Schools Are Finishing Year on A High Note
With new covid infection numbers at local schools trending toward zero, students and families get to celebrate graduation in nearly normal ways. At Beecher Road School, sixth graders will have an outdoor graduation ceremony on Friday, June 18, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on the North Lawn. Masks are require...
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Five Peck Place Students Recognized with Superintendents Award
Dr. Scarpetti recognized five Peck Place Students with the Superintendents Award for demonstrating community service and service to others, academic achievement and leadership service to the school community. Congratulations! Left to right: Enoch Liu, Kalina Duz, Shriya Garg, Mihael Baker and Mia Mart...
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AMSO Box of Sox Fundraiser
When the Amity Middle School Orange community was devasted by the loss of their 8th grade student Raymond Heenie this past March, they quickly came together to turn their grief into something positive. As staff and students reflected on Ray’s short life, they remembered how much Ray cared for others an...
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Peck Place School Battle of the Books
Peck Place Students in grades 4-6 have been working hard all school year to read books from the Battle of the Books lists for each grade level. The students who read the most books from their classroom represented their class as they faced off in a quiz-bowl style competition, on Friday, May 21, in the...
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Superintendent Recognition Awards
Orange Public Schools is pleased to announce the recipients of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents’ (CAPSS) Superintendent/Student Recognition Award: Kalina Duz, Shriya Garg, Enoch Liu from The Peck Place School, Ryan Leapley, Jason Chen, Gracie Bunnell from Race Brook School a...
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Student News – May 28, 2021
Achievements Eastern Connecticut State University Willimantic, CT – Eastern Connecticut State University’s Psychological Science Department held its Psi Chi Induction Ceremony and Honors Recognition on April 30. Combining the years of 2020 and 2021, the ceremony inducted 53 students into the Psi...
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SCASA Superintendents’ Award 2021
Amity Middle School in Orange honored two of its 8th graders, Olivia Perkowski and Matthew Curley, for the SCASA (South Central Area Superintendents Association) Award. One eighth grade boy and one eighth grade girl are selected each year. The criteria for selection is based on community service and s...
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Notice to Former Amity Students
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. Former Amity students who were born between 1995 -1997 and/or ha...
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Scholarship Opportunity
SENIORS: Youth Services will choose (3) seniors, who live in Orange, to be rewarded with $1,000 each toward their college education. Each applicant must fill out an application, provide a resume, a transcript of their grades & a brief essay. Students will be chosen based on academic achievement,...
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Rep. Kennedy Supports Education Proposals for CT Students
State Rep. Kathy Kennedy (R-119) last week supported two pieces of legislation in the legislature’s Education Committee aimed at establishing clear minimum guidelines and standards for remote learning to ensure quality education and establishing a social-emotional learning to adequately mental health su...
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