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Durham-Middlefield Push for New Referendum to Approve School Renovations, Closures
DURHAM/MIDDLEFIELD — The Board of Education wants to take another swing at a narrowly failed referendum to close two schools and renovate a third, with members saying they think better communication ... Haven’t subscribed yet? Click here to register. CT Examiner is just $20 a year. And if...
CT superintendent of schools under fire from unions amid state audit, fiscal struggle
A local Connecticut Board of Education with five new appointed members will take up business this week, including the contract for the superintendent of schools. Meanwhile, Hartford education leaders including Hartford Public Schools Superintendent Leslie Torres-Rodriguez are again under fire from local union groups that represent hundreds of educators in the city, amid a state assessment of ...
Hartford teachers union losing confidence in school district leadership
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The Hartford Board of Education is expected to decide on a contract renewal for the superintendent by the end of the summer. Superintendent Leslie Torres-Rodriguez has been the head of the school district since 2017. She led the district through the COVID-19 pandemic, learning loss and, most recently, navigating a $50 […]
Teacher’s guidance leads man to successful music career
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Corey Staggers is 28 and grew up in New Haven. He was a little kid- a second grader, just 8-years-old- when a principal sent the “active” young man with a love of basketball down to music teacher Bill Flucker. The idea...
HKYFS Offers its Eleventh Annual School Supply Program
(July 15, 2024) — As the new school year quickly approaches, Haddam-Killingworth Youth and Family Services is excited to once again offer our Eleventh Annual School Supply Program. This initiative aims to ensure that every child has the tools they need for a successful academic year, regardless of their family’s financial situation.
“Bridge” Built Between 8th & 9th Grades
Before 14-year-old Ansonia resident Kayden Gill starts his freshman year at High School in the Community, he wants to first learn more about New Haven, get to know some of his new classmates, and hear from current high schoolers. All of those boxes were checked off for Gill thanks to...
After memorable run, Archambault leaves Canton to coach at Farmington
Craig Archambault, who led the Canton High boys basketball team to three North Central Connecticut Conference (NCCC) championships and 10 CIAC tournament berths in 12 seasons, resigned as head coach in May to pursue another coaching opportunity. Within a few weeks, he was named as the new varsity basketball coach...
Kewanee Kiwanis Presents $10,000 in Scholarships to Six Local Students
Last Wednesday, the Kewanee Kiwanis presented six high school students from Kewanee and Wethersfield with $10,000 in scholarships. The scholarships were issued to Key Club Seniors from Kewanee High School and Wethersfield High School. Congratulations to Dillon Horrie, Landon Sauer, Kennedy Anderson from Wethersfield, Avery Yepsen, Eleanor Burkhardt, and Jillian Bennison from Kewanee. In a Facebook post, Kewanee Kiwanis said, “These young men and women are impressive to say the least.” Kewanee Kiwanis also presented Brea Cinnamon, with Fueling a Future, a check to help families with transportation costs for children requiring medical care.
Local students receive degrees from Quinnipiac University
The following students received degrees from Quinnipiac University during commencement ceremonies held in May:. Matthew Rodgers-Aniello, earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in game design and development. Tuxedo Park. Matthew Kashevaroff earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in film, television, and media arts. Monroe. Bianca DeGennaro earned of Bachelor of...
Mobile Art Student Crew Keeps It Clean
Garfield the cat and a Hillhouse Academics Smurf popped up on two electrical boxes less than a mile apart — as local high schoolers hustled to paint over profanity-laden graffiti in city parks and street corners, in an effort to beautify New Haven this summer. A trio of New...
Skyler Manelski of Shoreline graduates from Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Conn. (July 12, 2024) - Skyler Manelski of Shoreline, WA received a Master of Science in Business Analytics from Quinnipiac University during a commencement ceremony held in May. Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university...
North Haven Sports Hall of Fame Announces 2024 Inductees
The North Haven High School Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting the Class of 2024 on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. at The Woodwinds in Branford. The Class of 2024 includes Bernie Hsu (Athlete, Class of 1997), Morgan Hsu (Athlete, Class of 1997), Joseph Esparo (Athlete, Class of 1989), Alyssa Migliorini Salzillo (Athlete, Class of 2012), Colin Uyeki (Athlete, Class of 2015), and Sabrina Fronte (Athlete, Class of 2016).
Cover feature: Yale Institute of Sacred Music at Fifty Years
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM) is an interdisciplinary graduate center for the study and practice of sacred music, worship, and the related arts. Its students pursue degrees in choral conducting, organ, and concert voice with the Yale School of Music, or they engage in ministerial or academic studies in liturgy, religion and literature, music, or visual arts with the Yale Divinity School. The ISM is essentially a sequel to the School of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary (New York City), which lost its funding in the early 1970s and closed its doors. Robert Baker, then organist and dean of the School of Sacred Music at Union, relocated three faculty and one administrator from the Union school to Yale in New Haven, Connecticut, after securing funding from the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller foundation of Columbus, Indiana. This family foundation was headed by Clementine Miller Tangeman, whose late husband was a musicologist at Union, and her brother J. Irwin Miller, who was serving as senior trustee of the Yale Corporation. With its strong programs in divinity and music, Yale was deemed the perfect place to reconstitute a school or institute of sacred music. In 1973 inaugural director Robert Baker, together with chaplain and liturgical scholar Jeffery Rowthorn, musicologist Richard French, and administrator Mina Belle Packer, migrated to New Haven. After a year of intense preparation, the Yale ISM welcomed its first class of students: five in music and five in divinity. In 2024 the ISM celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of that momentous occasion.
From Somers to New Haven: McCartin Hits the Ground Running at Yale
SOMERS, N.Y. - After graduating from Somers High School in 2023, Lauren McCartin definitely upped the education ante by taking her higher learning at Yale University. Serious business, she probably kept her head in the books and stayed home every night with the rest of the college. Not quite, asserted the former Tusker, “Contrary to popular belief, Yale is a very fun school.” CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER But the unexpected turned out to be the real curriculum, according to the freshman’s first year learning curve. “College life has taught me to be independent and adventurous....
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