Author Topic: tell me about your school (ct only) (Read 4721 times)

skalnbyc · « **Reply #15 on:** March 27, 2007, 03:57:24 pm »

Melanie, are you:

-relocating the family?

-looking for a teaching job?

-just discussing schools?

-Curious George

davepeck · « **Reply #16 on:** March 27, 2007, 04:04:15 pm »

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Melanie, are you:

-relocating the family?

-looking for a teaching job?

-just discussing schools?

-Need to update my database.

fixed.

derickw · « **Reply #17 on:** March 27, 2007, 04:35:17 pm »

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fixed.

the book was just about complete and you go and change EVERYTHING

Gfunk · « **Reply #18 on:** March 27, 2007, 05:13:44 pm »

what th hell? did i miss something here?

FreeSpirit · « **Reply #19 on:** March 27, 2007, 05:34:43 pm »

a few schools I\'ve attended:

Bethany - Bethany Community School
Cheshire - Dodd Jr. High
Florida - Ft. Pierce Central
Goshen - Goshen Center
Hamden - Spring Glen, Shepherd Glen, Hamden Middle
Homeschooling
Northford - Stanley T. Williams, Totoket Valley, NBIS
North Carolina - Carnage Magnet School
Norwalk - Norwalk High
Orange - Hebrew Day School
Wallingford - Moran Middle School, Sheehan

antbach · « **Reply #20 on:** March 27, 2007, 05:47:14 pm »

from my experiences, the east haven school system is a very good one, until the high school. i\'ve said it in a thread here and there, and I think some of the other EHHS alum can vouch, but they didn\'t even teach us what a thesis was until senior year (if you were lucky) and even that was only a week or so to what a \'thesis statement\' was. other bad parts of the high school were teachers who were on the verge of retirement so didn\'t give a damn (Ms. Desenti, et al), which was pretty cool when you were a student, but sucked ass when you got to college (for me anwyay, then again I started going downhill freshman year). my EH school history:

POPS (Parents of Pre Schoolers; taught by my mother for quite some time, but no longer exists, though I may make her restart it since she is losing her job June 29 and she always loved it)
K-5: D.C. Moore (basically the other half of Momauguin)
6: D.C. Moore > Tuttle> St. Vincents> D.C. Moore (don\'t ask)
7-8: JMMS
9-12: EHHS

basically, Staven is fine, then send whoever to Prep, ND, or Lyman Hall

As for New Haven, I only know about what I hear from my buddy\'s wife (she\'s a kindergarten teacher there), and it\'s bad news.

Todd · « **Reply #21 on:** March 27, 2007, 06:37:03 pm »

Guilford\'s one room school house was awesome when I went there...I hear they\'ve progressed a little bit since then though...

skalnbyc · « **Reply #22 on:** March 27, 2007, 06:39:19 pm »

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-need to update my database

Per usual!

SkyePrizm · « **Reply #23 on:** March 27, 2007, 09:33:48 pm »

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basically, Staven is fine, then send whoever to Prep, ND, or Lyman Hall

Heeeeey, what about a girl? You listed two all boy schools. Honestly, I think ND seems to produce a strange mixture. You\'re either straight edge or off the deep end. I think its because the element of Waste Haven is there.

derickw · « **Reply #24 on:** March 28, 2007, 08:14:10 am »

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Guilford\'s one room school house was awesome when I went there...I hear they\'ve progressed a little bit since then though...

was that back in the day with the old school marm, all ages in the same classroom writing with ink and a feather........

melanie · « **Reply #25 on:** March 28, 2007, 08:19:23 am »

lele believe it or not you 2 are sort of my inspiration as far as success stories and the EH school system

lets say for the record that im just discussing schools ... but my kids are both girls so those prep schools are not an option, and will be kindergarten and 6th grade. my mom teaches 4th @ ferrara, so i know ALL (like 10) teachers there and i love that school, plus ive lived in that area and it\'s nice quiet family friendly etc. i know the HS has gotten "worse" (what hasnt?) in recent years but its still miles above, say, hillhouse (although new haven has career, etc magnets). what i dont get is why everyone complains about the middle school - its old the kids suck (all of a sudden???), theres fights theres gangs theres drugs etc etc etc ... Shay will only have a year in ferrara if thats where we go and then i\'ve got to figure something else out cuz the middle school sucks that bad?

freespirit ... i am impressed - i would love to hear your story sometime you want to share (thats a lot of schools!)

i LOVE milford but i really want to be somewhere between guilford\'s 1-room schoolhouse and new haven geographically.

so if any more staven kids or teachers have insight i\'m still listening.

Todd · « **Reply #26 on:** March 28, 2007, 10:53:44 am »

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was that back in the day with the old school marm, all ages in the same classroom writing with ink and a feather........

We were too poor for ink...had to use blood.

derickw · « **Reply #27 on:** March 28, 2007, 11:05:51 am »

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We were too poor for ink...had to use blood.

your a hellavuh good sport Todd, i hope i can still maintain my humor when i get as old as you

i\'m already to much of a jaded cynic

LisaS. · « **Reply #28 on:** March 28, 2007, 05:13:36 pm »

Hi Melanie!

I went to East Haven public schools my entire life:

Deer Run (in Foxon): I LOVED going to school there. I still see some of the teachers every once in a while and they remember me and my entire family.
East Haven Middle School (now Joseph Melillo Middle School)
East Haven High School

I have no idea how they rate with test scores but I think that East Haven is what you make of it. My sister and I were both very good students and both graduated at the top of our class with honors. I do have to admit that I slacked off alot and didn\'t try very hard. I wonder if I would have been as successful of a student if I attended a different school? My sister and I both felt pretty well prepared for college, where we both graduated with high honors. Plenty of staveners go on to graduate from ivy league schools as well..

I\'m a nurse and work with a couple of RN\'s that went to private high schools and expensive colleges. We both make the same amount of money and have the same college degrees. The only difference is they have a ton of loans to pay back and I don\'t.

Although the East Haven school system worked for me I do think the high school allows a lot students to fall through the cracks. If your children are not exceptionally motivated students or fantastic atheletes you have to be really involved with their schooling to ensure they are getting the most out of it and are not left behind or forgotten about. I can go into plenty of horror stories about that.....

antbach · « **Reply #29 on:** March 28, 2007, 09:51:43 pm »

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Heeeeey, what about a girl? You listed two all boy schools.

One all boys school. I purposely left out the "of ____" in ND, since ND Fairfield is coed.

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lets say for the record that im just discussing schools ... but my kids are both girls so those prep schools are not an option.

try laurelton hall or sacred heart when they get old enough if you wanna go private. definitely stay out of all new haven high schools. branford is supposed to pretty good these days, and the new north haven high school is just enormous

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or fantastic atheletes

lord only knows what the hell happened to my brother then.