Summer learning with some fun on the flip side in Meriden schools- MERIDEN On a Thursday morning in late July, some 120 elementary school aged students were at Israel Putnam Elementary School. Students got off buses, lined up and headed for the cafeteria, like they would during the school year. These students are.
Meriden schools focus on maintaining small class sizes, individualized instruction- MERIDEN Skyler Puckett is currently a student teacher at Thomas Hooker Elementary School, working with fourth grade students. But next month, the 23-year-old Wallingford resident will quickly change gears. Puckett heads to John Barry Elementary.
she said she s grateful to the royals. it is really exciting tow soo people who have a platform to tuz to let people know what s possible. reporter: prince william founded the earthshot prize just about two years ago, and he says his inspiration was president kennedy s moonshot initiative which eventually got a man on the moon. so, norah, holding this earthshot prize event here in boston, the late president s home town tomorrow night, has a lot of meaning. o donnell: ben, thank you. now to the pandemic s devastating impact on students. reports show math scores have significantly declined in the last three years. in today s eye on america, cbs meg oliver takes a look at how one school district s new approach is adding up to success. reporter: when dan crispino took the job overseeing curriculum for elementary schools in meriden, connecticut, it was 2019, and he had a big problem to solve. when i would go into classrooms all over the district, i could see the kids didn t see