🌱 Patch AM: State Releases 2025-26 Smarter Balanced Test Scores — See How Glastonbury Students Scored

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In today's newsletter:

• See how Glastonbury students outpaced state averages on key tests
• Meet the Glastonbury resident now leading Connecticut's sports event strategy.

Also on today's calendar: Connecticut Bead Society Annual Bead Bazaar This Saturday, Sept. 12! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Clouds breaking for some sun, with a high of 82 and low of 59 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 80, low: 67.
• Thursday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• State Releases 2025-26 Smarter Balanced Test Scores — See How Glastonbury Students Scored (patch.com) — Glastonbury families can see how local students outperformed state expectations on the 2025-26 Smarter Balanced English and math tests, with 73.4 percent meeting or exceeding standards in both subjects. The newly released district-by-district data highlights Glastonbury's strong recovery from pandemic-era learning declines compared with statewide results.
   

• Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTMEETINGS) Names New Director of Sports Sales/Chief Marketing Officer (businessdailynetwork.com) — A Glastonbury resident, sports marketer Christopher Grosse, has been named Director of Sports Sales and Chief Marketing Officer for the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau, which works to bring events and visitors to the state. His new role could help attract more sports tournaments and related business to venues near Glastonbury, supporting local hotels, restaurants, and jobs across the region.
   

📸 Around Glastonbury

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Glastonbury

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• Connecticut Bead Society Annual Bead Bazaar This Saturday, Sept. 12! →
  Elks Lodge #771, 44 Maynard St, Middletown
  10:00 am
Sunday September 13
• Messages of Love & Hope: A Demonstration of Mediumship →
  Solomon Welles House, 220 Hartford Ave, Wethersfield
  2:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 8
• Sublimation Puzzles →
  Welles-Turner Memorial Library, 2407 Main St, Glastonbury
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Great Pond Glastonbury Bird Walk →
  451 Great Pond Road, Glastonbury
  8:00 am
• K Fun Night
  Nayaug Elementary School 222 Old Maids Lane, Glastonbury, CT 06073
  5:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• Picture Day (9, 10, 11) - GHS Gymnasium
  Glastonbury High School 330 Hubbard Street, Glastonbury, CT 06033
  7:30 am
Friday September 11
• Free Buddhist Meditation at Elizabeth Park: Friday Evening Series →
  Elizabeth Park Rose Garden, 1561 Asylum Ave, Hartford
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Breakfast Baking with Chef Joe Mele →
  Riverfront Community Center, 300 Welles St, Glastonbury
  10:00 am
• Fundamentals of Buddhist Meditation →
  Odiyana Kadampa Buddhist Center, 450 New London Turnpike, Glastonbury
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 15
• Lunchtime Meditation in Glastonbury →
  Odiyana Kadampa Buddhist Center, 450 New London Turnpike, Glastonbury
  12:15 pm
Saturday September 19
• Social Justice Bus Tour →
  Glastonbury Historical Society, 1944 Main St, Glastonbury
  8:15 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Manchester

• 49 Bolton Center Road, Manchester, CT 06040 Property for sale (corcoran.com)
• Driver charged in Manchester girl's death was ticketed again for cellphone use weeks later (ctpost.com)

East Hartford

• $38M plan would add roundabouts, improve intersections and more in CT town (courant.com)
• Man critically injured in East Hartford billiards shooting (fox61.com)

Rocky Hill

• Juvenile Knocked Unconscious, Hospitalized After E-Bike Crash: Rocky Hill PD (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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