Daddona keeps it in the family: Blue Knight goalie to play for Blue Knight alum
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER Starting Blue Knight goalkeeper Evan Daddona suffered a broken hand during the second game of this past fall season. He didn’t support his team from the sidelines though....
View ArticleKristen’s Kloset moves to the high school, March 23-24
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The Southington community is once again coming together in memory of DePaolo Middle School honor student Kristen Warner, who died in a 2004 car crash at age 13. Each year,...
View ArticleThe pageantry of Read Across America
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Southington Catholic School celebrated the 114th birthday of Dr. Suess with an exciting treat for students. Miss Connecticut 2017 Eliza Kanner spent the morning reading...
View ArticleLincoln College hosts career fair on April 12
Lincoln College of New England will be hosting a career fair on Thursday, April 12. The event will be held in the Founders Assembly Room on campus at 2279 Mount Vernon Rd. in Southington from 10:30...
View ArticleLincoln College hosts career fair
Lincoln College of New England will be hosting a career fair on Thursday, April 12. The event will be held in the Founders Assembly Room on campus at 2279 Mount Vernon Rd. in Southington from 10:30...
View ArticleSHS students organize walk-out to protest gun violence
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Southington High School and the Southington Police Department placed the school on lockdown at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 to allow students to participate in a...
View ArticleCyberKnights open with a victory at Fairfield U
The CyberKnights picked right up where they left off. On Sunday, March 19, Southington High School’s Team 195 opened the season with a victory at the New England FIRST Southern Connecticut District...
View Article‘Rock of Ages’ celebrates the music hits from the 1980s
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The DePaolo and Kennedy Middle School Drama Club will take a trip through time and either introduce, or help to reminisce, the 1980s in their performance of the Broadway...
View ArticleBudget hearing focuses primarily on school spending
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Taxpayers of Southington flocked to DePaolo Middle School on March 20 for the Board of Finance 2018-2019 budget public hearing, which covered the general government and...
View ArticleSTEPS youth council mounts prescription drop box campaign
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The Southington Town-wide Effort to Promote Success (STEPS) Youth Council kicked off a campaign on April 1 to spread awareness for proper disposal of unwanted, unused, and...
View ArticleNominations for the SHS Wall of Honor will be accepted through May 1
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The Southington High School Wall of Honor committee hopes this year’s event will be bigger and better than ever before, and hopes the community of Southington will take...
View ArticleStudents donate food to SCS
Plantsville Elementary School students collected 151.7 pounds of food for donation to Southington Community Services as a result of a food drive organized by fourth graders Reilly Bard and Cohen...
View ArticleCyberKnights win the district title
Southington fans love the opening seconds as the Team 195 rocket stacks three cubes onto the scale in a well-choreographed dance. For CyberKnight fans, this is the easiest part of the competition....
View ArticleCyberKnights win fourth straight New England title
For the fourth year in a row, the Southington CyberKnights (Team 195) won the New England District Championship held at Boston University this past weekend. The CyberKnights were part of 64 teams that...
View ArticleOfficials move forward on SHS roof referendum
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Town of Southington elected officials are moving forward with a $2.6 million bond ordinance appropriation for costs related to replacement of portions of the Southington...
View ArticleApril vacation at the state capitol
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER While many students across Connecticut enjoyed a sunny day off from school over April vacation, eighth grade honor student at DePaolo Middle School, Ethan Solury, donned a...
View ArticleSouthington DECA students take on international competition
This weekend, Southington will send 13 DECA students to the International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Ga. where three Southington High School students will compete for an international...
View ArticleBest spellers: Southington’s ‘Win’-men for Progress
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The Southington Education Foundation held their eighth annual Community Spelling Bee at the high school Thursday evening, and emerging organization, Southington Women for...
View ArticleBlue Knight basketball team recognized for sportsmanship
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER Andrew Lohneiss drew a foul on a dibble drive to the basket during a regular season game, and his opponent fell hard to the floor, landing awkwardly on his back. Before...
View ArticleWho doesn’t enjoy a good toga party?
On Friday, April 27, Southington students, above, braved the weather in togas to join more than 40 state schools at Connecticut Latin Day at Holiday Hills in Prospect. For 37 years, Connecticut latin...
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