Browse past news stories for Bassick High School in Bridgeport, CT.

• In surprise move, Columbus principal to leave after 30 years (Connecticut Post)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 04:52:42 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- When Columbus School students return from Thanksgiving break they may find themselves assigned to write a letter to Principal Manuel Rocha, offering suggestions on how he should spend
• Bridgeport fire victim remembered as a dedicated mother and friend (Connecticut Post)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 11:37:43 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- Tiana Black's kids were happy. And that, as much as anything, gave insight into the kind of person the 22-year-old mother was, before she died in a smoky fire early Friday along with
• In slain student's memory, they marched for peace (Connecticut Post)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 07:53:02 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- The dreary overcast and drizzle Saturday morning wasn't enough to keep dozens of high school kids from marching through the street to spread a message of peace.
• BOE candidates at open forum in Bridgeport (Connecticut Post)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 03:37:52 am
  BOE candidates at open forum BRIDGEPORT -- A forum for Board of Education candidates is set for Thursday night. It will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.
• Bridgeport gang showcases exploits online (Greenwich Time)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 03:20:03 am
  BRIDGEPORT -- They are the drug gang of the YouTube generation. They call themselves the Stack Boyz, and police say the reach of the gang's illegal drug operation extends to Shelton, Ansonia,
• 10/22/2009 (Newtown Bee)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 05:25:21 pm
  Barbara Capozziello is featured this week. Occupation: I'm a secretary at Newtown High School in the attendance office. I've been there for 25 years. Family: My husband Chris and I have been married for 47 years. We met our junior year at Bassick High School in Bridgeport. We have four sons.
• School officials talk truants into returning (Connecticut Post)
  posted on October 3, 2009 at 10:52:42 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- In another life, John DiDonato could have made a good living as a door-to-door salesman. On Saturday, the confident, soft-spoken school administrator exhibited that talent by talking
• Bassick High scene of most arrests last year (Connecticut Post)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 08:22:52 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- Warren Harding High School may have the rough reputation, but its crime statistics during the last school year suggest it's a dubious distinction better suited to another of the city's
• Scant turnout determines primary winners (Connecticut Post)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 07:52:42 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- With 21,820 registered Democrats eligible to vote in four City Council district primaries Tuesday, only 17.5 percent actually cast ballots, continuing a long tradition of low turnouts
• The Week That Was for Sept. 13, 2009 (Connecticut Post)
  posted on September 12, 2009 at 09:48:57 pm
  Let's go back a few years and see what was happening:60 Years AgoRed Cowan outpitched Tommy Krusinski in a battle of four-hitters as Moore Tool won the District Softball crown over the Spa Mars
• It's the best $5,000 he's ever spent (Connecticut Post)
  posted on August 22, 2009 at 09:44:50 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- Tom Flynn sits on the bleachers in the Bassick High School gym, watching 75 kids are sitting on the floor, knees up, anxiously waiting to play basketball on a humid summer morning.
• 6 prosecutors face verdict on state's attorney job (Connecticut Post)
  posted on July 12, 2009 at 06:27:04 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- At 6 feet, 7 inches tall, John Smriga stands head and shoulders above the state prosecutors vying to be the region's next state's attorney.
• Bassick grad battles for her diploma (Connecticut Post)
  posted on June 20, 2009 at 02:17:08 am
  BRIDGEPORT -- It took three rounds of encouraging applause for Jocelyn Battle to suppress her emotions at the podium of The Klein auditorium Friday night and address the rest of Bassick High
• Against long odds, inner-city students succeed (Connecticut Post)
  posted on June 13, 2009 at 10:47:08 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- "Attend class, even if you hate it and try to learn as much as possible because it will help you eventually." That's advice from Tony Vilaysane, 18, a Central High School senior who
• 10 Questions for Kim Fawcett (Connecticut Post)
  posted on June 1, 2009 at 04:32:28 am
  Kim Fawcett is a Democrat who represents a district in the state House of Representatives district with a constituency that skews Republican. The 133rd is largely made up of the Greenfield Hill
• Con charged with sex assault on student (Connecticut Post)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 04:32:08 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- A convicted felon is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy at gunpoint after enticing him into his car outside Bassick High School, police said.
• CONNECTICUT LAW FIRM- CARTER MARIO INJURY LAWYERS AWARDS $10,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO 10 CONNECTICUT HIGH SCHOOL ... (dBusinessNews.com)
  posted on May 12, 2009 at 06:03:57 pm
  HARTFORD, Conn. — (May 5, 2009) — Connecticut’s leading injury law firm, Carter Mario Injury Lawyers, hosted their 4 th Annual “Arrive Alive” Scholarship Program this winter.
• Judiciary takes 'show' to Bridgeport's Bassick High (Connecticut Post)
  posted on April 30, 2009 at 11:17:08 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- It takes just an hour on television for a crime to be committed, solved and tried. On the Bassick High School stage Thursday, it took the same amount of time for lawyers to argue
• Margaret K. Kader (Newtown Bee)
  posted on April 30, 2009 at 06:33:54 pm
  Margaret K. Kadar, 55, of the Sandy Hook section of Newtown, cherished daughter of Margaret (Kuszel) and the late Sandor Kadar, died at her home, April 27. She was born in Soskut, Hungary, June 19, 1953.
• Plan to hire dropout consultant denied (Connecticut Post)
  posted on April 28, 2009 at 06:17:08 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- The school district will not spend $20,000 to develop guidelines to determine if its dropout-prevention programs are effective.The board deadlocked 4-4 Monday night on the request
• School system holds grade-change hearing (Connecticut Post)
  posted on April 27, 2009 at 11:02:18 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- A Waltersville school math teacher, who said he is being retaliated against after refusing to increase his students' grades, was the first and only witness on the opening day of an
• 10 questions for Andrew Pehanick (Connecticut Post)
  posted on April 20, 2009 at 03:17:18 am
  Andrew Pehanick's hobby is deeply rooted in his native city: He collects postcards with scenes of Bridgeport. His collection has grown so large that it's enough to fill a book -- and that's what
• Free Login/Register (Greenwich Post)
  posted on April 16, 2009 at 11:25:22 am
  Greenwich High School first baseman Ricky Riscica looks to pick off a Trumbull High School runner during Monday afternoon’s game against the Golden Eagles. Although Big Red got solid pitching from Marty Clarke, the team wasn’t able to push a runner across the plate, falling 3-0 to Trumbull.
• Bridgeport Oldtimers name 3 for awards (Connecticut Post)
  posted on April 12, 2009 at 12:15:55 am
  Gus Seaman (William Mosseau Memorial), Bob Gerwien (Perry Pilotti Memorial) and Mike Koritko (Fred Reichert Memorial) will receive Outstanding Athlete Awards from the Greater Bridgeport Oldtimers
• Teen sentenced in fatal shooting (Connecticut Post)
  posted on March 13, 2009 at 07:26:27 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- A Bassick High School student was sentenced Friday morning to 18 years in prison for fatally shooting a man during an argument over a DVD player.
• Trumbull students to see stars (Connecticut Post)
  posted on March 9, 2009 at 07:11:27 am
  TRUMBULL -- Eighth-graders at Hillcrest and Madison middle schools can look forward to some out-of-this-world experiences in the spring. They will be the first of the district's students to benefit
• Trumbull students to see 'stars' (Connecticut Post)
  posted on March 5, 2009 at 10:56:27 pm
  TRUMBULL -- Eighth-graders at Hillcrest and Madison middle schools can look forward to some out-of-this-world experiences in the spring. They will be the first of the district's students to benefit