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New Canaan High School is the only public high school in New Canaan, Connecticut, US. In 2017, it was ranked the best public high school in Connecticut, and one of the top 200 in the nation. [2] New Canaan High School was ranked the 74th best STEM high school in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. [3]
New Canaan (/ ˈ k eɪ n ə n /) is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.The population was 20,622 according to the 2020 census. [1] The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region.
Coaches Guy Whitten (Wilton) and Howard Benedict (New Canaan) are believed to be the "Founding Fathers of Connecticut Lacrosse." In 2008 in Inside Lacrosse Magazine, Bates Head Lacrosse Coach, Peter Lasagna stated "Guy Whitten (Wilton) and Howard Benedict (New Canaan) created cultures of excellence to be envied." [2]
St. Luke's School is a private, secular, co-educational day school founded in 1928 and situated on a 40-acre (160,000 m 2) campus in New Canaan, Connecticut.St. Luke's offers a college-preparatory curriculum for grades 5 through 12, with a diverse student body of 594 from 30 towns in Connecticut and New York.
New Canaan Historical Society (also referred to as New Canaan Museum and Historical Society) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which was originally formed in 1889 (incorporated 1893) to "bring together the genealogies of the families who have lived in the town, to form a library and collect relicts and curiosities, to form a museum".
A Century of Teacher Education in Connecticut: The Story of the New Britain State Normal School and the Teachers College of Connecticut, 1849–1949 (1949) Greenberg, Ivan. "Vocational education, work culture, and the children of immigrants in 1930s Bridgeport" Journal of Social History (2007) 41#1 pp.149–160.
Catherine Cecilia Maher (née Queeney; born November 19, 1953) [1] is an American executive and politician. She currently serves as a member of the Connecticut State Senate, representing District 26, which encompasses Darien, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Stamford, Weston, Westport and Wilton.
Elected to a two-year term, the Board of Selectmen supervise the administration of the affairs of the town, except those matters which by the General Statute or Town Charter are exclusively committed to the Board of Education or other departments. They are led by a First Selectman, who is the Chief Executive and Administrative Officer of the town.