Immaculate High School, Danbury, senior and Newtown resident Albert "AJ" Vitiello earned a Gold Medal in the Scholastic Arts and Writing national competition for a dramatic script, as recently announc...

The school district announced Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue will hold an open hour, 9 am to 10 am, on Monday, April 23 set for Tuesday, April 24 , in Newtown Municipal Center's Coun...

A new math curriculum for kindergartners and first graders was approved by the Board of Education at its meeting on April 3, following a presentation on the proposed curriculum at the board's March 20...

The Connecticut PTA recently announced the names of the state winners for the annual student Reflections program. An awards ceremony is scheduled for May 16, following the announcement of the competit...

Newtown High School and the Newtown International Center for Education (NICE) program hosted two delegations back to back in March. A delegation of educators and students from Spain visited from March...

Newtown will be represented by two local Odyssey of the Mind teams at the World Finals competition next month. Multiple teams from Newtown took part in the state level of the competition, which was he...

From March 5 to 9, students at Middle Gate Elementary School observed a technology-free week after fourth grader Tyler Rosvally came up with the idea. The school's Student Council worked on March 27 t...

The Newtown Middle School Jazz Band ventured to the University of New Hampshire, Durham, to attend the Clark Terry Jazz Festival near the start of March, and the group shared some of its experiences o...