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Summer Trade Program at Oliver Wolcott in August
TORRINGTON—A Summer Trade Program introducing students to trade school will be held at Oliver Wolcott Technical High School Aug. 12 to 16 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. It is for students entering seventh and eighth grade and will let them explore courses in hairdressing, carpentry, precision machine took, auto, collision repair, health tech, plumbing, heating, cooling, mechanical draft engineering technology, electrical and graphics. The program will be taught by OWTS shop instructors.
Superintendent Update - July 26, 2024
I hope you are having a wonderful summer and are recharging for the 2024-2025 school year! Please see the below updates from Hartford Public Schools:. We are now one month away from our first day of the new school year! Students entering Kindergarten, Grade 6 and Grade 9 will begin with a half-day transition day on Monday, August 26. This will allow students to tour their buildings, meet their new teachers, learn the expectations for the year ahead, and take part in team building games with their classmates.
119K Commission Brings Education Focus To Hartford
HARTFORD, CT – Dozens of people packed into a sweltering, standing-room-only city council chamber at Hartford City Hall on Tuesday to hear the 119K Commission discuss how education affects disconnected youth, and what can be done to make the education system more effective for them. “Hartford is a really...
West Hartford Fire Academy teaches junior cadets the fundamentals of firefighting
NEWINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — Responding to a fire to save a life when only seconds count. Firefighters face that challenge regularly. But what kind of training is needed to put out a wall of flames? At a teen fire academy in Newington, junior cadets are learning the fundamentals of fighting fires. Getting the hose off […]
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