Lucy Scillia Scholarship Available to Graduating Orange Seniors
Applications are now open for the Lucia Scillia Scholarship, a $1,000 award sponsored by the Friends of the Case Memorial Library. The Lucy Scillia Scholarship is available to a graduating high school senior who is a resident of Orange. Lucia Scillia devoted much of her life to instilling a love of rea...
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Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven Announces 16th Annual Scrabble Challenge
Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is, “to empower adults through literacy”. March 30th, 2017 marks Literacy Volunteers’ annual Scrabble Challenge fundraiser at The Hopkins School located on 986 Forest Road, New Haven, CT. The Scrabbl...
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Friends of the Case Memorial Library Scholarship
Applications for the 2017 Lucy Scillia Scholarship are now available at the Case Memorial Library. Given by The Friends of the Case Memorial Library, the $1000 scholarship is awarded annually to Orange resident who is a senior in any area high school and is planning to further his/her education...
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Mary L. Tracy Special Ed Program Receives Donation
On January 17th, Mrs. Chyeon Ock Lee donated $1230 to the special education program of the Mary L. Tracy School. The proceeds came from a knitting exhibition at the Case Memorial Library that Mrs. Lee held, featuring knitted dolls that she knitted herself. Mrs. Lee began knitting in the summer of 2015...
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Amity Adult & Continuing Education Spring Classes Set to Begin
This spring there are several new courses to choose from, as well as many standard favorites. To view the full catalog, and to register online, simply log onto www.AmityAdultEd.ce.eleyo.com. A sampling of new courses being offered this spring include: Watercolor Painting; Business Brokerage; Healthy C...
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Amity High School Cuts Ribbon for New Fuel Cell
The irony of gathering in the icy winds of an incoming Nor’easter to witness the ribbon cutting of a state-of-the-art facility that provides “clean” heat and power to Amity Regional High School wasn’t lost on the impressive crowd of state dignitaries, school officials, residents and students that gather...
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Drug Enforcement Officials Address Heroin Epidemic
Prevention Stressed to Amity HS Students Prevention is the best recourse to heroin addiction was the message from FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration officials, the mental health community and even former addicts who addressed an audience at Amity Regional High School last month. The group p...
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Orange Board of Education Weighs Additional Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences
The Orange Board of Education was presented with two options to consider as a calendar for the 2017-18 school year: one with two evening and one afternoon teacher conferences and one with one afternoon and one evening. Superintendent Vince Scarpetti noted that his guiding force behind the proposed cale...
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Barnes & Noble Milford Launches Seventh Annual “My Favorite Teacher Contest”
Middle & High School Students Can Nominate Their Teachers for National, Regional and Local Awards Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, announced the start of the 2017 “Barnes & Nobl...
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Implementation of Chromebooks A Success at Orange Schools
In September, when students in grades three through six returned to Orange Schools, Chromebook computers were waiting for each student. “It was a large investment, but it’s also tying in with our goal and strategic plan about promoting lifelong learning through technology,” said Superintendent o...
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