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

• Hartford Fire Chief Retiring — Then It's Back To School (Hartford Courant)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 12:02:26 pm
  When Charles A. Teale Sr. was a young man growing up in the city, the last place anyone could find him was inside a classroom.
• Sperlings honored in West Hartford (Jewish Ledger)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 07:17:07 pm
  Sidra and Marvin Sperling of West Hartford were honored for their dedicated service to Beth El Temple and its religious, as well as the greater Hartford Jewish community, at a banquet hosted by the shul's men's club on Oct. 15.
• 16-Year-Old Pedestrian Struck By Car, Killed In Hartford (FOX 61 Hartford)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 12:33:40 pm
  A 16-year-old was fatally injured Sunday night when an out-of-control Toyota hit him and a friend as they crossed Elliott Street near Wethersfield Avenue, police said.
• Out-of-Control Car Kills 16-Year-Old Pedestrian (Hartford Courant)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 07:45:38 pm
  A 16-year-old was fatally injured Sunday night when an out of control Toyota careened into him and a friend as they crossed Elliott Street near Wethersfield Avenue, police said.
• Connecticut Department Of Education Threatens To Fine Hartford School System (Hartford Courant)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 10:17:00 am
  The state Department of Education has threatened to levy fines against the city school system after failing, despite repeated attempts, to determine the job descriptions and qualifications of three people hired this summer.
• Knights want to get defensive (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on October 18, 2009 at 01:54:42 am
  SOUTHINGTON — Six days after the Southington football team’s best overall performance of the season, three of the unit’s leaders echoed the same sentiment — the defense must continue to improve.
• Weaver Classroom Evacuated After Potential Mercury Spill (FOX 61 Hartford)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 05:48:01 pm
  A classroom at Weaver High School was evacuated this morning after a potential mercury spill was reported at about 11 a.m. in the11th and 12 Grade Academy.
• Weaver Classroom Evacuated After Potential Mercury Spill (Hartford Courant)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 05:00:40 pm
  A classroom at Weaver High School was evacuated this morning after a potential mercury spill was reported, a school official said.
• Mercury Spill Reported At School (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 04:05:45 pm
  A HAZMAT crew was called to a Hartford school Wednesday morning for a mercury spill.
• State Rules Schools' New Director Of Arts Lacks Certification (Hartford Courant)
  posted on August 29, 2009 at 09:54:20 am
  The state Department of Education has ruled that a woman hired to be a districtwide director of arts for Hartford's public schools does not have the certification required to match the current job description.
• The making of a philanthropist: ADL honors David Chase and family (Jewish Ledger)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 02:34:21 pm
  Philanthropists David and Rhoda Chase are the well-deserved recipients of the Anti-Defamation League's 2009 Greater Hartford Torch of Liberty award. The story of David Chase could easily be found in a novel or a film, so riveting and inspiring is the plot.
• Film training program gets 2nd run at MxCC (The Middletown Press)
  posted on August 23, 2009 at 02:55:25 am
  MIDDLETOWN — A grant from the Office of Workforce Competitiveness this summer, made it possile for Middlesex Community College to run its second Film Industry Training Program (FITP), which started in June of 2008.
• Hartford Teachers Union Questions Hiring Of Three New Directors (Hartford Courant)
  posted on August 22, 2009 at 10:05:47 am
  The hiring of three new directors by School Superintendent Steven Adamowski has prompted complaints from the Hartford Federation of Teachers, which is questioning their administrative credentials and salaries at a time when the district is facing a multimillion-dollar deficit and expecting to lay off teachers.
• Connecticut Conservation Corps Is Smaller Than Proposed (New London Day)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 05:10:25 pm
  Vernon (AP) - Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Monday she hopes the new Connecticut Conservation Corps, which is employing about 30 young people this summer, can be expanded next year and provide more job opportunities in the difficult economy. The initiative, mirrored after the Great Depression's Civilian Conservation Corps, is much smaller than first envisioned. Rell, a Republican, had originally set ...
• Connecticut Conservation Corps smaller than proposed (Connecticut Post)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 03:02:03 am
  VERNON -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Monday she hopes the new Connecticut Conservation Corps, which is employing about 30 young people this summer, can be expanded next year and provide more job
• Conn. Conservation Corps smaller than proposed (Boston Globe)
  posted on August 10, 2009 at 05:34:01 pm
  Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Monday she hopes the new Connecticut Conservation Corps, which is employing about 30 young people this summer, can be expanded next year and provide more job opportunities in the difficult economy.
• Bidding Adieu Is Not So Easy (Hartford Courant)
  posted on August 8, 2009 at 09:37:02 am
  When I was hired by The Courant in 1989, I had a four-year plan.
• 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.
• More School Cuts (Hartford Advocate)
  posted on July 7, 2009 at 09:15:12 pm
  About a dozen more jobs will be cut from Hartford Public Schools this week, bringing the total number of cuts this year closer to the 250 jobs school officials originally projected in their budget, according to spokesman David Medina. A new academy to prepare Hartford students for college has already...
• Former Weaver Running Back Tries For Job With Cowboys State Rookies In NFL Camps (Hartford Courant)
  posted on July 1, 2009 at 12:13:12 pm
  Twelve rookies with Connecticut ties are with NFL teams. The Courant will check in with each. Today: former Weaver High running back Asaph Schwapp, who is trying to make the Dallas Cowboys as a free agent.
• Strong women leaders (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on June 27, 2009 at 10:34:49 am
  NEW BRITAIN – In a world and time of instant gratification and “me-generation” politics, four local women of color have bucked the odds to become leaders, role models and examples of what can be done if one has the desire and the will.
• Once upon a neighborhood (Jewish Ledger)
  posted on June 24, 2009 at 05:23:17 pm
  WEST HARTFORD - It's about to feel like 'old home week' for former residents of Hartford's North End. The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford will unveil its latest book, "Remembering the Old Neighborhood: Stories from Hartford's North End," to celebrate the area that looms large in the history of the local Jewish community.
• Hartford School Board Reverses Course On Credit Diploma Program (Hartford Courant)
  posted on June 17, 2009 at 11:08:23 am
  The Hartford Board of Education Tuesday unanimously adopted a new adult education policy that leaves the door open just a crack for the return of the credit diploma program, and postpones a two-year effort by Superintendent of Schools Steven Adamowski to kill it.
• Prom Reality Show: One Teen's Sober Role (NBC Connecticut)
  posted on May 30, 2009 at 03:16:08 am
  Weaver High School senior class president Angela Dunnham is setting an example by staying sober for prom.
• Crime and Punishment (Hartford Advocate)
  posted on May 27, 2009 at 02:24:47 pm
  Get My Name Right In Farmington last Tuesday a male who appears to be in his late 20s walked up to an employee at a gas station convenience store and started punching him in the head and the face, police report. The violent dude might have forgotten whom he wanted to hurt, since he screamed the names...
• Hartford student stabbed (WTNH-TV New Haven)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 02:23:58 pm
  A 12th grade student on his way to Hartford's Weaver High School was stabbed multiple times Friday morning, school officials said.
• Weaver High Stabbed on Way to School (NBC Connecticut)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 02:02:34 pm
  A Weaver High School student suffered superficial wounds when he was stabbed several times as he walked to school Friday morning.
• Student Stabbed En Route To School (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 01:42:12 pm
  A student is stabbed while en route to Weaver High School.
• Obituaries (Key West Citizen)
  posted on May 17, 2009 at 05:15:57 am
  THOMAS A. WOODY 'T.A.' Thomas Andrew Woody, 53, formerly of Key West, passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, in Dunkirk, N.Y., where he was living with his sister Kathy. He was born on March 12,... read more
• Activist And Son: 'We Stood There For All The Kids' (Hartford Courant)
  posted on April 27, 2009 at 07:23:23 am
  Milo Sheff says his experience in the Hartford school system often depended on how each teacher viewed the lawsuit that bore his name in 1989.