The Class of 2026 proudly graduated High School in the Community in a ceremony last evening.

What better way to wrap up the school year than reading outdoors all together? Our amazing Truman 3rd and 5th-grade students had the absolute best time soaking up the sunshine, diving into great books, and enjoying some delicious popsicles alongside their teachers, Mrs. Brown, Ms. Gomez, Ms. Nai, and Mrs. Pasan!

It was the perfect celebration to cap off a wonderful year of learning and community spirit!

Yesterday staff and students at Clinton Avenue School celebrated the end of the school year with a little competitive fun! We battled on the field in the Staff vs. Student Kickball Game! Everyone was excited to come to school and cheer on our teams. The staff clinched a 10-5 win!

Mauro Sheridan Junior Honor Society and grade 8 student council members present their 2026 legacy project: a mural installation on promoting and encouraging kindness. The mural was painted in the middle school wing.

🌟 Jepson Day of Justice: Part 2! 🌟

Today was an absolutely jam-packed day of community, leadership, and creativity for Part 2 of our annual event! Our amazing Bluejays spent the day working on special projects to bring joy and hope to the patients at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.

Here is a look at what our students accomplished today:
• Suncatchers: Students crafted beautiful, bright suncatchers to hang up and light up the hospital windows.
• The Multi-Age Model in Action: Our 5th and 6th graders stepped up as incredible mentors, guiding our Pre-K and Kindergarten students to create heart spinners. It was a beautiful display of older leaders helping our youngest learners!
• Kindness Chains & Walkathon: For every lap completed in our walkathon, students earned a strip of paper to build massive "kindness chains" that will be displayed at the hospital.
• Garden of Hope: Students painted vibrant, uplifting rocks to be placed in Yale's Garden of Hope.

We are so incredibly proud of the empathy, leadership, and school spirit our students showed today. Thank you to everyone who made this day so unforgettable!

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Congratulations to the Hill Regional Career High School Class of 2026!

Students at High School in the Community worked with a local muralist to beautify the Union Street side of the school. Students painted positive messages for students and staff.

As 7th grade bilingual students at Truman School finalized their end-of-year projects, they asked: Is space exploration a daring adventure or a dangerous risk?

Inspired by Ms. Taracena’s daughter, who was accepted into an astronaut program, they created stories and brought them to life with models and drawings. Our 7th graders shared their work with Dr. Jaca and all bilingual classes in a fun interdisciplinary event!

Truman School students enjoyed their time last Thursday at the Chalk Festival! A massive thank you to our amazing Truman families for all your effort and support. Thanks to your dedication, we raised twice as much as last year!

Even though we had to adapt to the rain, our community spirit shone through to make it a wonderful day full of smiles.
Ms. Nabakooza and Ms. Villa, our art teachers, are especially proud of our Truman students. They did a truly amazing job, showing outstanding teamwork and creativity to produce beautiful art despite having to switch up their materials and move to a new location.

Thank you again to the entire Truman community for making this event such a huge success for New Haven Public Schools!

On Thursday, we kicked off Part 1 of our annual Jepson Day of Justice, and the energy was absolutely electric! This year, our amazing students took the lead and voted to support the incredible kids at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.

To celebrate, the New Haven Police Department and New Haven Fire Department suited up to take on each other and our very own Jepson team in an epic, action-packed basketball game! It was a day packed with community spirit, big smiles, and unforgettable memories, all for an amazing cause.

Later in the day our team hosted a basketball clinic with our younger students teaching them how to dribble, shoot, and do layups.

We are officially collecting new games, puzzles, coloring books, crayons, and fun bandaids to bring some joy to the children’s hospital!

We would like to thank the members of NHPD and NHFD for joining us for this amazing event and we look forward to a rematch next year!

What an incredible day of community, laughter, and outdoor fun as Truman School's wonderful K-5 bilingual students and their amazing families came together for a spectacular field day and picnic! We had an absolute blast capturing unforgettable moments, from our giant group lineup and fun family selfies to a sweet treat of donuts. Everyone stayed smiling while cooling off under the canopy, lining up for a delicious feast, playing ring toss, and sharing stories in the shade.

Retired probate judge and college professor Dr. Clifton Graves, Jr. visited Mauro Sheridan School to speak with Ms. Bosley's grade 6 class about the importance of Juneteenth! He also discussed education, listening, values, and striving for success!

So proud of our Riverside Academy students who eloquently shared their positive experiences as participants in the Youth Service Corps (YSC) program! This incredible opportunity is available to our students thanks to our partnership with Our Piece of the Pie.

We were thrilled to share the early learnings of this pilot program with the Dalio Foundation as we discussed the future of YSC at Riverside. Looking forward to what's next!

Congratulations to all the students who were recognized at the 46th Florence Caldwell Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony! We are incredibly proud of your hard work, growth, and dedication to learning. Your achievement reflects the commitment and perseverance you have shown throughout the year.

Keep growing, keep shining, and keep striving for excellence.

Dr. Braxton D. Shelley visited Mauro Sheridan School in honor of our monthly theme, Be Safe. He read to Mr. Genece's grade 2 class.. Dr. Shelley is professor of music and sacred music at the Yale Institute of Music!

Great partnership between Worthington Hooker and East Rock! We had so much fun playing soccer against each other on the Cross field! Thank you to the World Language Department for helping to coordinate.

Sound School AP Spanish students were tasked with studying the cuisines of specific regions of a chosen Hispanic culture and modeling a Food Truck and associated menu for their very own ‘Paraíso de Camiones’ like ‘Food Truck Paradise’ in neighboring Long Wharf. Represented cuisines are from regions in Cuba, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Perú and Ecuador.

Wilbur Cross social studies teacher Brian Grindrod wrote for the AFT about his efforts to encourage students to see themselves as "protagonists in the nation’s ongoing narrative."

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