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PHOTOS: CT Students learn CPR
Area students took part in a CPR certification class as part of a five day Integrated Anesthesia Associated Youth Scholars Program at The Center for Education Simulation and Innovation at Hartford Hospital. ©2024 Hartford Courant. Visit courant.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Recent college graduate
HARTFORD, CT - William Frank, of South Londonderry, VT, has received the degree of bachelor of arts from the University of Hartford’s College of Arts and Sciences. William is one of 964 students who received graduate and undergraduate degrees this spring as part of the class of 2024. Support...
Art scholarship awarded to CREC student
On the evening of June 6, Susan Patricelli Regan awarded the annual Sylvia Davis Patricelli Fine Arts Scholarship of $1,000 to Anna Wilcox. Anna, a senior who will graduate from the CREC Hartford Half Day Arts Program, is from Enfield and will attend the Pratt Institute/interior design for architecture program in the fall.
CT students outplaced to residential facility with alleged findings of abuse, neglect: Ed department
A nonprofit advocacy group has urged that Connecticut students no longer be placed at a boarding school for students with autism after an investigation revealed allegations of abuse and neglect at the private program in New York. In statement shared with the Courant Tuesday, Kevin Bronson, a spokesperson for the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services, said DDS had “ceased referrals” ...
Connecticut Education Association’s Communications Department earns national recognition
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Education Association’s Communications Department took home seven awards at a national conference in Philadelphia on June 23, which recognized the department’s excellence in communication. According to a release from the CEA, the Communications Department was honored at the State Education Association Communicators’...
Local Teachers Participate in Amateur Radio Relay League
The Benjamin Logan School District is delighted to announce that Gretchen Powell and Jason Smith, teachers at Benjamin Logan Schools, participated in the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) Teachers Institute in Newington, CT last week. During their week-long stay, Powell and Smith engaged in diverse activities focused on radio, electronics,...
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