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Future Principal Tackles Hallway Hangouts

by Melissa Bailey | May 2, 2012 12:06 pm | Comments (4)

The problem: middle-schoolers are hanging out in the halls, coming late to class. The solution: “empowering from the sidelines.”

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Young Virtuoso Comforted

by Allan Appel | Sep 9, 2011 8:43 am | Comments (5)

After bringing her audience to tears, 7th-grade violin virtuoso Emily Adji needed a hug and some light-hearted words whispered in her ear. Fortunately for her, New Haven’s mayor was standing beside her—and delivered the goods.

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C-O-L-L-E-G-E

by Allan Appel | May 4, 2011 7:38 am | Comments (15)

Sixth-graders Rachel Young and Mary Linton want to go to Yale one day. With a boost from a new “Pathway To Promise” campaign, they and students across New Haven spent part of the school day strategizing with their teachers about how to get there, as a seven-letter word became an official focus of the city school curriculum.

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Miming Her Way To Hollywood

by Jessica Cole | Sep 30, 2010 8:16 am | Comments (7)

As a teen, Sharece Sellem was a fan of R&B singer Faith Evans. This fall, she became her co-star.

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Davis Nabs Grant “To Rekindle Our National History”

by Allan Appel | Jun 21, 2010 6:09 am | Comments (3)

These girls not only love to read; they love the smell of new books and the crispness of the pages. They’ll have 17 more volumes to devour as they read their way to becoming a dentist, an architect, and a Supreme Court justice no less.

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Don’t Need It, Thanks

by Jeremy Lent | Jun 2, 2010 7:33 am | Comments (5)

Every student at Davis Street 21st Century Magnet School was handed an application for a New Haven library card, but fourth grader Vernon Sprill didn’t need one.  He’s had a library card for over a year now, and he’s checked out nearly 30 books since January. 

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There’ll Be More School & Early College Dreams

by Melissa Bailey | May 26, 2010 7:21 am | Comments (38)

Staying open all summer. College prep for 3-year-olds. Sound ambitious? Those are two of the first ideas on tap as New Haven starts reinventing its schools.

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Goal Missed—In Plenty Of Time

by Paul Bass | Apr 6, 2010 2:06 pm | Comments (17)

Tamara Raiford and her colleagues vowed to have 90 percent of their first-graders reading at grade level by the middle of the school year. It didn’t happen. Now they have a new plan.

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Time Capsule Reveals Lost Headlines

by Paul Bass | Apr 2, 2010 7:45 am | Comments (9)

New Haveners were fighting a war a world away—as four hometown newspapers reported in front-page headlines.

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To Principal, “Tier 1” Means “New Challenge”

by Paul Bass | Mar 17, 2010 7:47 am | Comments (20)

Rushing back from City Hall, about to rush back to a press conference, Lola Nathan gathered together her teachers in a third-grade classroom. She had news for them. And a question.

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