To support diversity and equity in the district, Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue outlined “the building blocks of an equity framework” in a presentation at the Board of Education’s October 6 virtual meeting.

Middle and high school students will fully return to school buildings next month, as approved at the Board of Education’s October 6 virtual meeting.

The Newtown High School Marching Band & Guard took to the field Saturday, September 26, for its first performance of the 2020-21 season.

With possible costs for COVID-19 still unknown, the Board of Education supported a district plan to release kindergarten to sixth grade students two hours early on Wednesdays and discussed other topics at its September 24 special meeting.

In honor of World Teachers’ Day on October 5, we want to know what you think makes Newtown’s teachers awesome.

Newtown High School students who earned recognition as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s scholarship program were honored at the school on September 14 and September 18.

Newtown Public Schools Facilities Director Bob Gerbert, Jr, offered an overview of work completed in school buildings over the summer, at the Board of Education’s mostly virtual September 15 meeting.

With Newtown Public School students starting the academic year in a hybrid model — students attend in-school lessons part of the week in rotating cohorts — NYA Sports & Fitness Center launched a program to help support parents and students.

Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue sent a communication to district families on September 25, ahead of the transition of kindergarten to sixth grade students returning to school buildings fulltime from the hybrid model.

Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue told the Board of Education at its September 15 meeting that with the 2020-21 school year underway, “for the most part, things are going fairly well.”