St Rose of Lima School’s eighth grade graduation ceremony was held on June 26 in the school’s parking lot.

Concerns expressed by Board of Finance members days before the end of the fiscal year prompted school district officials to delay pre-paying three remaining annual lease installments on a security camera system by using $374,796 from an unusually large 2019-20 budget surplus.

Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue released a letter to school district parents on July 9, announcing a parent survey to gather their intentions for sending students back to school in the fall. The deadline for the online survey is July 13.

A curious push/pull situation is developing statewide as Governor Ned Lamont paused Phase 3 re-openings while concurrently releasing a 50-page guide to help school districts navigate a return to classroom instruction in the coming weeks.

Local children participating in Newtown Continuing Education’s Outdoor Explorers Camp are set to experience many adventures outside.

The Board of Education approved a “Resolution on Equity and Diversity” at its meeting on July 7.

The Board of Education scheduled two extra meetings, for July 21 and August 4, in the course of its meeting on July 7, and it quickly became clear why: There is a lot of work to do.

The Newtown High School Class of 2020 car parade rolled through town July 8. Read more here.

Newtown Middle School was recently awarded a grant that will reconfigure the school’s library media center (LMC).

The Newtown Parks & Recreation Summer Day Camp/Child Care Program is a bit different this year, but youthful laughter could still be heard early on the first day of the program, June 29, at both locations.