Monday, March 8, 2010
The funds were raised through a school coin drive and a chess tournament.
VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS|Monday, March 8
Students of Middlebrook School in Wilton raised $3,250 through a "Change for Children" coin drive and a chess tournament for Save the Children's Haiti relief and recovery efforts. Middlebrook Student Council representatives presented a check to Wilton resident Carmen Weder of Save the Children at a special ceremony at the school on March 4. "It is wonderful to see children reaching out to other children in need," said Carolyn Miles, COO and executive vice president of Save the Children. "We really appreciate the local support of all the children in Save the Children's own backyard who have come up with so many creative ways to raise funds to help Haiti's children." "I am proud of the heartfelt concern that our students have shown for …
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Middlebrook School
131 School Rd
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Wilton Continuing Education classes provide a range of opportunities to expand your horizons.
Call it the Debbie Chavez Wilton Typing School for Men. Chavez teaches 12 courses for Wilton Continuing Education, but her lunchtime typing class may be one of her most popular. Her classes are among the more than 170 classes available - from computers to cooking, and from nutrition to knitting. "Mostly, up until last spring I had Moms," Chavez said. "But last spring men were coming to my class in increasing numbers. Men who were laid off, men who were mid-level managers by the time computers were plunked down on people's desks." But because they had staff they didn't need to learn their way around a keyboard. Now they do. The problem is most don't know how to type. "I have 40-, and 50-, and 60-year-old men in my touch typing class. Then …
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Wilton High School
395 Danbury Rd
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Members from the Boards of Education, Finance and Selectmen gather to discuss cost cutting measures.
Where exactly savings can be found between Wilton's governing bodies is up for debate, but it appears that search will likely be conducted by someone outside those groups. Members from the Boards of Finance, Education and Selectmen met Thursday night to continue their discussion of how to more effectively approach operations like purchasing and payroll management. Al Alper and Jim Meinhold (Finance), Karen Birck and Jim Saxe (Education) and Susan Bruschi (Selectmen - Richard Creeth was absent) seemed to agree that an examination of purchasing processes in town should be high on the list of priorities. The Triboard is considering hiring a third party to examine both the town's governmental and educational mechanisms in an attempt to …
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Wilton Town Hall
238 Danbury Rd
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
With only a few loose ends to tie up, the WHS renovation project is set to come in around $3 million under budget.
Members of the Wilton High School Building Committee held what they expect was their penultimate meeting on Tuesday and even they expressed some surprise at that fact. The school's massive renovation project is nearing completion still ahead of schedule, with just a few tweaks necessary to already-installed systems and payouts of some of the last contracts to be finalized. Barring any unforeseen issues, the project will finish around $3 million under budget. "There's light at the end of the tunnel," said Bruce Hampson, who led the meeting. "And I don't believe it's a train coming in the other direction." The Building Committee is now in the process of moving its many contractors into "close out" status, a somewhat elaborate process that …
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Wilton High School
395 Danbury Rd
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Monday, March 1, 2010
With only 45 percent of local students meeting national standards for fitness, town leaders attend a training conference and start to determine how best to put a $52,000 grant for the YMCA to use.
If you're not already inspired by Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign to fight childhood obesity, you'll soon be swept up in the infectious energy a 12-member team of Wilton community leaders has brought back from an exciting national training conference held February 17-19 in Washington, DC. Though not officially affiliated with Obama's campaign, the conference, which was sponsored by the YMCA of the USA and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity, focused on similar goals of increasing physical activity and good nutrition in local communities. For three days last week, over 150 participants hailing from 16 towns in Connecticut, Kentucky and Tennessee attended intensive workshops on strategies for …
Friday, February 26, 2010
A Wilton Continuing Education course will offer kids a chance at Iron Chef-dom this summer.
This summer look to young Wiltonians to not only bring home the bacon, but wontons and cookies, too. A new summer program, "Now You're Cookin!" will teach middle and high school students how to slice, dice, and sauté. Under the tutelage of a TV producer and seasoned cook, the young chefs in training will also learn a dash or two about healthy lifestyles. "I never say this is a cooking class in which you will eat vegetables and fruit," said Carol Leonetti Dannhauser, who will teach the class. "It just so happens the food they're going to eat is healthful." Dannhauser, a former journalist turned television producer, started the website Cooking Teens and a teen cooking show for CPTV. The workshop brings Wilton Continuing Education and …
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Trackside Teen Center
15 Station Rd
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Wilton Girl Scouts get a visit from member of Au Pair in America and learn about foreign cultures from the comfort of home.
SCHOOLS|Tuesday, February 23
On February 21, 2010, many of the Wilton Girl Scouts took a trip around the world to learn more about our global neighbors. The girls visited Germany, Brazil, Costa Rica, China, Sweden, Korea and France …without ever leaving their Girl Scout meeting in Wilton! Au Pair in America sent many of its au pairs to the Girl Scouts in Wilton to participate in the International Rally Day at Ina Driscoll School. The Au Pairs who are participating in the Global Awareness Program shared their cultures and customs with the area's youth. The event was open to all girl scouts in Wilton.The au pairs worked with the different Daisy, Brownie and Junior Girl Scout Troops to introduce them to their cultures and countries. They taught them games and spoke …
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Driscoll School
336 Belden Hill Rd
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Wilton falls to Darien 3—1 on Saturday.
The Lady Warriors couldn't overcome a blue wave on the ice Saturday, falling 3-1 to Darien on Senior Night at the Darien Ice Rink.Darien had been on an eight-win run that began 17 days ago—interrupted only by an overtime loss to New Canaan, and that continued against the Warriors. Saturday's win improved Darien's record to 15-4-1 (10-3-1 FCIAC) as they head into the conference playoffs next Wednesday, while Wilton fell to 5-11-2 on the season.The Warriors scored first with just 1:45 remaining in the opening period when Lara Schnitzler found some room in front of the net and poked it in behind Katharine Macomber. It was the only puck that got behind Macomber who made 17 saves.The Wilton lead held up until midway in the second period when …
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The New Haven Register ponders the efficacy of a statewide seat belt requirement on school buses.
The New Haven Register begins its story with a young student in Hartford telling his somber tale about watching his friend die in a school bus accident. It is not a pretty picture. The student, Sameer Laul, was recounting the event to members of the state's Transportation Committee as they consider about the twentieth statewide school bus seat belt mandate in the last twenty years. Past requests have failed because of cost concerns, with the Register estimating the cost of installation of belts on buses at somewhere between "$200 million and $500 million statewide." Wilton is among only four towns in Connecticut that require seat belts currently, along with Danbury, Redding and Cromwell. Read the full story: Lawmakers Ponder Seat Belts on …
Friday, February 12, 2010
Event usually adds 60-70 voters per year.
GOVERNMENT|Friday, February 12
Do you know a high school junior or senior who'll be turning 18 before Election Day on November 2, 2010? Wilton's Registrars of Voters Tina Gardner and Carole Young-Kleinfeld report that, under state law, those students are eligible to register to vote. If they are U.S. citizens, are enrolled members of a political party, and will turn 18 on or before Election Day, they can also vote in August primary elections. With help from the Wilton League of Women Voters, Wilton's Deputy Registrars of Voters Kim Nabulsi and Joan Starr will supervise a two-day voter registration drive during lunch at the WHS cafeteria on February 24 and 25. With proper identification, such as a driver's license or a social security card, students may complete and …
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Wilton High School
395 Danbury Rd
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