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Amity Regional Middle School – Orange Campus Third Marking Period – April, 2017 Honor Roll – Year 2016-17

|Date: May 24, 2017

Amity Regional Middle School – Orange Campus Third Marking Period – April, 2017 Honor Roll – Year 2016-17

Criteria for First Honors A- or better in four subjects which meet 5 times per week for a full year. B or ...

Criteria for First Honors A- or better in four subjects which meet 5 times per week for a full year. B or better in all other subjects which meet 5 times per week for a full year. B- or better in subj ...

May 24, 2017
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Pre-Schoolers Celebrate 7th Annual Root for Earth Week at Goddard School

|Date: May 24, 2017

Pre-Schoolers Celebrate 7th Annual Root for Earth Week at Goddard School

On Monday, April 17th, preschoolers at The Goddard School (www.goddardschool.com) located in Hartford-New ...

On Monday, April 17th, preschoolers at The Goddard School (www.goddardschool.com) located in Hartford-New Haven, along with over 460 other Goddard School locations nationwide, kicked off the 7th annua ...

May 24, 2017
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Board of Ed Opens Discussion on Policies Regarding Food

|Date: May 24, 2017

Board of Ed Opens Discussion on Policies Regarding Food

After the Great Cupcake War of 2014 was won by parents who urged the Board of Education to continue to al ...

After the Great Cupcake War of 2014 was won by parents who urged the Board of Education to continue to allow children to enjoy cupcakes and other food during celebrations and themed days, the board is ...

May 24, 2017
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Amity Middle School in Orange Video Production Program

|Date: May 24, 2017

Amity Middle School in Orange Video Production Program

This year Amity Middle School in Orange (AMSO) has had a cadre of 8th grade students participating in a v ...

This year Amity Middle School in Orange (AMSO) has had a cadre of 8th grade students participating in a video production program run by former Amity student, Tristan Douglas. The program was made pos ...

May 24, 2017
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Orange Elementary Schools Participate In 11th Annual Olympic Festival

|Date: May 24, 2017

Orange Elementary Schools Participate In 11th Annual Olympic Festival

On Tuesday, May 16, 2017, over 150 elementary school children in the town of Orange competed in the 11th ...

On Tuesday, May 16, 2017, over 150 elementary school children in the town of Orange competed in the 11th Annual “Orange Elementary School Olympic Festival”. The Festival ran for one day only at the H ...

May 24, 2017
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Student News 5/26/17

|Date: May 24, 2017

Student News 5/26/17

Achievements Katherine Forbes Awarded Undergraduate Research Fellowship Occidental College junior Katheri ...

Achievements Katherine Forbes Awarded Undergraduate Research Fellowship Occidental College junior Katherine Forbes of Orange, CT has been awarded a nationally competitive Summer Undergraduate Research ...

May 24, 2017
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Sixth Graders Recognized with Superintendent Awards

|Date: May 24, 2017

Sixth Graders Recognized with Superintendent Awards

Sixth grade students from each of the town’s three elementary schools were recognized with Superintendent ...

Sixth grade students from each of the town’s three elementary schools were recognized with Superintendent Awards at the Board of Education’s May meeting. The award is based on community service, serv ...

May 24, 2017
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Superintendent’s Recognition Award – Orange Elementary Schools

|Date: May 24, 2017

Superintendent’s Recognition Award – Orange Elementary Schools

Emily Barretta, Grace Carrington, Francis Cavallaro and Caitlyn Smith from Race Brook School; Jessa Bohan ...

Emily Barretta, Grace Carrington, Francis Cavallaro and Caitlyn Smith from Race Brook School; Jessa Bohan, Nicholas DiGiovanni and Gavin Storz from Turkey Hill School; and Millicent Fuller, Si Ru Lian ...

May 24, 2017
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Amity Seniors Trade in Classrooms for Jobs

|Date: May 24, 2017

Amity Seniors Trade in Classrooms for Jobs

For the last four weeks of school, a majority of Amity High School Seniors will be getting their toes wet ...

For the last four weeks of school, a majority of Amity High School Seniors will be getting their toes wet, working for local businesses and organizations as interns. The school’s guidance department ...

May 24, 2017
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New Student Assessments Provide More Holistic Perspective of Student Growth

|Date: April 30, 2017

New Student Assessments Provide More Holistic Perspective of Student Growth

In the ever-changing world of public education, the State Department of Education has a new accountabilit ...

In the ever-changing world of public education, the State Department of Education has a new accountability system for student performance called The Next Generation Accountability System. Director of ...

April 30, 2017
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Amity Middle School Orange “Giving Hair & Hope”

|Date: April 30, 2017

Amity Middle School Orange “Giving Hair & Hope”

On April 3rd Amity Middle School in Orange hosted its 9th annual “Giving Hair and Hope” event. Th ...

On April 3rd Amity Middle School in Orange hosted its 9th annual “Giving Hair and Hope” event. This amazing evening not only raises funds for St. Baldrick’s Foundation to fight childhood cance ...

April 30, 2017
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New England League of Middle Schools

|Date: April 30, 2017

New England League of Middle Schools

Amity Regional School District #5 was well represented at the New England League of Middle Schools ...

Amity Regional School District #5 was well represented at the New England League of Middle Schools’ 36th Annual Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, and four outstanding teachers presented w ...

April 30, 2017
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Student News 4/7/17

|Date: April 06, 2017

Student News 4/7/17

Achievements Jillian Ball Recognized At University of Sciences 2017 OT Pinning Ceremony Philadelphia, PA— ...

Achievements Jillian Ball Recognized At University of Sciences 2017 OT Pinning Ceremony Philadelphia, PA—As they transition to the professional phase of their education, 58 occupational therapy studen ...

April 06, 2017
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Orange Schools Budget Plan Shows Slight Growth

|Date: April 06, 2017

Orange Schools Budget Plan Shows Slight Growth

The Orange Board of Education presented to the town’s finance commission a $20 million spending plan that ...

The Orange Board of Education presented to the town’s finance commission a $20 million spending plan that is 1.09% higher than this current year’s budget. The town has asked each school board to keep ...

April 06, 2017
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New Principal to Take the Helm at AMSO

|Date: April 06, 2017

New Principal to Take the Helm at AMSO

The Amity Board of Education unanimously approved the hiring of Kathy Burke as the Orange Amity Mi ...

The Amity Board of Education unanimously approved the hiring of Kathy Burke as the Orange Amity Middle School’s next principal. Burke comes to Amity from Helen Keller Middle School in Easton, ...

April 06, 2017
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Orange Schools Revisits Policies on Food in Classrooms

|Date: April 06, 2017

Orange Schools Revisits Policies on Food in Classrooms

An Orange mom with two children at Race Brook School is pleading with the Board of Education to consider ...

An Orange mom with two children at Race Brook School is pleading with the Board of Education to consider adopting a food-free celebration policy at Orange Schools. Roo Ciambriello has daughters in fi ...

April 06, 2017
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Children’s Author LeFebvre Visits MLT

|Date: April 06, 2017

Children’s Author LeFebvre Visits MLT

Children’s author, Jason LeFebvre, shared his hilarious story Too Much Glue with the preschool and kinder ...

Children’s author, Jason LeFebvre, shared his hilarious story Too Much Glue with the preschool and kindergarten students of Mary L. Tracy during a recent visit. The children sang songs, listened to a ...

April 06, 2017
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Amity Middle School Orange Pi Day

|Date: April 06, 2017

Amity Middle School Orange Pi Day

Team X celebrated Pi Day with activities that were interdisciplinary. March 14th is recognized as ...

Team X celebrated Pi Day with activities that were interdisciplinary. March 14th is recognized as Pi Day because of its connection to the first three digits of Pi, 3.14. Students wrote poems ...

April 06, 2017
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Orange Congregational Church Nursery School 50th Anniversary Celebration

|Date: April 06, 2017

Orange Congregational Church Nursery School 50th Anniversary Celebration

Come celebrate 50 years of our school serving the community. Many traditions have continued while ...

Come celebrate 50 years of our school serving the community. Many traditions have continued while new ones have begun, and our future looks very bright. All are welcome! Service of celebration ...

April 06, 2017
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American Legion Auxiliary Post 127 Laurel Girls State

|Date: April 06, 2017

American Legion Auxiliary Post 127 Laurel Girls State

Laurel Girls State is a leadership action program course designed to develop a working knowledge of the s ...

Laurel Girls State is a leadership action program course designed to develop a working knowledge of the structure of government to all girls interested in government. This is a one week program of th ...

April 06, 2017
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