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Children’s Programs

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Harvest Fun for Kids at Kent Memorial Library: Families with children ages 3 – 9 are invited to Kent Memorial Library on Saturday, November 23, between 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. to celebrate the harvest!

Library

KML Donors Reception

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On Sunday, September 22, the Kent Memorial Library Foundation honored those who have made the new addition possible – not just those who have given money, but also those who have given generously of their time and energy.

Churches

Christmas in Suffield

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Christmas in Suffield is a unique experience. No other community in our area features multiple Christmas fairs on the same day. This year five fairs will be held on November 2, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Second Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall will be teeming with activity. They will be selling plants, Christmas decorations, stitchery and knitted items, costume jewelry and a bake sale which also features jams, jellies and preserves. There will be attic treasures upstairs in the activity room.

Organizations

Friends of the Windsor Locks Canal

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Source to Sea was held on September 28 this year. It is a day designated for volunteers to gather and participate in the regional event to remove trash from the Connecticut River. New England States along the river, from its headwaters in northern New Hampshire to the mouth of Long Island Sound, rally volunteers in their respective states to make the river a cleaner, safer waterway. Helping Friends of the Windsor Locks Canal this year were four active duty men from Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee, Mass., who volunteered to help clean up the river. Fifteen tires and several bags of trash were collected for disposal from along the river, park and trail during this event.

Schools/Sports

Suffield High School Alumni News

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Nolan McCoy is a 2014 graduate of Suffield High School. He was captain of the basketball team in 2013 and 2014. 

To make a long story short, this kid is doing some outstandingly inspirational work. He graduated from Northeastern last year, and after that he did some community work in South Africa for eight months. He is now about to head to Rwanda for a year. This trip to Rwanda is a fellowship for an organization called Shooting Touch.

Organizations

SFES Seeks Nominations for Hall of Honor

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Since colonial times our quintessential New England town has produced sons and daughters who have distinguished themselves beyond the town’s boundaries. In more recent times, as part of its mission to promote excellence in the Suffield Public Schools and pride in the town, the Suffield Foundation for Excellent Schools (SFES) is soliciting nominations for the Suffield High School Hall of Honor. The Hall of Honor was conceived in 2002 as a way to inspire students through exceptional role models and instill a sense of tradition and pride in the school as well as the community at large. Selections are made only once in 4 years. Plaques with brief biographies and the accomplishments of past honorees are on the wall outside the high school auditorium as well as on the SFES website, and provide interesting reading.

Schools/Sports

Aces High has a Great Season

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The Suffield High/Windsor Locks High Robotics Team, known as Aces High 176, made a trip to Detroit, Mich., near the end of the last school year to compete in the World Championship of the FIRST Robotics Competition.

Schools/Sports

Hearing the Autistic Voice

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The Suffield community is invited to attend a series of educational events that will inform and inspire on the subject of autism. A national speaker on the subject, Jeanne Beard of National Autism Academy, will be coming to Suffield on December 3. This event is sponsored by Partnering to Reach Aspirations as part of its mission to help transition recent graduates with high functioning ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) from student life to independent living in our community. Funding has been provided by the Amiel P. Zak Public Service Fund. By better understanding this profile and the neurodiverse mind, we as a community will be of better support, will provide more opportunities and will mutually benefit from working together.

Schools/Sports

Rotary Student of the Month

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Congratulations to Kati Davis, who was chosen as the Rotary Student of the Month for September. Kati is an honor student and currently a senior at Suffield High School. Kati has received various awards over the years, such as the Rotary Youth Leadership Award, awards in Social Studies, World Language and Life Education, as well as the University of Rochester’s Young Leaders Award. She has been recognized for Academic Excellence, and has received several Scholar/Athlete awards for achieving academic excellence while participating in athletics. Kati has been a member of the Varsity Girls Soccer team for four years and is currently one of the co-captains.

Schools/Sports

CAPSS Award Winners

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It is with great pleasure that I announce the recipients of the 2019-2020 Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) Student Award recipients for the Suffield Public Schools. This year’s honorees are Kati Davis (Grade 12) and Anna Washburn (Grade 8). Adding to her collection of awards and recognitions, Kati Davis was nominated by the faculty and staff of Suffield High School to receive this year’s recognition. Kati currently serves on Class Council, as treasurer for the class of 2020, and courageously completed back-to-back shifts in the dunk tank during Suffield on the Green. In addition to her efforts in organizing the Dustin Doyon Road Race, she participated in several community cleanups, Readers for Leaders, the Chick-Fil-A Leadership Academy, and was a recipient of the Rochester Young Leaders Award.