After deliberating wording, the Board of Education approved its 2019-20 budget assumptions and priorities at its meeting on October 2.

St Rose of Lima School is set to host an Open House event on Sunday, October 14, from 12:30 to 2:30 pm.

The Newtown Public Schools Nursing Department is sponsoring flu clinics for the public on three upcoming Saturdays at Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street.

Newtown High School Principal Dr Kimberly Longobucco celebrated eight students who have earned Commended Student recognition from the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program at the school on October 2.

Housatonic Valley Waldorf School students, faculty, and family members welcomed the changing of the seasons with the school’s annual Michaelmas festival in the drizzly afternoon of September 28.

The Newtown High School Marching Band & Guard earned its highest marks of the season at the annual Joseph P. Grasso Festival home show on September 29 at Blue & Gold Stadium.

Newtown Continuing Education has limited openings available in the following classes. Contact Newtown Continuing Education at 203-426-1787, 9 am to 1 pm, Monday through Friday, for further information on dates, times, and location, or visit newtowncontinuinged.org.

The Board of Education discussed student data, privacy, and confidentiality protocols following recent parent concerns at its meeting on October 2.

Newtown High School freshman Norah Kolb was among the top winners of the September 13 Entrepreneur Innovation Awards at Old Town Hall in Stamford.