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“Mr. B.” Set to Retire After 30 Years of Service

|Date: May 02, 2019

“Mr. B.” Set to Retire After 30 Years of Service

Rich Burness (aka Mr. B.), cofounder of the Multi-Age Group (M.A.G.) at Beecher Road School in Woodbridge ...

Rich Burness (aka Mr. B.), cofounder of the Multi-Age Group (M.A.G.) at Beecher Road School in Woodbridge, is retiring after thirty-three years. Twenty-seven of those years were spent teaching in the ...

May 02, 2019
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Future Scientists Learn About Team Work

|Date: March 08, 2019

Future Scientists Learn About Team Work

Some of the children enrolled in First Lego League talked about the challenges they encountered and the f ...

Some of the children enrolled in First Lego League talked about the challenges they encountered and the fun they had solving them at the Woodbridge Board of Education meeting in February To learn, to ...

March 08, 2019
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Officials Look Into Air Conditioning Failures At School

|Date: October 04, 2018

Officials Look Into Air Conditioning Failures At School

Two years after a $14-million renovation, the Beecher Road School building has experienced two major brea ...

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 ...

October 04, 2018
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Beecher Happenings: The New School Year is “Off and Running”

|Date: August 30, 2018

Beecher Happenings: The New School Year is “Off and Running”

Dear Citizens of Woodbridge, By the time you receive the WTN and read this article, the Woodbridge School ...

Dear Citizens of Woodbridge, By the time you receive the WTN and read this article, the Woodbridge School District/Beecher Road School (BRS) will be back in full swing. Eager students began classes o ...

August 30, 2018
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Beecher Happenings: THE BRIDGE Is in your Mailbox!

|Date: July 30, 2018

Beecher Happenings: THE BRIDGE Is in your Mailbox!

Dear Citizens of Woodbridge, By now, you have received a copy of THE BRIDGE in the mail. It is an honor ...

Dear Citizens of Woodbridge, By now, you have received a copy of THE BRIDGE in the mail. It is an honor and privilege to prepare and distribute this annual educational report to the citizens and tax ...

July 30, 2018
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Beecher Happenings: Welcome To Summer Enrichment & Excitement at Beecher Road School

|Date: June 28, 2018

Beecher Happenings: Welcome To Summer Enrichment & Excitement at Beecher Road School

News from Bob Gilbert, Superintendent of the Woodbridge School District If you are looking for a wonderfu ...

News from Bob Gilbert, Superintendent of the Woodbridge School District If you are looking for a wonderful summer experience for your children, then you need look no further than Beecher Road School i ...

June 28, 2018
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Beecher Road Schoool Dictionary Project 2018

|Date: May 03, 2018

Beecher Road Schoool Dictionary Project 2018

Woodbridge Rotary Club recently donated Webster dictionaries to 3rd grade students at Beecher Road School ...

Woodbridge Rotary Club recently donated Webster dictionaries to 3rd grade students at Beecher Road School. Pictured left to right in the first row are students Maeve, Sarah, Jackson, Derrick, Meaghan, ...

May 03, 2018
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Kindergarten Orientation/Visitation Registration Planned

|Date: March 08, 2018

Kindergarten Orientation/Visitation Registration Planned

Orientation: Kindergarten Orientation/visitation for parents and incoming kindergarten students will ta ...

Orientation: Kindergarten Orientation/visitation for parents and incoming kindergarten students will take place Tuesday, May 1, 2018 from 4:00 -5:00 PM, in the Beecher Road School Cafeteria. Registr ...

March 08, 2018
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Frozen Pipe Causes Flooding at Beecher Road School

|Date: February 08, 2018

Frozen Pipe Causes Flooding at Beecher Road School

A frozen heating coil in the ceiling of a fifth grade classroom at Beecher Road School caused floo ...

A frozen heating coil in the ceiling of a fifth grade classroom at Beecher Road School caused flooding in several classrooms during the December break. Seven classes had to be displaced for se ...

February 08, 2018
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Daisy Troop Human Services Collection

|Date: January 11, 2018

Daisy Troop Human Services Collection

The Daisy Troop from Beecher Road School stopped by Woodbridge Human Services with food collected and a c ...

The Daisy Troop from Beecher Road School stopped by Woodbridge Human Services with food collected and a check for the Town Food and Fuel Fund. In addition, the Daisy Troop donated holiday baskets for ...

January 11, 2018
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Anastasio Speaks Out Against Cutting Beecher’s SRO

|Date: April 06, 2017

Anastasio Speaks Out Against Cutting Beecher’s SRO

Tony Anastasio, the Republican endorsed candidate for First Selectman, and his team are speaking out agai ...

Tony Anastasio, the Republican endorsed candidate for First Selectman, and his team are speaking out against the proposal to cut the Beecher Road School’s Resource (Police) Officer (SRO), which was di ...

April 06, 2017
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JCC, Jewish Federation Deliver Thanks

|Date: April 06, 2017

JCC, Jewish Federation Deliver Thanks

The JCC (Jewish Community Center) and Jewish Federation delivered special works of art by Yeladim, sweet ...

The JCC (Jewish Community Center) and Jewish Federation delivered special works of art by Yeladim, sweet treats by the AfterSchool kids, and a box full of thank you notes written by members and the co ...

April 06, 2017
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Kids Unplugged! After School on the Farm

|Date: March 08, 2017

Kids Unplugged! After School on the Farm

Get your child outside on the farm this spring! Explore farm fields, woods, and wetlands, plant and harv ...

Get your child outside on the farm this spring! Explore farm fields, woods, and wetlands, plant and harvest in our garden, care for our chickens and bees, and prepare and enjoy tasty farm snacks. A ...

March 08, 2017
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Letter: Parents Need to Question Curriculum at Beecher Road School

|Date: February 09, 2017

Letter: Parents Need to Question Curriculum at Beecher Road School

Beecher Road School has used Columbia Teacher’s College Reading and Writing Workshop (TCRW) for the past ...

Beecher Road School has used Columbia Teacher’s College Reading and Writing Workshop (TCRW) for the past decade. The program works upon the premise that children learn to read naturally and it needs ...

February 09, 2017
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Letter: Beecher Bias?

|Date: January 11, 2017

Letter: Beecher Bias?

To the Editor, As a Hispanic member of this community and a parent of 2 young children, I am concerned ab ...

To the Editor, As a Hispanic member of this community and a parent of 2 young children, I am concerned about implicit bias at Beecher Road School (BRS). When I did my student internship a few years a ...

January 11, 2017
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‘Tis The Season

|Date: January 11, 2017

‘Tis The Season

Forty-five students from grades 3 to 6 who participates in the Beecher Road school choir led by Mr ...

Forty-five students from grades 3 to 6 who participates in the Beecher Road school choir led by Mrs. Marroquin performed a variety of lively holiday songs at the Woodbridge Senior Center as par ...

January 11, 2017
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Beecher Community Welcomes New Superintendent

|Date: August 31, 2016

Beecher Community Welcomes New Superintendent

When the buses pulled up at Beecher Road School for the first day of school on Monday, August 29, ...

When the buses pulled up at Beecher Road School for the first day of school on Monday, August 29, summer came to an end and things returned to normal in Woodbridge. It’s a new normal, though, g ...

August 31, 2016
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Summer Hours at the Beecher Pool Announced

|Date: June 29, 2016

Summer Hours at the Beecher Pool Announced

Adult Swim Monday - Friday 5:45 am - 8:15 am General Swim Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 1:45 pm to 5:00 ...

Adult Swim Monday - Friday 5:45 am - 8:15 am General Swim Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 1:45 pm to 5:00 pm 7:45 pm to 9:30 pm Tuesday & Thursday 1:45 pm to 6:00 pm Saturday & Sunday 12:00 no ...

June 29, 2016
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Public Invited to Celebrate Dr. Stella

|Date: June 02, 2016

Public Invited to Celebrate Dr. Stella

The Beecher Road School Board of Education and the school’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) invite the ...

The Beecher Road School Board of Education and the school’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) invite the community to celebrate Superintendent Dr. Guy Stella at a party on the Woodbridge Town Green on ...

June 02, 2016
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Norko featured in National Scholastic News

|Date: June 02, 2016

Norko featured in National Scholastic News

Beecher Road School fourth grade student, Karenna Norko, was recently featured in the National Scholastic ...

Beecher Road School fourth grade student, Karenna Norko, was recently featured in the National Scholastic News, a magazine distributed to school children across the United States. In each issue a boy ...

June 02, 2016
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