Assistant Principal Talima Andrews-Harris: “I am New York.”
Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School Assistant Principal Talima Andrews-Harris remembered how, 22 years ago to the day, she arrived at her job as a first-grade teacher in Atlanta after having recently flown back south from her family’s home in Brooklyn.
She recalled being excused from her classroom by a colleague, who let her know that she should get in touch with her New York City relatives — because, she’d soon find out, her home city had just been attacked.
Cross sophomores Charlotte Herzog, Alma Barjamovic, and Maya Harpaz-Levi.
On the third day of the 2023 – 24 school year, Wilbur Cross sophomores Charlotte Herzog, Alma Barjamovic, and Maya Harpaz-Levi reminisced on a summer of travels to Denmark, Israel, Ireland, and Maine — while also celebrating their return to the city’s largest public high school, which they described as overflowing with opportunity, variety, and diversity.
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Sep 6, 2023 2:33 pm
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Svetlana Frazeur and Lenochka, heading home early on Grand.
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Co-Op students Shay, 14, and Shianna, 13, on their way back home to Fair Haven.
Svetlana Frazeur had to pick up her daughter Lenochka from Pre‑K at Fair Haven School at noon on Wednesday — before rushing off to retrieve her son from Benjamin Jepson School, before rushing off to her 1 p.m. shift at an ALDI’s grocery store — as early dismissals due to high heat and broken air conditioning systems shuttered schools citywide.
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Sep 4, 2023 8:58 am
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Co-Op student Tahzir Streater: "It's gonna take a lot of practice."
Harriett Alfred stepped forward, running her right hand alongside a piano that had sat silent all summer. She took a deep breath, her face glowing in the morning sunlight. In the second row, senior Jamie Harris lifted her Spongebob-patterned nails to the desk, knowing exactly what was coming next. It was her last first day of high school, and she was ready to lead the charge.
“Good mooor-ning!” Alfred belted. In a still-sleepy soprano, Harris answered, her voice blending with over a dozen for the first time in months. She was ready to be back.
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Aug 31, 2023 1:27 pm
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State Sen. Gary Winfield (right) and State Treasurer Erick Russell help welcome students back to to Barack Obama School.
Jomo Bartholomew with his seven- and thirteen-year-old kids: Start of school is "bittersweet" after such a fun summer.
Jomo Bartholomew is going to miss the summertime family fun of watching movies late at night and cooking breakfast together in the morning and visiting parks all over New Haven during the day alongside his two children.
And so it was “bittersweet” when he dropped off his seven- and thirteen-year-old kids for their first day of school Thursday morning, even as his family looks forward to the more stable routines of the school year ahead.
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Aug 31, 2023 1:00 pm
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Metro's restorative justice boots on the ground: Connie Catrone, Nyla Johnay Conaway, Briana Harrington, Courtney Maddox, Tienna Guadarrama, Daymary Lopez, and Stephen Staysniak.
In a bid to expand its restorative justice practices, Metropolitan Business Academy has put together a class for the second year in a row that focuses on helping high schoolers learn that “there are other ways to deal with harm.”
New Haven's ELA scores, from all test-taking grades, compared to similar cities and the state as a whole.
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Asst. Supt. Keisha Redd-Hannans: "A test score does not define their true abilities."
New state data shows that 87 percent of third graders in New Haven are reading below grade level, compared to 84 percent last year, while math and science scores among city public school students have slightly improved.
School leaders have framed these results as an outgrowth of pandemic learning disruptions, while emphasizing that students are far more than their test results and touting a dramatic end-of-year improvement in attendance.
Supt. Madeline Negrón salsa dances her way towards the 2023-24 school year ...
... at the annual, music-and-culture-filled NHPS convocation.
The nation’s top education official, Miguel Cardona, offered a custom playlist with a song for every occasion for New Haven teachers as they get ready for the start of the school year on Thursday.
Track 1: “Vivir Mi Vida” by Marc Anthony, as a reminder to enjoy the work you do.
Track 2: “Respect” by Aretha Franklin, for when politics tries to creep its way into the classroom.
Track 3: “Livin’ on a Prayer” by Jon Bon Jovi, for January when “we’re halfway there.”
Track 4: “Valio La Pena” by Marc Anthony, to know it’s worth it.
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Aug 29, 2023 11:13 am
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Kristin Bengtson Mendoza and Mia Comulada Breuler: "I'm hoping Cross will start in a better position this year. We're more stable now."
Wilbur Cross High School English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher Kristin Bengtson Mendoza and school counselor Mia Comulada Breuler crossed their fingers while sharing their hopes for a “normal” school year post-Covid — where much of their work will be focused on helping students get back on track after facing such challenges as pandemic-era remote learning and international migration.
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Aug 29, 2023 9:27 am
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Newly tapped Interim Hillhouse Principal Peggy Moore.
For the second time in the last two years, Peggy Moore will serve as Hillhouse High School’s temporary principal while administrators look for a permanent replacement.
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Aug 28, 2023 8:54 am
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Supt. Madeline Negrón, at Troup School in July.
When a child learns to read, they unlock an entire new world of possibilities in both learning and in life. Conversely, if a child does not learn to read or remains a struggling reader, difficulty and challenge are likely to follow.
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Aug 24, 2023 12:36 pm
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English Language Learner Programs Director Pedro Mendia-Landa and Supervisor of World Languages Jessica Haxhi, at 2023 Seal of Biliteracy ceremony.
Instead of learning to conjugate estudiar through grammar charts in Spanish class, New Haven Public School (NHPS) students instead are being taught to become proficient in the language through classroom immersion in dialogue and full sentences like, Estudio español en New Haven.
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Aug 21, 2023 1:37 pm
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Friends Center teacher Karina Rojas, with fellow teacher Paris Pierce: “I have a goal to one day own my own home — and for my son to have his own room.”
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73 Howard, under construction last spring.
Early childcare provider Paris Pierce arrives to work on time and with a clear headspace — because her employer ensures the single mom has a safe home with two bathrooms, storage space, and a washing machine to care for herself and her three kids at no cost.
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Aug 21, 2023 10:51 am
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New Haven Federation of Teachers VP of Special Services Jennifer Graves distributes book bags …
… as students pick up books for home libraries.
Track your student’s attendance on a calendar at home. Establish bedtime and morning routines. And communicate with your school if you need help.
Those are some tips New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) gave families at a recent back-to-school rally as they prepare for the fast approaching first day of school on Aug. 31.
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Aug 17, 2023 1:36 pm
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Superintendent Madeline Negrón.
With two weeks to go before the start of the school year, New Haven’s public school district has 84 classroom teacher positions still open — a vacancy number that is down from 106 earlier this week.
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Aug 16, 2023 12:45 pm
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The following write-up was submitted by Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of New Haven about a back-to-school fair that took place at Clinton Avenue School on Aug. 1.
Board of Education member Darnell Goldson raised those questions Monday during a press conference focused on just how little information the school board has received to date about the early summer cybercrime.
Cyberattacks stole around $6 million meant for First Student school buses.
Hackers impersonating the city school district’s chief operating officer succeeded in stealing over $6 million in city funds that were largely meant to pay for New Haven school buses.
With the help of the FBI, the Elicker administration has clawed back more than half of that public money — as the city continues to investigate what exactly went wrong, and how to make sure such a cyberattack doesn’t happen again.
Dave Cruz-Bustamante: "The system and violence is collapsing around us."
Last year, Dave Cruz-Bustamante would occasionally spend four out of six school-day hours sitting in a classroom with no teacher present.
This summer, the rising Wilbur Cross senior has rediscovered their love for learning at a five-week Yale University academic program — even as they’ve become more aware than ever of New Haven’s town-gown divide.
And next year, during their final year as a student representative on the Board of Education, they’re hoping to amplify student voices, rekindle their peers’ engagement with learning, and maybe spark a revolution along the way.
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Jul 31, 2023 9:12 am
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A newly minted graduate accepts her diploma from Dixwell Alder Jeanette Morrison.
Forty-two high school seniors from eight different New Haven public high schools were celebrated for their accomplishments and perseverance after working through summer school to attain the credits needed to receive their diplomas.
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Jul 27, 2023 11:32 am
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Troup graduate and school board Prez Yesenia Rivera reads to Troup second graders.
Board of Education President Yesenia Rivera returned to her alma mater middle school on Edgewood Avenue — and then traveled with the help of a children’s book back home to the beaches of Puerto Rico — while reading to second graders at one of the public school district’s summer programming sites.
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Jul 27, 2023 9:44 am
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Miguel Cardona (center, in blue suit) with PRU's board on Wednesday.
The nation’s top education official came to the Cove Wednesday night to pledge his support for the city’s new superintendent and fellow Boricua, as part of a hundreds-strong celebration of New Haven’s Puerto Rican community.
The New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) district is looking to hire a new principal for Hillhouse High School, now that Mark Sweeting has stepped down from the role roughly one month before the start of the school year.
