The Stamford Public Schools (SPS) 2015-2016 Annual Report to the Community is now available on the SPS district website and soon to be in many mailboxes across the city. Each year the district reviews what has been accomplished over the previous year and reports out on the progress, successes and challenges. In addition to being posted on the website, the report is also distributed to homes and businesses across the city along with the summer edition of Stamford Plus magazine. More Jun 15, 2017 - 8:01:37 AM
FOCUS Alumni C.J. Jordan reflected "Before the ‘FOCUS years’ I was an ace at class assignments but had very few people that I was truly friends with. The true meaning of FOCUS is to teach kids [affected by Autism] how to get along with peers and adults, how to keep a conversation flowing and to learn how to have fun at the same time. With the help of everyone involved I made a lot of new friends and became a stronger person at the same time and it couldn't have been done without FOCUS!" More Jun 9, 2017 - 11:34:32 AM
Left to right: Nicholas Matzoros (of Ardsley), Ardsley High School; Fleuranda Metellus (of Stamford), Stamford High School; Daniel Robinson (of Stamford), Stamford High School; Itchell Banegas (of Stamford), Stamford High School, Teaching Artist Mathilde Dratwa (of New York City); Julie Smith (of Croton-on-Hudson), Croton-Harmon High School; Paola Roach (of Fairfield), Fairfield Warde High School; Michael Busani (of Old Greenwich), Greenwich High School; and Krissy Kendall (of Stratford), Greenwich Academy. (contributed photo)
On Monday, May 22, The Palace Theatre presented the 4th annual Young Playwrights Festival, "Script to Stage," the culmination of a seven-week arts education program for high school students in devised theatre, improvisation, acting and creative writing. Nine Fairfield and Westchester County students performed an original one-act play they conceived and wrote under the guidance of teaching artist Mathilde Dratwa. More May 25, 2017 - 6:47:43 AM
The Western Connecticut State University Master of Fine Arts in Creative and Professional Writing program has opened nominations for the fourth Housatonic Book Awards in cooperation with the M.F.A. Alumni Writers’ Cooperative (AWC). More May 17, 2017 - 7:48:41 PM
Allison Vas (photo by Peggy Stewart/contributed photo)
Allison Vas loves to travel, and now she is looking forward to spending nine months in Europe on a Fulbright scholarship. More May 16, 2017 - 12:24:51 PM
