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Amity ‘Dreamers’ Graduate Into A World Hungry For New Leaders

|Date: June 25, 2020

Amity ‘Dreamers’ Graduate Into A World Hungry For New Leaders

Amity High School Class of 2020 took leave from their alma mater with a graduation ceremony like none oth ...

Amity High School Class of 2020 took leave from their alma mater with a graduation ceremony like none other: In carefully scheduled waves, the families assembled in the Assumption Church parking lot o ...

June 25, 2020
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Scholarships Awarded

|Date: June 25, 2020

Scholarships Awarded

The Orange Scholarship Fund Association presented its 2020 scholarships on June 13 at a socially distance ...

The Orange Scholarship Fund Association presented its 2020 scholarships on June 13 at a socially distanced ceremony on the Orange Town Green. Mitchell Bronson received a $2,000 scholarship to study C ...

June 25, 2020
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Amity Regional Award Of Excellence & Teacher of the Year

|Date: June 25, 2020

Amity Regional Award Of Excellence & Teacher of the Year

The Award of Excellence this year is presented to Paula Vallie. Paula has worked in Amity Regional High ...

The Award of Excellence this year is presented to Paula Vallie. Paula has worked in Amity Regional High School’s College & Career Center for the last seven years. Before coming to Amity Regional ...

June 25, 2020
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Amity Is No Place For Hate

|Date: June 25, 2020

Amity Is No Place For Hate

The Anti-Defamation League is celebrating the efforts that schools across the country are making to promo ...

The Anti-Defamation League is celebrating the efforts that schools across the country are making to promote diversity, inclusion, and allyship through a nationwide viral campaign #noplaceforhate. On M ...

June 25, 2020
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The End of an Era for Race Brook School as Mike Gray Steps Away as Principal

|Date: June 25, 2020

The End of an Era for Race Brook School as Mike Gray Steps Away as Principal

After 13 years of leading Race Brook School as principal, Mike Gray announced that he is leaving the role ...

After 13 years of leading Race Brook School as principal, Mike Gray announced that he is leaving the role to become Director of Business and Operations for the Orange Public Schools. “The decision to ...

June 25, 2020
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Student News 6/26/20

|Date: June 25, 2020

Student News 6/26/20

Achievements Lasell University Newton, MA - Daniel Chodos, a Lasell University student from Orange was el ...

Achievements Lasell University Newton, MA - Daniel Chodos, a Lasell University student from Orange was elected to the University’s Student Alumni Association (SAA) executive board for the 2020-2021 ac ...

June 25, 2020
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What A Team!

|Date: June 25, 2020

What A Team!

Holly Hill & Sean “Hart” Shorn As you drive by Holly Hill Childcare & Learning Center, 308 Peck L ...

Holly Hill & Sean “Hart” Shorn As you drive by Holly Hill Childcare & Learning Center, 308 Peck Lane, you can’t help but notice the beautiful, bright red hearts lining the lawn of the center. ...

June 25, 2020
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Alexandria Barnes Scillia Scholarship Award

|Date: June 25, 2020

Alexandria Barnes Scillia Scholarship Award

The Friends of the Case Memorial Library presented the Lucy Scillia annual $1000.00 college scholarship t ...

The Friends of the Case Memorial Library presented the Lucy Scillia annual $1000.00 college scholarship to Alexandria Barnes at a meeting held in front of the Library on Saturday, June 13. A member o ...

June 25, 2020
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Superintendent: Graduation Will Be ‘The Best We Can’

|Date: May 21, 2020

Superintendent: Graduation Will Be ‘The Best We Can’

Amity School Supt. Dr. Jennifer Byars said she is anticipating “some form of graduation ceremony” to take ...

Amity School Supt. Dr. Jennifer Byars said she is anticipating “some form of graduation ceremony” to take place on June 10 to send off the school’s Class of 2020, but as of last week it was unclear wh ...

May 21, 2020
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Sadness and Frustration Surround School Closures

|Date: May 21, 2020

Sadness and Frustration Surround School Closures

When the inevitable announcement came on May 5 that Connecticut schools would be closed through the schoo ...

When the inevitable announcement came on May 5 that Connecticut schools would be closed through the school year, there wasn’t jubilation, there was sadness and frustration around the milestones that w ...

May 21, 2020
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Scholar-Athletes Feted Virtually

|Date: May 21, 2020

Scholar-Athletes Feted Virtually

Ella Marin of Woodbridge and Raymond Lu of Orange were named the 2019-20 CAS-CIAS scholar athletes from A ...

Ella Marin of Woodbridge and Raymond Lu of Orange were named the 2019-20 CAS-CIAS scholar athletes from Amity Regional High School. They are both members of the Class of 2020. The CIAS award ceremony ...

May 21, 2020
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Fourth Graders at Race Brook School Convince Local Business Owner to Go Green

|Date: May 21, 2020

Fourth Graders at Race Brook School Convince Local Business Owner to Go Green

Did you know that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish? In Mrs. Bronson’s class we ...

Did you know that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish? In Mrs. Bronson’s class we have been learning about the dangers of plastic in the environment. In our research we learned ...

May 21, 2020
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Student News 5/22/20

|Date: May 21, 2020

Student News 5/22/20

Achievements Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic, CT - The Eastern Connecticut State Univers ...

Achievements Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic, CT - The Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors softball team was off to a 2-0 start in its spring 2020 season before the NCAA can ...

May 21, 2020
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“A Different Way: Living Simply in a Complex World” Course being Launched

|Date: May 21, 2020

“A Different Way: Living Simply in a Complex World” Course being Launched

Everyone is invited to participate in a community led course over Zoom called “A Different Way: Living S ...

Everyone is invited to participate in a community led course over Zoom called “A Different Way: Living Simply in a Complex World”. Designed by the Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI.org) this course co ...

May 21, 2020
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Superintendent Recognition Award – Orange Elementary Schools

|Date: May 21, 2020

Superintendent Recognition Award – Orange Elementary Schools

Oliva Barrett, Sophie Cohen and Troy Vendencia from Race Brook School; Avery Ketchian, Molly Bosma and Ad ...

Oliva Barrett, Sophie Cohen and Troy Vendencia from Race Brook School; Avery Ketchian, Molly Bosma and Aditi Sidhartha from Turkey Hill School; and Eve Benjamin, Roxana Ismail-Beigi and Kacee Tam from ...

May 21, 2020
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Operation Prom Helps High School Seniors With Virtual Prom

|Date: May 21, 2020

Operation Prom Helps High School Seniors With Virtual Prom

Streaming Prom 2020 Nationwide! The Operation Prom National Network, Inc. is the not-for-profit organizat ...

Streaming Prom 2020 Nationwide! The Operation Prom National Network, Inc. is the not-for-profit organization that provides free prom dresses and tuxedos to underprivileged teens. For the past 16 year ...

May 21, 2020
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Orange Schools Take Unprecedented Measures

|Date: April 02, 2020

Orange Schools Take Unprecedented Measures

Schools in Orange may be closed as a result of the COVID 19 coronavirus pandemic, but that doesn’t mean l ...

Schools in Orange may be closed as a result of the COVID 19 coronavirus pandemic, but that doesn’t mean learning has stopped. With no clear plan in place for an abrupt and indefinite closure, adminis ...

April 02, 2020
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Amity Students Adjust to “Distance Learning”

|Date: April 02, 2020

Amity Students Adjust to “Distance Learning”

With school buildings closed for the foreseeable future, the state’s teachers, students and administrator ...

With school buildings closed for the foreseeable future, the state’s teachers, students and administrators are embarking on a novel instructional journey: distance learning. Teachers working from ho ...

April 02, 2020
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Outstanding Performers In New England Math League Contest

|Date: April 02, 2020

$Outstanding Performers In New England Math League Contest$

Outstanding Performers In New England Math League Contest

Congratulations to the following students from Amity Middle School in Orange on their outstanding perform ...

Congratulations to the following students from Amity Middle School in Orange on their outstanding performance: Front Row, Left to Right: Annika Yun, Ian Stoltenberg, Yousef Hasan, Suhail Mohammed, Ma ...

April 02, 2020
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Association of CT Fairs Scholarships

|Date: April 02, 2020

Association of CT Fairs Scholarships

The Orange Country Fair has announced that applications for The CT Association of Fairs scholarship progr ...

The Orange Country Fair has announced that applications for The CT Association of Fairs scholarship program are available at CT AgFairs.org and at The Orange Town Hall. One $1,000.00 scholarship will ...

April 02, 2020
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