Tag: education

“Neckties Make The M.A.L.E.S.”

March 20, 2016

Ashon Avent is an enterprising stonecatcher. Hartford Courant reporter Vanessa De La Torre’s excellent and inspiring article “Neckties Make The M.A.L.E.S.” tellsstory of Avent’s program to develop leadership skills in the young men at Hartford’s M.D. Fox School. It’s a must read. It starts with a tie. Don Shaw, Jr.Write and EditorRedTruckStonecatcher.com

Village Elder from Nepal Thanks Hartford Students for Power Turbines

February 20, 2016

They are Yakable!  Packed on the backs of yaks, that’s how the wind-solar generating systems built by Hartford Public High School’s  Academy of Engineering and Green Technology students were transported on the final leg of their trek up to Nepal’s isolated villages of Saldang, Namdo, and Karang. This week, Thinley Lhondup Lama, popular Nepalese actor and village … More Village Elder from Nepal Thanks Hartford Students for Power Turbines