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Hopkins head Glendinning: "Very upsetting and unsettling.”
A private school has placed an employee on administrative leave after his wife and a neighbor got in an argument over the war in Gaza.
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Davis-Taylor at Saturday's graduation: Ready for steady work.
Cameron Davis-Taylor is ready to reenter the workforce. This time around, she plans on being a chef.
She had no professional culinary experience until she joined the ConnCAT Culinary Arts Academy half a year ago. Now she knows she is ready to start a business and begin working.
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by | Feb 15, 2024 4:22 pm | Comments (18)
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John C. Daniels newcomers with staff: Rosalyn Díaz-Ortiz, Heather O’Brien, Widny Morel, Marlene Rosario, Kenia Wama Vargas, Iveth Shenoha Quintero Rodriguez, Deam Sebastian Barrozo Garzon, David Santiago Franco Chaparro, and Yesenia Perez.
Forty-five native Spanish speakers have immigrated here and entered seventh and eighth grade at John C. Daniels School just over the past four months — and are getting up to speed fast thanks to a schoolwide effort to focus on language skills as well as family needs.
by | Feb 14, 2024 1:03 pm | Comments (0)
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Wilbur Cross' 2023-24 basketball team.
After a season of growth, resilience, and bonding the Lady Governors said goodbye not just to the basketball season but to three of their beloved Class of 2024 seniors.
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Roberto Clemente students taking the push-up test.
A new iteration of gym class is taking hold in New Haven schools, focusing less on team sports and more on individualized fitness goals tailored to each child.
by | Feb 12, 2024 1:41 pm | Comments (0)
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Harmoni Thomas with the ball against Shelton.
Wilbur Cross Lady Governor Leilanie Pugh had just minimized her opponents’ lead by laying the ball off the backboard and into the hoop — but she didn’t stop there.
Seconds later she caught a rebound, then sank a mid-range shot to bring her team within four points.
by | Feb 9, 2024 4:50 pm | Comments (5)
This reporter's favorite student as seen during Friday's Davis magnet school pep rally.
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Ernie's owner Pat DeRiso tries to get orders out for delivery while reporters hound him about National Pizza Day.
A plethora of pizza, pom-poms and politicians flooded Upper Westville Friday morning amidst a pair of symbiotic popularity contests – in which every party was a winner.
The slices of of za and strings of plastic were featured in two separate city celebrations taking place around the corner from one another.
Over at Davis Academy, students screamed out of ostensible excitement or, perhaps, excess energy as their principal announced that both The Magnet Schools of America and the University of Connecticut have recognized the school for “innovative excellence.”
Down the street on Whalley Avenue, politicians and thin-crust fanatics packed like anchovies inside Ernie’s Pizzeria for National Pizza Day and a proclamation by the governor naming New Haven the “Pizza Capital of America.”
by | Feb 8, 2024 4:30 pm | Comments (1)
Cross huddles one last time during Wednesday's game.
“I’ve seen what you guys can do,” Head Coach Deborah McClease told the Wilbur Cross Lady Governors after a tough 15th loss. “I need for you guys to show everyone else that potential.”
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by | Feb 7, 2024 3:40 pm | Comments (1)
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Hillhouse's Jordyn Thomas scores during Tuesday's game against Career.
Hillhouse’s Lady Academics didn’t let a tough one-point loss on Monday get in the way of coming out victorious Tuesday night.
by | Feb 6, 2024 12:14 pm | Comments (1)
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Cross senior Kiara Cabassa: "It feels great anytime I can contribute to my team with points or motivation."
Although her team was down, Wilbur Cross senior guard Kiara Cabassa kept spirits high on the court with shouts of encouragement and reminders that the team must always stay together.
by | Feb 5, 2024 4:01 pm | Comments (26)
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Union head Leslie Blatteau: "Human to human is better.”
The president of New Haven’s teacher union locked eyes with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal to deliver a meta message about how to free kids from the grips of social media giants like Meta: Lean on hands-on learning that takes place face to face.
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by | Feb 5, 2024 12:10 pm | Comments (2)
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Gomez Stafford takes it to the net to help her team catch up.
Just a few months ago Wilbur Cross point guard Bella Gomez Stafford partially tore her quad. That wasn’t noticeable as she weaved through her opponents and sank a three-pointer in the first five minutes.
Continue reading ‘Torn Quad Healed, Junior Swings Back Into Action’
by | Feb 1, 2024 12:22 pm | Comments (0)
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Harmoni Thomas.
With six minutes and 43 seconds left in the third quarter, freshman forward Harmoni Thomas drove to the basket and made a layup off the backboard to kickstart a big run for her Lady Governors.
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by | Jan 31, 2024 2:53 pm | Comments (1)
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State Dept of Ed's Erik Clemons and Felicia Canty came to listen.
Dozens of Common Ground High School’s community members expressed support for the school’s state renewal while a handful said the renewal should be granted only if the school agrees to make administrative improvements.
Continue reading ‘Students, Families Urge Common Ground Renewal’
by | Jan 30, 2024 12:03 pm | Comments (4)
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Junior Klever Chilel practices omelet making.
Friday's fresh blackberry scones and brown sugar banana muffins.
Genesis Correa flipped a farmer’s omelet onto the grill, Damani Wheeler cut thick slices of ciabatta toast, Klever Chilel delivered the fresh off the grill breakfasts, and Tracey Salazar poured customers of the Wilbur Cross Bakeshop a cold cup of fresh grapefruit juice.
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Seeking higher ground: former staffer Victor Rios, student Kiana Camacho and friend, and former staffer Nicole Mackin.
Students, staff, and parents at Common Ground High School say the school is going downhill because of high teacher turnover and distrust for administration. The environmental-themed charter school’s board and leaders say they are working to get to the bottom of these concerns.
by | Jan 29, 2024 1:42 pm | Comments (8)
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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona at Fair Haven School: "We don’t have all the answers in D.C."
Fair Haven got to work Monday on creating “community schools” — by first deciding what that means in 2024.
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by | Jan 26, 2024 2:14 pm | Comments (14)
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Ready to fly: HSC students Jonah Rosenberg, Jazmin Rosario, Diana Robles, and Justin Welch, who worked with Japanese class to fold 1,000 paper cranes to take to Japan.
High School in the Community (HSC) junior Ty’Nique Turner will get the chance to visit Japan and try out the language she’s been teaching herself since middle school, thanks to New Haven Public Schools’ return of international adventures.
Assuming organizers can raise a lot of money fast.
by | Jan 26, 2024 12:38 pm | Comments (33)
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"I can't quit": Blumenthal fields sharp Qs from Mauro-Sheridan fifth-graders.
“If you had to either quit or work with Donald Trump as president, what would you do?”
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal faced that question and others about his role in the future of American democracy — not at a press conference, or on the Senate floor, but in Lauren Bitterman’s fifth-grade classroom at Mauro-Sheridan school.
by | Jan 25, 2024 3:14 pm | Comments (4)
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Ruby Bridges in Woolsey Hall.
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Lauren Anderson and Janeska.
As Ruby Bridges spoke about making civil rights history simply by going to school, 15-year-old Janeska reflected on her own experience at a new high school this year.
Continue reading ‘Ruby Bridges Resonates With Edgewood Teen’
by | Jan 24, 2024 11:25 am | Comments (19)
New Haven Public Schools is running a nearly $6 million budget deficit this fiscal year, which is increasingly resulting in cuts to student field trips and tutors.
by | Jan 23, 2024 3:30 pm | Comments (9)
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Superintendent Negrón: We're on it.
Connecticut’s minimum wage rose to $15.69 in 2024 — but Abe Benghiat’s substitute teaching paycheck stayed at $15.
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KaNai Goodwin-Kellman prepares for a rebound as teammate Harmoni Thomas shoots a free throw.
In a neck-and-neck 11th game of the season, the Wilbur Cross Lady Governors eked out their first win Monday night thanks to a final free throw.
by | Jan 23, 2024 8:47 am | Comments (7)
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Flake singing at Stetson Library with family and Monk Youth Jazz.
“Kind of surreal” is how Marcella Monk Flake described winning a Connecticut Arts Hero award this year. But in a sense, Flake’s award is the most natural thing in the world, another step in a life steeped in the arts, education, and community since before she was a child.
by | Jan 19, 2024 11:30 am | Comments (4)
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Edgewood students sing with Thabisa Rich.
The Edgewood Free Birds took flight on stage, dancing and singing about their dreams for love, peace, and liberty for all.