About the Westport, Connecticut Area
 Nursery Schools and Preschools in Westport Westport Churches and Synagogues When the era of mills and farms was
ending, Westport began its second renaissance. Famous writers, artists and
theater people flocked there and set the pace. Seeking a retreat from the noise
and bright lights of New York, they found another world just "up the mainline"
(railroad) into Connecticut. Here by the seacoast and the green woods was
escape. Inevitably, they brought change with them.
Beginning in the 1920's, the growing
stream of glittering newcomers was making Westport's legend. Through the
next decades, the town began to figure in the plays, novels, artwork and movies
generated by this talented coterie. From F. Scott Fitzgerald to Paul Newman,
Joanne Woodward and Michael Bolton, from the Man in the Gray Flannel Suite to I
Love Lucy, from the Famous Writers' Photographers; and Artists' Schools to
Stevan Dohanos' famous covers for the Saturday Evening Post, Westport's sparks
were flying.
The images of the town defined a
lifestyle, invented a new vocabulary and forever fixed Westport in the
American imagination. Commuters and bedroom communities came to stay.
 The
population has grown and executives and professionals from the arenas of
advertising, communications, national and international businesses have
created a new diversity. New buildings are carefully integrated into the
landscape, thus Westport keeps its small town ambiance with real cosmopolitan
flare.
Education for life: Westport is
especially proud of its teaching staff. The faculty has an average of fifteen
years of teaching experience. About 93 percent have advanced degrees. There are
three elementary schools, with an average class size of twenty-two students.
Special education is available for all grades. Every school has a gifted
students program teacher as well as an enriched language arts study program.
The middle schools have distinguished team teaching programs that allow for
classes that encompass language arts, social studies, science and math. The
students' scores constantly exceed state averages.
The high schools students consistently
win honors for their achievements, with the creative and communication arts
often leading the way. They have a prize winning yearbook, newspaper, literary
arts magazine, scholarly journal, television production studio, music and drama
departments and a student-operated FM radio station. Another generation of
bright, articulate Westporters is in the making! The school also fields 37
interscholastic athletic teams, and they uphold their firm regional reputation
in a long list of sporting events. There are also numerous nursery, day care
and extended care alternatives available in Westport.
Culture, Faith, and the Arts: Most
Westporters are well-educated, charged with creativity, and actively involved
in the pursuit and support of all those elements that make life good. Energy
and opportunity are in the air; the town has a strong pulse and lots of
heart.
On Stage: Devotion to the performing
arts is strong and broadly popular. In its 66th summer season, The Westport
Country Playhouse remains America's foremost summer theater. Its 161 year-old
red barn is listed on the Connecticut Register of Historic Places. Its stage
was constructed with the same dimensions as the Times Square Theater, so that
New York productions could be exported to this venue without a hitch! A
star-studded line-up of America's performing greats have since walked upon that
stage. The Playhouse also hosts an equally professional and heavily attended
Children's Series. The Levitt Pavilion on the banks of the Saugatuck River is
another of summer's performance hallmarks. There are performances every night
throughout the season - all tastes and ages find something to love
here.
The Westport Community Theater produces
five major productions each year. There is fresh new work by debuting
playwrights, drama, comedy and experimental theater. The intimate, little White
Barn Theater of Lucille Lortel is another venerable summer tradition.
Innovative, full of cabaret and stage magic, its performances offer an exciting
and unusual experience.
The Artists: In the 1930's, when the
artists began to find their way to Westport, it was a quiet, beautiful and
accessible town, and many stayed and began to put out the good word. Westport
is a great place for artists to work. The Westport Arts Center is a working
home for 36 artists. There is a professional gallery, performing hall and
community rooms that serve over 150 cultural and educational events annually.
They also sponsor a Young Artists Festival, that recognizes and rewards school
age playwrights, directors and actors, poets and visual artists.
The Outdoors: Seaside: Westport's
Recreation Commission oversees 210 acres of public fun space. The Compo
Beach-Longshore complex offers so much. There is the beautiful beach itself, a
long stretch of sand leaning against the blue Long Island Sound. At the
waterside is the Longshore Sailing School and the Longshore Clubhouse, with an
18 hole golf course behind the clubhouse. The other beaches are Old Mill,
Burying Hill, Cockenoe Island Beach, and 300 acre Sherwood Island Beach. There
are also swimming pools available at the high school and the YMCA. Little
League, Pal football and the Westport Soccer Association all use park and
school fields throughout town for their packed seasons.
Landward: Westport's outstanding
public resource in its woodsy interior is The Nature Center for Environmental
Activities. It is devoted to public environmental education, preservation and
conservation. It is on a 62 acre reserve which welcomes 80,000 visitors per
year. There are miles of interconnecting trails, as well as a building for
exhibits and interactive educational displays. The Nature Center Nursery School
hosts programs for children, as well as outdoor summer programs.
Another outgoing-based resource is the
YMCA Outdoor Center, which offers a very active outing program including
tubing, cycling, skiing, rafting and caving. The Great Race, held every summer
on the Saugatuck River, fields a splashy array of seaworthy crafts as well as
designer specials, the "Funatastical" tubs. The Rolnick Observatory is open,
weather permitting, to show the beauty of the heavens!
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