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Superintendent Weekly Update #11

Posted Date: 11/08/25 (11:40 AM)

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Superintendent's Update

Weekly Update #11 November 8, 2025

Diverse students

Leveling Up Culturally Responsive and Engaging Pedagogy "With a Little Help from our Friends"

District Intended Outcome: That we maintain the high performance of students meeting and exceeding district standards/expectations, increase performance of students performing below district standards/expectations, and reduce the predictable performance gap between groups of students performing at or above standards/expectations and groups of students performing below standards/expectations.

Our Educators and Students are Doing Amazing Things!

CT Fresh Ed Great Plates Winner
Dana Markovics is the first-place winner in the October CT Fresh Ed Great Plates contest for schools participating in farm to school for 2 years or less! Her submission was creative, beautifully presented, and packed with local food!

Our district will be receiving an inflatable cow from New England Dairy and an award certificate from CSDE soon. Newington Schools Food Service Department will also be given one free admission to the CSDE spring Farm to School conference.

See the photo below of her submission. The farms where food was sourced: SubEdge Farms, Farmington, CT and Karabin Farms, Southington, CT
Stars
Fresh Ed Winner
Garfield Street Updates
Milling has begun on the transportation parking lot where buses are typically housed. Check out a video here to see the updates!
23rd CAS Celebration of School Leadership
Terra Tigno and Marco Tirillo were honored on Wednesday evening at the 23rd CAS Celebration of School Leadership. You can view the videos honoring Terra here and Marco here.
23rd CAS Celebration of School Leadership
23rd CAS Celebration of School Leadership
John Paterson Touch-A-Truck
On Thursday, John Paterson students were able to participate in a Touch-A-Truck event complete with a fire truck, monster trucks, and more! Special thanks to Kim DePaolis for organizing this event to support her student who has a rare disorder. For a full report on this effort click this link https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i1SsGsWYtjprUMwwuuSC7OyOIJu218iqeXdfsMQuM5I/edit?usp=sharing
John Wallace Construction Updates
The construction at John Wallace is moving right along! The duct work has finished up in Wings 3 and 4, and the ceilings will be closing up in the next two weeks. Primer is already on the walls, but most finishes will also begin next week, such as the floor and wall tile in the bathrooms! Lockers will be installed the first week of December, with furniture expected to arrive by December 15th. We can't wait for students to be in the finished wings after winter break!
JWMS Construction
JWMS Construction

Pep Rally at NHS was a Huge Success

Terra and Team shared this group photo of NHS staff at the NHS Pep Rally on Friday.
NHS Pep Rally Photo
Marine's 250th Anniversary Cake
Ali McKeown, Culinary Arts teacher at NHS, shared the cake that our NHS Culinary Program produced for the Marine's 250th anniversary. She says, "Producing an item of this scale has its challenges, which made it a great learning opportunity for our students. I'm incredibly proud of the perseverance and hard work that students demonstrated. A huge shoutout to my intern, Chase Lafond, who came in early and put in extra time to help with the cake."
helping hands

Everyday Hero 2025-26

Linked here is the Everyday Hero nomination form for this school year.

Coming Attractions

Coming Attractions

The Music Department has been invited to perform in a community event on Veteran's Day. Here are the details:

TUESDAY 11/11 - Early Release Day
Chamber Choir
Performing at Senior Center for their Veteran's Day Ceremony
Equity

Equity

Celebrations and Condolences

Celebrations: none reported

Condolences: none reported
Be Well,
Maureen