Dear Parents, Guardians and Colleagues,

What an incredible start to the 2025-26 school year! We're thrilled to share immediate proof of your partnership: Anna Reynolds and Elizabeth Green Schools were just named Schools of Distinction! Equally impressive is the news that Newington High School is leading the state in rigorous AP/ECE course completion. These achievements are concrete evidence that we are making tremendous strides in closing our achievement gaps and ensuring all students have access to rigorous instruction across the district.

None of this success happens without you. Thank you for your continued, invaluable support of Newington Public Schools. If you’d like a detailed look at our shared accomplishments from last year and our progress on the 2024-27 Strategic Plan, you can find the recent Board presentation linked here.

We know there’s been significant discussion around middle school math programming, specifically the Bridge to Algebra Program. The Board of Education and my administrative team have worked with stakeholders to hear their concerns. We appreciate the community input and want to ensure clarity: Any Grade 7 student can enroll in the Bridge Program. The preliminary guidelines linked here Bridge to Algebra Program were shared only to help parents assess a student's likely success.

Most importantly, we are actively working on modifications to the middle school schedule to better support all learners with more dedicated time for acceleration and re-teaching as needed. These modifications are directly aligned with our Intended Outcome:

Intended Outcome: That we maintain the high performance of students meeting and exceeding district standards/expectations, increase performance of students performing below district standards/expectations, and reduce the predictable performance gap between groups of students performing at or above standards/expectations and groups of students performing below standards/expectations.

We have so much to be proud of in Newington Public Schools. I want to specifically thank our talented teachers and dedicated support staff for their commitment to our learners every single day. We look forward to continuing this vital partnership with all of our families. Thank you for being an essential part of the NPS success story!

Be Well,

Dr. Maureen Brummett, Ed.D

Superintendent of Schools

Newington Public Schools offers preschool opportunities, at all of our elementary schools, for three and four year old children. Our preschool program is designed to integrate children with special needs and children who are typically developing. Please click here for more information, or to apply for the 2026-27 school year.

The Dual Credit Dashboard is now live with 2024-25 data:

We are number 2 in courses completed out of high schools in our DRG; Southington High School is number 1. We are currently number 11 in courses completed out of all high schools in CT.  

A huge thank you to Seth Korn for overseeing our growth in this area and to all our NHS teachers who support students in completing these rigorous courses. For a full list of all our college credit bearing courses, please click here.

Thank you to all of our dedicated Newington Public Schools staff for joining us for this year's Convocation on Wednesday. It was great to welcome you all back for the 2025-2026 school year! Please enjoy a few highlight photos below.

Two of our incredible schools have been recognized as Schools of Distinction after the state released the updated NextGen Accountability results.

Anna Reynolds - School of Distinction in the areas of:

Elizabeth Green - School of Distinction in the area of:

A huge congratulations to Jason Smith , Kevin Doran, and their schools' hardworking teachers and support staff on this impressive achievement!

NHS School Resource Officer, Tim Buggee, was interviewed by Fox61 to share what his job entails by building safety and trust. His interview and the article can be found here. Tim is an outstanding SRO who continues to have a positive impact on the lives of students in Newington Schools.

Election Day: 11/4/25

Thanksgiving Break: Half Day 11/26/25; Full Days 11/27-11/28/25

Winter Break: 12/24/25 - 1/4/26

Please click here to view the 2025-2026 school year calendar.

Thank you for reading! For more information about the district please visit the NPS website at the link below, or our Facebook page here.