In the News

By Jaki Lauper 

ACES Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School students placed first and second in the 2014 OneWorld Progressive Institute Oratory Competition. Click the link below to read the  article, New Haven Independent.

ACES Health Services Coordinator, Michael Corjulo was featured on WFSB, Channel 3's Better Connecticut segment on School Nurse Day, May 7, 2014. Click below to view the segment.

WFSB School Nurse Day Segment

The ACES Governing Board is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Thomas Danehy as the new Executive Director of ACES. Dr. Danehy comes from an impressive career as a teacher, assistant principal, principal at the elementary, middle school, and a magnet high school on the campus of a community college, where he was on the College President’s Cabinet. Most recently, Dr. Danehy served as superintendent of the public schools in Winchester, Conn. Danehy has also worked for a neighboring RESC, led human resources, and overseen special education in many of his leadership roles.

Published: April 11, 2014 | Last Modified: April 11, 2014 01:41PM

MERIDEN — In a report released this week, a New Haven nonprofit group finds that enrollment at magnet, technical, and charter schools across the state doesn’t reflect the population diversity of the cities and towns where they’re located. Locally, however, Edison Middle School, an inter-district Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) magnet school, and H.C. Wilcox Technical High School, are more closely aligned to city demographics than other choice schools throughout the state.

By Jaki Lauper
North Haven Courier

The Connecticut Tigers performing at the Music & Arts Conference at Western Connecticut State University (March 29, 2014).

The Connecticut Tigers performing at a Winter Guard International event at Monmouth College in New Jersey (March 23, 2014).

The Connecticut Tigers Winter Guard is a team of special needs performers from towns throughout Connecticut who have a passion for the activity and a love of performance.  The group is funded by ACES along with donations from companies that supply band and winter guard teams, McCormick’s and Algy.

Every Monday evening, from early January through the end of the Guard season, thirty-four people gather to share their skills, their enthusiasm, and their dreams.This show is a culmination of these evenings, where “disabilities” are transformed into “abilities”.

For additional information on the Connecticut Tigers, go to www.cttigers.org.

by Laura C. Cannon ◊ Apr 04, 2014

Honor Habet Onus, or “With Honor Comes Responsibility,” is the motto of the South Central Area Superintendents’ Association. That group recently bestowed honors on outstanding students at SCASA’s annual Student Award Luncheon.  Eighteen districts took part in the event, March 19, at the Laurel View Country Club in Hamden.

Students are nominated by their superintendent or other administrator.  Awards are based on community service and service to others; academic prowess (relative to ability); and leadership to the school community.

Among the students recognized by SCASA this year were two from the Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) Whitney High School North in Hamden. 

ACES Educational Center for the Arts (ECA) students Sophia O'Brien-Udry's and Jonathan Gelernter's essays are featured in New Haven Magazine's High School Confidential issue (March / April 2014).

Michael Corjulo, ACES Coordinator of School Health Services was selected as a Healthcare Hero / Educator of the Year by Business New Haven magazine. An article featuring Michael can be found on page 8 of the Healthcare Heroes supplement to New Haven  / Business New Haven magazines.