New Canaan Public Schools

10/31/2026

It’s Spooky Season! 🎃 … and you know what time that means! Halloween parade time! Check out all the fun our students had showing off their costumes at our schools!

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10/30/2026

Congratulations to sophomores, Mary and Anca Jordan, on an incredible performance at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston! Competing on their 15th birthday, the sisters raced in the world's largest rowing regatta to finish 5th overall out of 56 crews and earn gold in the Under-17 division! Their success builds on an impressive fall season filled with top finishes by both girls at the Head of the Quinobequin and Textile River Regatta. What an exciting season for these talented Rams! 🥇

10/28/2026

Pumpkin Decorating with the LAUNCH Program! 🎃

Students got into the Halloween spirit with a festive pumpkin decorating activity. Not only is it fun, but hands-on activities such as this are a great way to practice transferable, real-life skills, like project planning, time management, and reinforcement of conversational skills. We loved hearing about upcoming Halloween plans, favorite fall traditions, and, of course, seeing all the creative final projects. 🍂👻

10/27/2026

Last week, celebrated the second anniversary of its NASA Artemis I Moon Tree, affectionately named “Luna” by students, with a special schoolwide gathering! 🌳✨

More than 200 students, staff, and families came together to celebrate Luna’s incredible journey, which began as a tiny seed traveling through space aboard NASA’s Artemis I mission. South School was the first educational institution in Connecticut selected to receive a Moon Tree seedling through NASA’s program, which attracted more than 1,300 applications nationwide!

To mark the occasion, students shared fun facts about Luna, created colorful hand-painted rocks to decorate its base, and contributed to a special time capsule filled with photos, letters, and memories. The capsule will be opened 25 years from now, giving future South School students a glimpse into life in 2026!

We wonder what future South Schoolers will think when they uncover these little pieces of school history! 🚀

🔗 Read the full press release on the district website!

10/26/2026

Congratulations to the Girls Cross Country Team on their second straight FCIAC Championship at Waveny Park! The Rams dominated with three, Top 10 finishes and five in Top 20, while Sienna De Kanter set a new school record with a time of 18:18.8! Way to go, Rams! 👏

10/23/2026

A clean campus = a green campus! 🌎💚

Our student volunteers rolled up their sleeves this past weekend to help beautify our campus grounds! Their post-Homecoming cleanup focused on high-traffic areas, including Dunning Stadium and the school entrances, where litter can accumulate.

We 💚 seeing school pride in action and the care our students put into keeping our school community clean!

10/23/2026

Congrats to our student-athletes, Connor and Henry! 🏈

New Canaan’s three-year starting tackles Connor Furman and Henry Reagan are headed to Harvard and Dartmouth, respectively.

10/20/2026

At Ms. Zilly’s Food & Nutrition classes are busy baking up some delicious creations! Students are learning about the science behind fermentation while making goodies in the kitchen and practicing cooking skills they’ll use when they’re out on their own. This week's favorites were cinnamon rolls and pizza 🍕🍩

10/16/2026

Pep Rally! Each year, our student body comes together for some camaraderie and competition during the penultimate celebration of Homecoming Spirit Week! This event is the first of many anticipated events where our school community comes together to celebrate school spirit, friendly competition, and what it means to be a part of NCHS.

The first half of the event is strictly “business,” with a battle amongst the athletic teams in a relay race featuring scooter racing, push-ups, and a beanbag toss, followed by a grade-level tug-of-war. But the real prize comes after, when each team goes head-to-head in the ultimate dance battle for crowning glory!

We loved everyone's performance, but who do you think had the best dance routine this year?

10/16/2026

Fourth graders at are diving into math by practicing rounding numbers on a number line! Visualizing math concepts can make a big difference for students, and whiteboards give them a hands-on way to see how numbers fit together, mark benchmarks, and plot values. Students can also show their work, try new strategies, and rethink their answers without worrying about making mistakes. It’s all part of building a stronger understanding of math and the confidence to keep learning.