Media Releases
2019-2020
- SPS Debate Teams Continue Success in On-Line Debate Platform--Students Will Compete in Statewide Virtual Tournament Saturday, May 30 (05-29-20)
- Stamford Public Schools Named Individuals Achieving Independence Teacher Lisa Legato-Howlett
2020-2021 Stamford Teacher of the Year, Emeritus and Toquam Magnet Teacher Barbara Hanauer, 2020-2021 Stamford Teacher of the Year (05-12-20) - Two SPS Teachers Awarded Fund for Teachers Professional Learning Grants to Improve Classroom Practice Through Self-Designed Fellowships (05-08-20)
- Scofield Eighth Grader Aryan Pandalai a First Place Winner in the 72nd Connecticut Science & Engineering (05-07-20)
- Stamford Public Schools to Remain Closed Through End of Scheduled School Year (05-05-20)
- SPS Announces Cabinet Members to Forego Increases (05-04-20)
- SPS Announces All Schools Will Be Closed March 13 through March 27 (03-12-20)
- SPS Partners with State Street Debate Society to Expand Winning Debate Program to Middle Schools (03-11-20)
- Stamford Public Schools Announces Cancelation of Any Event Expected to Draw a Crowd of More Than 100 (03-10-20)
- Stamford Public Schools Named Ryan Fealey as Director of Finance (03-05-20)
- SHS Juniors Allie Findeisen and Panos Ketonis Achieved Perfect ACT Scores (01-22-20)
- Scofield Magnet Middle School Eighth Grader Aryan Pandalai Named to The American Mathematic Competitions (AMC 8) National Honor Roll (01-16-20)
- AITE Junior Carlee Reid Named Winner of Altice 2019 Hispanic Heritage Essay Contest (12-20-19)
- SPS High School Debate Students Named Tournament Champions 3 Months in a Row--24 SPS Students Qualify for 2020 State Tournament (12-17-19)
- Stamford Superintendent and Mayor Named Winners of Annual Holiday Greeting Card Contest (11-26-19)
- Fourteen Stamford Students Take Home Honors at Teen Visions Art Show (11-25-19)
- SPS Named Robert Ayala Assistant Principal Westhill High School (11-06-19)
- WHS Junior Jacob Sherman Achieved Perfect ACT Score (10-31-19)
- SHS’s Annual “Pink Out” Event Raises $9,000 for Cancer-Related Charities Total Raised Over Seven Years Surpasses $75,000 (10-29-19)
- SHS's The Round Table Is a Columbia Scholastic Press Association Five-Time Gold Medal Awardee (10-10-19)
- SPS Announces One National Merit Commended Student and Three National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars (10-02-19)
- APPLES PTA Named First Preschool PTA in the Nation to Receive National PTA School of Excellence Award (09-26-19)
- Team Led by AITE Senior Manik Jain Takes First Place in MIT Summer Engineering Program Competition (09-24-19)
- Connecticut Association of Boards Education Recognized Stamford BOE Member Betsy Allyn (08-28-19)
2018-2019
- SPS Named Alexander Hanna Assistant Principal of Cloonan Middle School (06-06-19)
- Strawberry Hill Paraeducator Dwayne Stephenson Chosen to Represent SPS for the Paraeducator of the Year Award (06-05-19)
- CASA Named SPS Director of Curriculum & Development Natalie McClarty Stamford Administrator of the Year (06-04-19)
- Stamford Public Schools to Participate in Seamless Summer Food Program (05-31-19)
- Stamford BOE Passes Resolution Eliminating 181st Day of 2018-2019 School Year for Students (05-29-19)
- SHS Senior Ivy Zingone Wins 4th District Congressional Art Competition (05-16-19)
- SPS Director of Early Childhood Development Kendra Brown Named 2019 Outstanding Pre-School Principal (05-10-19)
- The Fairfield County Bar Association Awarded 14 SPS Students at Law Day Art and Essay Contest (05-09-19)
- Nineteen SPS Students Qualify for FBLA National Leadership Conference (05-03-19)
- SPS High School Students Selected to Perform in CMEA Region and All-State Festival (05-01-19)
- Westhill and Stamford High Theater Students Take Home Honors at Connecticut Drama Association Festival--Northstar Playmakers represent Connecticut at New England Drama Festival (05-01-19)
- SPS and the Board of Education Announce Leadership Transition: Dr. Tamu Lucero Expected to be Appointed Superintendent Stamford Public Schools (04-23-19)
- SPS Named Sandra Carlton Assistant Principal of Strawberry Hill, an Extension of Rogers International School (04-12-19)
- Dolan Middle School Student Kaitlin Doyle Wins Recycling Bag Design Contest (04-08-19)
- Stamford High School Junior Maggie Meister is National Medalist in 2019 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Competition (04-08-19)
- Mold Task Force Updates Status of Westover Magnet School at 412 Stillwater Avenue (02-28-19)
- Getting More Students to Begin their Day with Breakfast -- "Start Your Engines” Campaign Encourages Stamford Public School Families to Choose Breakfast at School (02-26-19)
- SPS Congratulates Teacher of the Year Finalists, Semi-Finalists and 11 Spotlight Award Winners (02-26-19)
- SPS Joins SPEF in Congratulating Outstanding Educators and Supporters (02-22-19)
- Three SPS Students Earn Recognition in the 2019 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing (updated 02-15-19)
- Apples Early Childhood Educational Center Establishes First Chartered Pre-School Parent Organization (01-03-19)
- The “Stamford 6” Teachers Earn Advanced Degrees in Bilingual, Multicultural Education and TESOL Through Unique Partnership with SCSU (12-28-18)
- Stamford High School’s The Round Table Awarded Gold Medal by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (12-20-18)
- Westhill High School Receives Continued Accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (12-19-18)
2017-2018
- TOR Jazz Band, TOR Chamber Singers and AITE Concert Choir Each Take First Place at Music in the Parks Competition (06-21-18)
- Westhill High School Seniors Ivetter Naranjo and Escarlin Perez Among the 2018 Class of Dell Scholars (06-19-18)
- Stamford High School Achieves International Baccalaureate World School Status Approved to Offer Diploma Program (06-19-18)
- Strawberry Hill School Produces Winning Video Featuring Original Score and Song Performed by Students and Staff (05-21-18)
- SPS Celebrates All Things STEAM Culminating with 5th Annual Stamford STEMfest Saturday in Mill River Park (05-19-18)
- WHS's 2017 Yearbook Earned Highest Award by the American Scholastic Press Association (05-15-18)
- The Westword Awarded Most Outstanding Newspaper by the American Scholastic Press Association (05-03-18)
- SPS Named Jaimie Fisco as Assistant Principal K.T. Murphy Elementary School and Matthew Laskowski as Principal Rippowam Middle School (05-01-18)
- SPS Celebrated Launch of 2017-2022 District Strategic Plan (05-01-18)
- SPS Named Kendra Brown as Director of Early Childhood Education (04-24-18)
- Board of Finance Approved Budget Increase of 1.1% for Board of Education (04/20/18)
- Stamford Public Schools Sets Graduation Ceremony, Class Certification and Diploma Distribution Dates (04-09-18)
- Nine Stamford Educators to Explore the World This Summer Through Self-Designed Fellowships to Improve their Classroom Practice (04-09-18)
- SPS Named Associate Superintendent for School Development and Associate Superintendent for Teaching and Learning as Part of Reorganization (03-27-18)
- SPS Congratulates Teacher of the Year Finalists, Semi-Finalists and 20 Spotlight Award Winners (03-20-18)
- Six SPS High School and Nine Middle School Students Recently Selected to Perform in CMEA Western Region Festivals (03-07-18)
- SPS Named Jennifer DeRubeis as Principal Julia A. Stark Elementary School (02-27-18)
- Twelve SPS High School Students Recognized in 2018 Connecticut Regional Scholastic Art and Writing Competition (02-23-18)
- NELMS Renews Scofield Magnet Middle School's Designation as One of Only 34 Spotlight Schools (02-08-18)
- TOR Students Avi Ray and Alex Drienik, Scofield Magnet Student Sydney Chan and Westhill Student Caroline Kavanagh Were Selected to Perform with the Fairfield County String Festival (02-07-18)
- Stamford BOE Approves New Mission and Vision for Stamford Public Schools (11-28-17)
- Stamford Superintendent and Mayor Name Winners of Annual Holiday Greeting Card Art Contest (11-21-17)
- SPS Announced Winners of the Great American Smoke Out "Smoking Stinks" Poster Contest (11-09-17)
- Stamford Board of Education Approved the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 Stamford Public Schools District Calendars (11-02-17)
- Ten SPS Seniors Named Commended Students (10-05-17)
- SPS Named Casey Cummings, Assistant Principal, Springdale Elementary School and Kathleen Kelley, Interim Assistant Principal, Davenport Ridge Elementary School (07-25-17)
2016-2017
- CSDE Child Nutrition Program Public Release: Free or Reduced-Price Meals Served Under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs or Free Milk Served Under the Special Milk Program (07-19-17)
- SPS Announced Four WHS Students Recently Selected for CMEA All-State Honors Ensembles (06-08-17)
- Toquam Student Neev Sahgal Honored by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (05-22-17)
- Stamford Public Schools Provides Third Update on Long-Term Vision and Strategic Planning Process (05-15-17)
- Stamford Public Schools Declares Monday, May 15, through Saturday, May 20, STEM Week (05-15-17)
- Roxbury Elementary School Awarded 1003(a) School Improvement Grant (05-09-17)
- Two Stamford High School Students Earn Connecticut Association of Schools Outstanding Art Awards (05-09-17)
- SPS Launches Early College Studies Program at Stamford High School Beginning Fall 2017 (05-09-17)
- SPS Named Angela Asaro as Principal Stillmeadow Elementary School and Michael Rinaldi as Principal Westhill High School (04-25-17)
- AITE Math Teacher Vincent Urbanowski Named 2017-2018 Stamford Teacher of the Year (04-21-17)
- SPS Provides Second Update on Long-Term Vision and Strategic Planning Process (04-10-17)
- Nine Stamford Educators Will Travel the World for Their Students (04-07-17)
- Westhill High School’s The Westword Awarded Silver Crown Award by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (03-31-17)
- Stamford BOE Approves “Strawberry Hill—An Extension of Rogers International School” for Recommendation to the Board of Representatives (03-29-17)
- Stamford BOE Expected to Approve School Name Recommendation for BOR's Consideration (03-22-17)
- The 2017 Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship Global Showcase Honor AITE Junior Dylan Martin and Business Teacher Brenda Zanga (03-07-17)
- Stamford Public Schools Embarks on Long-Term Strategic Planning Process (01-31-17)
- Cloonan Student Caroline Kavanagh and Turn of River Student Avi Ray Were Selected to Perform with the Fairfield County String Festival (01-26-17)
- AITE Students Kick Off “Real World Design Challenge” at Pratt & Whitney (12-19-16)
- Stamford Superintendent Named Winners of STEMfest Logo Design Contest (12-15-16)
- Stamford Public Schools Celebrates Computer Science Education Week by Participating in the Hour of Code™ (12-05-16)
- Stamford Superintendent and Mayor Name Winners of Annual Holiday Greeting Card Art Contest (12-01-16)
- SPS Issued RFP for Building Operations and Management Services--Deadline December 15, 2016 (11-10-16)
- WHS AVID Students to Participate in Creative Connections’ ArtLink Program with Partner School in Amman, Jordan (10-24-16)
- WHS Receives $1,000 Grant for Community Garden Program, Sponsored by Chartwells K12 2016 Ear. Learn. Live. and Grow Grant (10-21-16)
- SPS Announced Vivek James as a National Merit Semifinalist and 16 Additional Seniors as Commended Students (09-29-16)
- Dr. Tamu Lucero, Assistant Superintendent—Elementary, Selected to Participate in the AASA Aspiring Women Leaders Program (09-22-16)
- Three SPS Graduates Named National Merit Scholarship Winners: AITE’s Tanusri Balla, SHS’s Matthew Sieh, and WHS’s Nicole Smina (08-16-16)