Browse past news stories for Ellington High School in Ellington, CT.

• Prep Footballers Pay $500 To Play As Schools Tighten Budgets (FOX 61 Hartford)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 11:19:11 am
  Golf outings, car washes, tag sales and comedy nights are some of the fundraisers that have enabled the Ellington/Somers co-op team to compete in high school football this season.
• Signature's "No Boat" Show Boat Opens in Virginia; Schaeffer Directs (Playbill)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 05:21:04 am
  Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, opens an intimate new production of the 1927 musical Show Boat — known for its large scenic design, matching its big emotions — on Nov. 17 after previews from Nov. 10.
• Signature Reinvents Sprawling Show Boat for a Smaller Stage; Previews Begin (Playbill)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 05:18:53 am
  Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, launches a new production of the musical Show Boat — traditionally known for its large scenic design, matching its big emotions — on Nov. 10. Director Eric Schaeffer is keeping the emotional heft, but is placing the ambitious musical drama, which covers 40 years of history, in a 276-seat theatre.
• TV/FILM: Inspirational Jazz Documentary "Chops" Drums up Excitement for High School Arts and Music Programs (All About Jazz)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 10:17:21 pm
  Virgil Films and Entertainment announces the innovative release of the acclaimed documentary, CHOPS, directed by Bruce Broder, which follows T.J., Owen and other high school jazz students from around the country as they prepare for and perform in Jazz at Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival. In partnership with B-Side Entertainment and Jazz at ...
• Timing, Math of D.C. Teacher Layoffs Spur Anger, Confusion (Washington Post)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  A student at McKinley Technology High School wonders whether looming teacher layoffs might violate his civil rights. Parents worry about larger classes and fewer electives for their children. And veteran teachers are concerned they will be shown the door.
• Signature's Revised Show Boat to Feature Burrell, Gartshore, Waters and More (Playbill)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 05:18:53 pm
  Helen Hayes Award winner Will Gartshore will be riverboat gambler Gaylord Ravenal, Stephanie Waters is his wife Magnolia, Terry Burrell is tragic Julie and VaShawn McIlwain will be Joe in Signature Theatre's new reinvention of the American classic Show Boat this fall.
• THELONIUS MONK INT'L JAZZ COMPETION & GALA: Coveted event and all-star tribute to Blue Note Records at Kennedy Center ... (Eurweb)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 01:42:57 pm
  *Washington, D.C.--The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz today announced its 22nd annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and all-star Gala Concert will take place at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 11.
• EVENT: 2009 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Bass Competition and Gala Concert Featuring All-Star Tribute to Blue ... (All About Jazz)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 01:00:46 am
  Herbie Hancock, Dianne Reeves, Wayne Shorter, Bobby McFerrin, Kurt Elling, Ron Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Terence Blanchard, McCoy Tyner, Terri Lyne Carrington, Earl Klugh, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Jimmy Heath, Nicholas Payton, and many others to perform Washington, D.C.--The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz today announced its 22nd annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and ...
• Marc Allard: Families, schools hurt by pay-to-play (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on August 31, 2009 at 03:36:09 am
  There is a point of no return, it’s just the matter of finding it. I wonder if we’re closing in on that point with high school football.
• Engagement / Wedding July 31 (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 05:35:49 am
  Dominick and Diane Cristelli of Ellington have announced the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Diane Cristelli of Enfield, to Jeffrey Allen Jordan.
• Ellington's Schirra Wins Kolinsky Scholarship (Hartford Courant)
  posted on August 16, 2009 at 12:30:55 pm
  Christian Schirra, a member of Ellington High School's state championship boys soccer team, is this year's recipient of the Bo Kolinsky Team Player Scholarship.
• Search the Archives (The Daily Tar Heel)
  posted on August 7, 2009 at 04:13:12 am
  When the Carolina Jazz Festival got its start in spring 1978, it was a weekend affair with one guest artist: educational play-along songbook creator and jazz guru Jamey Aebersold.
• Engagements July 10 (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 05:27:59 am
  Baroni received a bachelor of arts degree in elementary and special education from the University of Hartford in West Hartford. She is a math teacher for Newington Public Schools.
• Legion baseball: Rockville withstands Ellington comeback (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on July 13, 2009 at 05:28:22 am
  ELLINGTON — The Rockville American Legion baseball team built enough of a lead early Thursday to hold off a late rally by Ellington and escape with a 7-5 win at Ellington High School.
• Michelle Obama shifts to more substantive policy role (Everett Herald)
  posted on June 25, 2009 at 07:07:36 am
  WASHINGTON -- For weeks, Michelle Obama had been telling her staff and closest confidantes that she wasn't having the impact she wanted. She is a woman of substance, with a background in law, public policy and management, who found herself relegated to role model in chief.
• Command performance (The Sun Chronicle)
  posted on June 13, 2009 at 06:51:23 am
  FOXBORO - Foxboro High School music department Chairman Stephen Massey is due to join famed jazz musicians and educators at the White House Monday in conducting the first of three special music workshops and concerts for students at the presidential mansion.
• Baseball Rivals Call Temporary Truce For A Free Pass To Fenway (Hartford Courant)
  posted on June 9, 2009 at 12:26:50 pm
  When Bev Bachiochi of Ellington found out last month that she had won four tickets and a limousine ride to tonight's Red Sox-Yankees game at Fenway Park, she knew who she'd take.
• BMHS jazz band members relive NYC competition (Beloit Daily News)
  posted on May 27, 2009 at 05:04:08 pm
  When 18-year-old Christian Garcia walked through the Lincoln Center in New York City earlier this month with the Beloit Memorial High School jazz band, a crowd of people greeted the teens clapping, congratulating them for making it to the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival.
• Commentary: Marco high school effort learning from the best (Marco Island Sun Times)
  posted on May 19, 2009 at 03:26:02 pm
  What do words like inspiring, challenging, rigorous, creative, productive, sensitive, culturally diverse, and equitable have in common?
• Seattle schools continue decade of dominance at Essentially Ellington (Seattle Times)
  posted on May 17, 2009 at 07:24:33 am
  Essentially Ellington 2009: Garfield won and Roosevelt placed second at Essentially Ellington in New York, continuing a decade of dominance by schools from the Northwest at the top high-school jazz-band contest in the nation.
• Students play big stage (Centre Daily Times)
  posted on May 16, 2009 at 05:16:14 am
  State College Area High School Jazz Band members shared a stage with some of the nation’s top
• Dianne Reeves headlines the 2009 Bellevue Jazz Festival (All About Jazz)
  posted on May 15, 2009 at 03:10:59 pm
  The new, old Bellevue Jazz Festival reconvenes for the second year in a row in its current incarnation, a full-blown, three-tiered, weekend-long, diverse offering of artists, both well-known and novices, all within walking distance (a vigorous one perhaps, but a walk nonetheless) in a maturing, downtown Bellevue.
• Essentially Ellington | Singer-pianist Pocock shines in Newport's Ellington set; Garfield, Roosevelt up today (Seattle Times)
  posted on May 10, 2009 at 12:43:22 am
  Essentially Ellington Dispatch: Newport High School, from Bellevue, is one of three Seattle-area high-school jazz bands competing at Essentially Ellington in New York this weekend. Roosevelt and Garfield get their turns Sunday.
• Essentially Ellington | Newport's Ariel Pocock could be next Ellington-tapped star (Seattle Times)
  posted on May 8, 2009 at 10:12:39 pm
  Essentially Ellington: The Seattle Times reports live from the jazz-band contest at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, where bands from Garfield, Roosevelt and Newport high schools compete May 8-10, 2009.
• 3 Seattle-area schools intend to prove their Essentially Ellington prowess this weekend (Seattle Times)
  posted on May 8, 2009 at 07:15:03 am
  The 2009 Essentially Ellington high-school jazz-band competition takes place May 8-10 in New York City, with perennial Seattle contenders Roosevelt and Garfield high schools in the field, plus Bellevue's.
• BMHS jazz band ready for competition (Beloit Daily News)
  posted on May 4, 2009 at 08:03:28 pm
  After weeks of extra practices, performances and fundraisers, the Beloit Memorial High School jazz band on Sunday gave its last public appearance before jetting to the Big Apple later this week for the 14th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival.
• Today's local news briefs (Kingston Daily Freeman)
  posted on April 30, 2009 at 07:56:59 pm
  Village proposes sewer rate hike
• Talk to Me, Baby (DCist)
  posted on April 28, 2009 at 03:42:45 pm
  Your chance to see powerful poet Nikki Giovanni is this Thursday evening at the K Street Busboys. DCist's guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area This week, we have events featuring some very compelling and powerful women, including poet Nikki Giovanni, Condeleezza Rice, and artist Jean Shin. Tuesday: Award-winning author and biographer T. J. Stiles will be at Politics and Prose at 7 ...
• Schools notice an increase of diabetic students (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on April 22, 2009 at 05:25:31 am
  Living with diabetes isn’t easy, especially for a kid. Managing the condition, which affects how the body metabolizes sugar, means closely monitoring what you eat and checking blood-sugar levels. It may require injections several times a day.
• April 15 (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on April 17, 2009 at 05:24:42 am
  One in five working residents cannot afford medical insurance. Yet, we are paying state government and employees to have medical insurance. We would all love to be in their shoes.