Please see information below and support our scholars. Thank you, *Veronica Douglas-Givan*

 

 

 

CONTACT: Veronica Douglas-Givan Director of Communications & External Affairs Bridgeport Public Schools Cell: 203.572.4804 Office: 203.275.1015

Bridgeport Public Schools

 

Press Release

           

 

FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY TEAMS UP WITH BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ACKNOWLEDGE BRIDGEPORT’S BRIGHTEST SCHOLARS

 

January 7, 2011 - Bridgeport, Conn. – Bridgeport Public Schools in conjunction with Fairfield University will reward city scholars for their academic performance in the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) and Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT) with the Bridgeport’s Brightest Program. The event will mark the second straight year that Fairfield University and Bridgeport Public Schools will team up to honor the city’s outstanding students.

 The Bridgeport’s Brightest Program is a partnership between the Bridgeport Board of Education and Fairfield University. The program is an effort to encourage and reward high achievement in the two state tests as well as overall academic achievement by the individual schools. The intent of the program is to recognize the approximately 1,500 Bridgeport public school students who are CMT and CAPT scholars.

 

These scholars, who range from elementary to high school age, will be honored during the Fairfield University-Saint Peter’s men’s basketball game on Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 1:00 pm at the Arena Harbor Yard. The individual school that had the greatest percentage of increase in overall CMT scores will be honored.

 

          All CMT and CAPT scholars can pick up tickets at the Fairfield University’s will call window as the Arena at Harbor Yard. All family members of CMT and CAPT scholars will also receive free admission for the game.

 

For information regarding the Bridgeport’s Brightest program, please contact Roy Brown, Fairfield University Assistant Director of Athletics at (203) 254-4000 ext. 3457 and Veronica Douglas-Givan, Bridgeport Public Schools Director of Communications and External Affairs at (203) 245-1015.

 

 

The mission of the Bridgeport Public Schools and its supporting community is to graduate all students “college ready” and prepared to succeed in life.  For more information about Bridgeport Public Schools visit our website at www.bridgeportedu.com.