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Kishimoto's Plans Didn't Lift All Schools
A lot of people didn't see this coming. As a key assistant to Hartford school Superintendent Steven Adamowski, Christina M. Kishimoto helped develop the "portfolio schools" plan of themed schools that has dramatically improved test scores and graduation...
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READER SUBMITTED: SMSA Senior Awards Banquet: Students Earn $2.6 M In Scholarships
StatewideSenior year is a time of many memories and the Class of 2013 at the Sport and Medical Sciences Academy will be remembered as the first recipients of the SMSA PTO Scholarship Showcase Award. Three graduating seniors each received $2,000 for their...Tags: Goodwin College, Ronald Reagan, Mitchell College, University of Bridgeport, Awards and Prizes
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Glastonbury School Board Working On Policies Governing Use Of Magnet School Planetarium
The Hartford CourantWith tickets for summer shows at the Glastonbury East Hartford Magnet School's planetarium selling out in hours, the board of education is working on a policy governing the use of the facility. Superintendent Alan B. Bookman discovered the potential...Tags: Glastonbury, Schools, East Hartford
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Troubled New Britain Magnet School Gets $10 Million Addition
The Hartford CourantAddressing a crowd of children, teachers and city officials in the gleaming new gymnasium, state Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor said the $10 million expansion of the DiLoreto Magnet School doesn't mean that work can stop. "Now we need to make...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Students, Entertainment, Schools, CMT (tv network)
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Classical Magnet School Graduates 81
The Hartford CourantIt took a lot more than 15 shaky steps across the Classical Magnet School gym for senior Jacquelyn Santiago to receive her high school diploma. Santiago had been practicing those 15 steps for six months. Born with cerebral palsy, Santiago sat in a...Tags: Graduation, Schools, Parkinson's Disease
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DiLoreto School Dedication Scheduled For June 13
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is scheduled to be in the city Thursday morning for the dedication of the $10 million expansion of the DiLoreto Magnet School. The state put up more than $7.9 million of the budget to build to six classrooms, two science labs,...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Arts and Culture, Ceremonies, Culture, Schools
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READER SUBMITTED: Classical Magnet School Names Valedictorian And Salutatorian
HartfordClassical Magnet School Principal, James Motes has announced Lindsay Cadwallader as Valedictorian and Alyssa Serrambana as Salutatorian of the Class of 2013. At Classical, Lindsay has shown a determination to excel in every endeavor. She embodies the...Tags: Arts and Culture, University of Connecticut, Financial Aid, Human Interest, Schools
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READER SUBMITTED: Annie Fisher Students Release Trout In The Farmington River
FarmingtonOn Friday, May 31, a busload of fourth grade students from the Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School in Hartford traveled to the banks of the Farmington River in Burlington to observe the release of the trout fingerlings they had raised from the egg stage in...Tags: Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Students, Schools, Lifestyle and Leisure, Teaching and Learning
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Vernon Town Council Restores Some Education Spending For Third Budget Referendum
The Hartford CourantFollowing two budget referendum defeats and protests from residents, the town council on approved a revised budget Tuesday night that restores some of the money that had been cut from the school board's proposed spending plan. As council members...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Referenda, Schools, Elections, Politics
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READER SUBMITTED: Meet Mario Marrero, Hartford's 2013 Teacher Of The Year
Greater HartfordIt is one thing for a teacher to believe that every child can learn. It is quite another for a teacher to persuade every one of his students that they can learn. Mario Marrero, a fourth-grade teacher at the Betances STEM Magnet School, is precisely that...Tags: Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Avon (Hartford, Connecticut), Public Schools, Students, Schools
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Student Winners Named For Hartford Stage's "Write On" Contest
Hartford CourantAbigail Kehoe, Alyssa Slotnick, Christopher Snow, Joe Buchek and Jonas Shivers are the winners of Hartford Stage's "Write On" contest, its annual young playwrights' competition for students in grades nine to 12. The theater sent me information about each...Tags: Arts and Culture, Schools, West Hartford, Hartford Stage, High Schools
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De Anza Magnet School unites against bullying; students recite pledge
Staff WriterDressed in school colors and bright orange T-shirts, the students and teachers at De Anza Magnet School pledged to do their part in the fight against bullying here Tuesday morning. Each classroom created a chain made of paper links, which were connected...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Students, Schools, Robert J. Lopez, Teaching and Learning
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