Greenwich Student Diversity Leadership Conference is open to all high school students in Greenwich, both public and private. Conversations will be led by trained student facilitators, who are high school juniors and seniors who have prior experience with diversity conferences and clubs. Online registration will be open from December 17 to January 17. Continue Reading →
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Greenwich Prevention Council to Share Results from Youth Survey on Risky Behaviors
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The Greenwich Prevention Council is organizing a Greenwich Community Forum where the Youth Survey Results will be shared to be held on December 4 at YWCA Greenwich from 7:00-8:30pm. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health, Schools, Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, Brunswick School, Child Guidance Center of Southern CT, Communities 4 Action, Comuity Centers Inc, Family Centers
No Favorable HDC Recommendation for Greenwich Academy’s Daycare at 96/100 Maple Ave
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The Historic District Commission voted that the proposed landscape and parking for Greenwich Aademy’s preschool at 96 Maple are not compatible with the original HO for the 1910 house. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Real Estate, Bruce Cohen, Brunswick School, Doreen Pearson, Greenwich Academy, Historic District Commission, Molly King
Greenwich Academy Seeks to Locate Pre School in Historic Maple Ave Home
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Greenwich Academy purchased 96 and 100 Maple Ave this summer and seek to combine their lots for a total of one acre, and convert 96 Maple to educational use for a preschool in the basement and first floor, and faculty housing upstairs. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Real Estate, Schools, Brunswick School, Cowan Center, Greenwich Academy, Maple Ave, Stanton House Inn
GFP Summer Camp Guide 2018
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Summer is right around the corner. Click here to see a variety of local summer camps. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Bartlett Arboretum, Camp Seton, Corbin's Crusaders, First Church Preschool Summer Program, Fusion Academy, Fusion Academy Greenwich, Greenwich Academy
P&Z Proposed 30% Increase in FAR for Schools is Withdrawn
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The amendment, had it gone through, would have given relief to schools that are maxed out on their FAR, including Greenwich High School and Greenwich Academy who have been purchasing adjacent homes to their campus in order to expand their FAR. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Real Estate, Board of Selectmen, Brunswick School, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich High School, John Toner, Katie DeLuca
Greenwich Academy’s Purchase of 96 Adds to Long List of Properties
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At Tuesday night’s P&Z meeting, neighbors of Greenwich Academy said they were unhappy with the school gobbling up downtown neighborhoods to expand their FAR, though many properties are purchased for faculty housing. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Real Estate, Schools, 69 Maple Ave, Floor-Area-Ratio, Greenwich Academy, Planning & Zoning
Battle Brewing Between Private Schools and Neighbors on Proposed 30% FAR Increase for Schools
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A proposed P&Z text amendment that could give schools – public and private – a 30% bump in Floor Area Ratio (FAR) pitted private schools against their residential neighbors. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Real Estate, Brunswick School, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich Public Schools, Miriam Kreuzer
In Trip to Deep South, Greenwich Academy Students Trace Martin Luther King’s Footsteps
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During a recent trip to the deep south Greenwich Academy students ventured through Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee to trace the footsteps of Martin Luther King. They started in Atlanta and ended at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, which chronologically would be 1968, where Dr. King was assassinated. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Schools, Chandler Lane, civil rights, Connie Blunden, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Freedom Ride, Greenwich Academy
Wildlife Photographer Shares Passion with Greenwich Academy Students
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The show is open to the public from 8:00am to 4:00pm at the Luchsinger Gallery located in Greenwich Academy’s Wallace Performing Arts Center, and it will run until April 28. Continue Reading →