Former teacher honored at Kennedy
On Tuesday, June 5, students and teachers joined with town officials and family members to honor former Kennedy Middle School teacher Joe Cippolini with the unveiling of a memorial statue in the...
View ArticleCyberKnights honored at Town Council meeting
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The Southington High School robotics team, FIRST Team 195 CyberKnights, placed third out of 3,600 teams worldwide in the FIRST Robotics world championship. The team also...
View ArticleUNICO celebrates Southington High School’s top 25 and Italian honor society
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Southington High School’s top 25 graduating students, and six National Italian Honor Society inductees, were recognized and celebrated amongst school administration and...
View ArticleClass of 2018 is ready to take on the world
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER A packed stadium of family and friends at Southington High School gathered under the hot sun at the high school turf field to celebrate 531 graduating seniors. On Thursday,...
View ArticleSouthington High School officials announce the Class of 2018
Southington school officials announced the list of 531 graduating students from Southington High School’s Class of 2018 (Names marked with a + are high honors and names marked with a * are honors):...
View ArticleSuperintendent names top teacher, top paraprofessional
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Who’s your favorite teacher? Ask 100 students, and you’ll probably get 100 different answers, but when Southington school officials asked themselves the same question this...
View ArticleBoard of Ed honors student representatives
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Board of Education members and school officials said goodbye to two of their senior student representatives. One week before graduation, BOE members kicked off the...
View ArticleSouthington loses 25 employees to retirement this school year
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER While Southington High School sent off more than 500 graduating seniors last week, the entire Southington Public School district will be saying goodbye to a number of...
View ArticleSouthington student graduates as Mercy’s valedictorian
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Jennifer Magnoli is well-known by Southington students, faculty, and town officials. As a 15-year-old, she bested every Southington High School student with her speech...
View ArticlePhoto gallery: Observations at graduation
On Thursday, June 21, school and town officials celebrated the Southington High School Class of 2018 during a commencement ceremony on the high school turf field. SHS graduated 531 members of the...
View ArticleGraduation Station: The Class of 2018
This week, we celebrate the Class of 2018 with our annual graduation edition, and the hardest part was trying to stuff all of the graduation and school news into just one newspaper. Of course, that’s...
View ArticleCommentary: How many assets do you have?
The Southington STEPS Coalition is our community’s substance abuse prevention coalition. One of the ways we make prevention a priority is through youth asset development. According to our recent 2018...
View ArticleBuilding a better birdhouse
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Eight brand new, hand-built bluebird bird houses have been installed around town by Southington High School students in the Southington Regional Agriculture Science and...
View Article‘Megan Bennett Day’ celebrates former Thalberg principal’s spirit
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Tears were shed, laughs were boasted, and high heeled shoes clicked rhythmically across the floor of the auditorium of Thalberg Elementary School as teachers, students and...
View ArticleDerynoski student wins state-wide art contest
Derynoski Elementary School first grader Eashan Sanganalmath was one of four Connecticut students to win the grand prize at the 2018 Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) Dream Big! awards ceremony...
View ArticleApplications underway for Spirit of Community awards
Now through Nov. 6, The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards is looking for Connecticut’s top youth volunteers of the year. Students in grades 5 to 12 are invited to apply for 2019 Prudential Spirit...
View ArticleSouthington High School grad party seeks volunteers
Every year, Southington High School seniors celebrate the end of their days at Southington schools with an “All Knight Grad Party,” organized by parents and volunteers with the help of donations from...
View ArticleKnights place second in Trumbull
The Blue Knight marching band finished second again in a head-to-head battle against Trumbull last Saturday. Southington scored 84.7 to finish as runners up to the host teams. Next up, the Knights will...
View ArticleCyberKnights to hold STEM event at Southington Drive-In
The Southington High School FIRST robotics team 195 CyberKnights invite the community to a “STEM for All” event at the Southington Drive In on Oct. 20 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Several booths containing...
View ArticleKnights of Columbus supports Southington Catholic School
The Knights of Columbus Council 15 recently presented a donation of $1,500 to Southington Catholic School. Since the incorporation of Southington Catholic School four years ago, the Knights have made...
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