St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church helps to prepare Carver students for the new school year
Here are some of the supplies displayed on our conference room table in the Carver Community Center
St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church (on the left at the corner of East Rocks Road and Half Mile Road in Norwalk) is a wonderful faith community that includes Carver kids in their giving.
They delivered a huge gift of school supplies today in preparation for the new school year.
Rooted in the Gospel and Catholic social tradition, the St. Jerome Social Concerns Committee strives to create educational and service opportunities in concert with community agencies like Carver to achieve a more just and humane world.
We are grateful to the Committee Co-chairs Barbara Bagnato and Rebecca Sweeney, the many Committee Members, and the entire St. Jerome community for thinking of and caring for Carver's kids and families. THANK YOU!
CALLING ALL NORWALK AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS!
Submit your work to be shown in a special exhibition at The Norwalk Art Space and for the chance to have it shown in one of two prominent Norwalk bus shelters. Open to all mediums and art forms- just take pictures of your favorite pieces and email them to: info@thenorwalkartspace.org (subject: BUS STOP SUBMISSION)
NOT A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT? FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ONE THAT YOU KNOW!
Images of the Carver's Side by Side Charter School summer learning program!
This summer our students enjoyed fencing, yoga, building bridges, berry picking, coding, field trips to places like the Maritime Aquarium, MAD Science, STEAM project-based hands-on learning, pottery, making play dough, and paper mâché bowls, scrapbooking, forensics, and so much more!
The final day of Carver summer camp!
For most kids, there is usually only one rule for summer camp: "Astonish us!" And that we did with field trips, new friends, academic and scientific discoveries, and great memories to last a lifetime.
Summer camp at the Carver Community Center and Columbus Magnet School ended Friday with festivities and well-wishes for the upcoming school year.
Our youth enjoyed a sense of community, developed intergenerational relationships, and learned through first-hand experiences.
Trained, caring adult role models helped our campers feel loved, capable, and included. Camp helped our children grow by providing a supervised, positive environment that had safety as one of its primary commitments.
Carver summer learning programs were more important than ever this year to help students begin to recover from the learning loss, isolation, and trauma of the past year of the pandemic. There was unprecedented urgency and investment to increase access to, and expand the role of, summer learning programs to provide recovery from the past year.
Summer 2021 was a time for fun, exploration, and learning — but in different ways from the traditional school year or summer school. This summer, we re-sparked students’ interests and engagement to prepare them to return to school in a few weeks.
On a field trip to Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport
Our summer literacy program, facilitated by certified teachers, used the myON and Lexia Reading Core 5 software to provide personalized learning. Certified teachers also taught math sessions, the two primary programs were TimezAttack and ThinkCentral. TimezAttack is a computer-based math fact game that strongly supports fact fluency. ThinkCentral is the online component of the GO Math Common Core math program used in NPS K-5 classes. Computer Adaptive (CAT) interventions address individual strengths and weaknesses.
Free yoga lessons at The Norwalk Art Space, Wednesday, 8/25, ages 7 & up!
Carver youth and families are invited to a FREE yoga class at The Norwalk Art Space on Wednesday, August 25th, from 9 am to 10 am.
Ages are 7 and up and kids under 13 should be accompanied by an adult.
Rebekah Jacobs of Sama Yoga is the teacher and she’s absolutely wonderful.
She can teach you how mindfulness and yoga can help with creativity and life in general.
Total beginners absolutely welcome.
Tell Rebecca that your friends at Carver inspired you to try it all out!
United Nations "International Youth Day" is today!
The theme of International Youth Day 2021, “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health”, highlights the success of such a global effort will not be achieved without the meaningful participation of young people.
During the 2021 ECOSOC Youth Forum (EYF), the issues and priorities highlighted by young participants included the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly related to its effect on human health, the environment, and food systems. As part of the official outcome recommendations of the EYF, young participants stressed the importance of working towards more equitable food systems. In addition, they highlighted the need for youth to make informed decisions on food choices through increasing global education on the healthiest and most sustainable options for both individuals and the environment. There were also recommendations on providing adequate capacity development with respect to the resilience of food systems, in particular during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and in its aftermath.
NeighborShare: How Elsie Lopez works to close the opportunity gap
NeighborShare is a direct giving platform that empowers donors to help others make ends meet within an ecosystem of trust. Carver was an inaugural participating charity at the outset of the pandemic. Today, Neighborshare is nationwide and thriving.
Here is a NeighborShare “Frontline Hero Spotlight” about Carver’s Elsie Lopez!
When Elsie Lopez first met Leah*, Leah had just moved to the area and was miserable.
“She hated it here,” Elsie says. “She said it was cold, she didn’t have any friends, she didn’t speak the language…she’d come in my office and cry, but I promised her that things would change”
Elsie is the executive administrator at the Carver Foundation of Norwalk, an education nonprofit in Norwalk, Connecticut. Partnering with schools to provide before and after school programs and summer camps for grades K-12, the foundation offers extra support and more personalized attention for students like Leah. So when Leah stopped showing up to the program one day, Elsie and her coworkers were on it immediately.
“I was beside myself because I thought we’d lost her,” Elsie says. “But we were able to speak with her parents and bring her back to the program.”
Years later, at a STEM fair, Elsie ran into that same young lady.
“A young lady comes up[to me], looks straight at my face, and I looked in her eyes and remembered her,” Elsie says. “She just threw herself into my arms and hugged me. She’s now in middle school, speaks the language fluently, and has friends.”
Leah’s story could have gone very differently. For many students, a prolonged absence would have been noticed too late or been ignored. But because of the Carver Foundation’s personal investment in each individual student, Leah didn’t slip through the cracks.
Side by Side Charter School summer student music video!
Carver has been working with Norwalk’s only public charter school, Side by Side Charter School (SBS), after-school for years. This summer we joined with SBS in creating a five-week summer program for their students.
This is a student-driven music video, receiving support from many staff who join in the dancing later in the video, but mostly teacher Nicole Shagoury and especially teacher Brooke Amigo guided this summer enrichment project. The song they are singing is “Can’t stop the feeling” by Justin Timberlake.
SBS operates on the St. Joseph's church campus in South Norwalk. SBS recently constructed a new two-story, 11,600-square-foot building that houses the school’s upper-grade classrooms. All SBS facilities were utilized for our summer program.
Free virtual World Summit conference celebrating girls in STEM!
World Summit is an annual conference hosted by @TechnovationGlobal! We are excited to celebrate and hear from girls around the world using technology to improve their communities!
What: World Summit 2021
When: August 12-13, 2021
Where: Virtual - Register Here
Hear powerful stories of girls in tech
This year’s event has a stellar lineup that includes Mari Copeny (aka Little Miss Flint), Stefania Giannini (UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education), Astronaut Dr. Jeanette Epps, Technovation Finalists pitching their apps, and much more!
Technovation is a global tech education nonprofit that empowers girls and families to become leaders, creators, and problem-solvers. They offer two programs – Technovation Girls and Technovation Families – which bring kids and adults together to solve big problems in their communities.
Celebrate girls and women in STEM during this 2-day event!
Get your FREE ticket here: https://hopin.com/events/world-summit