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Graduates hear cheers

 June 18, 2013; Updated: 6:03 pm

Family, teachers, friends and supporters cheered 10 graduates of the Deborah Tennant-Zinewicz School at commencement exercises Monday in Norwich.

Stonington school salutes Old Glory

 June 18, 2013; Updated: 3:12 pm

Cub Scout Pack 37 Webelos II Den members Joey Sasso, left, Hal Crimm, center, and Braedon Hansen, all fourth-grade students, participate in the presentation of colors during Deans Mill Elementary School's 23rd annual Flag Day Ceremony Monday in...

Groton wants next school superintendent hired by end of August

 June 18, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

The Board of Education, which plans to hire a new superintendent by the end of August, held the first of several forums Monday to ask the community what it wants in the next school leader.

Salem School to get makeover this summer

 June 17, 2013; Updated: 12:31 am

Once the school year ends on Friday, the next phase of work is slated to begin at Salem School.

School options studied in East Lyme

 June 17, 2013; Updated: 12:14 am

As the town begins the process of determining the future of the town’s elementary schools, the Board of Education last week outlined a path to making a decision.

Mitchell College dorm to be home for some Avery Point students in fall

 June 15, 2013; Updated: 12:12 am

Students from the University of Connecticut at Avery Point campus will live in empty dorm rooms at Mitchell College this fall.

Gifted-talented pilot program wins endorsement from New London school board

 June 14, 2013; Updated: 12:02 am

Board of Education members on Thursday endorsed a two-year pilot program for the district’s gifted and talented upper elementary school students in collaboration with the University of Connecticut’s National Research Center on the Gifted...

Mystic Middle School program to end

 June 14, 2013; Updated: 11:56 pm

The popular sixth- and seventh-grade program at Mystic Middle school known as CRICKETS will end next week after surviving a move to disband it earlier this year.

OIC recognizes three community members

 June 14, 2013; Updated: 11:53 pm

Three local community members were honored Thursday at the eighth annual Community Champion Celebration dinner and awards ceremony, hosted by the OIC Board of Directors.

Stonington High to eliminate 'X Block'

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 12:05 am

Since 2004, Stonington High School students have had a 50-minute block of time in the middle of the day to eat lunch, participate in activities, study or get extra help from teachers. But officials are planning to eliminate X Block because they say...

Northeast Academy parents want extra class

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 12:03 am

Parents at Northeast Academy have written a letter and collected 51 signatures asking for an additional second-grade class in the coming school year.

Montville senior, 15, grew up fast as she searched for father

 June 12, 2013; Updated: 11:59 pm

In total, Tashi Lhatso has had only seven years of formal schooling. That was enough, however, to prepare her for college: The 15-year-old is graduating from Montville High School and will being studying chemistry at the University of Connecticut in...

Norwich school board holds off on budget cuts

 June 12, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

The Board of Education put off making budget cuts to absorb a $1.35 million cut to the public school portion of the budget for three weeks to await decisions by the City Council on a plan to bond some capital expenses and remove them from the annual...

Williams School begin working with Ballard program

 June 11, 2013; Updated: 6:25 pm

Students and faculty will participate in several educational programs run by The Sea Research Foundation, including the JASON Learning program.

STONINGTON SCHOOLS GET GRANTS FOR LAPTOPS, TRACK RESURFACING

 June 11, 2013; Updated: 11:54 pm

The Stonington Education Fund has awarded four Apple Grants totaling $11,774 that will benefit the town’s elementary and middle schools. \n

Senior Profiles: Groton senior has camera, will travel

 June 11, 2013; Updated: 11:48 pm

James Messina, who started making movies at age 12 and is about to graduate from Fitch High School in Groton, is getting noticed for his movies about skateboarding.

East Lyme elementary school foreign language program cut

 June 11, 2013; Updated: 11:35 pm

The Board of Education voted Monday night to suspend the elementary-school foreign language program for next year and reduce or eliminate other items from its proposed 2013-14 budget in response to a need to cut $690,000.

Stonington names principal, assistant principal

 June 10, 2013; Updated: 12:11 am

The school system has announced that it has appointed a new principal at West Vine Street/West Broad Street School and a new assistant principal for the middle schools for the 2013-14 school year.

Senior Profiles: He's eager to lead, make every day count

 June 10, 2013; Updated: 12:08 am

Lyme-Old Lyme High School senior Sam Stadnick believes in seizing every opportunity he can to grow as a person.

Overcoming pain to graduate in Groton

 June 9, 2013; Updated: 7:22 am

Tiana Yohe remembered what a friend had told her about “bettering herself,” and she enrolled in the Groton Adult Education Program. She graduated Saturday with 26 others.

Mitchell College may fill empty dorm rooms with Avery Point students

 June 9, 2013; Updated: 12:09 am

A small group of students from the Avery Point campus of the University of Connecticut could be living in a dorm at Mitchell College under a pending arrangement intended to benefit both institutions.

Senior Profiles: NFA grad's experience steers him toward career

 June 9, 2013; Updated: 11:25 pm

Justin West overcame challenges related to longterm medical issues and graduates later this month from Norwich Free Academy.

Senior profile: New London senior chose a different path than his brothers

 June 8, 2013; Updated: 12:36 am

Caleb Camacho, who is graduating from New London High School and is headed to Sacred Heart University on a football scholarship, was inspired by his brothers' brushes with the law to take a different route.

Senior Profiles: Grasso student faces crash course in growing up

 June 7, 2013; Updated: 11:58 pm

Tatyanna Paige had to grow up fast when she gave birth to a baby girl at the beginning of her senior year at Grasso Tech.

Williams School grads urged to be compassionate, humble

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 2:32 pm

Commencement speaker John Knudsen challenged the 53 Williams School graduates to make the responsible, compassionate choice rather than the expedient one.

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