Education

At the February 12th meeting, the Amity Board of Education reviewed the Superintendent’s Proposed Budget for 2024-2025. Per the Board’s bylaw, the presentation included a review of the academic and extracurricular accomplishments from the past and current school year, and the anticipated financial

Emmanuel College in Boston has named Victoria Krzysztopik of Orange to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2023 semester. To earn a spot on the Dean’s List, Emmanuel students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for a 16-credit semester.

Students at the Amity Middle School Orange banded together to say thank you to our veterans through our annual Stockings for Soldiers community outreach program. The students, staff, and families of AMSO sent in various toiletry and snack items that were put into stockings and delivered on Friday

Kelly Pritchard, resident of Orange, Connecticut, a member of the class of 2025 majoring in Aerospace Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), was a member of a student team that recently completed an intense research project titled Eel Point Road Restoration and Resilience.

The Orange Scholarship Foundation Association is offering several scholarships to graduating seniors from Orange. Among them is the Ashlie Krakowski Memorial Scholarship of $5000. This scholarship is awarded to a student who intends to pursue a career in health care or a related health care field.

Students at Orange Congregational Church Nursery School enjoyed their Christmas celebrations.

If your child is turning five on or before September 1, 2024 it is time to register for kindergarten! Please register by February 28, 2024. Parents of children who will be five years old between, September 2, 2024-January 1, 2025 and are interested in a waiver can apply as well.

The students and staff of The Peck Place School gathered together to honor our veterans who fought and served for our country. Veterans related to students and staff were treated to refreshments and a musical event which included the voices of all students from grades 1-6.

In an effort to stem the tide of teachers leaving the district and to support teacher retention, the Amity Board of Education and the Teachers Union have agreed to an unprecedented 13.5% salary increase spread over the next three school years.

The Orange Elementary School System is now accepting names for the “Lottery” for the 2024-2025 Preschool Program at Mary L. Tracy School. Our Special Education/General Education integrated preschool is looking for three- and four-year old children to enroll as community peers and positive role