Jun. 11—The Salem Board of Education on Thursday appointed Brian Hendrickson of Noank to replace part-time Superintendent Joseph Onofrio II. Hendrickson is currently the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in Ellington. Onofrio, who is retiring, has been at the helm of the Salem school district since 2012. He announced his departure plan last summer. Hendrickson will make .
Thomas Deitelbaum
NAUGATUCK As schools across the state turned to distance learning amid the COVID-19 outbreak this spring, Thomas Deitelbaum thought about the significant amount of time children spent in front of computer screens.
Then an idea popped into his head.
Deitelbaum, a fourth-grade teacher at Hop Brook Elementary School, would write a children’s book one that children could enjoy, while still learning, away from their computer screens.
Deitelbaum’s idea became reality in October when he self-published his first book, “Halfsy: A Math Adventure,” through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing platform. The book is available as a paperback only on Amazon.