Grant Untiedt is the state BMX champion in the 13 rookie category.
The Newtown Scholarship Association awards funds to 75 students while Newtown Friends of Music establishes a new scholarship.
Newtown's "home show" of the U.S. Scholastic Band Association Marching Band and Guard competition was held Saturday.
Newtown chapter of the National Honor Society holds induction ceremonies Monday night.
After a hiatus, Newtown will host the 15th Annual Joseph P. Grasso Marching Band Festival at home on Saturday, Sept. 24.
Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Linda Gejda and Business Director Ron Bienkowski have their contracts extended, receive raises.
The Board of Education votes to change the calendar to send students back to school for part of February break.
The state Department of Education has issued its annual Adequate Yearly Progress reports, which shows a subgroup of Reed Intermediate School failing to meet performance standards.
An owner-operator didn't notice a kindergarten student had fallen asleep on her bus until the driver returned home later.
The Board of Education is soliciting feedback on how to make-up tropical storm days
The Newtown High School Athletics Department will again be able to make use of ImPACT for Student-Athletes this school year
Watch a video of the discussion around the school bus contract decision at the Board of Education meeting on Sept. 6, 2011.
Newtown starts its first day of classes on Tuesday.
Teachers and staff welcome students back to the first day of school.
Trinity Day School will hold parent orientation a little late this year.
Scholarship awards for 2011-12 are announced.
With the cafetorium and kitchen still in disarray this week, students will be asked to bring in brown bag lunches for the first week as staff and workers make a final push to ready the school.
Officials say the majority of the roof work appears close to being done.
The Board of Education hears from two bidders on the school bus contract.
Both the Newtown owner-operators and representatives of All-Star Transportation trace long history in school bus industry.
The Board of Education invites four school bus contract bidders to a Saturday meeting but only two agree to attend.
This week's whiz kid is headed to Rutgers on a merit scholarship to study genetics.
The Newtown Middle School project is expected to be completed in time for school, officials said.
Work on the roofing areas of the school has begun with workers still on sight late Saturday evening.
Newtown's Connecticut Master Test results show students in the top half of its DRG, and in a few cases, at No. 1 in nearly all categories.
The Connecticut Mastery Test results show generally positive news across the district and state.
Newtown did not fare well when compared to other similar districts in the Connecticut Academic Performance tests.
Connecticut Academic Performance Tests results released Tuesday show decreases in math and science and increases in reading and writing for Newtown.
The state Department of Education's Bureau of Special Education says it has not found enough evidence to warrant an investigation of the Newtown public school system.
Officials announce a swap of assistant principals for the 2011-12 school year.
Greenhouse and the rest of the "punch list" tasks is to be completed by end of July, officials say.
Board of Education Chairman Bill Hart and Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson say they will work on improving the district's handling of special education cases.
Board of Education approves school calendar, revising early release days.
Palmer Lintz has a passion and drive to be a professional pilot one day.
Carla Kron has put together a YouTube clip of the Class of 2011 graduation.
The school marks its seventh graduating class this year.
Newtown school district will start to examine the bus contract bids.
Eighth-graders celebrate their achievements and say goodbye to Newtown Middle School.
Newtown High School holds a graduation ceremony for the Class of 2011 at the Western Connecticut State University's O'Neill Center in Danbury.
The Newtown High School Class of 2011 is recognized for many accolades, including racking up 30,000 hours of community service