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Amity ‘Dreamers’ Graduate Into A World Hungry For New Leaders

|Date: June 25, 2020

Amity ‘Dreamers’ Graduate Into A World Hungry For New Leaders

Amity High School Class of 2020 took leave from their alma mater with a graduation ceremony like none oth ...

Amity High School Class of 2020 took leave from their alma mater with a graduation ceremony like none other: In carefully scheduled waves, the families assembled in the Assumption Church parking lot o ...

June 25, 2020
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Amity Regional Award Of Excellence & Teacher of the Year

|Date: June 25, 2020

Amity Regional Award Of Excellence & Teacher of the Year

The Award of Excellence this year is presented to Paula Vallie. Paula has worked in Amity Regional High ...

The Award of Excellence this year is presented to Paula Vallie. Paula has worked in Amity Regional High School’s College & Career Center for the last seven years. Before coming to Amity Regional ...

June 25, 2020
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Amity Is No Place For Hate

|Date: June 25, 2020

Amity Is No Place For Hate

The Anti-Defamation League is celebrating the efforts that schools across the country are making to promo ...

The Anti-Defamation League is celebrating the efforts that schools across the country are making to promote diversity, inclusion, and allyship through a nationwide viral campaign #noplaceforhate. On M ...

June 25, 2020
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Student News 6/26/20

|Date: June 25, 2020

Student News 6/26/20

Achievements University of Connecticut Baton Rouge, LA - James He of Woodbridge, Connecticut, was recentl ...

Achievements University of Connecticut Baton Rouge, LA - James He of Woodbridge, Connecticut, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all ...

June 25, 2020
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What A Team!

|Date: June 25, 2020

What A Team!

Holly Hill & Sean “Hart” Shorn As you drive by Holly Hill Childcare & Learning Center, 308 Peck L ...

Holly Hill & Sean “Hart” Shorn As you drive by Holly Hill Childcare & Learning Center, 308 Peck Lane, you can’t help but notice the beautiful, bright red hearts lining the lawn of the center. ...

June 25, 2020
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First Selectman’s Youth Award Winner (2016) Earns Degree, Honors From Brandeis University

|Date: June 25, 2020

First Selectman’s Youth Award Winner (2016) Earns Degree, Honors From Brandeis University

The town’s 2016 First Selectman’s Youth Award winner, Audrey Grotheer, was recognized this month by Brand ...

The town’s 2016 First Selectman’s Youth Award winner, Audrey Grotheer, was recognized this month by Brandeis University for continuing achievement when it conferred upon her a Bachelor of Science degr ...

June 25, 2020
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Jill Levine Participates in Alternative Spring Break Program

|Date: June 25, 2020

Jill Levine Participates in Alternative Spring Break Program

Jill Levine of Woodbridge, CT who, along with 10 groups and about 100 of their fellow UVM students, parti ...

Jill Levine of Woodbridge, CT who, along with 10 groups and about 100 of their fellow UVM students, participated in the University of Vermont Alternative Spring Break program - a student-led, week lon ...

June 25, 2020
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Student News 5/22/20

|Date: May 21, 2020

Student News 5/22/20

Dean’s List Virginia Tech Woodbridge, CT - Spencer K. Paragas, a Sophomore majoring in Statistics in the ...

Dean’s List Virginia Tech Woodbridge, CT - Spencer K. Paragas, a Sophomore majoring in Statistics in the College of Science from Woodbridge, CT, is among the Virginia Tech students named to the Dean’s ...

May 21, 2020
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Superintendent: Graduation Will Be ‘The Best We Can’

|Date: May 21, 2020

Superintendent: Graduation Will Be ‘The Best We Can’

Amity School Supt. Dr. Jennifer Byars said she is anticipating “some form of graduation ceremony” to take ...

Amity School Supt. Dr. Jennifer Byars said she is anticipating “some form of graduation ceremony” to take place on June 10 to send off the school’s Class of 2020, but as of last week it was unclear wh ...

May 21, 2020
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Scholar-Athletes Feted Virtually

|Date: May 21, 2020

Scholar-Athletes Feted Virtually

Ella Marin of Woodbridge and Raymond Lu of Orange were named the 2019-20 CAS-CIAS scholar athletes from A ...

Ella Marin of Woodbridge and Raymond Lu of Orange were named the 2019-20 CAS-CIAS scholar athletes from Amity Regional High School. They are both members of the Class of 2020. The CIAS award ceremony ...

May 21, 2020
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“A Different Way: Living Simply in a Complex World” Course being Launched

|Date: May 21, 2020

“A Different Way: Living Simply in a Complex World” Course being Launched

Everyone is invited to participate in a community led course over Zoom called “A Different Way: Living S ...

Everyone is invited to participate in a community led course over Zoom called “A Different Way: Living Simply in a Complex World”. Designed by the Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI.org) this course co ...

May 21, 2020
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Notice To Former Amity Students

|Date: May 21, 2020

Notice To Former Amity Students

Amity Regional School District #5, as per state guidelines, is properly disposing of student special educ ...

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 ...

May 21, 2020
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Operation Prom Helps High School Seniors With Virtual Prom

|Date: May 21, 2020

Operation Prom Helps High School Seniors With Virtual Prom

Streaming Prom 2020 Nationwide! The Operation Prom National Network, Inc. is the not-for-profit organizat ...

Streaming Prom 2020 Nationwide! The Operation Prom National Network, Inc. is the not-for-profit organization that provides free prom dresses and tuxedos to underprivileged teens. For the past 16 year ...

May 21, 2020
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Beecher School Adapts to Covid-19

|Date: April 02, 2020

Beecher School Adapts to Covid-19

When first cases of covid-19 started being reported in the state, Beecher Road School administrators prep ...

When first cases of covid-19 started being reported in the state, Beecher Road School administrators prepared for some school closures. On March 11 they published a letter to parents saying they may ...

April 02, 2020
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Amity Middle School-Bethany School-Wide Food Collection

|Date: April 02, 2020

Amity Middle School-Bethany School-Wide Food Collection

The Student Council and school advisory groups at AMSB ran a food donation drive to benefit the Woodbridg ...

The Student Council and school advisory groups at AMSB ran a food donation drive to benefit the Woodbridge Food Bank in the month of February. Groups brought in canned goods and other nonperishable f ...

April 02, 2020
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8th Graders Hold 3-Day Songwriting Workshop

|Date: April 02, 2020

8th Graders Hold 3-Day Songwriting Workshop

As part of their study on 19th Century Reformers, the Eighth Grade Gold Team students at Amity Middle Sch ...

As part of their study on 19th Century Reformers, the Eighth Grade Gold Team students at Amity Middle School in Bethany participated in a three-day songwriting workshop with Guilford singer/songwriter ...

April 02, 2020
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BRS Green Team’s Buy No Clothing Event

|Date: April 02, 2020

BRS Green Team’s Buy No Clothing Event

BRS Green Team’s Buy No Clothing Event to make sharing, caring, and re-wearing easier. Clean out your cl ...

BRS Green Team’s Buy No Clothing Event to make sharing, caring, and re-wearing easier. Clean out your closets and then freshen your wardrobe for free. The Green Team will be collecting clean, gently ...

April 02, 2020
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Amity Students Adjust to “Distance Learning”

|Date: April 02, 2020

Amity Students Adjust to “Distance Learning”

With school buildings closed for the foreseeable future, the state’s teachers, students and administrator ...

With school buildings closed for the foreseeable future, the state’s teachers, students and administrators are embarking on a novel instructional journey: distance learning. Teachers working from ho ...

April 02, 2020
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From Amity Regional School District No. 5

|Date: April 02, 2020

From Amity Regional School District No. 5

Amity Regional High School will be providing breakfast and lunch to all BOWA students in grades pre-Kinde ...

Amity Regional High School will be providing breakfast and lunch to all BOWA students in grades pre-Kindergarten through 12 during this time of school closures. Please note the following about the em ...

April 02, 2020
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72nd Annual Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Results

|Date: April 02, 2020

72nd Annual Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair Results

The Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair (CSEF) — the oldest and most prestigious STEM (Science, Tech ...

The Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair (CSEF) — the oldest and most prestigious STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) event in the state — hosted its 72nd annual fair in an un ...

April 02, 2020
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