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Summer school for special education students focuses on individualized learning To the layman the scene appeared as a standard recess: some kids pumped their legs back-and-forth on swings, others bounced a ball in a game of four square. To Stacey Heiligenthaler, interim chief of specialized learning and student services with Norwalk Public Schools, the activity offered much more than what met… → Read More
Summer school for special education students focuses on individualized learning To the layman the scene appeared as a standard recess: some kids pumped their legs back-and-forth on swings, others bounced a ball in a game of four square. To Stacey Heiligenthaler, interim chief of specialized learning and student services with Norwalk Public Schools, the activity offered much more than what met… → Read More
NORWALK - The transition from high school to college can be difficult. For students from low-income backgrounds, that difficulty is only exacerbated by their socioeconomic status. There is figuring out how to pay for college. There is the complexity of navigating the registration process. When you mix in the prospect of acclimating to a new social environment and taking on a load of new… → Read More
NORWALK - The transition from high school to college can be difficult. For students from low-income backgrounds, that difficulty is only exacerbated by their socioeconomic status. There is figuring out how to pay for college. There is the complexity of navigating the registration process. When you mix in the prospect of acclimating to a new social environment and taking on a load of new… → Read More
The event, which is slated to take palce from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the East Campus Atrium, will be a special one-day, one-stop advising and registration event held at all of the 12 Connecticut community colleges. NCC President David L. Levinson, academic advisors and staff from the Financial Aid Admissions, English as a Second Language, Business and Registrar’s offices will be on hand to advise… → Read More
The event, which is slated to take palce from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the East Campus Atrium, will be a special one-day, one-stop advising and registration event held at all of the 12 Connecticut community colleges. NCC President David L. Levinson, academic advisors and staff from the Financial Aid Admissions, English as a Second Language, Business and Registrar’s offices will be on hand to advise… → Read More
Stuart Lane, the project’s executive director, underwent treatment two years ago and was cured from 33 years of Hepatitis C. Lane is open about his experiences with that process and how he overcame his illness in a video that the project will launch as a part of a campaign to educate the public and reach those who are in need of treatment or testing and treatment for the disease on Friday. → Read More
NORWALK — The Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County was awarded a $37,000 grant to support its delivery of wrap-around mental health services to children and families at the center’s Outpatient Children’s Clinic. The grant was awarded by The Community Fund of Darien, an independent, volunteer-driven nonprofit dedicated to addressing health and human services in Darien and surrounding… → Read More
NORWALK — The Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County was awarded a $37,000 grant to support its delivery of wrap-around mental health services to children and families at the center’s Outpatient Children’s Clinic. The grant was awarded by The Community Fund of Darien, an independent, volunteer-driven nonprofit dedicated to addressing health and human services in Darien and surrounding… → Read More
The African captives seized control of the ship, killing some of the crew and ordering the survivors to sail the ship to Africa. The Amistad owners claimed the slaves as property, but the U.S. had banned African trade and argued that the captives were legally free. → Read More
The class is part of the larger College for Kids program at Norwalk Community College, which uses half-day week-long classes throughout the summer to offer kids across the area a dive into different academic subjects in interactive and engaging ways. “I have heard from parents that they don't want their children not engaged with their brains throughout the whole summer,” said Kristina… → Read More
The class is part of the larger College for Kids program at Norwalk Community College, which uses half-day week-long classes throughout the summer to offer kids across the area a dive into different academic subjects in interactive and engaging ways. “I have heard from parents that they don't want their children not engaged with their brains throughout the whole summer,” said Kristina… → Read More
NORWALK — Yvette Goorevitch is Norwalk Public Schools’ new chief of specialized learning and student services. Goorevitch, who has served as the director of special and alternative education for the New Rochelle, N.Y., school district for the past 25 years, was appointed to the position Saturday during a specially scheduled Board of Education meeting at the Maritime Aquarium. Spahr said it was… → Read More
NORWALK — Yvette Goorevitch is Norwalk Public Schools’ new chief of specialized learning and student services. Goorevitch, who has served as the director of special and alternative education for the New Rochelle, N.Y., school district for the past 25 years, was appointed to the position Saturday during a specially scheduled Board of Education meeting at the Maritime Aquarium. Spahr said it was… → Read More
The agreement means the board will bring the teachers union over to the CT 2.0 Healthcare Plan and negate much of a $1.99 million shortfall in the district’s 2017-18 operating budget, which planned to have all of the district’s employees move over to the state plan by July 1. The Negotiations Committee will recommend to the board that it restore the music lessons, intramural sports and… → Read More
The agreement means the board will bring the teachers union over to the CT 2.0 Healthcare Plan and negate much of a $1.99 million shortfall in the district’s 2017-18 operating budget, which planned to have all of the district’s employees move over to the state plan by July 1. The Negotiations Committee will recommend to the board that it restore the music lessons, intramural sports and… → Read More
Though the school has reworked its operations in the past weeks with the hope of regaining full magnet school status in future years, its loss of full magnet school status for the 2016-17 school year at the end of May came with a price tag of roughly $450,000 worth of state grant funds to be paid back to the state. The school’s leadership worked with state leaders, including State Senate… → Read More
Though the school has reworked its operations in the past weeks with the hope of regaining full magnet school status in future years, its loss of full magnet school status for the 2016-17 school year at the end of May came with a price tag of roughly $450,000 worth of state grant funds to be paid back to the state. The school’s leadership worked with state leaders, including State Senate… → Read More
NORWALK — The findings of a state audit on Norwalk’s renowned Center for Global Studies has left officials scrambling to both rework the school’s structure and avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money back to the state. The good news: the school’s leaders were able to work with state politicians to get wording into a bill — which passed through the General Assembly and will… → Read More
NORWALK — The findings of a state audit on Norwalk’s renowned Center for Global Studies has left officials scrambling to both rework the school’s structure and avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money back to the state. The good news: the school’s leaders were able to work with state politicians to get wording into a bill — which passed through the General Assembly and will… → Read More