Giuliana Savini
Reporter
Since the beginning of September, The New England Academy of Dance (NEAD) has been preparing for their 25th annual production of The Nutcracker. This year, they plan to include higher quality pyrotechnics, an additional charity benefit show, and a brand new dance called “The Roses”.
On September 22nd, 2010, Rutgers student, Tyler Clementi, claimed his own life after his roommate humiliated him by posting a video of Clementi kissing another man online. A month later, the Youtube Video, “We Want It to Get Better (Teens)”, was posted, involving students and instructors from the performing arts school, The Studio, based in New Canaan. Instructors at the performing arts school, located on Forest Street, decided to take action in order to prevent such casualties in the future.
Staff Report
As students walked into the school this morning, they noticed blue spray paint on door handles and throughout the campus. Some other places around the school such as Dunning Stadium were also vandalized. The school administration is working with the New Canaan Police Department to find the suspects. “As soon as people arrived this morning, the police were called and the administration started looking into this,” Assistant Principal Ari Rothman said. “We called the Darien administration, some of them came over and we looked at the video tapes we have around the school.”
Today, November 11th, Principal Tony Pavia announced his retirement. He is in his fifteenth year as a principal, and is in his ninth year here. In an email addressed to faculty, he wrote, “I have given this school the very best I have to offer and not unlike an aging athlete, I have decided that it is best to leave while the spring is still in my step.”
Lily Kazemi
Reporter
“It is important from time to time to [stop and] take joy in your accomplishments,” Superintendent of Schools David Abbey said as he addressed students and parents at the annual National Merit Scholarship Corporation reception, held in the Wagner Room on Tuesday.
