{"id":149558,"date":"2019-05-07T07:41:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T11:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=149558"},"modified":"2023-06-30T10:59:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T14:59:22","slug":"hartford-school-children-enjoy-uconn-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/05\/hartford-school-children-enjoy-uconn-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Hartford School Children Enjoy ‘UConn Day’"},"content":{"rendered":"

E.B. Kennelly School in Hartford, Connecticut, hosted the second annual \u201cUConn Day\u201d at the school on May 2, an event that included a schoolwide parade and a basketball game with students playing against the teachers and staff.<\/p>\n

The idea for “UConn Day” came from the Neag School of Education’s 2018 graduating interns after a brainstorming session to identify an activity to drive student excitement about college, and to end the school year on a celebratory note.<\/p>\n

“Our UConn students are a special part of the Kennelly staff,” says June Cahill ’93 (ED), ’94 MA, and school principal. “This high-energy event allows our students and staff to celebrate the partnership. With the college year ending in early May, our students often have a difficult time separating and saying ‘goodbye.’ This allows us to end the year in a positive way.”<\/p>\n

The Kennelly School has enjoyed a longstanding partnership with UConn\u2019s Neag School of Education, in which UConn education students in the Integrated Bachelor\u2019s\/Master\u2019s program get hands-on experience through student teaching and internship opportunities during the school year. In 2016, this partnership was honored as a national model with the National Network for Educational Renewal’s Richard W. Clark Exemplary Partner School Award<\/a>, which recognized the strengths of this collaboration.<\/p>\n

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