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Data Haven Youth Council Hosts Inaugural Research Symposium
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (330+ words) High school students from across Connecticut gathered at New Haven City Hall on Thursday, May 28, to present original research on pressing community issues, capping a year of data literacy training through a first-of-its-kind youth program. The Data Haven Youth Action…...
With Hill Internship, High Schooler Sharpens Entrepreneurial Chops
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (904+ words) On a recent sun-dappled morning on Greenwood Avenue in The Hill, Keshawn Brown and Kristen Threatt sat on the steps of Threatt's front stoop, discussing the New York Knicks, on the cusp of their first NBA title since 1973. Amid mention…...
3 HSC Students Advance To National History Day Finals
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (776+ words) High School in the Community (HSC) junior Mya Stettinger has spent months researching the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma, while twin sisters and HSC sophomores Priya and Janu Patel have been diving deep on the 1943 Bengal Famine in southern Asia....
3 New Principals Picked; FAME Questions Outside Hire
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (638+ words) Worthington Hooker School, Benjamin Jepson School, and Family Academy of Multilingual Exploration (FAME) are all on tap to be led by new principals next year, after the Board of Education approved two internal promotions and one outside hire. New Haven…...
Montessori School On Edgewood Open House Planned For Thursday, May 7
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (204+ words) New Haven Independent The following flyer was submitted by Montessori School on Edgewood. Have they remediated the ADA violation that caused a trip-and-fall injury that resulted in a lawsuit or are they still trying to make personal injury attorneys richer?...
Students Build Garden Beds In Newhallville
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (875+ words) King/Robinson seventh grader Dorian scooped a shovel full of dirt into a garden bed newly built by Common Ground high schoolers in his school's courtyard. Soon enough, he celebrated, "the mood will be more beautiful here." That was the…...
SCSU Rally Calls For ICE-Detained Student's Release
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (555+ words) More than 100 students, teachers, and immigrant rights advocates gathered outside of Southern Connecticut State University's (SCSU) Buley Library Monday to speak up for a classmate who was reportedly detained by federal immigration agents off campus last week. According to Connecticut…...
De Lauro Boosts Infant Formula Safety
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (535+ words) Babies aren't born Democrat or Republican. They're just born in need of nutrients to help them grow and thrive. Families need to know that the formula they're buying is not going to make their babies sick. That was the prevailing…...
Teens Dive In To Chinese Immersion Program
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (715+ words) A classroom buzzed with energy Tuesday afternoon as students stood face to face, hands poised mid-air before shouting in unison: "Ji'nd'o, sh'tou, b!" " the Chinese version of the game rock, paper, scissors, which translates literally to scissors, stone, cloth. The…...
School During Wartime
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (1169+ words) The following article was submitted by the New Haven Independent's Kyiv correspondent, Theia Chatelle. KYIV " Three and a half years into Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine's oldest Jewish day school is still trying to figure out how to ensure a Jewish…...