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Expect crowds and crowded roads near Darien High School on Friday, June 16, and for Middlesex Middle School the day before because of 2017 school graduation ceremonies, and Darien police have issued special traffic regulations near those events. Both events take place at Darien High School, and the traffic regulations and rules are the same or nearly the same for each. Here’s the announcement from Darien Police Capt. John Lawlor of the department’s Field Services Bureau:
For Darien High School Graduation, Friday, June 16
Due to the traditionally large turnout for the Darien High School graduation, the Darien Police Department advises that the following traffic regulations are being put into effect for the area surrounding Darien High School on June 16, 2017 starting at 3:30 p.m.

All traffic will enter the High School grounds via Noroton Avenue. Vehicular traffic will not be permitted to enter the area via High School Lane, Nutmeg Lane, Holly Lane, or Libby Lane. Officers will be present to direct all vehicles to appropriate and designated parking areas.

With 20 presenters representing fields from fashion to high finance, Middlesex Middle School (MMS) students had an opportunity last week to explore potential career interests — and get some free advice. Opening speaker Eric Stein, Head of Investment Banking–North America for J.P. Morgan shared his insight at the morning meeting in the Auditorium. He emphasized to the 8th grade audience the need to follow one’s passions and interests. The rest will fall into place, he said. Television Anchor Ashleigh Banfield, who hosts the HLN show Primetime Justice With Ashleigh Banfield closed out the event with her own insights.

MMS Quiz Bowl Middlesex Middle School 2016-2017 2-28-17

The Middlesex Middle School (MMS) Quiz Bowl team is racking up the wins this season. In their three middle school-level quiz bowl showings, MMS teams captured first and second place at all three. The most recent was at the Bergen Winter Classic Tournament in River Edge, N.J.

That win led to the school’s Quiz Bowl A, B, and C teams being selected as the National Academic Quiz Tournaments “Middle School Team of the Week.” They have also qualified for nationals in Dallas this May.

MMS Advisers Barbara Ivey and Ken Romeo, who led the school’s Quiz Bowl team to a national championship in 2016, continue to coordinate, coach, and prepare students.

Chromebook student by Jeff Billings 912-28-16 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PVUSD_student_using_GoogleApps.jpg

Darien Public Schools will be distributing Chromebooks to all Middlesex eighth graders in early January as part of the district’s 4-year technology plan. ___________

— This article is a slightly edited version of a Dec. 19 announcement to parents of Grade 8 students from Darien Public Schools. ___________

As part of the plan, Darien Public Schools started issuing Chromebooks for home-school use to Grade 6 & 7 Middlesex students. Through a district-wide redistribution of Chromebooks, a complete set of devices became available for Grade 8.

Tim Kopra Middlesex Middle School 911-11-16

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Eighth grade students at Middlesex Middle School (MMS) learned firsthand what life is like in outer space. Tim Kopra, a NASA astronaut, returned from the International Space Station on June 19, after serving as a flight engineer on Expedition 46 and commander of Expedition 47. A veteran of Expedition 20, Kopra launched with the STS-127 crew and returned to Earth after a 2-month stay with the members of STS-128. ____________

— from the Darien Public Schools “News of the Week Newsletter”

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Selected as an astronaut in 2000, the Austin, Texas native was also in the U.S. Army where he served as commander and Operations Officer of the attack helicopter company and Developmental Test Director for the Comanche helicopter program. He also attended the U.S. Naval Pilot School.