The Newtown Middle School annual Scarecrow Contest display has been postponed to Saturday and Sunday, November 5-6, due to anticipated high winds ahead of last week's expected event.The Newtown Bee. T...

The Newtown High School's Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) club hosted its annual Ally Week October 17 through October 21. The group has about 30 members, many of whom learned about the club while in middl...

Fraser Woods Montessori School will hold its 4th Annual Fall Family Festival on Saturday, November 5, from 10 am to 2 pm, at the school, 173 South Main Street. The festival will include events and act...

Housatonic Valley Waldorf School has scheduled its Waldorf Fall Fair & Market for Saturday, October 29, from 10 am to 3 pm, rain or shine, at its 1 Jacklin Road location. Hours for the market, which w...

A "Taste of Tech" educational technology conference for teachers is set for Tuesday, November 8, from 7:45 am until noon, at Newtown Middle School.tasteoftech.npstech.org. The event is open to educato...

From learning what smoke detectors sound like to climbing through fire trucks, students learned safety lessons from local fire companies ahead of and during Fire Prevention Week, October 9 to 15 this ...

Newtown Middle School Student Council Members have begun their annual drive to collect donations for the Women Involved in Newtown (WIN) annual Thanksgiving Baskets effort. The Student Council collect...

The St Rose of Lima School had its 5K Run and Walkathon fundraiser at Fairfield Hills on Sunday, October 16, from 1 to 4 pm. The event was organized to build community with its members and raise funds...

The Newtown International Center for Education (NICE) hosted a delegation of visiting students and teachers from Liaocheng, in the Shandong Province of China, from September 30 to October 9.dejuliot@n...