POWERful learners & leaders, committed & caring families … Welcome to the new school year!
- Read a welcome letter for students & families (En Espanol).
- See our latest weekly student/family newsletter.
- See our 2025-26 School Calendar.
- See our new school day schedule.
- Pay your chromebook fee & see a supplies list.
- Sign a permission form to give our school nurse permission to administer over the counter medication.
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, 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
From Sap to Finish: Executive Director Reflections
Some of my most memorable memories this winter are of two cold, clear weekends in January spent working with my husband Roger and Joe, Common Ground’s site manager, putting up a new sugar shack here
Students, Peabody Museum Create Outdoor Exhibits
Students in the Documenting New Haven course designed this exhibit, focused on the landscape history of West Rock. This is one of more than 20 exhibits developed by students for Common Ground's site.
The Yale Herald: New Haven’s 21st Century Promise
By: Evan Walker-Wells When Carlos Granda’s mother heard the news, she called her mother all the way in Puerto Rico to promise her boy’s grandmother that he was going to college. Granda, who is a