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Connecticut teacher escorted out of school over classroom crucifix heads to federal appeals court

Marisol Arroyo-Castro says she was escorted out of her Connecticut public school after refusing to remove a crucifix she displayed for a decade, while her school district says the story is more complicated.

New Britain, CT · 2d

CT Insider

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Once Pop Warner teammates, Connecticut high school QBs are rewriting their school record books

Maloney’s Eli Showerda and Platt’s Austen Standish are rewriting their schools’ record books.

Meriden, CT · 3d

hudsonvalleypress.com

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Da’Ron Wilson is Now Interim Superintendent

POUGHKEEPSIE – Da’Ron Wilson has been a teacher’s assistant, a teacher, a sergeant, a coach, a principal, a veteran, an administrator, a mentor and a city councilmember. While his journey in the 33 years and roughly 130 days since graduating Poughkeepsie High School has been varied, his experiences have been guided by a philosophy:

Poughkeepsie, NY · 4d

Mid-Hudson News Network

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Section 9 Football Finals: Picking the Champions

With Section 9 championship weekend here, six titles are on the line and several familiar rivals are preparing for another postseason showdown. Rich Arnott’s picks favor the top seeds in four classifications, while Cornwall gets the nod in an intriguing Class A matchup. The Class AA prediction remains on...

Newburgh, NY · 2d

Mid-Hudson News Network

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Valley Central stuns Newburgh, captures first Section 9 football title in school history (VIDEO)

CENTRAL VALLEY – Valley Central pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Section 9 football history Saturday, knocking off heavily favored Newburgh Free Academy, 16-6, to win the Section 9 Class AA championship at Monroe-Woodbury High School. The Vikings entered the championship game as significant underdogs, having originally...

Newburgh, NY · 1d

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Berkshire Hills Regional School District receives $500,000 grant for three-year equitable access initiative

Great Barrington — The Berkshire Hills Regional School District has been awarded $500,000 from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s New England District-Community Consortium. According to the district, the funds will support a three-year initiative to expand equitable access to learning experiences and college and career pathways for students.

Great Barrington, MA · 2d

CT Insider

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Hartford plans to pay a firm to recruit students away from integrated schools. Civil rights attorneys ask judge to stop them.

Sheff attorneys asked a judge on Thursday to block the district from carrying out the contract.

Hartford, CT · 3d

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ASH earns prominent regional ranking among elementary schools

A prominent national media outlet has recognized Albany School of Humanities as one of the best elementary schools in the Capital Region!. The U.S. News & World Report rankings of elementary schools placed ASH at #7 among all elementary schools in our region. Only schools from the Berne-Knox-Westerlo, Bethlehem, East Greenbush, Edinburgh, Lake George and Shenendehowa school districts ranked ahead of ASH on the U.S. News list.

Albany, NY · 2d

Mid-Hudson News Network

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Middletown forfeits Section 9 football championship game over ineligible player

MIDDLETOWN – Top-seeded Middletown will forfeit Saturday’s Section 9 Class AA football championship game after allegedly using an ineligible special teams player in last weekend’s 48-15 semifinal victory over Valley Central. Middletown finished the regular season undefeated for the first time since 1965. The forfeit would drop...

Middletown, NY · 6d

CT Insider

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Cheshire football pulls away from Guilford with late defensive takeaways

Will Wable and Evan Gonzalez made key interceptions as Cheshire pulled away from Guilford and improved to 7-2.

Cheshire, CT · 1d

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Farmington beats Middletown to keep CIAC playoff hopes alive

Two weeks ago, the Farmington High football team dropped a disappointing three-point decision to Bristol Eastern – their third loss of the season. A shot at the CIAC playoffs looked like a long shot. But the River Hawks focused on the task at hand rolled out some new wrinkles to their game.

Farmington, CT · 2d

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Southington scores final three touchdowns to beat Maloney

(WFSB) - Maloney played host to Southington, one of the top teams in the state. The Blue Knights led by three in the fourth quarter and pulled away. Ben Beaulieu got the screen inside, went outside, and scampered away from defenders for an impressive touchdown. Later, Beaulieu took a handoff...

Southington, CT · 1d

WTNH

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Wesleyan fends off Trinity to create tie atop league standings

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Matt Fitzsimons threw two touchdown passes and ran for another as Wesleyan defeated rival Trinity, 27-20, on Saturday to create a three-way tie atop the NESCAC standings. Fitzsimons had a 1-yard scoring run in the second quarter. He connected with Meriden native Donte Kelly on touchdown passes of 3 and 8 […]

Hartford, CT · 18h

Seattle ON Tap

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Jason Martinez Is Leading Waterbury's Four Public High Schools, and He's About to Rewrite Their Athletics Playbook

trophy logo on gradient background - Created by the Sports On Tap desk | Source : Sports On Tap (team logos property of their respective owners) Jason Martinez, a guy who lived and breathed Crosby High football, is officially back in the game, taking over as Waterbury’s brand new director of athletics for all four […]

Waterbury, CT · 1d

WTNH

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Masuk cruises past New Milford in News 8’s Game of the Week

MONROE, Conn. (WTNH) — Nate O’Hara returned the opening kickoff 83 yards to the endzone for a touchdown as Masuk never looked back en route to a 41-2 win over New Milford on Friday in the News 8 high school football game of the Week. The Panthers, ranked fifth in the state media poll, improved […]

New Milford, CT · 1d

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School officials hope free winter coats help with chronic absenteeism at Waterbury elementary school

WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — Hundreds of students at Waterbury’s Driggs Elementary School are heading into this chilly weekend with brand-new winter coats. At the event Friday morning, those kids got to choose their new jackets, so it felt more like shopping than a handout. “They’ll get to pick out the color that they like best,” […]

Waterbury, CT · 2d

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Farmington High project has $1.68M left as closeout nears

FARMINGTON — The town's own reserve on the new Farmington High School held $1.68 million on Nov. 5, more than it held in March, and the building committee expects "a significant balance of contingency funds" to be returned to the town once the project is finished and closed out.

Farmington, CT · 1d

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Farmington girls soccer beat Simsbury on the third try

FARMINGTON — Simsbury had beaten the Farmington High School girls soccer team twice this fall, 5-1 in September and 2-1 in October. On Saturday, Oct. 31, with a place in the conference final at stake, junior defender Emily Lahtinen scored in the second half and Farmington beat the top seed 1-0. That semifinal at Rocky Hill High School was the middle of three straight one-goal games in the Central Connecticut Conference tournament. Seeded fifth, Farmington opened with a 1-0 win at fourth-seeded Hall High School on Thursday, Oct. 29, on a second-half goal by junior midfielder Sienna DiLella.

Farmington, CT · 1d

CT Insider

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Eleven Connecticut high school football teams unofficially qualified for 2026 CIAC playoffs

The teams with the eight highest CIAC playoff point averages qualify for the CIAC quarterfinals.

Connecticut · 2d

CT Insider

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Connecticut high school football Week 10 roundup: Ansonia rolls over Derby for 8th win

A look around the Connecticut high school football scene for Week 10

Ansonia, CT · 1d