Our students experienced both personal and team successes this past year. A Ponus engineering team naming themselves “Smarties” earned third place in the Magnetic Levitation Category at a statewide competition. Of the five Carver robotics teams fielded this past year, Ponus “Lego Legends” won 4th place in the regional competition held in Greenwich. We collaborated with Westport Playhouse, Shakespeare on the Sound to provide a variety of cultural and arts programs. We conducted our 43rd annual 10-day college tour and the 8th annual Career Fair this past year. For the third year we produced a college boot camp for girls and college boot camp for boys at the Carver Community Center. And our “Meet the Professionals” series remained an important opportunity for our young people. 2014 will mark the beginning of our implementation of a new five-year strategic plan after a full year of study and analysis. New programs are already underway. Based on our success this past summer with a pilot program, we hope to expand our summer 2014 programs for elementary students transitioning into middle school and middle school students transitioning into high school. Thank you for your vital part in the Carver story, which will hopefully carry on for 75 or more years of our “building lifetime achievers.” Sincerely,
Novelette Peterkin Executive Director