State honor affords Hatch-Geary opportunity to have broader impact on education BEACON FALLS — Since being named Connecticut Teacher of the Year in November, Meghan Hatch-Geary’s life has changed both…

ANSONIA — Out of the 17 technical high schools in the state, Steven Orloski took the top honor as the 2019 Connecticut Technical Education and Career System teacher of the…

NAUGATUCK — Growing up in a family of educators, Kate (Kuhla) Singley was raised with the belief in public schools and to value public education. She always had that feeling…

BEACON FALLS — The path Meghan Hatch-Geary followed to becoming a teacher at Woodland Regional High School was an unconventional one. “I spent a long time searching for what career…

PROSPECT — Region 16, which oversees schools in Beacon Falls and Prospect, is seeking nominations for the district’s 2020 teacher of the year. Parents, students, staff and community members are…

REGION 16 — Region 16 is seeking nominations for the district’s 2019 teacher of the year. Parents, students, staff and community members are encouraged to nominate a teacher. The nominee…

Burns named Naugatuck’s teacher of the year NAUGATUCK — After 16 years teaching in Naugatuck schools, Jodie Burns hasn’t lost any energy or enthusiasm for the job. “When I come…

Region 16 taps Amato as teacher of the year BEACON FALLS — Woodland Regional High School English teacher James Amato likes to maintain a mystique around his age within the…

REGION 16 — Region 16, which oversees schools in Beacon Falls and Prospect, is seeking nominations for the district’s 2018 teacher of the year. Parents, students, staff and community members…

REGION 16 — Region 16’s 2016 Teacher of the Year traded a corporate office for a classroom nearly 20 years ago and never looked back. Lisa Olivere, a 51-year-old West…