The Sandy Hook Elementary School PTA hosted a Back to School picnic the evening of August 31. Family members and students arrived at the school for the evening picnic with blankets and food. PTA Presi...

The Newtown High School Marching Band & Guard is set to kick off its 2017-18 season at Bethel High School on Saturday, September 9, with its show, Dystopia. The show is based on 1984, George Orwell's ...

Board of Education Chairman Keith Alexander said the district is still holding to its "two-week expectation" of refining the new transportation configuration since the start of the school year on Augu...

The Board of Education learned at its August 15 meeting that the Project Adventure course at Newtown High School is set for the new school year. Physical education teacher Jeremy O'Connell shared the ...

Gryffindors, Slytherins, Ravenclaws, and Hufflepuffs united to immerse themselves in the fantasy world of wizards portrayed in the popular Harry Potter book and movie series during Newtown Parks and R...

The 2017-18 school year started for students at all Newtown schools the morning of Monday, August 28.The Newtown Bee of their children on the first day of school, August 28. The photos will be collect...

Parents are invited to submit pictures to The Newtown Bee of their children on the first day of school, August 28. The photos will be collected for possible use in the September 1 edition of paper and...

The Board of Education heard an update on a $1.5 million grant the district received at the end of the last school year at its meeting on August 15.novofoundation.org Interim Superintendent of School...

The Board of Education celebrated both Newtown's Paraeducator of the Year and Newtown's Teacher of the Year for 2017-18 at its meeting on August 15. "We are proud to recognize this evening two individ...

For Newtown Public Schools staff the 2017-18 school year began with a convocation event on August 23 at Newtown High School.lifeisgood.com/kidsfoundation Staff members greeted one another ahead of th...