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ACES Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School Returns to 670 Wintergreen Avenue in Hamden

January 12th, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(North Haven, CT – January 5, 2023) Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) is excited to announce that ACES Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School (WIMS) will return to its original location at 670 Wintergreen Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut. WIMS opened in this location in 1998 and moved out in 2019 when Hamden decided to use the space for programming. The magnet school then relocated to 88 Bassett Road in North Haven, previously utilized as the North Haven campus for Gateway Community College. ACES anticipates students will begin the 2023-2024 school year in the Wintergreen Avenue location.

“We look forward to welcoming ACES Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School students back to 670 Wintergreen Avenue in Hamden—the school’s initial home,” said Dr. Thomas Danehy, Executive Director of ACES. “The building will provide our students with opportunities that enhance learning and promote enriched arts learning.”

ACES WIMS will be hosting two Open Houses at 670 Wintergreen Avenue on Tuesday, January 24th from 5:30 PM-7:00 PM and Friday, February 24th from 5:30 PM-7:00 PM. Tours of the building will be offered during the Open House.
ACES Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School is a K-8 school that serves over 600 students primarily from the following districts: Hamden, Meriden, New Haven, Wallingford, and Waterbury, as well as, from other districts within New Haven County. In 2022 65% of the Grade 8 students promoted were accepted to private high schools, Connecticut Vocational and Technical High schools, and New Haven Magnet High Schools. Schools include Sacred Heart Academy (Hamden), Notre Dame High School (West Haven), The Hopkins School, Xavier High School, St. Joseph High School, The Ethel Walker School, Vinal Technical High School, Eli Whitney Technical High School, Engineering Science University Magnet School (ESUMS), Career High School, Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School, The Sound School, New Haven Academy, and High School in the Community. In October of the same year, ACES earned a 5-year Magnet School Assistance Program grant that will allow for significant investments in our Arts Integration theme. Students will work side by side with resident artists in developing the creative part of their brains. By utilizing a creative, experimental method of teaching, WIMS will develop thinkers who can use their strengths to explore their varied interests. Classroom teachers and arts specialists collaborate to connect the academic concepts studied in the classroom to the arts, through performances, Arts Showcase Expos, and an Arts Capstone Project. There will be an opportunity for rising grade 6 students to participate in a week-long Arts Immersion Program each summer. Students can enroll in ACES WIMS through the ACES Magnet School Parent Choice program.

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About ACES:

Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) is the regional educational service center for New Haven and parts of Middlesex Counties. Established in 1969, ACES strives each day to fulfill its vision of creating an equitable and socially just world, one life at a time. ACES serves its member districts and others through an ever-growing array of programs, services, and schools that meet the needs of a changing educational landscape. As a school district, ACES operates three magnet and eight special education schools. ACES services range from transportation, professional development, school improvement services, technology, translation, international, security, and occupational and physical therapy. ACES operates the Open and Magnet School Parent Choice programs for New Haven County. Its programs include a federally funded Early Head Start Program and ACES ACCESS, a vocational and life skills program for developmentally and physically disabled adults ages 21 and older. For more information, go to www.aces.org.

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