Newtown Middle School’s production of Shrek the Musical Jr is set to open Friday, May 17. Performances will be staged in the middle school, 11 Queen Street, with evening performances at 7 pm May 17-18...
Newtown High School and Danbury High School students were honored for their work selected and compiled for the Third Annual Rotary Book Project in a recognition ceremony held at the NHS cafetorium on May 1.
Lunch time on April 22 at Head O’Meadow Elementary saw waves of single file lines of students making their way into the library to cast their votes for the annual “Vote for Books” event.
Organizers for the NHS Class of 1974 are pleased to announce that in honor of their 50-year graduation anniversary, they are proposing an event of grand proportions.
The Board of Education during its most recent meeting discussed safety and security-related policies, and heard about an upcoming legislative breakfast at Sandy Hook School, among other agenda items.
Thanks for the quote, many people don’t realize Newtown does not exist in a silo and we have peers to benchmark against. For example Trumbull also spends less per student and outperforms us.
ALL students benefit from consistent policies and quality education. Affordability matters, especially to less affluent families which tend to skew more heavily minority based on census data.
This is a pure case of those with the money get what they want. We are allowed to look on but not be part of what should be a town decision.Just saying?