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Norwalk Public Schools early dismissal Friday, 3/13/20, and then schools are closed for two weeks while the Distance Learning Plan is implemented

Carver’s After the Bell program in the afternoon will be closed Friday, March 13th.

Norwalk Public Schools will have a 2-hour early dismissal on Friday, March 13 for all students and staff. Beginning Monday, March 16, all Norwalk Public Schools will then be closed for a two-week period.

See the update here at the NPS website.

The City of Norwalk website has additional information direction for the community on measures that are being taken to limit the spread of coronavirus.

Watch your email, the district website and social media pages (Facebook and Twitter), as well as the City of Norwalk website for official updates.

COVID-19/Coronavirus - Carver Update

Carver follows the Norwalk Public Schools district (NPS) calendar. NPS decisions are reflected in Carver’s programming. As long as NPS schools stay open, Carver before & after school programs will be operating.

Carver cancelled several annual events in March at the Carver Community Center out of concern for our students, volunteers and staff. These events include the overnight College Boot Camps and the Carver Career Fair. The annual Carver Spring Break College Tour had to be cancelled due to growing concern over the coronavirus pandemic and an abundance of concern for the health and safety of our students and staff. This will be the first time in 50 years this important opportunity provided Carver students will not take place.

Earthplace animals visit Carver kids!

Earthplace is a Nature Discovery and Environmental Learning Center in Westport whose purpose is to build a passion and respect for nature, and a more sustainable future for our community. They are certainly doing that with Carver kids!

Visiting the Carver Community Center, Earthplace staff blend science, nature conservation, and education into pathways for experiencing and learning about the natural world.

Earthplace houses a large collection of rescued wildlife that are exhibited as species ambassadors and they travel to Carver so I students can get to know them, like a bat, snake, owl, vulture, ferret, and guinea pig!

Internship opportunities needed from Norwalk businesses and organizations for ELL students

Norwalk Public Schools (NPS) conducts a vital and innovative program called the English Language Learners (ELL) Career Pathways Internshipship Program. Now in its second year, Joyce Rios (a former Carver employee who helped to manage our after school program at Norwalk High School) is the ELL Career Pathways Facilitator (riosj@norwalkpublicshools.org).

Carver in the news: Partnership for Connecticut and its personal connections to the Carver community

In this op-ed by Dan Haar in the The Hour and many other Hearst publications throughout Connecticut, Barbara Dalio is profiled, and her new Partnership for Connecticut is explained. The mission of the Partnership for Connecticut addresses issues that are not a part of Carver’s current work with school districts, so Carver is not an applicant for funding. Nevertheless, Carver is honored to be such a pivotal element in the creation of this important new initiative that will “…help Connecticut’s disengaged and disconnected youth and young adults (ages 14 to 24) access the educational and career opportunities they need to succeed in life.”