The Newtown Marching Band and Guard competed at the USBands New England Regional Championship at Danbury High School on November 3.

Newtown Middle School’s top winning Eighth Grade Scarecrow Contest groups recently announced the charities to which they will donate their winnings.

Newtown High School capped its spirit week with the school’s annual pep rally on November 2 ahead of the Homecoming dance on November 5.

After months of effort, district Athletic Director Matt Memoli presented a self-study of Newtown High School’s Athletic Department at the Board of Education’s meeting on November 6.

After the recent International Dyslexia Association (IDA) annual conference, held this year at Foxwoods Resort, October 24 to 27, Newtown residents who attended reflected on the experience and what they learned.

Throughout October, local fire companies visited Newtown elementary schools to share fire safety tips as part of annual fire prevention activities.

Newtown Continuing Education has limited openings available in the following classes and activities.

The Newtown High School Marching Band & Color Guard is preparing for a November 3 USBands New England Regional Championship competition at Danbury High School. Groups from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Jersey will be competing at the event.

Newtown students and educators took part in an October 20 to 21 Student Gun Violence Summit in Washington, DC, that led to the creation and ratification of a Students’ Bill of Rights for Safer Communities.