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When Aleisha Luna started looking at colleges, she didn’t know where to start. For years, her parents had been supportive of her academic career, urging her to “seek horizons beyond anything I could actually see around me.” But when the New Haven student began her search for higher education, it was uncharted territory.

CAW Taps Learned As New Executive Director

Arts, Culture & Community | Creative Arts Workshop | Education | Visual Arts Kapp Singer | March 13th, 2024

Trina Mace Learned speaks at the opening of Alchemy of Art: Ann P. Lehman and Creative Arts Workshop in December 2023. File photo Kapp Singer.

Young Musicians Take A Page From The Pros

American Modern Opera Company musicians Jonny Allen, Doug Balliett, and and Miranda Cuckson (left to right) in Danielle Storey's chorus class at Wilbur Cross High School. Photos Kapp Singer.

Family Fun Day Brings The Costume Party To The Shubert

Arts & Culture | Culture & Community | Education | Shubert Theatre Lucy Gellman | October 30th, 2023

Shawn and Charlie Lockett. Lucy Gellman Photos.

"Sabor y Saber" Paints A Portrait Of Self-Love

Graduate assistants Brandon Iovene and David Perez, SCSU junior Jae'la Rivera, Sapphire Bills, senior Elijah Ortiz and Xiomarie LaBeija. Lucy Gellman Photo.

Bibliophiles Boost Banned Books Week

State Rep. Dominique Johnson. Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer: A Memoir, which is next to her, is the most banned and challenged book of 2022. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Voices Lifted, Co-Op Starts The School Year Fresh

New Teaching Artists "Emerge" From The Woodwork

Stewart at Tuesday's dinner. She had high praise for the program, which will begin its second cycle in October. Lucy Gellman Photos.

New Computer Labs Grow ConnCAT's Mission

"Rising Stars" Awarded Across New Haven

Education Jordyn Miller | June 26th, 2023

At The Q House, Photographers Focus In On Their Craft

Judy Sirota Rosenthal, who has been taking photographs of New Haven for decades. Photos courtesy of Aiyah Josiah-Faeduwor.

As ECA Budget Blowback Continues, Admin Promises Reconsideration

Aoife Spillane-Hinks is pictured in the top row, three boxes in. Screenshot via Zoom.

"Alma Semilla" Plants Seeds Of Justice At The Fair Haven Library

Rubén Rodríguez Ferreira. Lucy Gellman Photos.

SCSU Gathers To Remember, Honor Judy Heumann

Elaine Kolb, Yi-Chun Tricia Lin and interpreter Alyssa Kurth from LifeBridge in Bridgeport. Danielle Campbell Photos.

At LULAC, Future Leaders Learn Their First Lessons

Executive Director Mikyle Byrd-Vaughn with Zael. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Co-Op Students Center, Celebrate, Sing To Black Joy

Co-Op Principal To Step Into Retirement

Belton: "At 38 years, I'm really looking to impact students in another direction." Lucy Gellman Photos.

With Music Flowing, Rehabbed Environmental Center Opens In East Rock Park

Marcella Monk Flake, executive director of the Monk Youth Jazz & STEAM Collective. Abiba Biao Photos.

On Election Day, A First-Time Voter Turns 18, & Finds Her Voice

“The argument now is like, human rights are debatable. I just don’t think that’s the case," Biao said. Lucy Gellman.

Eight Students, One School Tapped For ARTE Scholarships

Natalie Quiroz-Duran and Chaplain, a Connecticut State Police Comfort K9 Dog. Contributed Photo.

Pandemic School Diaries: A Rollercoaster Transition

Research papers on deadline. Running up against the clock while holding a part-time job. Rapid levels of anger boiling over as my anxiety reaches its stress limit.

An Emerging Composer Comes To The Festival Main Stage

Kot performing earlier this year, at the Le Duc des Lombards in Paris. Marion Ruszniewski Photo.

Middle School Artists Sketch Their Way Back To In Person

Chapel Haven, YCBA Join Forces To Fête "Our Neurodiverse Community"

On Campus & Off, SCSU Students Build Ramadan Traditions

Wilbur Cross Students Spill The Tea On "Tea Pages"

"Those Kids Were Her Life:" New Haven Remembers Lillie Perkins

SCSU Folds Hair Care Into Black History Month Celebrations

At Ely Center, ECA Students Jump Into New Media

In Branford, Sweet 2 The Soul Takes Flight

Review: On "The Language in Common"

Arts & Culture | Education | University of New Haven | Visual Arts David A Rodriguez | November 30th, 2021

Charles Benton Photos.

Lifesaving & Overdue: Ed Board Approves Policy Affirming Trans & Gender Nonconforming Youth

Arts & Culture | Education | Education & Youth | LGBTQ Lucy Gellman | November 23rd, 2021

Screenshot via Zoom.

After BLM Silencing, Choral Censorship Battle Reaches National Stage

A screen shot from Melanie Cometa's video, the final version of which is embedded below.

Young Cellists Play Their Way To Live Performance

Zakiya Dalila Harris Brings "The Other Black Girl" To SCSU

Isabel Chenoweth/SCSU Photos.

“More Than A Number” Charts A Path From Prison To Poetry

"This Honor Belongs To All Of Us:" Metro's Nataliya Braginsky Named History Teacher Of The Year

Co-Op Gets Into Its Back-To-School Rhythm

At Davis Street School, Dance Meets Urban Planning

From left to right: Laila Williams, Brandy Cohens, and Zoe Smith. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Young Refugees Sculpt Their Way Through Summer Learning

How KC Councilor Drew His Truest Self

The artist on SCSU's campus. Isabel Chenoweth/SCSU Photo.

Activists, Parent Advocates Decry Principal's Use Of The N-Word

ESUMS teacher Kirsten Hopes-McFadden (in the blue) and Nijija-Ife Waters at Tuesday's gathering. Lucy Gellman Photos.

15 Months In, High School Students Navigate A New Normal

Arts & Culture | COVID-19 | Education | Education & Youth Jamiah Green | May 11th, 2021

Top: Nadia Gaskins, who all her friends call "Navi," and Kelvin Hernandez. Bottom: Janae Hyatt and Clifford White. Contributed Photos.

From Co-Op, A Sound Garden Takes Root

English Language Learners Brave A Pandemic Year

A screenshot of classwork from Carolina Fernandez's bilingual class. Picture courtesy of Carolina Fernandez.

Teachers, Youth Advocates Lead Black And Latinx Studies Rollout

Arturo Pineda photos. Screenshot via Zoom.

In Veep's Visit, Cross Senior Sees Her Future

At ARTE, Students Become The Teachers

Nicdaniel Charles drew a fleet of blue eighth notes on a makeshift music scale. In a glowing one-inch box beside him, Mia Rivera watched carefully. Her pink headphones glinted above her matching pink t-shirt. A few boxes away, Lysha Owuor tracked the notes one by one as they appeared. Charles looked away from the score and peered into the screen.

State Lawmaker: Black & Latinx Studies Should Be Required, Not Elective

Four Arts Teachers Adjust, Adapt Through Remote Learning

Melissa Sands, the art teacher at the school formerly known as Christopher Columbus Family Academy (CCFA), on a video lesson with retired CCFA teacher, Carmen Conyer interpreting. Screenshot courtesy of Sands.

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