By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER Cheers, tears, and middle school peers encompassed the Board of Education last Thursday, Aug. 10. In a series of motions, the board unanimously approved a partnership with the Southington Middle School Athletics Association (SMSAA) which…
Kennedy students in Amy Perry’s third period class delivered 150 pounds of food to Southington’s Food Pantry in May after the teacher challenged her kids to find and solve a problem in the community. The students weighed the food that…
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITERS Scores of future Blue Knights poured onto the Southington High School sports complex on Sunday, June 11 for the third running of the Knights Cup meet. The annual event pits students from the town’s middle…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER The Board of Education recently celebrated 27 Southington students in grades 4 to 8 for their science achievements at the state and national level. Through the Invention Convention, e-Cybermission, and Science and Engineering Fair, students…
The Southington Police Department announced that they have referred 14 suspects from a recent middle school investigation to the juvenile review board, a community-based diversion program. The referrals were a result of an investigation into reports that middle school students were…
The Southington Police Department has responded to reports in social media about local middle school students sending inappropriate texts. In a press release, the SPD confirmed that there is an active investigation involving students at both middle schools. “This is…
It’s almost like watching a classic movie when you already know the script by heart. Timothy Connellan ripped the page right out of the superintendent’s play book when he sent a letter to parents saying that middle school sports might…
The lyrics to the song “Be Our Guest” says it all. “Don’t believe me? Ask the dishes. They can sing. They can dance.” Olivia Lanteri (Belle) and Jordan Cyr (Beast) waltz across the stage last weekend when curtains opened for…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER It’s a tale as old as time. Dancing tea pots and candlesticks, a young girl in a provincial town, and a prince trapped in the body of a beast. The music and enchantment of Disney’s…
Southington firefighter Jasen Zarcone teaches a class of sixth graders about heat transfer, above, during a seminar at one of Southington’s middle schools during the first two weeks of December. The Southington Fire Department partnered with the local middle schools…
