Welcome to the premier edition of CREC Connections,

a quarterly e-newsletter that will focus on issues of common interest to CREC member districts, with more news for consumers to use best practices in education, district success stories, profiles of educational leaders in our region and notices of education-related events. It is also being distributed to opinion leaders and legislators to share with them what CREC represents – service to its 35 member public school districts that will result in efficiencies, and improved education for the children they serve.

The goal of CREC Connections is to improve the quality of public education by providing helpful and useful information in an easy-to-read format.

It is fitting, as CREC enters its 40th year of service to educators, children and families that we inaugurate our a new method of communicating with our many constituencies. As we celebrate our history, we continue to focus on what is to come, new techniques and new ideas.

In this issue:

• Linking Preschool Assessment and Kindergarten Goals
• Registration Open for Beyond Technology Conference
• Open House Dates and Application Deadlines
• Hartford Magnet Middle School Receives Federal Blue Ribbon Nomination
• Two Rivers Student Break Ground for CT Center for Science and Exploration
• Arts Academy Boasts Another First
  

To suggest a topic or share a success story from your district, please contact Dwight Blint, Manager of Communications at 860-524-4084 or dblint@crec.org.

We encourage you to forward this newsletter to all of your associates. If you have received a forwarded copy, but would like to receive your own, e-mail dblint@crec.org

I look forward to your comments and suggestions.
Bruce E. Douglas, Ph.D., Executive Director