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After Two Deaths, HPD Heeds Parents’ Demand for Crossing Guards Denise Fillion, School Crossing Guard Supervisor for the Hartford Police Department (HPD) Traffic Division, sent a letter to the Milner School office dated August 22, 2017, informing the school that two crossing guard posts associated with the school would be closing. Fillion cited “low […]
WHY DOES THE U.S. SENTENCE CHILDREN TO LIFE IN PRISON? In 2006, Cyntoia Brown was convicted of murdering a man who hired her for sex and sentenced to life in prison. She was sixteen years old. Brown testified that she killed the man in self defense, that she was forced into prostitution by an abusive boyfriend […]
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WEEKENDS THIS FALL AND WINTER Upcoming Weekend Courses For students ages 13–18 | From 4 weeks to 12 weeks Meet thought leaders shaping a wide range of industries and explore topics you won’t find in a typical high school setting. From sports management and the environment, to arts, culture and more, our weekend courses provide […]
The 2015-2016 Youth Non-Violence Initiative The 2015-16 cohort of the Youth Non-Violence program traveled to Washington, D. C. this month. Fourteen youth, who were accompanied by Pastor Camp and their chaperones, were able to make this journey. They spent two days in D.C. studying and discussing past and current war, violence and peace-making events. The […]
🌟Mother’s Day Community Service Project🌟 Hartford Girl Scout Troop 10003 has partnered with My Sister’s Place in Hartford to recognize the 26 women in the program on Mother’s Day. This was a very worthwhile and humbling project, where we continued to teach our Girl Scouts about the importance of community involvement, giving back, […]
Frank Roswell Fuller Scholarship Fund Bank of America, Trustee c/o Trinity College Hartford, CT Origin of the Fuller Scholarship Fund Frank Roswell Fuller was born in Hartford on August 23, 1873, and attended local public schools. He went to New York City at the turn of the century and commenced a long and successful career in […]
New York City might be a liberal hub, but that doesn’t mean white parents want their children going to school with black kids. Rebecca Klein Editor, HuffPost Education New York City didn’t experience school desegregation in the 1960s and ‘70s like other metropolitan areas. Unlike in Little Rock, Arkansas, the National Guard was never brought in […]
Interested in STEM, teens? Hartford Public Library has programs just for you! YOUmedia is where teens ages 13 to 19 go to Hang Out, Mess Around, and Geek Out! Tricia George, Director of YOUMedia & Teen Services, and Gabbie Barnes, Teen Librarian, spent the first week of January in Austin, Tex., meeting with other YOUmedia specialists […]