Friday, May 18, 2012
The Naugatuck school district releases information on where Central Avenue students will be going in the 2012-13 school year.
Parents of students at Central Avenue School are being notified this week which of the K-4 schools their children will be heading to in the next school year. Superintendent John Tindall-Gibson said the district sent out letters to the parents on Wednesday informing Central Avenue families that the redistricting process is under way. The Board of Education voted 7-2 to close Central Avenue School next year and reappropriate the building into a less-expensive early learning center. The move is said to save nearly $1 million, as the borough finds ways to save money while dealing with anticipated spending increases. According to a map of the redistricting, available on Mayor Robert Mezzo's blog, Central Avenue students will be reassigned to …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Instructors honored for exemplifying the best of the U.S. Air Force.
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Lt. Col. Valerie J. Lofland, USAF (ret) and Master Sgt. Gary Morrone, USAF (ret), the coordinators for the Naugatuck High School JROTC program, have been selected by HQ Air Force Junior ROTC as 2011 recipients for the Outstanding Instructor Award with Merit. By exemplifying the very best of the Air Force, they are truly the heart and soul of what makes the AFJROTC program such a success in our communities. Those selected represent the top 10% of all officer and NCO instructors teaching in the AFJROTC program. Each instructor who is selected exemplifies the Air Force Core Values and their dedication to developing “Better Citizens for America.” Lt. Col Lofland and Master Sgt. Morrone will be receiving award…
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Borough unit one of 108 ROTC programs selected.
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – The Naugatuck High School Air Force JROTC program, known as Unit CT-941, has been selected as one of only 108 units out of 882 to receive the coveted 2011-2012 Air Force Junior ROTC Distinguished Unit with Merit Award. This award recognizes the ‘best of the best’ Air Force Junior ROTC units that have performed above and beyond normal expectations, and that have distinguished themselves through outstanding service to their school and community while meeting the Air Force Junior ROTC mission of producing better citizens for America. The objectives of the Junior ROTC program are to educate and train high school cadets in citizenship and life skills; promote community service; instill responsibility, character…
Friday, May 11, 2012
Extra state funding, however, would go toward programs and not teachers, the school chief said.
With the recent passage of an education reform bill, Naugatuck is among 30 communities in Connecticut that will share in $39.5 million in extra state funding in the upcoming fiscal year. But the $635,000 in increased Education Cost Sharing funding likely won't be put toward hiring new borough teachers or reestablishing positions for the seven K-4 teachers who were handed pink slips over the past few weeks, Superintendent John Tindall-Gibson said Thursday evening. Rather, the funding would have to be put toward specific programs that would help underperforming school districts, like Naugatuck. The program initiatives include reform strategies, extended learning time or strengthened reading programs for elementary students, according to a …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Glenn Lungarini, the assistant principal at Oxford High School, was hired by the Board of Education in Seymour by a vote of 8-0 Monday.
Anyone who spends enough time at Oxford High School is bound to run into Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Glenn Lungarini. He’s at the school early in the morning greeting students and often remains at the building until late in the evenings for athletic events, at which he often leads the Pledge of Allegiance and announces the names of players from both teams. But Lungarini will no longer be a familiar face inside the walls of the young Oxford High School, where he has been second-in-command since the building opened to students in the fall of 2007. That’s because Lungarini is seizing an opportunity to become a building principal in neighboring Seymour. Late Monday evening, the Seymour Board of Education voted 8-0 to hire Lungarini …
The Rev. Michael Slusz stepped down as pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish last week, while Principal John Salatto announces he will to stay on as the head of St. Francis-St. Hedwig School in Naugatuck for the upcoming school year.
The Rev. Michael Slusz, who has served as pastor at St. Francis of Assisi parish in Naugatuck for nearly a decade, resigned from his post last week. The announcement of Slusz’ departure came Sunday to parishioners at the downtown Catholic Church, where Slusz was first assigned in 2003 after finishing his education in the seminary. Slusz officially resigned as pastor of St. Francis on May 1, the Archdiocese of Hartford said. The former pastor issued a short letter to the parishioners during the weekend Masses containing the announcement, and thanking them for the generous support that he’s received since he first came to Naugatuck nine years ago. “From the moment I first arrived, I have felt welcome in the parish,” the letter read. “I thank…
Monday, May 7, 2012
"The Substitute," a trivia game show taped back in March, will pit Naugatuck High School against Kennedy High School.
The taping of an MTV show that includes Naugatuck High School students as contestants will air this coming Friday, a spokesman for the network confirmed. The game show is called “The Substitute,” and it’s a competition in which high school students face off against each other in educational trivia and interactive challenges. The host of the show is comedian Jon Gabrus, who facilitates the questioning during each challenge. The winner of the competition gets a $5,000 cash prize, network officials said. Naugatuck students, who were casted for the show a few months back, will be featured in the upcoming episode of "The Substitute" on Friday, May 11, which airs at 7 p.m. on MTV, said Brandi Albahary, representative from MTV Communications. …
Police say the youths were trying to practice "free running."
Five teenagers have been arrested on trespassing charges after they were allegedly caught running around on the Naugatuck High School roof. Police said officers responded to NHS just before 5 p.m. on May 3 after getting a report of a group of teenagers running along the roof. A custodian had already detained the teens when police arrived, reported Lt. Robert Harrison, Naugatuck police spokesman. A group of four 16-year-olds, and one 17-year-old, were taken into custody on charges of third-degree criminal trespass, police said. The teens told investigating officers they were trying to practice the sport of “free running,” Harrison said. The sport, also known in Europe as “parkour,” is a physical discipline activity that involves acrobatic …
Commencement for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the largest college at UConn, included 32 students from Naugatuck.
Thousands of family and friends watched on Sunday afternoon as nearly 2,700 students from the University of Connecticut’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) became UConn graduates during commencement ceremonies at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs. Representing 55 different majors from 23 departments, students received their diplomas in dual ceremonies Sunday in disciplines ranging from journalism, psychology and political science to communications, human development and family studies. Students were addressed by Cindy Luo, a graduating senior from Madison, a dual-degree student with majors in linguistics and philosophy, classics and ancient Mediterranean studies and English. UConn President Susan Herbst delivered the keynote address. "…
Sunday, May 6, 2012
These Naugatuck fifth-grade students competed in a national learning contest in April.
A group of students at Cross Street Intermediate School, led by math teacher Kathy Mucha, competed in the Noetic Learning Math Contest on April 12. The contest, which is held twice a year, involves elementary math problem solving. A total of 12,630 students, representing 649 teams from across the United States, participated in this competition. In Naugatuck, 28 Cross Street fifth-grade students also participated. The winner of Cross Street's team was Anushka Jami. The following students also received National Honorable Mention: Anushka Jami, Andres Maldonado, Gianna Viele, Ty Coney, James Roberts, Hailey Marquardt and Haley Wolfanger. "The purpose of participating in the contest is to stimulate our students' interest in math and to inspire…
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