Browse past news stories for Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, CT.

• John Hammett, 53 (New Haven Independent)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 02:03:00 am
  John Anthony Hammett, 53 of New Haven entered into eternal life on November 18, 2009. John was born November 5, 1956 in New Haven, CT to Emily Coles Hammett of New Haven, CT and the late David Hammett.
• Report Card Night Revamped (New Haven Independent)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 06:18:01 pm
  With his grades in hand, Nicko Navarro had to break the bad news to his parents, face-to-face.
• Teacher committed following incident (New Haven Register)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 09:49:30 am
  NEW HAVEN — A Wilbur Cross High School teacher was committed to Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital last month after allegedly refusing to leave the school and then creating a disturbance at police headquarters.
• Parents Challenged To Join Reform Drive (New Haven Independent)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 01:03:00 pm
  As parents leaped into New Haven's ambitious school change campaign, Tesha Todman offered suggestions: Dock students' grades if their parents don't show up to report card night. And make the parents learn to use computers.
• Aldermen back teacher contract (Yale Daily News)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 09:27:33 am
  The Board of Aldermen approved the groundbreaking New Haven teachers’ union contract on Thursday, clearing the path for city officials to embark on extensive public school reform plans.
• DeStefano reelected to ninth term (Yale Daily News)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 09:09:01 am
  Standing on a chair and looking down at the crowd of supporters filling the back room of the Playwright, a pub on Temple Street, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. took in yet another mayoral victory Tuesday evening.
• Elicker wins in Ward 10 (Yale Daily News)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 09:07:51 am
  In one of New Haven’s most contested races this election cycle, Democrat Justin Elicker FES ’10 SOM ’10 beat incumbent Green Party candidate Allan Brison for the East Rock aldermanic seat with a vote of 652 to 339.
• Board's Only Green Loses In Landslide (New Haven Independent)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 01:02:59 am
  (Updated 8:37 p.m.) The Board of Aldermen's lone Green member was trounced 618-320 Tuesday in East Rock's Ward 10.
• Students At New Haven's Neighborhood Music School To Play For First Lady (FOX 61 Hartford)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 07:03:12 pm
  Matthew Beland swayed back and forth as he pushed the bow to and fro over the strings of his violin.
• List of polling places for Tues. election (New Haven Register)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 08:45:57 am
  Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday for municipal elections in area towns:
• Ranks Of Homeless Schoolkids Rise 25% (New Haven Independent)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 11:33:00 am
  Lateef doesn't know what to tell friends at school who ask where he lives. Mom said to tell them he lives with his aunt. But he can't invite them over.
• Thousands Seek Bargains, Jobs (New Haven Independent)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 12:03:00 pm
  Lulu Bland recently got laid off from her factory job. On another recession Wednesday, she went shopping for a new job -- and a new career -- at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Across town, John L., an unemployed restaurant worker, was shopping for $2 shirts and pants.
• City teachers OK new 4-year contract (New Haven Register)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 01:01:36 pm
  NEW HAVEN — City teachers overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year contract in an 842-39 vote Tuesday, decisively accepting several substantial reforms key to Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s attempt to overhaul the public schools.
• Enrollment soars for city’s Delta Academy program (New Haven Register)
  posted on September 29, 2009 at 07:32:28 am
  NEW HAVEN — The success of the Delta Academy/Delta GEMS in New Haven is not only in the stories of prepared young women who go off to college confident that they can achieve their dream, but also in the numbers. Enrollment this year has skyrocketed.
• Area schools join CBIA program (New Haven Register)
  posted on August 24, 2009 at 07:37:35 am
  A dozen Connecticut high schools, including three in New Haven, have joined the Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s “Project Opening Doors” program, which aims to increase the number of Advanced Placement math, science and English classes in schools.
• Fired city teacher to appeal decision (New Haven Register)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 06:49:02 am
  NEW HAVEN — Recently ousted Sound School teacher Philip Bonang will appeal the Board of Education’s decision to fire him, accusing the board of failing to properly notify him of a hearing on his case.
• Schools get funds for cafeterias (New Haven Register)
  posted on July 15, 2009 at 11:37:48 am
  The state Department of Education has awarded a total of $785,878 in federal stimulus funds to more than 50 schools to upgrade cafeteria equipment, including several grants to New Haven-area public, charter and private schools.
• Some East Rock residents, groups say Whitney Avenue work misses mark (New Haven Register)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 07:25:48 am
  NEW HAVEN — While many motorists are applauding the repaving of Whitney Avenue, some East Rock residents say a golden opportunity to move beyond the usual four-lane “speedway” has been wasted.
• New Haven teen one of five Sunken Garden poetry winners (New Haven Register)
  posted on July 6, 2009 at 07:26:22 am
  FARMINGTON — Charlotte Beach, a sophomore from New Haven’s Wilbur Cross High School, is the only local poet among the five winners of the Hill-Stead Museum’s 2009 Fresh Voices Competition.
• Math Comprehension (New Haven Advocate)
  posted on July 1, 2009 at 03:36:33 pm
  Tyshawn Cannon, looking proud in a maroon polyester cap and gown, graduated from Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven last Thursday. Four years ago, Cannon was one of 1,796 incoming ninth graders citywide. Only 1,000 of Cannon's classmates graduated last week. Somewhere along the way nearly 800...
• Math Comprehension (Fairfield County Weekly)
  posted on June 30, 2009 at 06:50:15 pm
  Tyshawn Cannon, looking proud in a maroon polyester cap and gown, graduated from Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven last Thursday. Four years ago, Cannon was one of 1,796 incoming ninth graders citywide. Only 1,000 of Cannon's classmates graduated last week. Somewhere along the way nearly 800...
• Police: Tot Killed In Hit-And-Run Wasn't In Car Seat (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on June 8, 2009 at 04:57:12 pm
  The mother of a toddler child remains in critical condition after a weekend hit-and-run crash that killed her son.
• Newsmaker: Norwich middle-schooler wins medal at state poetry contest (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on June 5, 2009 at 04:10:41 am
  Lauren Hodkinson, 12, a seventh-grader at Kelly Middle School in Norwich, won a bronze medal at the 28th Annual World Languages Poetry Recitation Contest sponsored by the Connecticut Council of Language Teachers and held April 7 in New Haven. Competing in the Middle School 1 category, Hodkinson won for her Spanish recitation of Jose Marti’s “Versos Sencillos.”  
• Actor has encore, with a message, at Central (Connecticut Post)
  posted on May 28, 2009 at 10:32:08 pm
  BRIDGEPORT -- Ana Goncalves, 19, wasn't familiar with Michael Jai White's work. All she knew is that he is an actor, and like her, attended Central High School.
• Freddie's Back: But parade turnout disappoints (New Haven Register)
  posted on May 19, 2009 at 07:50:51 am
  NEW HAVEN — A year after the Freddie Fixer Parade was canceled because of concerns about violence, the tradition returned Sunday with a smaller event that many hoped would bring bigger crowds next year.
• Freddie Fixer returns to march after missing last year (New Haven Register)
  posted on May 16, 2009 at 01:12:21 pm
  NEW HAVEN — For the first time in 45 years, Freddie Fixer didn’t march last year. Because of a handful of tragic events in the city leading up to 2008’s parade date, the annual event, which celebrates the spirit of community, didn’t step off. That all changes Sunday.
• Neighborhood cleanups set stage for parade (New Haven Register)
  posted on May 11, 2009 at 07:33:47 am
  NEW HAVEN — Dozens of volunteers scooped up litter, dead leaves and broken twigs Saturday from the Dixwell Avenue site that will house the grandstand for next weekend’s Freddie Fixer Parade.
• Community cleans up before parade (WTNH-TV New Haven)
  posted on May 9, 2009 at 10:53:59 am
  The Freddie Fixer Parade, an annual tradition in New Haven, is set to return this year with a new focus and a renewed sense of community. But first, organizers and supporters will hit the streets to clean up.
• Community cleanup Saturday in city (New Haven Register)
  posted on May 8, 2009 at 09:35:38 am
  NEW HAVEN — Community members will come out with rakes and brooms Saturday for the Freddie Fixer community cleanup, the traditional kick-off for festivities leading up to the long-standing black-pride parade in the city.
• 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.