The Board of Education unanimously approved a new acting course for Newtown High School at its meeting on Tuesday, February 21, and it approved extending a contract for special education out of distri...

Ben's Bells Founder and Executive Director Jeannette Maré shared the importance of being kind at three Newtown elementary schools recently, when visiting the schools. She visited Hawley Elementary Sch...

Students in Newtown High School's spring musical Evita continued rehearsing on Thursday, February 16, in the school's cafetorium.The Newtown Bee. All rehearsals are being held in the high school's caf...

The Newtown International Center for Education (NICE) oversaw celebrations for International Education Week, recognized nationally this year February 13 to 17, in all of Newtown's public schools. Refl...

Newtown Middle School recently released its honor roll for the second quarter marking period of the 2016-17 school year. The following seventh and eighth grade students earned their place on the list....

Reed Intermediate School students glimpsed a portion of the world that is far from their classroom on Friday, February 17, through the eyes of Robert Ballard - director of the Center for Ocean Explora...

Members of the Newtown High School Gold Jazz Band attended the 49th Annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival at Berklee College of Music in Boston on Saturday, February 11. According to the college, m...

The Newtown Middle School Drama Club has announced it has scheduled a free presentation, at the middle school, 11 Queen Street, of its Into The Woods, Jr, musical for local senior citizens for Thursda...

Middle Gate Elementary School PTA President Debbie DeBlasi announced a new program called "Friends of the Middle Gate Library" that is working to raise money for the school library through a mural, wh...

Care packages and personalized notes and cards have been crafted and collected, and sent to servicemen and women overseas through the local Valentines For Troops effort. Each year the Valentines for T...