Schools/Sports
Spaulding Teachers Engage in Teacher-led Learning
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On several occasions this year, teachers at Spaulding School have engaged in teacher-led workshops.
Schools/Sports
Countering Bullying Discussed
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Dr. Jo Ann Freiberg of the State Department of Education has spoken in Suffield twice before: at a forum in February 2011 with a sparse audience of parents and at a lecture in August that year to the entire Suffield teaching corps – in the morning for Spaulding and McAlister staff and in the afternoon for Middle and High.
Schools/Sports
Famous Author Visits Spaulding
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The Spaulding School community was fortunate recently to welcome famed children’s book author, Eric Litwin.
Schools/Sports
All Children Exercise
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Matt Bourgoin, the physical education teacher at Spaulding School, leads the excited Spaulding School community in an exercise during the All Children Exercise Simultaneously event held in early May.
Schools/Sports
Spaulding Class Field Trip
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Second grade student Dylan Rolon looks at his teacher Leslie Pickman as they admire one of the animals during their Spaulding class field trip to the Agriscience Center at Suffield High School.
Schools/Sports
Superintendent’s Briefing
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At our June 5 Board of Education Meeting, we will recognize the advising teachers and students of the Suffield Middle School Wingman program.
Organizations
Troop 66’s Newest Eagle
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Troop 66’s newest Eagle Scout, Chris Ferraina, recites the Eagle Scout promise with M. C. Jim Works, a former Troop leader who traveled from Florida for the May 13 event at West Suffield Congregational Church.
People/Business
New Animal Hospital Opens on South Street
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The big, new sign went up at the end of February in front of the River Valley Animal Center on South Street, and after two more months of finishing work, Dr. Mohan Sachdev held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on May 1.
Library
Contest Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the April Poetry Contest, funded by The Friends of the Library.
Library
Kent Memorial Library Project Update
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The 2017-2018 Town budget approved on May 10 with little opposition by a very small fraction of the eligible voters (about two percent) included $408,000 in “Capital Expenditures” for the library.