Browse past news stories for Hartford Public High School in Hartford, CT.

• Crime and Punishment (Hartford Advocate)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 07:37:22 pm
  Your Thievin' Ways Last week, according to a press release, the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, Nora R. Dannehy, sentenced two people to imprisonment for crimes that might best be classified as Stupid Human Tricks. Wilfred J. Bouton, 30, a former U.S. Navy gunner's mate, first class, was...
• Teen Accused Of Firing Paint Ball Gun At Students (Hartford Courant)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 04:54:37 pm
  A 15-year-old boy was arrested Thursday for allegedly firing at pedestrians and vehicles on Capitol Avenue with a paint ball gun.
• Gerry Chester: Cross country has shifted in the last four decades (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on October 4, 2009 at 01:06:50 am
  Sept. 25 was my anniversary. No, it wasn’t my wedding anniversary, but it was the yearly remembrance of the first day that I competed in a cross country race.
• Loyalty, Empathy Among His Crowning Qualities (Hartford Courant)
  posted on September 12, 2009 at 11:29:21 pm
  Moe Silver combined the common sense of a businessman with warmth, humor and a lack of pretense. Over his long career, he was as comfortable being the boss as he was delivering the mail.
• Students Get A Lesson Directly From The President (Hartford Courant)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 10:40:39 am
  Some of them fidgeted in their seats. But as soon as President Barack Obama was introduced on the projector screen in Wolcott Elementary School's auditorium Tuesday, the West Hartford children clapped. And when the president waved, some of them waved back.
• Find Out What's Going On This Weekend (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on August 1, 2009 at 05:18:36 pm
  Find out what's going on this weekend in Connecticut in our Community Calendar.
• Hartford Schools Getting National Praise After Reforming System (Hartford Courant)
  posted on July 27, 2009 at 10:54:03 am
  In recent history whenever the Hartford school district made news, it usually wasn't good. From high dropout rates to low standardized test scores that were celebrated by past administrations for not being the worst in the state, the capital city's schools and students have been much maligned.
• Obama's election inspires essay winners (Connecticut Post)
  posted on May 16, 2009 at 10:32:08 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- State Comptroller Nancy Wyman had no problem sparking interest in this year's Black History Essay Contest. The topic was the election of President Barack Obama.
• Unbeaten Danbury girls track team ready for big test (The News-Times)
  posted on May 12, 2009 at 03:08:11 am
  DANBURY -- Monday's meet against Trinity Catholic, Bassick and Norwalk provided little competition at all for the Danbury High girls track and field team, but with a crucial meet next Monday against Darien looming, the Hatters' success is definitely a positive sign.
• Area Results (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
  posted on May 10, 2009 at 01:22:15 pm
  Northeast-10 Tournament
• Record day for Danbury High track and field star Guider (The News-Times)
  posted on May 10, 2009 at 04:23:01 am
  Add another record to the resume for Danbury High senior Robert Guider.Guider established a new Connecticut scholastic standard in the hammer throw Saturday at the prestigious 38th Annual Hartford Public High School Invitation Track and Field meet at Veterans Stadium in New Britain.
• Schools: White leads strong local track contingent (The Framingham Tab)
  posted on May 10, 2009 at 03:37:01 am
  Several local athletes had a terrific day at the MSTCA Girls Invitational in Somerville, led by Natick's Rebecca White, who set a personal-best with her win in the mile (5:04).
• St. Mary comes back to nip Frontier Regional on walk-off home run (The Republican)
  posted on May 10, 2009 at 01:47:48 am
  After losing a three-run lead in the top of the seventh inning, the St. Mary High School baseball team was not fazed.
• Classic: Adams' 3s stirred up Nuggets fans (Denver Post)
  posted on May 5, 2009 at 06:46:21 am
  Michael Adams had his way of talking to Nuggets fans through his fingertips in the form of 3-point field goals.
• Sheff V. O'Neill Case A 20-Year Study In Persistence In Hartford (Hartford Courant)
  posted on April 27, 2009 at 11:09:54 am
  The desire for a good education wakes 13-year-old Kennisha Dixon in the dark hours of morning. She's up at 5:30 a.m. inside the small, tidy cape in Hartford's North End. By 6:45, she's on the school bus. The cracked, pocked streets of Hartford smooth out as Dixon makes her way to Simsbury, a quiet suburb 30 minutes away.
• School security post Columbine (WTNH-TV New Haven)
  posted on April 20, 2009 at 10:09:09 am
  School security in Connecticut has evolved since the deadly rampage at Columbine High School in Colorado, which happened ten years ago today.
• Recently discovered pastels on view at Florence Griswold Museum (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on April 18, 2009 at 05:25:14 am
  OLD LYME — The Florence Griswold Museum announces its spring exhibition, Visions of Mood: Henry C. White Pastels, on view April 18 through July 12. Lyme Art Colony painter Henry C. White (1861-1952) is the patriarch of a family of Connecticut artists and art patrons.
• Hartford Public School Student To Attend Westminster For Free (Hartford Courant)
  posted on April 13, 2009 at 07:19:30 am
  Kimberly Pope has been to high schools in third-world countries, on Native American reservations and in some of the most dangerous cities in America, looking to pluck a select few students and drop them at the prestigious Westminster School in Simsbury.
• A Look At The Week Ahead (Hartford Courant)
  posted on April 13, 2009 at 07:19:00 am
  Tuesday
• Hartford Adult Education Is Ending Credit Diploma Program (Hartford Courant)
  posted on April 10, 2009 at 10:04:33 am
  Maria Ortiz knows well the different paths that lead to a high school diploma.
• Array Of State Science Programs Targets Middle School Girls (Hartford Courant)
  posted on April 7, 2009 at 07:20:18 am
  When Hartford Public High School opened themed academies this fall, the Engineering and Green Technologies Academy quickly filled with mostly boys, while the Nursing Academy enrolled mostly girls.
• Fairfield's fallen star (Boston Globe)
  posted on March 24, 2009 at 07:35:24 am
  "You mean the guy who went out the window?" That's the first thing a half-dozen people say when you ask them if the name "Pat Burke" rings a bell.
• EHMS principal to leave at school year’s end (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on March 19, 2009 at 04:07:17 pm
  EAST HARTFORD — Middle School Principal Jeff Fournier will resign after just one year at the school, citing personal reasons for his departure.
• Hartford School Building Committee Has New Leader (Hartford Courant)
  posted on March 17, 2009 at 07:19:10 am
  Parents and members of Hartford's school building committee on Monday hailed new Chairman John Motley as an advocate and active supporter of education in Hartford.
• High School Day Care: Hartford Program's Future Still In Doubt (Hartford Courant)
  posted on March 14, 2009 at 07:20:40 am
  It's been a rough couple of weeks for the Little Owls Learning Center at Hartford Public High School and for the teenage mothers who rely on it as the city's only high school day-care program.
• EHartford looking for new principal at O’Brien school (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on March 10, 2009 at 04:22:52 pm
  EAST HARTFORD — The Board of Education will wait until its new superintendent of schools is sworn in before hiring a principal at O’Brien Elementary School, the board’s chairwoman said today.
• Cutbacks Proposed For Hartford Schools (Hartford Courant)
  posted on March 9, 2009 at 07:25:22 am
  Although Hartford school officials have not yet said which specific positions will be among the 254 eliminated next year, a review of budget requests from principals and central office administrators indicates that the biggest cuts seem to be coming from special education staff.
• Hartford Teachers Take Hit In Budget (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on March 4, 2009 at 02:53:06 pm
  Teachers are on the chopping block in Hartford with the approval of a new budget proposal in the city Tuesday night.
• Hartford School Budget Plan Calls For Over 250 Job Cuts (Hartford Courant)
  posted on March 4, 2009 at 10:51:02 am
  More than 250 jobs in the Hartford school district would be eliminated in 2009-10 under Superintendent Steven J. Adamowski's $373.9 million budget proposal.
• Hartford School Budget Plan Calls For More Than 250 Job Cuts (Hartford Courant)
  posted on March 4, 2009 at 08:21:30 am
  More than 250 jobs in the Hartford school district would be eliminated in 2009-10 under Superintendent Steven J. Adamowski's $373.9 million budget proposal.