Press Releases

New Beginnings Family Academy (NBFA), established in Bridgeport, CT as the city’s first elementary public charter school in September 2002, will hold a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction for its new Early Learning Center (ELC).

New Beginnings Family Academy (NBFA) and Fairfield College Preparatory School today launched “Read For Others,” a new partnership pairing high school students with pre-schoolers to engage in a research-based shared reading experience to improve the toddlers' language development.

The fundraising gala, featuring a special performance by Grammy, Emmy, and Tony® Award nominee Vanessa Williams, will benefit the public charter school.

The partnership enhances NBFA’s science curriculum through hands-on learning and classroom visits

After a three-year hibernation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, New Beginnings Family Academy’s (NBFA) comfort bears have reemerged.

BRIDGEPORT, CT (August 1, 2022) - New Beginning Family Academy (NBFA) is excited to welcome Pamela Dalton as the Chief Academic Officer (CAO) as we begin our 20th academic year.

BRIDGEPORT, CT (MARCH 21, 2022) - New Beginnings Family Academy (NBFA) is excited to announce the opening of its newly renovated kitchen, which will allow for fresh and nutritious meals to be made on-site.

BRIDGEPORT, CT (March 11, 2022) - New Beginnings Family Academy (NBFA) today celebrated International Social Emotional Learning (“SEL”) Day with the second annual “One School, One Read, One Quilt!” event, a new tradition after the successful launch last year. At NBFA, which follows a relationship-based model called Emotionally Responsive Practice, students bonded during the read aloud and began a quilt-building project sponsored by the Tauck Family Foundation, a long-time partner of the school.

BRIDGEPORT, CT (October 6, 2021) - On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, the State Board of Education approved a request for New Beginnings Family Academy (NBFA) to open its own Early Childhood Center, paving the way for the public charter school district to increase long-term student learning and developmental outcomes by focusing on the formative years.

BRIDGEPORT, CT (November 13, 2020) - New Beginnings Family Academy (NBFA) is celebrating National Philanthropy Day by memorializing Gilbert and Dorothy Larson, two special donors who have been an integral part of NBFA for nearly 20 years, and by capturing the philanthropic spirit of the day with its students.