Browse past news stories for Kelly Middle School in Norwich, CT.

• Kelly Middle School addition groundbreaking set (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 04:07:35 am
  Groundbreaking ceremonies for an addition to Kelly Middle School in Norwich will be at 1 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Mahan Drive school.  
• Ceremony to mark start of Kelly Middle School project (The Day)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 10:25:45 am
  Norwich - A ground-breaking ceremony for the $40.2 million Kelly Middle School renovation and expansion project will take place at 1 p.m. Nov. 12 at the school on Mahan Drive. Board of Education Chairman Charles Jaskiewicz said state education officials gave the approval for the project to go forward, allowing construction bids to be advertised and the start of construction to be scheduled. Bids ...
• Local roundup (The Day)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 10:17:41 am
  Groton - Willard Visel shot a team-best 167 to finish 15th Sunday and help Mitchell College to a fourth-place finish on the final day of the weekend's New England Collegiate Conference golf championship at Shennecossett Golf Course. Bryan Eger shot a 149 to win individual honors and lead Baboson College (608 points) to the team title. Mitchell scored 683. Mitchell's Michael Baker and John ...
• Gerry Chester: Youth served in annual running event (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on October 11, 2009 at 02:36:59 am
  One of the top showcases for area youth cross country runners kicks off Monday in the 23rd annual Joe Lonardelli age group cross country championship, held at Kelly Middle School.
• Local sports calendar (The Day)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 10:33:03 am
  BASEBALL/SOFTBALL East Lyme Little League meeting — Sunday, Oct. 11, 7 p.m. (Niantic Legion) for election of officers. Contact: Dave, 691-1567. Dennis Long fall pitching lessons — Ongoing (five lessons for $140). Contact: 608-3287; Web site: www.pitchingeasy.com . America’s Game Fall Session II Programs — Beginning Oct. 26 (multiple ages groups for baseball and ...
• Norwich students learn to brighten life in Haiti (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 03:52:03 am
  Cindy Mezidor, 13 and a student at Kelly Middle School in Norwich, grew up in the United States, but her parents emigrated from Haiti and she has relatives who live in what is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
• Local calendar (The Day)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 10:27:01 am
  BASEBALL/SOFTBALL CT Green Devils girls' fastpitch softball — Looking for players for 2010 travel team. Contact: Barry Card, 235-5834. East Lyme Babe Ruth - Notice of Election Meeting, Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m., East Lyme Community Center. Contact: George Belke, 444-7797. Waterford North Little League meeting — Oct. 8, 7:15 p.m., at Clark Lane Middle School cafetorium. Contact: Barb, 444-7348. East Lyme ...
• Uniformity arrives on first Norwich day of school (The Day)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 10:37:04 am
  Norwich - One student called it his “costume.” ”I feel like a pilgrim,” said 9-year-old Alexis Mendez at the Wequonnoc Elementary School in Taftville. ”I don't like it, because I got to wear it every day,” said Wequonnoc second-grader Germaih Ballinger, 7. Norwich has enacted a new school uniform policy for elementary schools. Students must wear dark blue or khaki pants, shorts, skirts or ...
• Eastern Connecticut hospitals working to limit flu outbreak (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on August 31, 2009 at 03:32:51 am
  Health professionals at The William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich and Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam are preparing for bouts with the H1N1 virus and other influenza as the school season begins.
• Don Sikorski: Fall options aplenty for runners (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on August 29, 2009 at 11:41:27 pm
  Runners looking to plan some fall racing events have plenty of choices in the area.
• Health care cuts bring Williams to Norwich (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on August 8, 2009 at 03:08:58 am
  Melissa Gaulin never expected her children to be in the middle of the state’s budget fight.
• Norwich students improve Mastery Test scores (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on July 30, 2009 at 03:38:15 am
  Norwich Public Schools, one of 15 districts statewide on a watch list for underperformance, narrowed the achievement gap in some areas of the Connecticut Mastery Test, whose statewide scores were released Wednesday.
• Norwich Public Schools narrowing achievement gap in CMTs (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 09:22:35 pm
  Norwich Public Schools, one of 15 districts statewide on a watch list for underperformance, narrowed the achievement gap in some areas of the Connecticut Mastery Test, whose statewide scores were released Wednesday. Norwich’s bright spots mirrored a trend across Connecticut: Elementary and middle school students improved their CMT scores in all content areas and all grades — except for grade 3 ...
• Norwich Schools To Pay $70,000 To End Bias Complaint (New London Day)
  posted on July 28, 2009 at 10:23:16 am
  Norwich - The Board of Education has agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a discrimination complaint filed by a Kelly Middle School teacher who was not selected for the assistant principal's position. The nine-page settlement, approved 6-3 on June 22, called for the board to pay John Piacenza $61,600 and $8,400 to his attorney, Lucia Mercurio. Piacenza agreed to retire from the school system June 30 ...
• Norwich School Board Approves Teacher Settlement (New London Day)
  posted on June 24, 2009 at 10:11:18 am
  Norwich - The Board of Education Monday reaffirmed a vote taken a week ago to approve a proposed settlement with a Kelly Middle School teacher who filed a discrimination complaint with the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. School board officials learned that last week's vote, taken after an executive session was not proper, because the item was not listed as an action item on ...
• Norwich School Board Approves Settlement With Kelly Teacher (New London Day)
  posted on June 17, 2009 at 10:19:39 am
  Norwich - The Board of Education approved a settlement with a Kelly Middle School teacher who filed a discrimination complaint with the state Commission on
• Recreation complex replaces golf course in development (New London Day)
  posted on June 6, 2009 at 11:54:01 am
  Norwich - The professional luxury golf course and resort clubhouse have been eliminated from the proposed Byron Brook development project in Occum, replaced by an
• 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.”  
• School Workers Agree To Furlough To Save Money (New London Day)
  posted on June 2, 2009 at 10:24:01 am
  Norwich - With uncertainties still looming in Hartford over the state budget and with questions remaining on how the federal education surplus can be used,
• School employees agree to money-saving furloughs (New London Day)
  posted on June 1, 2009 at 09:20:23 pm
  Norwich – The Norwich Teachers League and two other school unions have agreed to two furlough days in the coming budget year, saving $200,656 in
• Today's meetings (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on May 26, 2009 at 03:54:50 am
  Today's municipal government meetings.  
• Kelly Middle Expansion Project Secures Permits From ZBA (New London Day)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 10:14:05 am
  Norwich - The proposed $40.2 million expansion of Kelly Middle School received its first local permits Tuesday, with Zoning Board of Appeals approval of a
• School uniforms in Norwich? Parents, students report strong opinions on subject (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 03:53:23 am
  Personal testimony and statistical data agree — Norwich parents and students feel strongly about the Board of Education’s proposal for school uniforms.
• Norwich zoning board approves change for Kelly Middle School (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 03:53:03 am
  Norwich’s Zoning Board of Appeals approved a variance Tuesday night to let Kelly Middle School expand on a larger portion of the building site than zoning allows.
• Norwich school uniforms talk tonight (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on May 12, 2009 at 02:53:03 pm
  The results of a school uniforms survey done by the Norwich Board of Education will be presented today during a meeting beginning at 5:30 p.m.
• Norwich Residents Debate The Pros And Cons Of Proposed Level Of School Funding (New London Day)
  posted on May 12, 2009 at 10:12:48 am
  Norwich - Supporters of the public schools urged the City Council to restore proposed funding to the school budget for next year, while others said
• Local calendar (New London Day)
  posted on May 8, 2009 at 10:22:55 am
  FOOTBALL: East Lyme Youth Football/Cheerleading will hold registration at the East Lyme field houses for boys and girls ages 8-14. and for flag football for
• American Friends of Kenya to host walkathon in Norwich (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on April 25, 2009 at 03:23:16 am
  The American Friends of Kenya, a volunteer, nonprofit organization that works to improve conditions in Kenya, will host a walkathon from 9 a.m. to noon today at the Fontaine Field Track across from the Kelly Middle School in Norwich.
• Traffic Plans And Landscaping For Kelly Middle School Expansion Explained At Public Hearing (New London Day)
  posted on April 22, 2009 at 10:04:41 am
  Norwich - Landscaping and traffic flow designs dominated a planning commission public hearing Tuesday on the proposed $40 million Kelly Middle School expansion project. The
• Norwich: Plans for Kelly Middle expansion presented (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on April 22, 2009 at 04:29:00 am
  Norwich Board of Education representatives stressed modernization and safety Tuesday night when discussing plans for the Kelly Middle School expansion before the Commission on the City Plan.