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🎉 Surprise attendance day at Casimir Pulaski Elementary School! Students who came to school today earned a McDonald’s coupon. Casimir Pulaski Elementary plans to host two surprise attendance days each month to celebrate students for showing up and making every school day count!

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🧹 Today we’re giving a big thank-you to our school custodians! Your hard work helps make our schools clean, comfortable, and welcoming places to learn each day. We appreciate all that you do!

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Yesterday, Grade 8 students at Washington Middle School learned from speaker and leadership trainer Bryan Saint-Louis! Students explored character, empathy, and leadership while being challenged to get 1% better every day.

📷 Photo Credit: Jessica Showerda

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🌎🧪 Geologic forces came alive at John Barry School! Ms. Casey’s students explored tectonic plate boundaries by creating hands-on models with graham crackers and shaving cream. They had fun visualizing how plates move and shape our planet!

📷 Photo Credit: Makenzie Casey

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💙 October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Every student deserves to feel welcome and respected at school. Let’s continue building a culture where kindness and inclusion are part of every day.

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🧠 Brain power in action! Our 3rd graders in Mrs. Palmer’s class at Roger Sherman Elementary worked together to solve a tricky math puzzle using vertical whiteboards. Students shared ideas, spotted patterns, and put their problem-solving skills to work! 🔢

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💙 Moms and More is off to a great start at John Barry Elementary! This September, students and their female role models joined fourth grade teacher Aimee Boisvert for the first event of the year. They created picture frames and made special memories together!

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🛡️ Empowering our Eagles to stay safe online! Edison Middle School students learned about internet safety and cyberbullying prevention from Special Agent Manning of Homeland Security. Great job, Eagles! 👏

📸 FSL Nick Iozzo

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Catch us on the bridge! Positive choices equal big rewards at Edison Middle School! Last week marked the debut of the new mobile School Store, where students can use their hard-earned Eagle Bucks to shop for awesome rewards during SEL block.

Photo Credit: Principal Lyons-Barton

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🚑 Yesterday, Platt High School welcomed Maloney High School students for a Clinical Skills Day! EMT students practiced vital signs, patient movement, and communication skills. Next month, Maloney will host Platt for CPR and First Aid training.

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🎵 Making noise and building rhythm at Edison Middle School’s new Performing Arts Center! Students in Applied Music are enjoying hands-on learning with “drum buckets” under the guidance of new music teacher, Ms. Corsetti. Welcome to EMS!

📸 Photo Credit: Principal Lyons-Barton

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🍦 What a sweet turnout for Edison Middle School’s first PTO event of the year! Administration, teachers, parents, and PTO members came together for an Ice Cream Social to welcome EMS families.

📸 Photo Credit: BOE Representative Stephany Morales Valentin

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John Barry Elementary Grade 4 students explored rocks, Earth, and its features in science! 🌎 Students created physical maps of Connecticut and built playdough models to explore Earth’s layers.

📸 Photo credit: Savanna Cleveland-McColl

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Platt High School seniors celebrated #WhyApply Day during lunch waves! 🎓 Seniors had the opportunity to share their postsecondary plans and why those plans are important to them.

📸 Photo credit: Aurelio Marinelli

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🩺 Did you know Maloney High School offers EMT training? Our EMT students put safety first during a hands on PPE donning and doffing lab. 🚑 This course prepares students for EMT certification while building skills to provide critical out of hospital care. 🙌

📸 Emily Derynoski

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📚 Second graders at Israel Putnam Elementary celebrated completing their first CKLA Knowledge Unit, Fairy Tales and Tall Tales! Students brought the unit to life as storybook characters and created drawings inspired by Paul Bunyan. ✨

📸 Kristen Ruede

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📚 Kindergarten students in Mrs. Fusco’s class at Thomas Hooker Elementary School are learning teamwork as they work with partners during math! We love seeing our youngest learners build their math skills while learning alongside one another. ✏️

📸 Photo credit: Rebecca Fusco

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🔬 Students at Nathan Hale Elementary put creativity, communication and problem solving skills to the test in hands on STEM challenges! From planning and testing to adjusting their ideas when plans changed, they worked together to find solutions. 💡

📸 Photo Credit: Emily Benson

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Spreading kindness, one sidewalk drawing at a time! 🎨✨ During Start With Hello Week at Maloney High School, students "chalked the walk" to promote inclusion, build empathy, and make sure everyone feels welcome! 💚👋

📸 Photo Credit: Paris Godbout

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🍧 Snow cones, bounce houses, and big smiles made for a fun Back-to-School Family Fun Night at Washington Middle School on September 15! We are grateful for our amazing Wildcat families and the wonderful Washington Middle School community! 💙

📸 Photo credit: Jessica Showerda