Middletown residents Avante Hart of Vinal Technical and Emmett Coughlin of Xavier were selected to the prestigious program designed to teach young men about the function of government, elected office and citizenship.
2012 commencement held under beautiful skies.
Girls feel the joy of success but also the pain of separation.
Kennedy Odede gives the senior class welcoming speech.
In a guest spot on the Washington Post, Wesleyan University President Michael Roth said he earned a three-year degree in 1978 and doing so at the Middletown college would save students more than $50,000.
Graduates were urged to aim high and persevere to achieve success.
Genna Marcin of Marlborough and Angela Pollard of Middletown are the top students for the Class of 2012.
On April 26, the Connecticut Organization of Language Teachers held its annual Poetry Recitation Contest at Bristol Eastern High School.
Students began with exposure to professional dance, visual art and writing; created works in their chosen medium, and even developed their job training skills by being responsible for attendance — and earning up to $200 in "pay."
Middletown's Xavier High School announces valedictorian and salutatorian
The university's annual concert featured students showcasing the rhythm, percussion and dance moves learned this semester — and invigorated the audience.
Middletown Patch congratulates 12 residents who received masters and juris doctors from the Hamden university this past weekend.
Middletown students were thrilled to see their classwork matted and hung throughout the board of education at the exhibit opening Thursday evening.
Rain may have pushed the end-of-year music fest indoors but the skating rink's dark club vibe was a perfect match for the young electronica composer's ambient, dubstep fusion.
Asiye's Boutique in Madison is offering a free dress to one lucky girl who goes to Vinal Tech!
Asiye's Boutique in Madison is offering a free dress to one lucky girl who goes to Middletown High!
The last day of work for Middletown Board of Education business manager Nancy Haynes, who has held the position since July of 2009, will be June 30.
The 2012 rankings of best high schools in the United States reveals Middletown High and Vinal students on average perform middling to substandard when stacked up against others nationwide.
College Mental Health Coalition's Send Silence Packing exhibit visits Wesleyan University to spread the word that suicide is second leading cause of death among students.
Commencement for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the largest college at UConn, was divided into two ceremonies Sunday at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, and 40 Middletown residents received diplomas.
One of Brett Madore's many achievements was being featured in the Connecticut Edition of ESPN High School Magazine as an All State Top Position Player.
The gala event celebrated the team's Class LL State Championship, State Open Championship and ranking as Connecticut's #1 Wrestling Team.
Kyle Buschmann from East Haddam will play Division I Golf at the Rhode Island College
The entire Macdonough School body walked between one and one-and-a-quarter miles Wednesday as part of the 24-year-old All Children Exercising Simultaneously Project.
Fourth-graders from the South Farms section of Middletown are the first in the city to visit the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks to learn about aircraft technology as part of its SOAR for Science program.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed says 'No Colored People' posters at the student center during the campus Indian religious fest are 'belittling.' Wesleyan President Roth insists they were poorly chosen words written by a student who has apologized.
Berlin swept all three doubles matches in a Central Connecticut Conference South girl's tennis match played at Wesleyan University.
Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison's sister Louise, who is bringing her Liverpool Legends tribute band to Middletown High School, is making a public appearance at City Hall Tuesday.
The Middletown High School Crew traveled to Worcester, Mass., for the prestigious Q-Cup Race on Lake Quinsigamond. The boys and girls teams raced three boats against very heavy competition and in windy conditions.
The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts production opens May 4.
Seven freshmen, sophomores and juniors from throughout Middlesex County created a next-generation motor coach that enhances fuel efficiency.
Coginchaug High School administrators will review its relationship with the university's AIDS and Sexual Health Awareness group following a complaint from a parent.
Middletown High School vocational-agricultural students took two of the many livestock they care for daily out for a midday walk during the Republican Presidential primary day.
Patch congratulates these high-achieving young people.
Child FIRST is designed to decrease emotional disturbances, developmental and learning problems, and child abuse and neglect among children (prenatal to 6 years) living in high-risk environments.
Lifelong Middletown resident and longtime runner Buster Nelson, 34, who teaches fifth-grades students, was fast enough to qualify for the race, a difficult feat.
Help Middletown Patch congratulate these high-achieveing high-schoolers.
Hundreds of Macdonough School students, parents, teachers and staff marked the year's first Walking Wednesday alongside Mayor Drew, former Mayor Giuliano, Principal Romeo and firefighters.
Mark Shadle, former co-owner of Middletown's It's Only Natural Restaurant, now co-owner of G-Zen with his wife Amy, brings vegan cooking to Shoreline students through a dining services partnership.
Current Principal Sister Mary A. McCarthy will become president in July, when Melissa Bullock, the academic assistant principal at St. Catharine Academy in Bronx, N.Y., will take over the high school