The campus community is invited to celebrate #Juneteenth with a summer “cook-in.” Enjoy music, community, foods from Black-owned businesses, and hear the different perspectives from several guest panelists. 📅 Wed. June 14 🕑 12:00 p.m. 📍 ASC Ballroom

Around 85 of Brien McMahon High School Rising Grade 12 students got a jump on Post Secondary Planning at our College Apps Bootcamp! Today, BHMS Alumni from the Class of 2018 provided words of wisdom to the Class of 2024. Connecticut RISE Network

So excited that 2nd ed of Grading for Equity is available! Adds new chapters & content that reflect what we learned about grading during the last 5 yrs (including the pandemic), plus new strategies for bringing change to not only classrooms, but ed systems us.corwin.com/books/grading-…

The Superintendent of NorwalkPublicSchools , Dr. Alexandra Estrella , opened convocation with a quote from Bishop TD Jakes: “If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.” 2023-2024, my 20th year in education!

So excited!

“Justice is found in the details of teaching and learning.”

And just like that….we are halfway through Quarter 1. Today, we held our Grade 9 Conferences for our students to reflect and reset at Brien McMahon High School! Connecticut RISE Network NorwalkPublicSchools

It’s never too early to celebrate being on track! Brien McMahon High School’ Grade 9 students who have Connecticut RISE Network supports were celebrated for passing 6 or more classes! #Keepitup

It’s homecoming!! Tonight Brien McMahon High School plays Westhill Football

It was a full week, literally and figuratively, for NorwalkPublicSchools My Sister’s Keeper Program! Our Scholars volunteered at NPS’s Hispanic Heritage Festival and held our October convening at Brien McMahon High School #TeamMSK #SisterhoodHeals

#RISENetwork principals Barbara Wood & Mike Rinaldi co-authored a powerful op-ed about some of the replicable strategies they have used to improve student outcomes. The data below shows the gains they've made at Brien McMahon High School & Westhill High School. Read more: bit.ly/45HiHxq

Building an On Track Culture at Brien McMahon High School with our Grade 9 Extended Day Program #GetItDone! The Connecticut RISE Network datahub helped us target recruitment for students that are Almost On Track before the end of Q1! #Grade9Champion NorwalkPublicSchools

This is important! 🙌

💙💓 #TeamMSK In January 2022, I was asked to launch Norwalk Public School’s My Sister’s Keeper Program. Leading this group of ladies is a privilege and such a rewarding experience!

It was a packing party in my office! The Brien McMahon High School attendance committee worked hard to put together gifts to celebrate student attendance: 90% or above and improved attendance.

Pink Goes Purple as NorwalkPublicSchools My Sister’s Keeper had a private screening of The Color Purple today. In two sold out auditoriums, our ladies cried, cheered, and clapped as they celebrated the power of sisterhood, the power of purple! 💖💜

Let Freedom Ring! Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day to all of our students, staff, faculty and school communities. Let us reflect today on the immense and reverberating effect Dr. King has had on our nation. youtube.com/watch?v=JNtbtL…

DAY OF SERVICE: Dozens of Owls belonging to Greek and campus life organizations lent a helping hand at the Dixwell Avenue Community Center, assembling over 300 grocery bags for needy families on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. #LeadingTheWay

The Power of Positive Thinking! Brien McMahon High School LaShante James shares some wonderful words of wisdom that she learned from her mother to celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth.