The Hartford Magnet Middle School, located on Vernon Street, has won the New England League of Middle Schools‘ “Spotlight Schools Award.” The Executive Director of New England League of Middle Schools, Dr. Robert C. Spear, says:
The school was selected because of its continued record of powerful learning for young adolescents, its observance of effective middle level research and practice, and its implementation of young adolescent best learning practices. […] These middle level practices included Hartford Magnet Middle School’s involvement with teaming, flexible scheduling, standards-based instruction, appropriate student grouping practices, data driven decisions, democratic governance, interdisciplinary instruction, and active hands-on classrooms. […] These are but a few of the school’s outstanding qualities identified by NELMS.
This is the second time that the Hartford Magnet Middle School has won this award. Other winners from Connecticut include Scofield Magnet Middle School (Stamford), Albert Griswold Middle School (Rocky Hill), East Lyme Middle School (Niantic), Fairfield Woods Middle School (Fairfield), Mystic Middle School (Mystic), Nathan Hale Middle School (Norwalk), John Winthrop Middle School (Deep River), and Old Saybrook Middle School (Old Saybrook).
Congratulations!