The Norwalk Art Space still has room in their free art classes that start today! They are leaving enrollment open for another 2 weeks until all the classes are filled. Don’t miss this opportunity! They are also offering students bus tokens!
The 2022 Lieutenant Governor’s Coding Challenge: Coding For Good - Inspiring Health and Wellness For All has begun!
The Lt. Governor's Coding Challenge is a statewide coding competition for Connecticut students. The "Coding for Good - Inspiring Health and Wellness For All" challenge is open to all students who can enter on their own or as a team through their schools and through informal education partners such as Carver.
The challenge was officially announced on January 21st, 2022 and launched on January 25th 2022. Submissions will be accepted until April 29th, 2022. Judging will take place from May 2nd-20th. The challenge's celebration event will occur during the week of June 6th.
Connecticut students in grades 3 through 12 are encouraged to create applications designed to inspire health and wellness for all. This year’s Lt. Governor’s Computing Challenge includes three options for submission: concept challenge, prototype challenge and development challenge. Students can work individually or as a team to submit to one challenge.
The world celebrates the 4th International Day of Education
Here are next week's mobile vaccine clinics held by our community partners.
Here are next week's mobile vaccine clinics held by our community partners. Residents can also search for all vaccine providers in the area by visiting http://vaccines.gov/search. For the latest updates visit http://norwalkct.org/vaccine.
Carver's new Future Readiness Coordinators support Carver high school students
Great stories begin at Carver!
Two new Carver staff leaders are now in place to help our high school students make their academic and career dreams come true.
Rayshonda Mitchell and Benson Casirmir are Carver’s new Future Readiness Coordinators at Brien McMahon and Norwalk High Schools respectively.
These highly educated and experienced individuals are devoted to Carver high school students during the day and after-school to help them succeed in school and to plan their careers.
This new position works closely with school daytime counselors and teachers to help Carver students form and achieve healthy goals, mindsets, and self-direction habits in addition to managing Carver’s new high school Career & College Program that includes paid internships.
Rayshonda’s and Benson’s contact information is here on our Contact Us page.
Carver Future Readiness Coordinators support Carver students in exploring and preparing their postsecondary plans and determining an appropriate postsecondary match and fit for each student.
They consult, facilitate, and maintain communication with parents, teachers, and school administrators.
The Future Readiness Coordinators will also maintain contact with Carver students in college and with our alumni.
Carver alumni are making their mark in the fields of law, government, medicine, finance, entertainment, professional sports, technology, education, entrepreneurship, and the creative arts, among many others. These impressive women and men embrace and carry forth Carver's values into their careers. They are ambitious critical thinkers who understand that achievement is not a destination but an ongoing and exciting journey.
Great stories begin at Carver!
Join us for the annual Breakfast With Champions, Saturday, 10 AM-12 Noon, 2/26/22! (Copy)
We remember Dr. King as a husband, father, friend, and fierce advocate for the betterment of all people.
On Monday, January 17, 2022, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday will mark the 27th anniversary of the national day of service. This day was established to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King, and to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities.
Americans celebrated the first official Martin Luther King Day, which is the only federal holiday commemorating an African-American, on Monday, January 20, 1986. In 1994, Congress designated the holiday as a national day of service, and marking the third Monday in January every year as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service - a "Day On, Not a Day Off."
Dr. King advocated for nonviolent resistance to overcome injustice as a means of lifting racial oppression. He created change with organized sit-ins, marches, and peaceful demonstrations that highlighted issues of inequality. Dr. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964; he was the youngest person to ever receive this high honor. He followed in the footsteps of his grandfather and father by entering the ministry to become a Baptist minister. On April 4, 1968, at the age of 39, he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee as he stood on the balcony of his hotel. Dr. King traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to lead a march in support of striking sanitation workers.
We remember Dr. King as a husband, father, friend, and fierce advocate for the betterment of all people. Honor his memory by organizing, volunteering, and spreading the word. Remember to MAKE IT A DAY ON, NOT A DAY OFF, for you and those around you.
The U.S. public can begin ordering free at-home rapid Covid-19 tests through a new government website on Jan. 19
The U.S. public can begin ordering free at-home rapid Covid-19 tests through a new government website on Jan. 19, senior Biden administration officials said.
Initially, orders will be limited to four tests per residential address. Tests will ship via mail within 7-12 days of ordering, the officials said. The administration expects that timeline to shorten as the program ramps up, one of the officials said.
The public will be able to order tests at covidtests.gov. Those without access to the internet can place orders via phone, and the administration will work with community groups to help people request tests, the officials said. The government will give priority to orders from areas that have been hard-hit by the pandemic and low-income parts of the country.
The only information required to order the tests will be a person’s name and their address, the officials said. People can include their email addresses if they want to get updates on their order.
Starting Jan. 19, the Biden administration will make available the first half of the 1 billion rapid tests it is procuring to meet record demand caused by the spreading Omicron variant.
The tests will be mailed to Americans via the U.S. Postal Service via first-class mail.
Join us for the annual Breakfast With Champions, Saturday, 10 AM-12 Noon, 2/26/22!
Carver's 6th and 7th grade travel basketball teams won the Milford Holiday Tournament!
Carver’s 7th Grade Team
Norwalk Youth Carver Basketball (NYC) 6th and 7th-grade teams just won the Milford Holiday Tournament sponsored by the Fairfield County Basketball League (FCBL)!
To be a sponsor and/or for more information about Carver’s basketball league, contact Carver’s Recreation Coordinator, Shannon Singleton-Bates, shannon@carvercenterct.org.
To be a sponsor and/or for more information about Carver’s basketball league, contact Carver’s Recreation Coordinator, Shannon Singleton-Bates, (203) 945-9666, shannon@carvercenterct.org.
Carver’s NYC organizes, promotes, and operates youth basketball teams for Norwalk boys grades 4th thru 8th, with the specific mission of providing athletes in the program with the opportunity to: compete in organized travel basketball games in the Fairfield County Basketball League (www.fcblhoops.org); improve their basketball skills through weekly basketball practices; develop positive social and personal qualities through team participation.; receive academic support and encouragement; develop understanding and become involved with the diverse Norwalk community; understand and learn the game of basketball the way it is meant to be played, and to get a great experience while doing all of the above!
The Fairfield County Basketball League (FCBL) organizes both League games, non-League games, and tournaments for 5th-8th grade teams from basketball organizations in Fairfield County, New Haven County, Hartford County, Litchfield County, and Westchester County. Over 400 teams participate annually in FCBL winter league games.
