Mark D. Feinberg, Carver donor and longtime volunteer, and a consummate wealth management advisor at Merrill Lynch, held a financial empowerment seminar for Carver high school students at Brien McMahon High School. Mr. Feinberg shared his insights into wealth building, investments, stocks and bonds, and the secrets of the financial industry.
Abundant thanks for all our holiday donors and volunteers!
Local family dentist teaches Carver kids about good oral hygiene practices
The Hour: Rowayton Fire Department to host annual toy drive in support of Carver Center
See the entire article at The Hour here.
The Rowayton Fire Department will collect toys for at-risk children, this Sunday, Dec. 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. The volunteer fire department has been collecting toys for nearly 20 years. In recent years, they’ve collected over 300 toys, books and gift cards per season.
Join us for our annual Holiday Party, Friday, December 13!
Thank you for your generosity on Giving Tuesday!
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GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world on December 3, 2019 and every day.
This fundraising campaign was created in 2012 as a simple idea to follow Black Friday and Cyber Monday days of buying: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past seven years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.
Carver invites you to participate in our community of students and families today, tomorrow, and every day!
Our Giving Thanks for You
Wherever you are, whatever you are planning for Thanksgiving, please know that we are thankful for you.
Unlike the first Thanksgiving when the Pilgrims had to prepare for the long winter ahead, we are fortunate that we do not experience these difficulties anymore. We are grateful for the support and love you give the Carver community, which will help our young people grow up to support themselves and, like you, give back to the community.
Thank you for helping us create new opportunities for learning and life for more than 2,500 very capable students this year in 17 Norwalk schools, the Carver Community Center, and at the Classical Studies Magnet Academy in Bridgeport.
Thanks for joining us every day, but most of all, by a long shot, thanks for the tremendous difference you make in the lives of our bright young scholars.
On behalf of our Carver youth and families, let me call upon Shakespeare to express our gratitude.
“I can no other answer make but thanks,
And thanks, and ever thanks.”
Twelfth Night
“My life itself, and the best heart of it,
Thanks you for this.”
Henry VIII
Members of the Conservative Synagogue of Westport, Weston and Wilton donate pies to Carver's annual Thanksgiving food drive
Once again, members of the Conservative Synagogue of Westport, Weston and Wilton gave Carver dozens of pies to be included in our Thanksgiving Day food baskets that we are sharing with families in the community. Here are Carver children holding the donated pies that will be included with the Thanksgiving boxes filled to overflowing with complete Thanksgiving Day meals, including turkeys!
Our after school students share Thanksgiving joy with Bridgeport residents
Nourish Bridgeport was founded as Norma F. Pfriem Urban Outreach Initiatives in 2010, an outreach program of the United Congregational Church in Bridgeport. Yesterday, students in Carver’s after school program at the Classical Studies Magnet Academy helped Nourish Bridgeport give Thanksgiving food baskets to local residents.
21st Century funding enables Carver kids to participate in robotics competition in New Haven
Carver’s after school programs at West Rocks and Ponus Middle Schools and Side By Charter School fielded FIRST LEGO teams this past Saturday in New Haven to participate in the Elm City Robo Fest FIRST LEGO League (FLL) competition.
Carver is able to offer this enrichment opportunity to our students with support from the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) initiative, the only federal funding source dedicated exclusively to supporting local afterschool, before-school and summer learning programs. The program was reauthorized in 2015 as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Each state receives funds based on its share of Title I funding for low-income students. Carver consistently wins highly competitive 21st CCLC grants from the state that support local schools and community based organizations that provide afterschool and summer learning programs.
This recent robotics competition was an opportunity for our students to be immersed in real-world science and technology challenges. Teams designed their own solution to a current scientific problem and built autonomous LEGO robots that performed a series of missions. Carver kids developed valuable life skills and discovered exciting career possibilities while learning that they can make a positive contribution to society. And as the images here show, they had a lot fun all along the way on their journey.
In FIRST, Carver kids are part of a thriving community brimming with inspiration, creativity, and hope for a stronger, more sustainable future—one that’s built better together. FIRST LEGO League challenges kids to think like scientists and engineers. During this New Haven CITY SHAPER season, teams will choose and solve a real-world problem in the Innovation Project. They will also build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® technology to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game. Throughout their experience, teams will operate under the FIRST signature set of Core Values, celebrating discovery, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism®.
Carver’s after school STEAM programs such as this one receive crucial financial support from a 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) competitive federal grant. Here are similar stories about Carver FLL teams competing in 2017 and 2016. During the 2018/2019 INTO ORBIT FLL season, teams chose and solved a real-world problem. Throughout their experience, teams operated under the FIRST signature set of Core Values, celebrating discovery, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism.
Carver STEAM after school projects are facilitated by certified teachers hired from within each of the Carver school sites. They deliver Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics programming through small group instruction using strategies consistent with CT’s Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and the CT’s Science, Technology Education and Arts Curriculum Frameworks.
The 21st CCLC grant is authorized under, Title IV, Part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (P.L. 107-110), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and reauthorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. The 21st CCLC grant is administered by the Connecticut Department of Education and provides funding for the establishment of community learning centers to provide students with academic enrichment opportunities. In addition to academics, 21st CCLC permits Carver to offer students a broad array of other services and programs as well as support for parents.
