Beecher Happenings: Greetings to the Citizens of Woodbridge
With the school year fully underway, we pause for a moment to celebrate our 2019 Teacher of the Year, Liz Heagney. Liz, a Reading teacher at Beecher, was featured in our summer edition of “The Bridge” which was mailed to all households in town in July. In celebration of this honor, Liz was presented...
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Beecher Community Commemorates One Of Its Own
The Woodbridge Board of Education last month kept a moment of silence in honor of a recent graduate, who had passed away just a few days prior. Logan Pierce Testa died Friday, September 14, 2018 of a brain tumor. He was 12 years old. Logan had graduated from the elementary school in June and just ...
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Robert Fragione—Connecticut Association of Schools Middle Level Exemplary Educator of the Year
Mr. Robert Fragione, Music and Band teacher at the Amity Middle School in Bethany, was selected by The Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) as the recipient of the CAS 2018-2019 Middle Level Educator of the Year Award. Chosen from among several outstanding educators, Mr. Fragione’s strong connectio...
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Local Student Achieves Top ACT Score
Ian Pittenger, son of Jenny Turner and Chris Pittenger, and a rising senior at Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge, earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36. On average, only around one-tenth of 1 percent of students who take the ACT earn a top score. In the U.S. high school graduati...
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Officials Look Into Air Conditioning Failures At School
Two years after a $14-million renovation, the Beecher Road School building has experienced two major breakdowns of its new heating and air conditioning system, one during the winter break, when frozen pipes led to flooding in the fifth-grade wing, and most recently this summer, when elevated heat and hu...
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Student News 10/5/18
Dean’s List Bryant University Smithfield, RI—Bryant University is committed to the pursuit, recognition, and celebration of academic success. Marina Tomei, class of 2018, from Woodbridge, CT has been named to Bryant University’s Deans’ List for the spring 2018 semester. Congratulations to Marina, and...
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Siegel At Graduate Institute Graduation
Bernie Siegel, MD, Academic Co-Director of The Graduate Institute with president, Cathleen Buchanan, at the graduation ceremonies of those graduating with MA’s in Integrative Health & Healing and in Learning & Thinking. Dr. Siegel is a retired Yale pediatric surgeon, best-selling author of “Lov...
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Amity Names Jennifer Byars New Superintendent
The Amity Board of Education quite enthusiastically welcomed Jennifer Pallon Byars as the district’s next superintendent. She will start in her new position November 15. Byars comes from an assistant superintendent at Ledyard Public Schools, a district with 2450 schools and 210 teachers. Prior, she was...
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Amity Class of 1973 Reunion
Amity Regional High School – Class of 1973, Saturday, November 24, 7-11pm, Amarante’s. For more info please email: paula.cofrancesco@gmail.com.
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School Getting Ready For The New Year
Much like Christmas, or Hanukah, the first day of school seems to creep up on us, especially when it happens before Labor Day, which it typically does. During the weeks leading up to the opening of school, custodial staff worked tirelessly to get the classrooms ready, said School Supt. Robert Gilbert a...
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