and freshman teams, intramurals, city leagues and the Stamford Youth Foundation.  In addition, other great initiatives occur in Stamford  to help promote quality education, such as the Stamford Achieves Program.

Bus transportation is provided for elementary students living one mile or more from school; for middle school students living one-and-a-half miles from school; and for high school students living two miles or more from school.


Honors and Awards

-- > Twenty high school students were named Commended Students by the National Merit Scholarship Program for being top scorers in critical reading, math and writing.

-- > Seventy-two students were named AP Scholars by the Coll
The high school curriculum includes Honors courses as well as 13 Advanced Placement courses in English Literature and Composition, Calculus, Computer Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, U.S. History, European History, French, Spanish, Music Theory, Studio Art, and Art History. See below for some of Stamford’s Honors and Awards that were given to student’s great accomplishments.
--> Stamford has many programs and extracurricular activities including enrichment programs and clubs, offered at the elementary, middle and high schools. Sports are available through varsity, junior varsity ege Board in recognition of exceptional achievement on the college level Advanced Placement exams. ‘AP Scholar’ is a designation earned by less than 20% of the more than one million high school students who take the AP exams.

-- > The S.M.A.R.T. Lego Team won a total of five awards at the Connecticut State Championship and represented Connecticut for the second time at the World Festival in Atlanta.
-- > Students in the Stamford Public Schools took home eleven awards, more than any other school district in the state, at the Connecticut History Day competition. Six students advanced to the National competition held at the University of Maryland.

Source: www.stamfordpublicschools.org

Addtional inks

Public Schools
-- Stamford Public Schools District Calendar

-- Stamford Public Schools District General Information 

-- Stamford Public Schools General Communications 

Educational Programs

Stamford Achieves 

Stamford Achieves is a non-profit organization whose board of directors is comprised of volunteer leaders from local businesses, community organizations, and parents of Stamford public school children. The mission of Stamford Achieves is to provide community leadership and advocacy to close the achievement gap in the Stamford Public School system as quickly as possible while improving the quality of education for all students.

Ferguson Online 

On-line library and knowledgebase for students

Colleges & Universities

-- University of Connecticut

-- Bais Binyomin Academy

-- Berlitz Language Centers
-- Connecticut Institute For Paralegal Studies

-- J M Wright Regional Vocational Technical School-- St Basils College
-- Westlawn Institute Of Marine Technology Inc