The entire Glenville School community are knitting winter hats and key chains to benefit Vanishing White Matter (VWM) Families Foundation. Fourth grader Sam Buck has the rare disease. Continue Reading →
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Greenwich Christian Preschool’s Wacky Wednesday Raises Funds for Vanishing White Matter Family Foundation
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Also, Thursday VWM Families Foundation is organizing “mismatched shoes day” with a nod to Sam Buck who wears mismatched shoes to school as a way of expressing his personality.
Help VWM support Sam and all VWM kids on Thursday, April 4, the anniversary of Sam’s diagnosis by wearing your mismatched shoes or socks. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Giving, Health, Schools, Glenville School, Greenwich Christian Preschool, Sam Buck, Vanishing White Matter Family Foundation, VWM
Student Cartoonists Sell Star Wars Calendar in Greenwich Schools To Support Abilis
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Two local girls have created a calendar featuring new comic drawings and original interpretations of characters from the Star Wars Universe. The idea cam in response to state budget cuts that impacted special needs students. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Giving, Holiday, Schools, Volunteering, Abilis, Angela Zarrilli, Cartoons for a Cause: Abilis Edition, Glenville School
Blankley: Do Not Hold New Lebanon School Hostage to the State Grant
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“New Lebanon school has long been identified as the next major project in the BOE’s overall improvement plan and it is needed desperately. Overcrowding results in pre- K classes being pushed to another facility, classes being taken in hallways and no space for enrichment activities.” – John Blankley Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Glenville School, John Blankley, New Lebanon School
BOE Opines on Charter Change Proposal: They Don’t Like it
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After the lengthy BOE public hearing, the board voted 6-2 to reject the First Selectman Charter Change Committee proposal to alter the composition of the BOE. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Schools, Board of Education, Glenville School, Greenwich Public Schools, Jeff Ramer, Peter Sherr, Peter Tesei
Glenville School Celebrates Flag Day and Bids Farewell to Former Principal Dr. Ellen Flanagan
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Glenville School held its annual Flag Day ceremony on Tuesday. Guests included retiring Dr. Ellen Flanagan, the school’s former principal, Chief Heavey, Lt. Kraig Gray, Selectman John Toner, and Superintendent McKersie. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Holiday, Schools, Ellen Flanagan, Flag Day, Glenville School, Karen Hirsh, Lisa Sylvester, Marc D'Amico
Greenwich Public Schools Rising 6th Graders Meet Up at Camp Seton
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Across town, 5th graders from all the grade schools each have a chance this week to go to Camp Seton with other 5th graders from the feeder schools to their shared middle school. On Monday, the 5th graders from New Leb, Glenville and Hamilton Avenue Schools all enjoyed a beautiful, sunny warm day of team building and orienteering skills. And the chance to make each others’ acquaintance in time for the first day at Western Middle School. Continue Reading →