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New Haven Public School Fair to Help Families Start School Searches Early

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Friday, January 19, 2024
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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Considering a magnet school or charter school? Making a public school transfer? All families with pre-K-12 students are invited to celebrate learning and explore schools before the next lottery cycle at the New Haven School Fair on Saturday, Jan. 27. The free, fun-filled community event is one of several large-scale fairs across the country during National School Choice Week.

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  • Expo to share public school info, free fun with 400+ attendees during School Choice Week
    NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Considering a magnet school or charter school?
  • Hosted by New Haven Public School District, one of Connecticut's most dynamic school districts, the event highlighting schools of choice will take place 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Wilbur Cross High School.
  • In addition to 41 magnet, choice, and traditional New Haven public schools, the fair will feature several local public charter options.
  • "For many families, like those who have children entering Pre-K and Kindergarten, the New Haven School Fair will be their first stop of their school explorations.

Perseverance is on the Menu as Connecticut and Michigan Teams Capture National Culinary and Restaurant Management Titles in Washington, D.C.

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Friday, May 5, 2023
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WASHINGTON, May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- High school teams from Plymouth Canton Educational Park in Canton, Michigan, and Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Connecticut,  battled 400 fellow competitors to take home national championship titles, with the top ten teams receiving nearly $200,000 in scholarships at this week's 2023 National ProStart Invitational. The event featured a showstopping display of culinary talent and restaurant business acumen by over 90 of the country's best and brightest high school teams from 46 states. All of the students competing in the 2023 National ProStart Invitational earned their place by winning their state-level ProStart Invitational competitions.

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  • Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9108451-nraef-2023-prostart-invi...
    The National ProStart Invitational is a high-stakes competition between some of the best culinary and restaurant management students in the country.
  • Students on the culinary teams had 60 minutes to prepare a three course, fine dining menu, using only two butane burners and no running water.
  • The management teams persuaded a panel of judges that their innovative restaurant business pitches had the chops to succeed in the real world.
  • ProStart – the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's nationwide career and technical education program – has equipped 1 million high school students to-date with career-ready culinary and restaurant management skills.

University of New Haven to Announce New Partnership with New Haven Promise

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Thursday, December 12, 2019
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WEST HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --The University of New Haven and New Haven Promise, a first-of-its-kind program in Connecticut that provides college scholarship support to Greater New Haven students, will announce a new partnership that will enable even more students to have the opportunity to pursue a college degree.

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  • WEST HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --The University of New Haven and New Haven Promise, a first-of-its-kind program in Connecticut that provides college scholarship support to Greater New Haven students, will announce a new partnership that will enable even more students to have the opportunity to pursue a college degree.
  • University of New Haven president Steven H. Kaplan and New Haven Promise president Patricia Melton will participate in the event.
  • Lauren White, a 2016 graduate of Wilbur Cross High School and New Haven Promise Scholar who will graduate from the University of New Haven in May with a bachelor's degree in forensic science, will also speak.
  • Since New Haven Promise was started nearly a decade ago, the University of New Haven has enrolled 32 New Haven Promise Scholars, which is more than any other private college or university in Connecticut.