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

• West Hartford Woman Charged Again With Assaulting Daughters (Hartford Courant)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 08:32:41 am
  A local woman on probation for assaulting her daughters has been arrested again for assaulting the girls, police said.
• 'Little Rock Nine' Member Minnijean Brown Trickey Visits School (Hartford Courant)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 03:32:25 pm
  In "Warriors Don't Cry," there is the defiant image of Minnijean Brown Trickey, one of nine black students admitted in 1957 to the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., dumping a bowl of chili on another student's head in the cafeteria, after much torment from white classmates. But Brown Trickey, 68, now stood in a Conard classroom Friday, and insisted it was not true.
• Students Learn the Art of Storytelling (NBC Connecticut)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 08:51:07 pm
  From nailing that job interview to giving a stellar presentation in class, it’s important to learn how to communicate clearly and effectively. A Connecticut professor is showing some West Hartford high...
• Conard Officials: Student Grabbed By Man (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 08:05:45 pm
  A high school student in West Hartford was grabbed by a man after refusing his advances, school officials say.
• Conard HS Student Reports Attempted Abduction (FOX 61 Hartford)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 01:03:00 pm
  A Conard High School sophomore walking home after getting off the school bus Thursday afternoon told police she was accosted by a man who offered her candy.
• Concussion Warning Signs Prove Vital (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 04:05:45 am
  A concussion is the most common type of traumatic brain injury. It's when a blow to the head literally jolts and jostles the brain. Knowing the warning signs could prove vital.
• Two Trinity Professors, One Student Run for School Board (The Trinity Tripod)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 02:51:42 am
  Three members of the Trinity College community are running as candidates for the West Hartford Board of Education. Starting on Tuesday, Nov. 3, Visiting Lecturer in the Allen K. Smith Center for Writing and Rhetoric Elin Katz, Principal Lecturer in Language and Culture Studies and International Studies Naogan Ma, and Andrew Bannon-Guasp '13 will all be listed on the ballot.
• School curbs 'passing out' game (UPI)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 06:34:19 pm
  HART, Conn., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- A Connecticut high school boy who played a hyperventilation "passing out game" prompted the school to publicize the incident, school administrators said.
• Choking Game Has Parents on Alert (NBC Connecticut)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 03:23:42 pm
  Whether teens call it "blackout", "passout" or "space monkey", it's a potentially deadly game where participants choke another person until they fall unconscious.
• Video Of "Choking Game" Alarms Administrators At Conard High School (Hartford Courant)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 10:17:49 am
  Despite the disturbing footage in the cellphone video, the four boys didn't think it warranted much worry, said Tom Moore, Conard High School's principal.
• West Hartford Parents Warned About "Choking Game" (FOX 61 Hartford)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 05:03:20 pm
  Secondary school administrators sent letters to parents Friday after cellphone video footage was discovered of Conard High School students playing a potentially deadly game in which a person intentionally passes out to achieve a high.
• Plane crash victims mourned (The Pueblo Chieftain)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 01:47:13 pm
  It was a day of emotions and disbelief for those who knew Eric and Deb Beaudry, owners of Pueblo Athletic Club. The couple died in plane crash Friday in Michigan.
• On AP Tests, Hall Excellent; Conard Numbers 'Freakish' (Hartford Courant)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 09:45:58 am
  It looks like a computing mistake at first.
• Cool Schools: Conard High School (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 06:35:55 pm
  Mike Hydeck visits Conard High School in West Hartford as Cool Schools returns.
• Mike Hydeck Goes LIVE From Conard High (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 05:20:45 am
  Mike Hydeck is live Friday morning from this week's Cool School: Conard High School in West Hartford.
• West Hartford Schools Told They Need To Improve (Hartford Courant)
  posted on September 21, 2009 at 10:00:40 am
  Within the next month, parents should expect to receive a state-mandated letter from the school district indicating it is "in need of improvement" for the fifth year under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
• Students in New Britain react to the President's Speech (FOX 61 Hartford)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 12:18:10 am
  Inside Roosevelt Middle School in New Britain, there are few subjects that make everyone in class pay rapt attention.
• Even Top State Schools Get 'Needs Improvement' Grade (Hartford Courant)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 10:47:45 am
  Some of the state's more prestigious high schools, including Hall in West Hartford, Glastonbury High and Greenwich High, have been put on the state's "needs improvement" list because they failed to meet yearly benchmarks under No Child Left Behind, according to a report released Tuesday.
• Report: 40 Percent of Conn. Schools Fail Performance Standards (Hartford Courant)
  posted on September 2, 2009 at 04:15:49 am
  Some of the state's prestigious high schools, including Hall High School in West Hartford, Glastonbury High School and Greenwich High School, have been put on the state's "needs improvement" list because they failed to meet yearly benchmarks under No Child Left Behind, according to a report released Tuesday.
• West Hartford Teachers Return, Greeted By New Superintendent (Hartford Courant)
  posted on August 27, 2009 at 10:55:00 am
  For teachers, at least, the summer of '09 is officially over.
• Back to School to Learn to Teach (NBC Connecticut)
  posted on August 7, 2009 at 02:01:15 pm
  The dog days are here and summer school chemistry class at Conard High School in West Hartford is in session. But one student in the back sticks out like a free radical.
• On Edge About College: A Time Of High Anxiety (Hartford Courant)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 08:09:30 pm
  It's a time when even the most normal, well-balanced kids can become unhinged. So can their parents.
• Adults In Conn. Take Summer Classes, Alternate Route To Teaching Certification (Hartford Courant)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 11:08:11 am
  Sam Varma arranges the classroom's projector screen, promising that this video will be "wild." It shows a hapless seal about to get eaten in the ocean.
• Teaching Program Draws Scientists (Hartford Courant)
  posted on August 4, 2009 at 10:48:58 am
  While companies reduce their ranks, highly educated workers do have an escape, if they want the challenge: teaching the next generation of scientists, engineers and financial analysts.
• West Hartford GOP Slate's Goal: Elect A Majority (Hartford Courant)
  posted on July 30, 2009 at 10:39:35 am
  A recent high school graduate not yet old enough to vote, the Republican town chairman, a former school board member, a bank official and a business protegé of former race car driver and automobile businessman Roger Penske are joining four Republican incumbents in seeking town council and school board seats this fall.
• Tour Guides Meet, And The Rest Is History (Hartford Courant)
  posted on July 25, 2009 at 11:29:26 pm
  In 1981, when Gloria Modderman went on a tour of the Mark Twain House, she found her avocation as a tour guide.
• Assistant Principal To Serve Overseas (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on July 8, 2009 at 10:15:52 pm
  An assistant principal in West Hartford prepares to head overseas to lead a company of troops in Afghanistan.
• Church To Take Up Residence At H.S. (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)
  posted on June 30, 2009 at 10:12:16 pm
  A West Hartford church is planning to take up residence in the town's high school for the summer, and both sides said it's a win-win situation.
• Church, State Sharing A Roof At West Hartford's Conard High School (Hartford Courant)
  posted on June 30, 2009 at 10:53:53 am
  The Calvary of Conard?
• Star West Hartford Student Returns From White House (Hartford Courant)
  posted on June 25, 2009 at 09:48:24 am
  Conard High School Principal Tom Moore and senior Emmett Gilles may have been slightly weary for Wednesday's graduation.