What has Isabella done over the past month to achieve Student of the Month? Isabella comes to school every day with a positive attitude and a big smile on her face as soon as she steps off the bus! Isabella has worked very hard and shown such amazing improvements. Staff reports that she has been working very hard on her schoolwork in the classroom. Her classroom teacher Ms. Fitzgerald says, “Isabella is a pleasure to have in class and we can’t wait to see what else she accomplishes this school year.” Her school director Ms. Lindsey states, [...]

What impact has Aimee had on colleagues and students over the past month? We are very pleased to announce High Road School of Fairfield County staff of the month is Mrs. Russo! Mrs. Russo has worked for High Road since 2013! She is our transition coordinator for our high school students. She develops student jobs for our school. She also in our Nutrition Coordinator as well. We asked Mrs. Russo, What is one time you felt like you made an impact with a student? She stated, “I arranged for one of our past students to speak to [...]

Here at High Road School of Fairfield County we have new and exciting things (and faces) happening here! We are very pleased to announce Ms. Rodriguez, who was our Elementary Classroom teacher has decided to take on the role of High School teacher for this school year! We are very proud of her and can’t wait to see what she has in store for our High Schoolers! We would also like to welcome Ms. Fitzgerald, who will now be taking over the role of our Elementary Classroom teacher! She comes to us from High Road School of New London [...]

Students at the High Road School in Norwalk learned how to dramatically improve their scores on exams thanks to a visit with Professor Paul Hughes, author of “Change Your Grades, Change Your Life.” In a meeting with a group of high school students, Professor Hughes explained how and why the simple minutes a day reading exercise works. Professor Hughes explained how repeated failure on exams can causes students to “program” their negative thoughts and beliefs about exams into repeated failure. He further explained how the reading exercise programs them for success by releasing their negative fears and emotions. Professor Hughes [...]

Alba Rodriquez, Special Education Teacher After receiving my Bachelor's degree in General Education, I went on to earn my Master's in Special Education. All along, I've know that I wanted to work with students with special needs. Every single day is different, but generally I'm working with my class of students. This can involved supporting their individual needs, providing academic support, or assisting another team member during the day. For some, this may seem like a small thing, but it's a victory none the less. For me, when my [...]

“Samantha has started the Reading Buddies Program for our school with our high school students and elementary students. Within this program her high school students are paired up with a student from our elementary classroom. The high school students will read to their assigned elementary student and they encourage the younger students to read.”   – Lindsey Russo, Operations Manager, and Ronda Turcotte, Education Director, High Road School of Norwalk BA in Hispanic Studies with a concentration in Childhood and Special Education; MS in Special Education with a concentration in Emotional and Behavioral Disability Why did you become a teacher? I have [...]