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Keller Williams returns to devote Red Day to the Carver community!

An energetic and capable Keller Williams team led this year by Rick Scott and Adonis Chamble returned today to paint two classrooms at the Carver Community Center! Mayor Rilling visited to thank the volunteers for supporting the Carver community and Norwalk’s young people.

Every second Thursday of May, Keller Williams agents, leadership members, and associates step away from daily business duties, proudly donning their red KW gear and venturing into their communities with three goals: renew, energize, and donate.

Widely known as RED Day, this annual day of service took shape in May 2009 to celebrate Keller Williams board member Mo Anderson’s birthday. Thirteen years later, it continues to grow in momentum as the Keller Williams family unites under a shared commitment to philanthropy.

Today is its annual RED Day event. Unsurprisingly, they were named the #1 Company for Work-Life Balance by Indeed.

Many businesses claim to be number one in some aspect of the industry that they occupy, but in the case of Keller Williams Prestige Properties, it’s not disputed. They are the largest real estate company in the United States with the largest number of agents worldwide. They also have the world’s best community spirit!

The company culture fosters a caring environment and takes the team approach to accomplish great things. Today, the company’s commitment to caring for the community is fully displayed at the Carver Community Center.

Keller Williams receives countless accolades. They include its listing by Career Bliss as one of the “happiest companies to work for.” Keller Williams earned the title of Most Innovative Real Estate Company by Fast Company. Forbes named Keller Williams (No. 8 out of 300 ranked) one of the “Best Employers for Women” and Glassdoor featured Keller Williams (No. 29 of 100 ranked) on the Best Places to Work 2020 list.

The Keller Williams real estate team strives to be the best agency out there, both in agent support and customer experience. Thank you, Keller Williams, for devoting this year’s Red Day again to the Carver community!

Every middle school student who participated in our annual STEAM Showcase succeeded!

Each year, Carver invites its middle school students to compete in a STEAM Showcase. You have undoubtedly heard that STEM, which stands for an educational focus in science, tech, engineering and math, has changed to STEAM, to include the arts. Carver students recently gathered in the Carver Community Center gym to exhibit their STEAM creations.

Please join us in giving a round of applause to all our young participants! Award Certificates were given out and the team that won the Best Overall project received an Amazon gift card in the amount of $30.00 for each team member. 

The Overall Best Teamwork Award goes to the Nathan Hale Middle School’s Lego presentation.

  1. Philiip Terentino  

  2. Edwin Chen

  3. John Paul Hagenkotter

  4. Juan Lantigua

  5. Ace Torres

The Originality Award goes to Nathan Hale Middle School Jewelry Presentation 

  1. Amy Livichuzcha

The Most Creative Project Award goes to Nathan Hale Middle School Art Project

  1. Amy Livichuzcha

  2. John Carlos Lopez

  3. Leo Pascuilli

  4. Alfonso Aguilar

  5. Ava Bailey

  6. Shaugnessy Reeves

  7. Jayden Massey

  8. Malik Wahid

  9. Jillian Santos

  10. Damian Uva

  11. Gavin Colas

  12. Gavin Fellini

  13. Inder Singh

  14. Phillip Terentino

The Top Presentation Award goes to Roton Middle School Technology Project

  1. Sam Burns

  2. Ahnai Dennis

  3. Journee Miller

  4. Caden Webb

  5. Romina Bermeo

  6. Julian Morales

  7. Alejandro Lua

  8. Peyton Tyler

  9. Leah Casteneda

  10. Carlos Valdovinos

  11. Jacob Palacios

The Most Innovative Award goes to Ponus Ridge Middle School’s Speaker Technology Project

  1. Cecila Garcia

  2. Jadhora King

  3. Jefferson Polanco

  4. Thessara Samasgala

  5. Ethan Nicholson

  6. Jaynyla Mitchell 

  7. Priya Patel 

The Best Overall Project Team Winner (each student received a $30 Amazon gift card) was Side By Side Charter School for their Videography Project 

  1. Edolie Grant

  2. Penelope Fisher

  3. Amy Quinteros

National School Lunch Hero Day Honors Our Frontline Workers Dedicated to Serving Up Happy and Healthy in Norwalk's Schools

Preparing kid-favorite recipes? Helping students fuel up for an afternoon quiz or the big game? Creating a place for kids to relax and connect with friends? Sharing healthy eating habits to last a lifetime? Serving up happy and healthy in school cafeterias across the country? It's no small feat checking all that and more off the list each day, and it's all thanks to the dedicated lunch ladies and men showing their superpowers as heroes of the cafeteria!

Tomorrow, Friday, May 5th, Chartwells K12 which also serves Carver kids in our after-school and summer programs, celebrates National School Lunch Hero Day to recognize its chefs, dietitians, and food service workers making mealtime fun in schools across the country. In honor of School Lunch Hero Day this year, Chartwells is sending every associate a special edition apron, or cape turned backward, as a tribute to their superhero status serving 2 million meals a day to students and ensuring kids leave the cafeteria happier and healthier than they came in.

School Lunch Heroes at Norwalk Public Schools are superb at serving happy and fun! From closing out the school year with a "Rock the Bike Tour" with the district's new blender bike to share nutrition education to giving students a chance to vote on lunch favorites and consistently offering new menu options from smoothies to global cuisines, happy cafeterias start with them!

Grandmother, Mother & Daughter Automotive Engineering Event on June 3rd

Join Dr. Cynthia Barnett for this automotive engineering event on June 3rd, 10 am to 12 pm! Girls grades 2nd through 7th are invited along with their mothers and grandmothers to build a motorized vehicle at The Carver Community Center. Registration is free and lunch is provided!

Register for this event by clicking the button below or navigating to https://forms.gle/w2Rv3VDYirEK3XtZ9. For more information, contact Dr. Barnett at drcynthiabarnett@gmail.com.

The online USDE College Scoreboard helps you find the right fit!

Our recently concluded 51st annual Spring Break College Tour was a great success, as reported daily by our students on this blog.

In addition to visiting college campuses, the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard offers a free online tool to help students of all ages, families, educators, counselors, and other college-access professionals make data-informed decisions when choosing a college or university to attend.

Through an open and easy-to-use website, the Scorecard supports students on their pathway to college and future careers by increasing the transparency of information that will help them understand the benefits of higher education, such as college costs, student debt, graduation rates, admissions test scores, and acceptance rates, student body diversity, post-college earnings, and much more!