Students and staff at High Road School of Hartford Primary/Middle participated in a Pajama Day to raise funds for children with cancer. Since 2011, Connecticut business, schools, and families have participated in this fundraiser raising over 630,000 for children with cancer. High Road Schools have participated for the last 4 years. Students were able to donate funds from their school store accounts or bring money in. Many students and staff wore their pajamas in support of children who are often in their pajamas all day long. In order to participate, students were asked to donate $1 from their funds, but [...]

Students who have earned Blue Level in our Level System recently were able to attend a field trip to Bushnell Park in Hartford, CT. At the park, an arena has been transformed into an ice skating rink. Students were able to get skates that matched their color level! they then spent time skating on the ice and sometimes falling! All of the students agreed that even though ice skating is hard that it is also fun. Students then enjoyed a delicious lunch before returning to the school. Learn more about our school today. [...]

Students were excited to some snow early in December this year! The staff were excited too! Since students have been working on the skill of cooperation with each other, their teacher thought this would be a great opportunity to complete a task as a group. This task tied together many other skills the students have been working on such as planning, designing, art and measuring. First the students discussed how to make a snowman and created a small list of supplies. They took their supplies outside and planned their construction. There were several debates that occurred such as: How many snowballs [...]