Education

Ephemia Nicolakis of Woodbridge, CT was inducted into Quinnipiac University’s chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communication Association’s official honor society, during a recent ceremony. To be eligible for induction, students must complete 60 semester credit-hours; have a minimum overall

The Woodbridge police department presented an 18 week DARE program to sixth graders at Beecher Road School. The students were tested after participating and their average score was the highest in the nation! Woodbridge Rotary purchased pizzas to help them celebrate!

The Woodbridge Rotary Club recently donated a thesaurus to 125 third graders at Beecher Road School. In the past, the Club donated dictionaries, but this year Beecher Road School requested a change to a thesaurus instead. Three Rotarians delivered the books and chatted with the students about

James Madison University student William McKeon of Woodbridge has been recognized as part of the 2023 ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll. The ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll awards college students doing outstanding work to advance nonpartisan democratic engagement at participating campuses.

Amity Regional School District #5, as per state guidelines, is properly disposing of student special education records. The records of any student who has received special services are maintained for six years after their class graduates.

The Cable Advisory Council of Area 2 (CAC) will bestow three new $1000 scholarships in memory of former longtime Chairperson Howard Jacobson. In order to apply, you must be a high school or college student studying film, mass communications, television or media studies. The selected students will

For the first time since the pandemic, guest readers were invited back into the classrooms at Beecher Road School for Read Across America Day. To coincide with the school’s Empathy Week activities, the special event took place on March 9.The theme of Empathy Week this year was “Empathy towards

Waco, Texas - More than 5,100 Baylor University students have been named to the Fall 2022 Dean’s Academic Honor List, which recognizes Baylor undergraduates for their outstanding academic work during each semester. Students honored on the Dean’s List earned a minimum semester grade-point average of

As a resident of Woodbridge for 22 years, and as a retired teacher who worked at Beecher Road School for 16 years, I wish I could say that I was surprised to read in “A ‘Missed Opportunity’” that elected members of a Woodbridge town board, in this case the Woodbridge Board of Education, are opposed

On May 2, voters in Woodbridge will be able to vote on the Amity Budget. Historically, referenda measures do not have a very high voter turnout. However, our students, teachers, and administrators rely on our participation to ensure they have what they need. I urge everyone to vote in favor