Schools/Sports

Peer Models Sought for Preschool

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Screenings for 3 and 4-year-old Peer Models have been scheduled for: Tuesday, January 21, and Tuesday, January 28.(Inclement Weather/Snow Date: Tuesday, February 4). The Suffield Developmental Preschool provides a theme and skill based curriculum guided by BEST Practices as outlined by the Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards. Our Goals: Promote early literacy skills; develop each child as an individual; growth toward self-reliance and healthy independence; develop positive feelings of self-worth and inner strength;  learn to interact with others by respecting their rights and feelings; learn to solve problems and resolve conflicts by expressing feelings in an appropriate manner; growth toward physical, emotional, social and intellectual maturity. We provide a caring, supportive and fun filled environment. Certified Program Staff:

Special Education Teachers; Occupational Therapist; Speech/Language Pathologist; Physical Therapist. 

Please call Spaulding School at 860-668-3352 to schedule an appointment. 

Schools/Sports

BFF: The Premiere of a New Musical

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The machinery of adolescence is a topic that has been featured in thousands of forms of media for thousands of years, reflected on television screens, canvases, and frail rolls of paper. It is a theme with incredible longevity, but one that constantly requires new perspectives and techniques to maintain its relevance. This is a demanding standard, yet it is matched and exceeded by Suffield High School Drama Club’s production of the original musical BFF. With book and lyrics by SHS’s resident film and French teacher, Carl Casinghino, and music by his uncle, Robert Casinghino, the musical is an ambitious work that conveys the complex tangle of relationships that binds an average high school community both in the physical world and the amorphous digital realm. These two spheres are so integrated that the plot’s driving conflict emerges and escalates in the initial acts without many of the characters ever meeting in person, instead building animosity allegiances through text messages, which will be displayed to the audience through a projector.

People/Business

Music is a Unifying Element

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Rituals at holiday times enrich all our lives, and Suffield has lots of them. None are more joyful than the Christmas Concert at the Second Baptist Church, which is scheduled for Saturday, December 14, at 3:00 p.m. (snow date December 15). The concert in its present form began life 16 years ago, when Evelyne Battle arrived as the church’s Minister of Music. Following an unusual, if not unique, career path, Evelyne had worked in international banking with a position as head of a loan department in what she terms a “boutique bank,” one that funded projects in sub-Saharan Africa. She left the banking industry in 2004.

Government/Town

Vets Day Observed

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Government offices on all levels were closed on Veterans Day, along with banks and the U.S. Post Office. Like most businesses, Suffield schools remained open, along with most other schools statewide, with the day’s significance to be discussed in classrooms and assemblies.

Government/Town

Controversial SPD Study Published

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The final report of a comprehensive study of the Suffield Police Department’s operation, initiated early this year, was distributed to the Selectmen and the Police Commission in October and published on the Town website at the end of that month. First Selectman Melissa Mack and Police Commission Chairman Kenneth Pascoe then called a joint special meeting of the Selectmen and the Commissioners on November 4 in the Middle School auditorium.About a hundred attendees were there. First Selectman Mack asked Attorney Eric Daigle of the Daigle Law Group, who did the study, to give a short summary of the project and its 59-page report. 

As described by Attorney Daigle and the report itself, the study entailed interviews, surveys, and the review of relevant documents. His emphasis throughout was to assure the safety of the police officers and to reduce the probability of expensive liability. The Daigle report produced 10 specific findings and 42 recommendations.

Organizations

Vintage Fashion Accessories Shown

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On December 7 and 8, come visit the King House Museum decked out in its Christmas finery for HolidayFest and showing an exhibit of vintage hats, bags and diverse other accessories which complemented the fashions of yesteryear.