Norwalk Hour April 11, 2018 NEW HAVEN — The statewide high school graduation rate has broken another record, increasing to 87.9 percent for the Class of 2017. The news was…
Read MoreBy Stephanie Kim The Norwalk Hour NORWALK — For the past two years, a group of summer learning providers and community members have been meeting every month to discuss ways…
Read MoreBy Kaitlyn Krasselt, The Hour NORWALK — When Oscar Cortez moved to Norwalk in 2013 and enrolled in high school, he worried about all the normal things new high school…
Read MoreAs Members and guests arrived at Norwalk ACTS’ Community Convening on December 5, they were greeted with a room full of data on…
Read MoreNORWALK — Norwalk ACTS recently received an $8,500 grant from Antares Capital in support of its community work aimed at enriching and improving the lives and futures of all Norwalk…
Read MoreStriveTogether, a national nonprofit working to improve the lives of children and youth from kindergarten through college and beyond, has announced a pledge of up to $60 million over six…
Read MoreAttendees at this month’s Community Convening were greeted with a slideshow of children’s faces — smiling, playing, reading, interacting — as a reminder that Norwalk is a Collective Impact Community,…
Read MoreBy Kaitlyn Krasselt, The Norwalk Hour NORWALK — After more than a decade in the making, Norwalk ACTS is seeking independence. The education advocacy group — which began in 2005,…
Read MoreNORWALK — Amy Traore walked onto the Springwood Park tennis courts four years ago as an 11-year-old middle schooler with no knowledge of the sport. Today, at 14, Traore serves…
Read MoreNORWALK — The Norwalk Board of Education is poised to appoint Yvette Goorevitch as the public school district’s new chief of specialized learning and student services Saturday during a specially…
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