NewsCommunityMultimediaSlideshows Community snapshots By mycitizensnews - May 2, 2015 0 90 The Girls Night Out Welcome Spring event March 20 at BrushStroke Paint Party in Naugatuck raised $735, including a $500 donation from BrushStroke Paint Party owner Kathy Piccirillo and $235 from a raffle, for the Naugatuck skate park. –CONTRIBUTED The Citizen’s News recently held its Easter coloring contest. We would like to thank all of the children who participated in the contest. Jessica Saint Paul won in the 9- to 12-year-old age group. –CITIZEN’S NEWS The Citizen’s News recently held its Easter coloring contest. We would like to thank all of the children who participated in the contest. Michelina Steeves won in the 6- to 8-year-old age group. –CITIZEN’S NEWS Cross Street Intermediate School fifth-grader Lilly Lyons checks her EverFi account April 24 at the school in Naugatuck. Representatives from Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan and EverFi, an education technology company, visited the school as part of EverFi’s Vault – Understanding Money program, which teaches students about financial literacy concepts. The visit was sponsored by Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan. –LUKE MARSHALL The Citizen’s News recently held its Easter coloring contest. We would like to thank all of the children who participated in the contest. Julia Papazaghariv won in the 3- to 5-year-old age group. –CITIZEN’S NEWS Naugatuck High School physics teacher Marc Pardee tells the audience about the academic accomplishments of senior Jennifer Martins, standing to his right, April 28 during the school’s Top 5 Percent Awards. The ceremony is held annually to honor students in the top 5 percent of the sophomore, junior and senior classes. Students honored for the first time receive a jacket, a letter and a Lamp of Knowledge pin for the letter. Students honored for the second or third time receive a chevron to pin on the letter. –LUKE MARSHALL The Naugatuck Retired Teachers recently donated $200 to the Whittemore Library Youth Services Department to purchase books for its summer reading program. Pictured, from left, are Library Director Jocelyn Miller, Youth Services Department Head Matt Yanarella and Naugatuck Retired Teachers President Debbie DeRienz. –CONTRIBUTED