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Promise Club Pushes for Healthy Lungs
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Rachel Tautic compresses the bellows to demonstrate the flexibility of the healthy lung replica hanging on the nearby frame.
Bringing Endless Joy to Kids: a 43-year-old Tribute
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The next time you visit Kent Memorial Library and hear giggling from the children’s department, it could be from kids transfixed by a puppet show.
7th Annual Dustin Doyon Memorial Road Race
After seven meaningful years, this year’s Run for Dustin will be our final race.
Cut the Cord
If you are tired of paying high cable TV prices then you might want to consider switching to an internet streaming service.
Schools/Sports
Project Grad for Seniors is Under Way!
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The Safe Party Committee (newly operating as Project Grad) is excited to be in the full throes of planning this year’s SHS Class of 2017 celebratory event!
Schools/Sports
SMS Faculty Ekes Out a Win
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As the final event of Spirit Week at Suffield Middle School, the Parent-Teacher Activity Council sponsored a basketball game in which a student team from eighth grade travel basketball faced a select team of faculty athletes.
Schools/Sports
Another Award Winner in Suffield Schools
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With seven years of experience teaching science, Steven Autieri came to Suffield at the start of this school year and is now the science curriculum leader for grades 6 – 12 of the Suffield Public School System.
Schools/Sports
Thoroughly Charmingly Seussical Musical
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The colorful musical put on by the Suffield Middle School Drama Club near the end of February was totally delightful, if perhaps somewhat confusing, but the willing suspension of disbelief that is engendered by all good fables made it easy to appreciate, even without being a parent or grandparent.
Parent Math Night at Spaulding School
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This year, Spaulding School has engaged in a school improvement plan that focuses on teacher, administrator, and student growth.
Schools/Sports
Pizza Bingo Night
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Second grade Spaulding School student Anna Burnham enjoys the school’s annual Pizza Bingo Night tradition with her parents, Dawn and Dan Burnham.
Schools/Sports
Teacher-led Learning at Spaulding School
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Recently teachers at Spaulding School participated in a teacher-led learning opportunity relative to instructional technology.
Schools/Sports
Lots of Love at Spaulding’s Concert
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On Thursday, February 16, the second grade students at A. Ward Spaulding School treated the school audience to a winter concert entitled Put A Little Love In Your Heart!
Schools/Sports
Linking Social-Emotional Learning and Academic Outcomes
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Much research exists that shows the correlation between social-emotional learning and improved student academic outcomes in schools.
Schools/Sports
Read Across America Day
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Thursday, March 2, marked the twentieth anniversary of Read Across America Day.
Schools/Sports
Superintendent’s Briefing
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The “spirit of youth” abounds every day in our schools, but especially during the spring with outdoor learning opportunities, concerts, competitions, spring sports and much more.
Organizations
Vet’s Photos Featured at KML
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A collection of photographs by Charlie Hall of Windsor Locks will be featured during April, from the 3rd through the 29th.
Library
Library Project Update
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The Permanent Building Commission (PBC) and the Public Works Department staff have continued to address the issue of how best to encapsulate most of the painted interior surfaces of the 1972 building to be very sure that the level of PCB contamination in the interior air will be satisfactory.
Library
Short Story Contest Winners
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The Friends of KML provided cash prizes: First prize $25, second prize $10 and third Prize $5.
Library
Friends of KML Annual Meeting
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The Friends of Kent Memorial Library will hold their annual meeting on Monday, May 1 at 7 p.m. at the temporary library location of Fflyer Place.
Library
Kent Memorial Library General Programs
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For more information or to register for programs, stop by the library, call (860-668-3896), check our website (suffield-library.org), or follow us on Facebook.
Library
Kent Memorial Library Movies
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Seating is limited at our digs at 61 Ffyler Place. Please register for a showing at 860-668-3896. Collateral Beauty
Wed., Apr. 5 and Fri., Apr 7 at 2 p.m.
Thurs., Apr. 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
Mon., Apr.
Library
Kent Memorial Library Youth Programs
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Register on our website at www.suffield-library.org, or call the library at 860-668-3896. We are at a temporary facility located at 61 Ffyler Place.
Director’s Corner
Take Care
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The Syrian library in Daraya, which I wrote about last March, is no more.