New Haven Reads

Established in 1969, Area Cooperative Educational Services is a regional educational service center for 25 school districts in south central Connecticut. Based in North Haven, Conn., the center focuses on improving public education through quality programs and services. It develops solutions to the needs of its member school districts and work with state officials and local educators. Area Cooperative Educational Services offers a range of services, such as vocational training for multichallenged adults, diagnosis of learning problems and create programs to overcome similar issues.

Read to Grow is a nonprofit organization based in Branford, CT, dedicated to promoting language skills and literacy for children from birth while supporting families in their roles as their babies' first teachers. With over 20 years of impact, the organization has donated 23 million books and served 1.42 million people through various programs, including Books for Babies and Books for Kids. The organization emphasizes the importance of early literacy, noting that the number of books in a home is a stronger predictor of a child's future educational achievement than parental income or education. By providing resources and support, Read to Grow aims to ensure that children enter kindergarten equipped with the foundational skills they need to learn to read. Generated from the website

Lauralton Hall, the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, is Connecticut’s first Catholic, college-prep school for girls, dedicated to preparing them to become competent, confident, and compassionate women. With a student body of over 460 girls from diverse backgrounds, Lauralton Hall is centrally located in historic downtown Milford, providing easy access to students from over 30 communities and within walking distance of the train station. Generated from their available business information