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

• Randy Smith 28th Annual Journal Inquirer Track Meet (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 06:29:03 am
  By all accounts, the Randy Smith 28th Annual Track Meet held Saturday at Manchester High School was a huge success. To purchase a DVD of this or other Journal Inquirer videos contact kloucks@journalinquirer.com
• Engagements Nov. 20 (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 06:27:22 am
  Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lawrence of Manchester have announced the engagement of their daughter, Bridget Katherine Lawrence, to Ryan Benjamin Tanner.
• Korican honored by peers (The Manchester Enterprise)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 09:19:25 pm
  Whether he’s attending a Manchester High School sporting event or helping out needy children around the holidays, John Korican has been a fixture in the Manchester community for several decades.
• School Board begins budget review (The Manchester Enterprise)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 09:19:16 pm
  Though the prospect of additional cuts in State Aid to local school districts won’t be certain until Friday, members of the Manchester Community Schools Board of Education began planning budget revisions for the current school year at its meeting Monday.
• Steele named Student of the Month (The Manchester Enterprise)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 09:18:59 pm
  The Manchester Civic Club has named Manchester High School senior Stephanie Steele as Student of the Month for the month of November.
• Manchester to examine schools overhaul (New Hampshire Union Leader)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 05:10:11 am
  Mayor-elect Ted Gatsas has spread the word among city and school district officials that he is interested in a dramatic overhaul of Manchester's school system.
• Manchester High School to host drug-awareness program Tuesday (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 03:56:41 am
  Manchester High School will host "Drugs 101: What Parents Want to Know" from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Parents of all district students are  encouraged to attend.The program is free, but advance registration is required. It uses a mock bedroom...
• Amber Silver will join the gold and maroon of Walsh University (The Suburbanite)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 01:42:47 pm
  A winning attitude and strong volleyball skills helped Amber Silver to be selected to sign with Walsh University.  
• Board placing levy on Feb. 2 ballot (West Side Leader & South Side News Leader)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 01:36:37 pm
  NEW FRANKLIN — The Manchester Local Schools Board of Education took the first of two steps required to put an 8.5-mill renewal operating levy on the Feb. 2 Special Election ballot at a meeting Nov. 17.
• Manchester parent uses fight as learning lesson (NBC 12 Richmond)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 11:03:21 pm
  CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) – A call for caution tonight from Chesterfield schools after Monday’s fight at Manchester High School. Officials hope to prevent further violence by having students and parents separate rumor from reality.
• What is the protocol for safety at Manchester high school? (NBC 12 Richmond)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 10:03:11 pm
  RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – Controversy continues to surround a fight a Manchester high school in Chesterfield County that students have said was the result of issues involving race.
• Football. Clemson Football Game Program Feature: Kavell Conner (Clemson Tigers)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 02:13:55 pm
  Next play. These are the two words used by senior linebacker Kavell Conner to describe the focus of the 2009 season. This kind of mental toughness is something that has allowed Conner to become one of the leading tacklers on the Tiger defense and one of the top linebackers in the ACC.
• Racial Tensions At Manchester High School? (CBS 6 Richmond)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 11:50:44 pm
  CHESTERFIELD COUNTY - "I'm coming to get my child," says Jamie Buckmaster. The mother of a 10th grader at Chesterfield's Manchester High School says things have gotten so bad, now school administrators are singling out students for what they are wearing.
• Principal alerts parents after fight at Manchester High School (NBC 12 Richmond)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:48:12 pm
  CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) – On the heels of a fight at Manchester High, Chesterfield County public schools is notifying parents for the second day in a row. The district isn't commenting on the motive for the fight, but some students say the violence was racially-charged.
• 2009 NHBR Business Excellence Award Winner Profiles (New Hampshire Business Review)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 09:36:15 pm
  Fourteen businesspeople in 13 different industries and two Business Excellence Hall of Fame inductees were honored Wednesday night at the seventh annual NHBR Business Excellence Awards, held Oct. 7, 2009, at The Event Center at C.R. Sparks in Bedford.
• Suspense drives MHS Agatha Christie mystery (The Manchester Enterprise)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 01:02:24 pm
  Murder, mystery and mayhem abound in Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” presented by the Manchester High School Drama Club this weekend.
• Manchester High Teacher Suspended (Hartford Courant)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 09:45:38 pm
  A Manchester High School teacher has been placed on administrative leave for what the school superintendent characterized as "a pending personnel matter."
• VCU women beat Tech with balance (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 05:16:29 am
  Apparently there will be life after Quanitra Hollingsworth for the VCU women’s basketball program. The Rams, relying on balance rather than a skyscraper beneath the basket, received double-digit contributions from five players while thumping Virginia Tech, a visitor from the ACC, 72-58 in last night’s season opener at the Siegel Center.
• Worth Repeating resale shop helps nonprofit groups in Manchester area (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 04:56:21 am
  Erik Holladay | Jackson Citizen PatriotYvonne Fent, left, and Pam Sprague, both of Manchester, look over items at Worth Repeating. The resale store opened about six years ago on Main Street in downtown Manchester. Everyone loves finding a treasure at...
• Men: The second sex (Times Online)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 01:41:57 am
  It’s increasingly a woman’s world, as boys and men lose ground at school and at work. But is this a crisis for the male sex — or a chance to redefine manhood?
• Manchester seeks first-ever win against New Britain (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 04:51:56 pm
  NEW BRITAIN — The one-sided nature of the football relationship between Manchester and New Britain high schools can hardly be classified as a rivalry.
• Manchester basketball team looking to play up-tempo game (West Side Leader & South Side News Leader)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 01:38:28 pm
  NEW FRANKLIN — Manchester High School boys basketball head coach Gene Schindewolf said his team is young this season, but they can make up for it with pure athleticism.
• STUDY ABROAD: German students enjoy visit to Manchester (The Manchester Enterprise)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 12:56:17 pm
  Twelve girls from Berlin went home last week with memories that will last them a lifetime of an America they had once pictured only from the movies.
• Veterans Day Observances Around The Region (FOX 61 Hartford)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 11:18:00 am
  Alberta and William Crosson look up to the sky as three Blackhawk Helicopters perform a fly-over on Main Street during the 10th Anniversary Veterans Day Parade in Hartford. The fly-over was done after a moment of silence to remember fallen veterans.
• Fighting bullying: Mix It Up Day helps Manchester students build social skills (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 03:41:14 am
  J. Scott Park | Jackson Citizen PatriotCori Kastle, a sixth-grade social studies teacher at Manchester Middle School, talks with students about bullying during Mix It Up Day on Tuesday at the school. Students were instructed to sit with people they...
• Staples Girls Soccer Wins Class LL Opener (WestportNow)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 01:39:05 pm
  Westport’s Staples High School varsity girls soccer team easily defeated Manchester High School 3-0 in the first round of the Class LL state tournament today at Manchester.
• WEDDINGS: Recent Ashland engagements (Ashland Tab)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 03:28:33 pm
  Engagement news on Meghan Mizoras and Dennis Baker Jr., and Faryn ROsen and Jeffrey Savasta.
• Berlin clinches Division III title (The New Britain Herald)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 07:52:52 pm
  BERLIN – Conference championships do not come easy, but the Berlin Redcoats coasted to one in the second half of a 38-14 win over Platt at Sage Park.
• Engagement / Wedding Oct. 23 (Journal Inquirer)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 06:41:24 am
  Charles and Jeanne Barone of Enfield have announced the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Barone, to Timothy Handly. Barone received a master’s of liberal arts degree from Elms College in Massachusetts. She is employed by Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield.
• Defense to tip scales for Whittier in showdown (The Eagle-Tribune)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 09:11:36 am
  The battle for Commonwealth Conference supremacy will not be at prime time, or at a prime location, but it should be a prime contest. Originally, Whittier (8-0) was scheduled to play Manchester Essex (7-1, 3-0 in CAC Large) at 7 p.m. Saturday, possibly at Endicott College. Instead, they'll be playing at 3:30 p.m. at Manchester High School's old field, which doesn't even have bleachers.