Tag: #StoningtonCT
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Stonington Middle School Students Uncover Story of Enslaved Couple
By Carrie Czerwinski in The Day on January 3, 2024 Westerly ― Stonington Middle School students gathered at the United Theatre in Westerly on Tuesday morning to screen short films they made on two enslaved Stonington residents. The eighth-grade social studies students spent several weeks late last year researching Mintus and Rose Palmer, who married after…
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Stonington School Project Tells the History of Enslaved Local Man
By Carrie Czerwinski, Special to The Day, on April 28, 2023 Stonington ― Stonington Middle School students presented the findings of their research on Cato Cuff, an enslaved man who was freed after his military service in the Revolutionary War, to members of the public at the Road Church on Friday. Cuff was a member…
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Witness Stones to Partner with Stonington Middle School
The Witness Stones Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities, today announced a new affiliation with Stonington Middle School. The school in Stonington, Connecticut, will be using the Project’s curriculum and landscape markers to expand their teaching of…
