Bus routes and schedules for all Newport schools are now available to print and download.
Several school administrators, teachers and residents attended a summit on Thursday to discuss truancy and its possible solutions in Newport schools.
The non-profit organization is dedicated to keeping arts programs in Newport County schools.
The Alliance for a Livable Newport hosted a forum Monday night discussing plans for Newport's Tall Ship.
The state may help enable the construction of the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry under legislation passed by the Assembly and signed into law.
Several Newport students made the list.
The $36.5 million budget comes in at 1.56 percent less than last year.
Fiona Heaney placed fifth in the competition in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Newport School Committee passed the design as recommended by the Pell Building Committee in a 5-2 vote.
Students from each grade were chosen for the awards.
Johanna Lynch was one of eight Rhode Island recipients.
Strategic Building Solutions, LLC., was revoked as a registered corporation by the State of Rhode Island on Nov. 8, 2010. The company was hired by the Newport School Committee in December.
The petitioners called upon several witnesses to testify against the school's design, policy and procedure.
Projo.com's Washington, D.C. bureau recently caught up with Aquidneck Island Robotics team leader and local engineer Tom Dolan in our nation's Capital at a two-day forum to address strengthening America's position in science and technology.
Melville Elementary School students participated in a national program, Chefs Move to School, on Tuesday.
The Community College of Road Island announced their Dean's List of student's with a 3.25 grade point average or higher.
The “Sullivan School Lives in You" party was a celebration of the school's spirit.
Instead of switching to uniforms, the Newport School Department will tighten up and enforce its existing dress code policy.
Several students and musical groups were honored for their achievements throughout the year.
The Sea Perch Institute (SPI) is run through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant (MITSG) program.
Members of the Newport Gulls baseball team stopped by Hathaway Elementary School on Tuesday.
Her appointment is effective Aug. 1.
On July 9, he will be recognized with the highest honor in tennis - induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Several Rogers High School students planted cordgrass last week to help restore the salt marsh.
Many students will be attending colleges and universities in the fall.
Jaime Crowley was appointed as the new Thompson Middle School principal after a unanimous vote.
The Pell citizens group offered to drop its complaints if the school department created an Advisory Committee, but the offer was rejected.
The East Bay Community Action Program held its annual picnic complete with pony rides, baby bunnies and ducks, and lots of fun ways to bounce the afternoon away. Here are some highlights.
This past Wednesday, Rogers High School celebrated the senior prom and the end of the school year.
The Pell Building Committee found savings in the exterior materials and a city grant.
Twenty-four eight-graders graduated from St. Michael's Country Day School this morning.
Two Rogers High School seniors made it their senior project to organize the prom, including bringing down ticket prices to only $11.
Morgan Little, a student at St. Michael's Country Day School, came in first place in Rhode Island in the InvestWrite essay competition.
Commissioner Deborah Gist visited Newport as part of her tour across the state.
Anthony Borgueta lives in Newport and teaches at Barrington High School.
Twenty-two students received awards.
Melissa Pattavina, leader of the group petitioning against the current design of the Pell elementary school, said they feel vindicated to have been granted standing by RIDE.
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Public Secondary Schools, has awarded the high school reaccreditation for the next 10 years.
All 24 eight-graders will graduate on June 8.
Between the prekindergarten and kindergarten classes, 29 students will participate in the end of the year ceremony.