Registration is now open for fall programs at Two Coyotes Wilderness School, a nonprofit organization with locations in Newtown, West Granby, and Killingworth. Programs in Newtown are held at Sticks & Stones Farm, 197 Huntingtown Road.

A re-entry plan for students returning to school and a calendar change to have students start school on September 3 were approved at the Board of Education’s special meeting on July 21.

Kids taking part in the day camp program at Dickinson Park are keeping busy.

Janice Gabriel was recently announced as Newtown's Teacher of the Year. Read more about the news here.

Sandy Hook Elementary School paraeducator Dawn Eagleson was recently selected as this year’s Newtown Paraeducator of the Year.

After many preparations, students began attending Newtown’s summer school program at Reed Intermediate School the week of July 6.

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.