The Newtown Marching Band & Color Guard earned bronze at the USBands National Open Class Championships on Saturday, November 9, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

Newtown High School will stage William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream this weekend, November 14 to 17, at the school, 12 Berkshire Road.

The Newtown Marching Band & Color Guard performed its show “Life Sentence” on Saturday, November 2, and came in second place with a score of 91.875 in Group IV Open, taking the Best Individual Music Caption at a Danbury Jamboree Of Bands.

Newtown High School is set to stage William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, November 14 to 17, at the school, 12 Berkshire Road.

The Newtown Education Foundation (NEF) has awarded a grant to cover some purchases to support Newtown Middle School art students. The donation was officially presented on October 19.

The Newtown Marching Band & Color Guard hit a high note in its season on Saturday, October 26, when the group earned the title of USBands Connecticut Class IV Open State Champions after competing in the USBands New England State Championships at Naugatuck High School.

For Friday, November 1, all Newtown Public Schools will be closed due to multiple road closures. The announcement was made early Friday morning.

This year’s Newtown Middle School Eighth Grade Scarecrow Contest creations ranged from spooky to sweet, and people walked among them on both Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20, to view and then vote for their favorite. The top three winning scarecrows were announced by the school on October 21.

Newtown Continuing Education has limited openings available in the following classes and activities in its summer program for students currently in kindergarten to eighth grade.