Youngsters Take On Local Problems In Lego League
Woodbridge was well represented with four teams at the First Lego League regionals, which took place November 23 at Shelton High School. Those teams were the Tsunami Surfers, the Eagles, the Magical Marios and the Robo Sapiens. The Magical Marios took the third place championship award at the subseque...
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Dr. Jason Tracy to Serve as Principal of Amity Middle School Bethany
The Amity Regional School District No. 5 Board of Education has appointed Dr. Jason Tracy as the Principal of Amity Middle School Bethany (AMSB). Dr. Tracy is currently serving as an Amity Regional High School Associate Principal and has been a proud member of the Amity Regional School District communi...
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Landon Smith Receives The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Certificate of Achievement
Landon Smith of Woodbridge, Grade 7 from Amity Middle School in Bethany, participated in The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program. This award program recognizes students in grades 5-12 who make meaningful contributions to their communities through volunteer service. Landon volunteered at the...
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Belfonti to Serve as Chairman of Amity Regional Board of Education
Board Elects Leadership for Next Two Years On December 9, 2019 the Amity Regional School District No. 5 Board of Education elected Mr. John Belfonti to serve as Chairman. Mr. Belfonti, an Orange resident, began his tenure on the Board of Education in April 2015. During his time with the Board he has s...
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Woodbridge Teacher Contracts Set In Arbitration
For the first time in 18 years the Woodbridge School District and its teachers could not agree on teacher contracts for the three years starting in July 2020. After a summer-long negotiation marathon, the two parties met with three arbitrators on September 12 and 13. The outcome is a 9.25% salary incr...
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Amity Middle School Teacher to “Experience Mars”
In the second week of December, as many of us are in the holiday rush, Kevin Berean, a teacher at Amity Middle School in Bethany, will experience Mars. Funded by NASA, Berean is one of eight middle school teachers in the United States to be selected for Spaceward Bound Utah, a 5-day workshop at the ...
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Amity Middle School Governor’s 2019 Summer Reading Challenge Award
Amity Middle School in Bethany was recognized as one of the top middle schools in Connecticut in the “Governor’s 2019 Summer Reading Challenge.” Two of the school’s avid readers, Virginia Luciano and Sebastian Kohncke, represented Amity Middle School in Bethany along with Dr. Marie McPadden, Amity’s Di...
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Beecher Road School Diverts A Ton of Food Waste From The Trash…Literally
Now that the Beecher Road School community has 3+ months of cafeteria food waste diversion under their belts, we took some time to ask the children and Beecher Community about how they felt the process was going. “I think that it’s working because there isn’t just one option for trash. There is an opti...
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Phrma & Representative Themis Klarides Announce Support for STEM Programs at Beecher Road School
On November 20th, Connecticut State Representative, Themis Klarides, joined Laura McCabe, senior director of advocacy and strategic alliances of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), to announce a new educational grant for Beecher Road School to support the school’s science,...
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Amity Towns Vote For Improvements To Fields, Buildings
Woodbridge Voters Reject Artificial Turf Field Bethany, Woodbridge and Orange residents voted in favor of updating the fields at the high school and — in a separate question — the air handlers and miscellaneous building improvements at the two middle schools for a combined total of $6.7 million. The re...
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