The Board of Education celebrated both Newtown's Paraeducator of the Year and Newtown's Teacher of the Year for 2017-18 at its meeting on August 15. "We are proud to recognize this evening two individ...

For Newtown Public Schools staff the 2017-18 school year began with a convocation event on August 23 at Newtown High School.lifeisgood.com/kidsfoundation Staff members greeted one another ahead of th...

Kindergarten students across Newtown arrived at their elementary schools after riding a school bus for the first time, on Friday, August 25. At Middle Gate Elementary School, parent volunteers and sta...

This summer, the C.H. Booth Library offered its Bite Sized Workshop from July 14 through August 18, where students ages 8 to 12 years old learned about different STEM (science, technology, engineering...

Following Governor Dannel P. Malloy's announced revisions to the Executive Order Resources Allocation Plan on August 18, representatives from Newtown's legislative delegation offered input on the pote...

Newtown Parks and Recreation campers in Coding In Minecraft spent time between July 31 to August 3 learning about creating modifications and items in the computer game, Minecraft.minecraft.net. Instru...

Students in the Summer Culinary Arts camp through Newtown Parks & Recreation spent the week of July 31 to August 4 learning how to make a long list of recipes under the guidance of instructor Sharon M...

After a summer filled with art, cooking, nature, and merriment, the Housatonic Valley Waldorf School (HVWS) had its annual Harvest Feast to wrap up the last week of camp on Friday, August 11. For stud...