POWERful learners & leaders, committed & caring families … Welcome to the 2024-25 School Year! Read an important start of year letter for new students & families or returning students & families.
Key Resources for Students & Families:
Are YOU looking for a school where you can … Blaze your own path? Graduate ready for college and careers, leadership and life? Be yourself? Change the world? To learn more, visit our Become a Student page.
You can also use the links below to learn more about our school …
- Visit us & Apply
- How is Common Ground Different?
- Our Classes & Curriculum
- Every Student Leads: POWER
- Outside the Classroom: After-School Programs
- College Success
- Schedule & Calendar
- Are you an athlete? Scientist? Activist? Artist? Entrepreneur? Environmental Leader? Find out how CG can help you blaze your path.
Please reach out – we are here to help!
Main Number: 203.389.4333
Complete Teachers & Staff List
Main Office
- Iris Jimenez, Office Operations Manager, x1202, Email
- Monique Frasier, Interim School Director, x1203 Email
- Dr. Shanequa Nash, Assistant School Director, Email
Click here for Student Health documents and information.
Click here for our School Wellness Policy Triennial Assessment Summary of Findings
Over the last ten years, more than 90% of Common Ground graduates have gained admissions to college. More than 90% of our students take college or career-ready courses while still in high school. In 2023-24, our students made big gains on the SAT. Common Ground was the state’s first U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School and a recipient of many awards and grants in recognition of our work, including the National Building Hope Award in 2022.
Common Ground’s curriculum combines rigorous high academic standards for all, responsive relationships with adults and peers who really care, relevant, real-world learning that’s rooted in the community and environment, and real roles and rights for students. Imagine studying …
- Math while you … decide what should be planted on Common Ground’s farm to maximize production, nutrition, taste, and cultural relevance.
- Science while you … turn what you are learning about climate change into beautiful paintings, spoken word, and graffiti art
- English while you … work with professional actors to write and perform plays about social justice issues that matter to you.
Recent Blog Posts about the High School
Why don’t women talk about their periods? CG students weigh in
Written by Hope Dymond & Belle Browe Seniors at Common Ground High School The two of us were in our Senior Social Justice Experience class one day. We sit next to each other, and Belle
What should every 10th grader experience?
By Joel Tolman, Director of Impact & Engagement What should every Common Ground 10th grader experience next year? Catherine John -- parent of a CG alumni and activist with Unidad Latina en Accion --
FILLED- Common Ground seeks Development Associate, Events and Communications
Organization Overview Common Ground is a center for environmental learning and leadership in New Haven, Connecticut where a diverse community of children, young people, and adults cultivate habits of healthy living and sustainable environmental practice.