School News and Announcements

Greetings to all our Bulldog families:

Grade Level Awards Ceremony: We will be holding grade level assemblies for teachers to distribute awards to students from their various classes. Parents are invited. You will get a separate notice if your child is receiving an award and you wish to be present. If so, please bring ID so we can enter you into our visitor system. The awards will be in the auditorium.

8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony 9:00am:  The 8th Grade moving up ceremony will take place on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 14 at 9:00am in the auditorium followed by refreshments in the cafeteria. Invitations and tickets will be distributed to all 8^th graders on Tuesday June 6 during homeroom.

6th and 7th grade parent volunteers are needed to make the ceremony a success. If you can help, please sign up here.

Staff and Student Accomplishments: Congratulations to our Grade 8 Students of the Month for May.

Cloonan Yearbook Updates:

Yearbooks are on the way to the printer!  The expected deliver date is June 6. There is still time to purchase a yearbook for $16.95, although you will need to pay shipping and handling and it will be delivered to your home.  Go to TreeRing.com.  Create an account using Cloonan's school code: 1016086413333588. Purchase your yearbook there.

Our most profound thanks to our Yearbook Coordinator Ms. Stops for all her hard work in pulling such a large project together for the last three years.  Thanks also to Ms. Champ, Ms. Schenck, Ms. Clucus, Ms. Combest, Ms. Lamontagne, Ms. Marcus, Ms. Shafransky and Ms. Sibirzeff for their invaluable efforts to support this collection of memories.

Donors Choose: Thank you to our community for your generous support throughout the year. This has been a great way to support our students and staff with classroom projects. We have new active projects in need of funding. To see the list click here.

COVID-19 Update: For the week, we had no reported case.  

Superintendent’s Message: (Highlights)

Café con la Super – Spanish Language Community Conversation Series

I am excited to announce that we are hosting our first Spanish Language Community Conversation on Monday, June 5 at 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Government Center.  These sessions will have a brief presentation followed by a question-and-answer period.  Translation will be available.  Please register here if you are planning to attend.

Reminder: Annual Physicals Required for Grades K, 6, and 9

Students entering kindergarten, 6th and 9th grades in the fall of 2023 are required to have a recent annual physical on file with Stamford Public Schools.  We recommend that you schedule your child’s physical around their birthday.  It can be difficult to get an appointment right before school begins in August. 

Please bring this form with you to your appointment.  Your doctor will need to fill it out for the school nurse. If your child does not have a healthcare provider they see regularly, click here for a list of providers in Stamford that offer school entry physicals.

For Dr. Lucero’s complete message, please click here.

Stay healthy, safe and engaged.

David M. Tate, Principal

Greetings to all our Bulldog families:

Stamford Memorial Day Parade, Sunday, May 28 at 12pm – Cheer on the Cloonan Middle School Band as they march in the 2023 Stamford Memorial Day Parade. Parade route is Stamford Police Department to Veterans Memorial Park via Bedford Street, across Broad Street and continuing on Atlantic Street.

8th Grade Moving Up Dance:  The 8th Grade mini prom dinner dance will be held on a new date, Wednesday, June 7th at The Italian Center of Stamford from 6pm – 9pm. Tickets are on sale now. You can pay via Cash, Check, PayPal @CloonanPTO and Venmo @Nayr-Champ. Please RSVP and register by completing Google form here. There will be no tickets sold at the door. A headcount is needed in advance to ensure enough dinners are ordered. Chaperones are needed to supervise students. If you are interested, please sign up here.

8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony 9:00am:  The 8th Grade moving up ceremony will take place on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 14 at 9:00am in the auditorium followed by refreshments in the cafeteria. Invitations and tickets will be sent next week.

6th and 7th grade parent volunteers are needed to make the ceremony a success. If you can help, please sign up here.

Staff and Student Accomplishments: Congratulations to Team Prodigy on their first national Stock Market Competition. Students Hans Augustin, Schneid Bassette, Allen Chery and Haseeb Mahmood comprised Team Prodigy under the mentorship of 100 Black Men of Stamford. They placed #75 out of 421 teams nationwide. Nice job!

Thanks to our Aladdin, Jr. Volunteers, Cast and Crew: We deeply appreciate all of the time, dedication and hard work of our volunteers who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help or students make our school musical successful. Kudos to Edie Block, Kathleen Carlos Vela, Erica Casinelli, Nayr Champ, Crystal Theater (Alexandra and Cheryl Kemeny), George Dedaj,  Elianna Greenberg, Peter Hadley, Lexi Marcus, Sabine Sawyer, Anthony Scaturchio,  Kimberly Schenck, Stephen Serafino,  Sherry Sliss, and Kathleen Steinberg. Our greatest thanks to Producer and Director Analisa Robinson for leading our students to our first full theater production in over five years, and especially to the cast and crew for a magical performance!

Cloonan Yearbook Updates:

Yearbooks are on the way to the printer!  The expected deliver date is June 6. There is still time to purchase a yearbook for $16.95, although you will need to pay shipping and handling and it will be delivered to your home.  Go to TreeRing.com.  Create an account using Cloonan's school code: 1016086413333588 Purchase your yearbook there.

Our most profound thanks to our Yearbook Coordinator Ms. Stops for all her hard work in pulling such a large project together for the last three years.  Thanks also to Ms. Champ, Ms. Schenck, Ms. Clucus, Ms. Combest, Ms. Lamontagne, Ms. Marcus, Ms. Shafransky and Ms. Sibirzeff for their invaluable efforts to support this collection of memories.

Donors Choose: Thank you to our community for your generous support throughout the year. This has been a great way to support our students and staff with classroom projects. We have new active projects in need of funding. To see the list click here.

COVID-19 Update: For the week, we had one reported case.  

Superintendent’s Message:  For Dr. Lucero’s complete message, please click here.

This Memorial Day weekend, let it be a time to count our blessings and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country and our freedoms. One way to show your appreciation is to join our SPS Marching Bands and others for the Memorial Day parade on Sunday May 28. Details are listed above. Stay healthy, safe and engaged.

David M. Tate, Principal

Greetings to all our Bulldog families:

Upcoming Events:

Special Thanks: We express our great appreciation to 100 Black Men of Stamford, the Jane Addams Peace Association, and Stamford Public Schools. Through their combined efforts, our eighth grade students met Angela Joy, author of Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement. The book is a 2023 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner and a 2023 Caldecott honor book. All 220 Cloonan eighth graders received a signed copy of Ms. Joy’s book.  Special thanks goes to Ms. Jackie Clucus, our Literacy Support Specialist, and Ms. Coleen Weiner, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment – Secondary for SPS, who coordinated everything to make this visit such a success.

Student & Staff Accomplishments: Congratulations to Caroline Chen (Grade 8) for creating the cover of our 2022-2023 Yearbook. Congratulations also to Elmer Gutierrez (8), whose artwork will be the rear cover of the yearbook. Our thanks and appreciation to everyone who submitted their artwork that will be included inside the yearbook. They are Ashley Chacone-Reciones (6), Sophia Koirala (8), Grace Noguera and Sharon Carias (8), Aylyn Retana (7), Ryan Rutkowski (6), Katherin Soto (7), and Justin Vega Ruballos (7).

Aladdin, Jr. is Here:  We have two shows next week. The curtains open on Wednesday May 24 and Thursday May 25 at 6pm.  Tickets are only $5 each and are on sale now as well as available at the door.  Do not miss our first theater production since before the pandemic.

Volunteers Needed for Aladdin, Jr.: We could still use a few more volunteers to make this something special.  This is a student production under the direction of Cloonan teacher Analisa Robertson, who is volunteering her time to support our students. Parent volunteers are needed to help with the production (costumes, makeup, donating meals for dress rehearsals, ticket sales, and more). Please contact Dr. Hadley (phadley@stamfordct.gov) if you can lend your time to help make this musical a great experience for our students.

Cloonan Yearbook Updates:

1. Yearbooks are on sale now for $16.75 each!  Go to TreeRing.com.  Create an account using Cloonan's school code: 1016086413333588 Purchase your yearbook there.
2. Upload photos for the yearbook committee to use at TreeRing.com.  We are looking for Cloonan activities - dances, holidays, sports, parades, field trips, class time snapshots, etc.
3. 8th graders - we need your baby pictures!  Upload them to the TreeRing website for the Cloonan yearbook.

Any questions?  Email the Yearbook advisor, Kristen Stops, kstops@gmail.com

Donors Choose: Congratulations to all the teachers who have newly funded projects; Ms. Ramirez, Ms. Damalas, Ms. Schwartz and Ms. Giandurco. This has been a great way to support our students and staff with classroom projects. Thank you to our community for your ongoing support. We have new active projects in need of funding. To see the list click here.

COVID-19 Update: For the week, we had no reported cases.  

Superintendent’s Message:  For Dr. Lucero’s complete message, please click here.

Stay healthy, safe and engaged.

David M. Tate, Principal

Greetings to all our Bulldog families:

Upcoming Events:

Student & Staff Accomplishments: Congratulations to Spanish Teacher Ms. Karen Murano. She was recently recognized with a SPS Spotlight Teacher Award.

Cloonan Yearbook Updates:

1. Yearbooks are on sale now for $16.75 each!  Go to TreeRing.com.  Create an account using Cloonan's school code: 1016086413333588 Purchase your yearbook there.
2. Upload photos for the yearbook committee to use at TreeRing.com.  We are looking for Cloonan activities - dances, holidays, sports, parades, field trips, class time snapshots, etc.
3. 8th graders - we need your baby pictures!  Upload them to the TreeRing website for the Cloonan yearbook.

 Any questions?  Email the Yearbook advisor, Kristen Stops, kstops@gmail.com

Donors Choose: This has been a great way to support our students and staff with classroom projects. Thank you to our community for your ongoing support. We have new active projects in need of funding. To see the list click here.

COVID-19 Update: For the week, we had no reported cases.  

Superintendent’s Message:  For Dr. Lucero’s complete message, please click here.

Stay healthy, safe and engaged.

David M. Tate, Principal

Greetings to all our Bulldog families:

Student & Staff Accomplishments: Congratulations to Krish Donikena (Cloonan) and Naren Ponnusamy (Rippowam). They won the inaugural New Haven Urban Debate League State Tournament in honor of the late Reverend D. Stanley Lord. There were 22 teams from across the state participating.

The tournament was open to middle school and 9th grade debaters.

Also congratulations to our 8^th Grade April Students of the Month.

Author Visit and Book Giveaway:  Author Angela Joy will be at Cloonan to talk about her book Choosing Brave. Members of 100 Black Men of Stamford (sponsoring the event with SPS) will be at Cloonan at on May 11 for a light breakfast and meet and greet with the author and Cloonan staff. All 8^th grade students will attend her presentation with Q&A. Every 8^th Grade student will receive a signed copy of the book

Volunteers Needed for Aladdin, Jr.: Cloonan Middle School will present the musical Aladdin, Jr. on Wednesday, May 24 and Thursday, May 25.  This is a student production under the direction of Cloonan teacher Analisa Robertson, who is volunteering her time to support our students. Parent volunteers are needed to help with the production (costumes, makeup, donating meals for dress rehearsals, ticket sales, and more). Please contact Dr. Hadley (phadley@stamfordct.gov) if you can lend your time to help make this musical a great experience for our students.

Cloonan Yearbook Updates:

1. Yearbooks are on sale now for $16.75 each!  Go to TreeRing.com.  Create an account using Cloonan's school code: 1016086413333588 Purchase your yearbook there.
2. Upload photos for the yearbook committee to use at TreeRing.com.  We are looking for Cloonan activities - dances, holidays, sports, parades, field trips, class time snapshots, etc.
3. 8th graders - we need your baby pictures!  Upload them to the TreeRing website for the Cloonan yearbook.
4. Yearbook Cover Contest:  Calling all Cloonan artists to submit an original Yearbook Cover.  Contest ends on Thursday, March 30.  Email entries to kstops@gmail.com or submit them in person to Mrs. Sibirzeff, Room 219.  See flyer for more details.

We are still looking for pictures of Cloonan activities – Holocaust Museum field trip, spring dance, sports, parades, class time snapshots, etc. Upload photos for the yearbook committee to use at TreeRing.com by Friday, May 5. We also still need 8^th grade student’s baby pictures! Please remember to upload baby pictures to the TreeRing.com website for the Cloonan yearbook by Friday, May 5.

Any questions?  Email the Yearbook advisor, Kristen Stops, kstops@gmail.com

Donors Choose: This has been a great way to support our students and staff with classroom projects. Thank you to our community for your ongoing support. We have new active projects in need of funding. To see the list click here.

COVID-19 Update: For the week, we had no reported cases.  

Superintendent’s Message:  (highlights)

May is also Mental Health Awareness Month. All children, and adults, face problems from time to time.  For our students and families, Stamford Public Schools offers resources and support through our highly qualified school social workers, psychologists, and other support staff.  These professionals have the expertise in mental health, learning, and behavior to help children and adolescents succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally. (Please remind your child that if they ever need to talk to someone at Cloonan they can go to any office with a green dot in front of the door. – Mr. Tate)

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For Dr. Lucero’s complete message, please click here.

Stay healthy, safe and engaged.

David M. Tate, Principal