About Us
Carver’s mission is to equip all learners for global competitiveness by leading strategic partnerships with schools and communities that advance excellence and growth opportunities.
Carver operates 60+ before-school, after-school, summer, and community programs in all K-12 public schools in Norwalk, Side by Side Charter School, the Classical Studies Magnet Academy in Bridgeport, Naugatuck High School, Stamford High School, and the Carver Community Center.
Carver programming aligns with in-school curricula, occurs within the student's respective schools, and is led by each school’s daytime certified teachers. Carver students advance to the next grade on time and prepared.
Our programs are infused with Project-Based Learning in the STEAM subjects that sometimes involve international projects. We bring Social-Emotional Learning, a Multi-Tiered System of Support, and Wellness programming to everything we do. Enthusiastic parent and community engagement informs all our programs.
Skills training through a “learning through play” model provides our young people with tools and opportunities to imagine, create, share, and learn while encouraging them to engage and collaborate with one another. With our strategic partners, Carver conducts research to understand and measure student performance and growth and we continuously develop new evidence-based programming.
Our alumni are ambitious critical thinkers making their mark in law, government, medicine, finance, entertainment, professional sports, technology, education, entrepreneurship, and creative arts.
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In partnership with TracyLocke, our students created this video to capture the excitement and essence of our after-school programming at the Carver Community Center. Students wrote the script and served as co-directors.
FNX (Kenneth Shuler) and Gabbie Pierre-Louis are Carver alumni. Kenneth is a local banker and a Carver board member, and Gabbie is a professional singer while studying to be a dentist.