You'll Never Walk Alone - Young People's Chorus of New York City from HEROES
Our (virtual) 2020 Annual Meeting, Wednesday, 11/18, 6:30
See the photos and read all about our 2019 Annual Meeting here!
Free COVID-19 Testing at BMHS today 3-7PM
NPS COVID Dashboard updated each Monday
To keep everyone informed, NPS has developed a COVID Dashboard to provide ongoing information. The Dashboard will be updated every Monday. School principals will continue to send communications directly whenever a case is confirmed in their building.
Para mantener informados a todos los miembros de la comunidad, NPS ha desarrollado un Panel de COVID para proporcionar información continua sobre casos nuevos y los totales. El Panel se actualizará cada lunes. Los directores de las escuelas continuarán enviando comunicaciones directamente a su comunidad cuando que se confirme un caso en su edificio.
#StopTheSpread - Get a COVID-19 test FREE this weekend
See the Carnival celebration at Brookside Elementary School!
Carnival at Brookside Elementary School is a unifying event celebrating our students’ art style, cultural expression and history, encapsulating music, dance, costumes, pageantry and performance. See the amazing students here in our before and after school After the Bell program!
Isiah Gaddy exemplifies the values that shape and animate the Carver community
See all our alumni stories here.
Isiah Gaddy is close to earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Isiah has been a member of the Shaw cross country team and of the Kappa Alpha Si Fraternity.
Isiah just finished a 10-week Business Transformation/Information Technology Internship at Lenovo in North Carolina. Lenovo is a multinational technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures computers, smartphones, workstations, servers, supercomputers, electronic storage devices, IT management software, and smart televisions.
During Isiah’s time at Shaw, he also worked for two years as a Rehabilitation Technician at A Small Miracle, a North Carolina Statewide agency that provides a comprehensive array of supports and services to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Isiah previously worked for North Carolina’s Child Care Network as an Early Childhood Teacher Assistant.
Shaw University is a private Baptist liberal arts institution. Shaw was the second HBCU in the Southern United States. It has been called the "mother of African-American colleges in North Carolina" as the founding presidents of North Carolina Central University, Elizabeth City State University, and Fayetteville State University are Shaw alumni.
Isiah graduated from Norwalk High School. He was an integral member of the Carver community growing up in Norwalk. After school and during the summers Isiah could always be found at the Carver Community Center. His aunt, Kimberly Gaddy, Director, Reporting & Analytics, Global Strategy & Operations at Gartner, is a member of the Carver Board of Directors.
Isiah worked as a Carver Summer Camp Supervisor at the Carver Community Center during his last two years in high school. As such, Isiah designed and implemented weekly schedules, activities, and programming for his campers in grades K through 5. He would also mentor our youth and tutor them in math, literacy and fitness.
Isiah exemplifies the values that shape and animate the Carver community. Isiah’s respect for others, honesty, self-discipline, hard work, love of learning, and appreciation of diversity will ensure that he continues to grow from strength to strength as he pursues his career.
Next week begins the annual weeklong "Lights on Afterschool" celebration
Lights On Afterschool 2020 begins next Monday. Afterschool is center stage all next week: from billboards across the nation elevating afterschool above our highways to iconic landmarks shining bright, from parades to outdoor festivals, and from worldwide social media challenges to virtual events at home.
We will be celebrating keeping our kids safe, inspiring them to learn and grow, and giving working parents peace of mind — even in a year of enormous uncertainty and disruption. All of the usual bright spots are here, including the #LightbulbChallenge and afterschool fun online and on the ground.
There will also be virtual events (highlighting everything from STEM to mindfulness to our youth town hall) all designed with amazing partners.
Monday, Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. ET | Engineer for the Week coding activity with Facebook engineer
Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 5:30 p.m. ET |Bring SEL to Life: Virtual Field Trip Watch & Play Party with WINGS for Kids
Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. ET | Draw with Young Rembrandts family art activity
Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. ET | Young entrepreneur live panel with Youth Entrepreneur Institute, Ohio Afterschool Network and VentureLab
Thursday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. ET | Afterschool Alliance Youth Town Hall
Friday, Oct. 23, 3 p.m. ET | Million Girls Moonshot & NASA Live Q&A with NASA Astronaut
Friday, Oct. 23, 5 p.m. ET | Mindfulness session with Committee for Children
Every Lights On Afterschool seems to shine bigger and brighter than the one before, thanks to you and the millions of supporters of afterschool and summer learning programs.
Have a wonderful Lights On!
Carver's Novelette Peterkin to participate in a Five Frogs convening on equity and justice
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, at 2:00pm-3:15pm, Novelette will be the featured leader in a statewide convening moderated by Fahd Vahidy, Philanthropic Advisor & Strategist for the Graustein Family Office.
This virtual gathering is one in a series of Brave, Bold Leadership for a Better Connecticut: October-November 2020 Leader Convenings.
Register here for the free 75-minute convening when Novelette will share her insights in a group conversation about equity and justice and advancing innovative change. Registration is limited to 20 people.
Five Frogs is a Connecticut nonprofit organization “building a powerful movement of diverse, representative leaders working together for an equitable Connecticut.” The Five Frogs mission is to build a powerful movement of diverse, representative leaders with the competencies, mindset, drive and relationships necessary to create lasting, positive change for an equitable Connecticut. Their signature program is a coaching program called the Leadership Development Roundtable, which Novelette has supported through the years.