Amity Hires Assistant Superintendent
The Amity Regional School District will have a new leadership profile with the hiring of an assistant superintendent. The Board of Education voted unanimously on May 9 to hire Frank A. Purcaro to fill the new role at a salary of $186,668. The District, under the leadership of School Supt. Dr. Jennifer...
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Student News – 5/27/22
Achievements Mayel Hubbard Initiated into Omicron Delta Kappa Lexington, VA – Mayel Hubbard, a native of Woodbridge, was recently initiated into the Southern Connecticut State University Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. The Society welcomed 1,971 new initiates...
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BRS Summer Enrichment Program
The Beecher Road School Summer Enrichment Program is back and better than before! This year we are excited to offer more sessions, morning from 9:00- 12:00, afternoon from 1:00 – 4:00, and a lunch and play option from 12:00 – 1:00! The program runs from July 5th to July 28th. For more inf...
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Dr. Budd Hands in Resignation
Board Appoints Interim Woodbridge School Supt. Dr. Jonathan Budd officially handed in his resignation at the May 17 Board of Education meeting, after news reports had circulated in town that he was joining the Greenwich district as its Chief Human Resources Officer. His last day will be June 30. He pra...
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Bethany Resident Earns 4th Degree From SCSU
Bethany resident Linda Philie, age 79, was a freshman at Southern Connecticut State University in 1960, and she now prepares to graduate from Southern for the fourth time in her life. As she looks back over the years, she says, “Southern was there for me every step of the way.” Philie this month receiv...
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Amity Principal Moves On, Search Is Underway
Amity Regional High School Principal Anna Mahon announced last week that she accepted the position of Assistant Superintendent in Brookfield, a K-12 district. Her last day at Amity is July 31. “Amity is a place that is and always will be near and dear to my heart. However, the time and opportunity ha...
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Hall of Honor Inducts New Members
Amity Regional School District inducted the new members into the Athletic Hall of Fame and Academic Hall of Honor on Thursday, April 28. The ceremony took place at the Grassy Hill Country Club in Orange. We would like to congratulate the inductees from left to right in the photo. The inductees induct...
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Notice To Former Amity Students
Amity Regional School District #5, as per state guidelines, is properly disposing of student special education records. The records of any student who has received special services are maintained for six years after their class graduates. Former Amity students who were born between 1996 -1998 and/or ha...
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Frank Purcaro Named District’s New Assistant Superintendent
On May 9, 2022, the Amity Region 5 Board of Education voted unanimously at its regularly scheduled meeting to appoint Mr. Frank A. Purcaro as the District’s new Assistant Superintendent of Schools. Mr. Purcaro will assume his new leadership role effective July 1, 2022. Mr. Purcaro has extensive experie...
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Racial Slur Allegations Lead to Student Protest at Amity
In Addition to Disciplinary Actions, Administration Adopts Restorative Practices A group of some 100 Amity students participated in a sit-in in the main hallway at the high school on April 6, to draw attention to persisting problems around racial discrimination among students, and the lack of consequenc...
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