Betsy Ross Students Dance For Their Lives

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Education & Youth  |  New Haven Public Schools Lucy Gellman | June 9th, 2023

A still from "Survivor," choreographed by Hannah Healey and danced by her eighth grade class. Lucy Gellman Photos.

National Dance Theatre Company Of Jamaica Brings Kingston To ESUMS

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Education & Youth  |  Engineering and Science University Magnet School  |  New Haven Public Schools  |  Shubert Theatre Lucy Gellman | June 5th, 2023

National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica principal dancer Tamara Noel. Lucy Gellman Photos.

HSC Student Film Breaks Through Mental Health Stigma

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  Film  |  High School in the Community  |  History  |  New Haven Public Schools  |  Public Health Lucy Gellman | June 2nd, 2023

High School in the Community (HSC) freshman Jonaily Colón, who is headed to National History Day finals in Washington, D.C. this month. Lucy Gellman Photo. The image below of Colón with U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro is courtesy HSC.

Wilbur Cross Grows Cross-Cultural Dialogue

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  New Haven Public Schools  |  Wilbur Cross High School Lucy Gellman | May 30th, 2023

"Schools Should Be A Safe Place:" Co-Op Students, Parents Rattled As Lockdown Lifts

Arts & Culture  |  Co-Op High School  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Education & Youth  |  New Haven Public Schools Lucy Gellman | May 23rd, 2023

Left to right: Seniors Lillian Palluzzi, Chelle Swaby, Selena Zamora and Kayleigh Householder. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Moana Shows Wexler-Grant The Way

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  Musical Theater  |  New Haven Public Schools  |  Wexler-Grant Community School Lucy Gellman | May 23rd, 2023

Rosandra Furatado: It gives you a chance to be in someone else's shoes. Lucy Gellman Photos.

New Haven Academy Charts A Path To "A New World"

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  New Haven Academy  |  New Haven Public Schools Lucy Gellman | May 18th, 2023

Tomitsela Engel-Halfkenny. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Career Makes A Musical Comeback With Cinderella

Drama  |  Education & Youth  |  Hill Regional Career High School  |  Musical Theater  |  New Haven Public Schools  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Abiba Biao | May 17th, 2023

Kiomi Rincon as Cinderella. Abiba Biao Photos.

In A New "Midsummer," Metro Students Rock The Bard

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  Elm Shakespeare Company  |  Metropolitan Business Academy  |  New Haven Public Schools  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | May 3rd, 2023

Patricio Sosa III (in foreground). From the moment he stepped onstage, he mastered the language and the timing of Shakespeare. Lucy Gellman Photos.