hillhouse High School Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) cadets participated in the Wreaths Across America, a wreath-laying ceremony at the Connecticut Veterans Cemetery in Middletown.
STEP Students Host Winter Wonderland Event
by | Dec 19, 2017 3:01 pm | Comments (0)
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The following was submitted by STEP Coordinator Ronald Huggins.
On Tuesday, the Elm City Communities’ Student Training and Employment Program (STEP) came together for a Winter Wonderland event.
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50 March Against Sex Worker Violence
by | Dec 18, 2017 3:37 pm | Comments (3)
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A local activist group called Sex Workers and Allies Network sent in the following release.
NHFD Delivers Santa
by | Dec 4, 2017 3:05 pm | Comments (0)
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Santa arrived early this year, on Saturday morning, in fact, and at City Point.
Thanks(giving), Crew!
by | Nov 21, 2017 9:50 pm | Comments (0)
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Public school students worked with Board of Ed adults Tuesday afternoon at the district’s central kitchen to pack over 1,000 Thanksgiving turkey meal boxes for the needy.
Soldier Gets His Plaques Back
by | Nov 9, 2017 12:00 pm | Comments (5)
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After 50 years, two plaques have been restored to a statue in Edgewood Park. Neighbors gathered at the statue next to the ranger station Sunday for an unveiling. Stephanie FitzGerald of Friends of Edgewood Park contributed the following write-up about how it happened and these photos from the event.
4 Steps To Transparency
by | Oct 26, 2017 3:48 pm | Comments (12)
Nataliya Braginsky, a member of an organization of public school teachers called the New Haven Educators’ Collective, sent in the following opinion article from the group, about New Haven’s search for a new schools superintendent.
LEAP Halloween Party Set For Fun, Fright
by | Oct 24, 2017 12:32 pm | Comments (2)
The following was submitted by LEAP Executive Director Henry Fernandez.
That spooky time of year is coming back to New Haven, and you are invited!
Hall Of Famers Inducted
by | Oct 11, 2017 10:47 am | Comments (3)
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Inductee State Rep. Toni Walker, a leading community college advocate at the Capitol.
Gateway Community College submitted the following release.
More that 200 from the Greater New Haven community gathered in the Curran Community Center at Gateway Community College on Oct. 5 to celebrate six new inductees at the Gateway Community College Foundation’s 20th Hall of Fame Induction and Celebration.
Westville Halloween Story Contest
by | Oct 4, 2017 11:55 am | Comments (1)
Mary Shelley wrote her now classic work Frankenstein as the result of a writing competition, which included her husband Percy Shelley and Lord Byron during what she described as a “wet and ungenial summer.”
Language and Learning: Home, School, and Community
by | Oct 2, 2017 7:02 am | Comments (0)
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Luis Chavez-Brumell, Madeline Negrón, Ann Anderberg, Marilyn Calderón, and Abie Benítez
Josiah Brown, a volunteer member of the board of the Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven, sent this account of an event in which the Coalition was involved.
On Thursday, September 29, the New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) hosted a forum on “Language and Learning: Home, School, and Community,” at the Dr. Reginald Mayo Early Childhood School. Co-sponsored also by the Connecticut Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (CALAS) and the Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven, the event featured a panel of the following speakers:
Ann Anderberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education, Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU)
Marilyn Calderón, M.Ed., Executive Director, Connecticut Parent Power
Luis Chavez-Brumell, Manager, Young Minds & Family Learning Department, New Haven Public Library
(Another invited speaker, Coral Ortiz – the Hillhouse H.S. 2017 valedictorian and a former member of New Haven and Connecticut Boards of Education – appeared despite not feeling well, but she was encouraged to go home and rest.)
The moderator was Abie Benítez, Ph.D., Director of Instruction & English-Language Learning, NHPS; Madeline Negrón, Ph.D., another Director of Instruction who oversees early childhood for the district, offered opening remarks. (Both colleagues are officers of CALAS, as well.)
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Literacy Coalition News
by | Sep 14, 2017 6:37 am | Comments (0)
Josiah Brown, a volunteer member of the board of the Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven, submitted this report.
The Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven is welcoming a new colleague to its volunteer board of directors: J. Gregory McVerry, assistant professor of education at Southern Connecticut State University. Having earned his Ph.D. at UConn in Educational Psychology, Cognition Instruction and Learning Technologies through a program recognized for “new literacies,” Greg McVerry is a former K‑12 public school teacher, including five years teaching sixth grade. He characterizes himself as “a teacher and researcher interested in the intersection of literacy and technology.” At Southern, he says, “I teach early reading, children’s literature and new literacies classes. I was also the literacy and technology coordinator for Gear Up.”