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Click here to view the third quarter of the Superintendent's 2007 - 2008 Dialogue With Our Schools.
The 38th annual observance of Earth Day brings a wealth of resources and activities for focusing on the environment.
In light of recent tragic events within the school community, West Hartford Public Schools is providing information to assist parents, students, and all those affected by the loss of two of our students.
Please click on the links below for a letter from Dr. David P. Sklarz to parents, and for a list of guidelines for parents to help discuss the situation with students.
At the first level of the American Chemical Society’s International Chemistry Olympiad Competition at the University of Connecticut, Hall High School’s young chemists walked away with five of the top thirty spots as well as winning a team gold medal.
Liz Devine, Hall High School social studies teacher, has been announced as the recipient of the Secondary School Teacher of the Year award, given by the New England History Teachers Association.
West Hartford offers two intra-district magnet schools – Charter Oak Academy of Global Studies and Florence E. Smith School of Science, Math & Technology - for any West Hartford elementary student:
Anthony Billard, art teacher at Hall High School, has been named by the Connecticut Art Education Association as the 2008 Secondary Art Educator of the Year.
The West Hartford Board of Education will be conducting an extensive search for candidates for the position of Superintendent of Schools, to replace Dr. David P. Sklarz, following his retirement in June 2009. Residents may provide online comments and sign up for email notices on this website.
Juan Melian, of the Conard High School World Languages Department, has been selected as the Language Teacher of the Year by the Connecticut Council of Language Teachers.
The Bristow Middle School lottery for the upcoming 2008-09 school year will be held in January. Applications for incoming sixth graders are due by January 4, 2008 and for incoming seventh and eighth graders by March 31, 2008. There are only a small number of anticipated vacancies for grades seven and eight. For incoming sixth graders, there will be a separate lottery for each elementary school. Seventy students from King Philip feeder schools and 70 students from Sedgwick feeder schools will be admitted.
Kathy Hardesty, a Quest teacher at the Smith School of Science, Math & Technology has received a Science and Math Improvement Grant from the Toshiba America Foundation for "Learning With Motion".
Lisa Nowak, Nursing Supervisor for West Hartford Public Schools, has distributed health information from the UConn Health Center Poison Control Center about carbon monoxide poisoning. This was triggered by the death of several individuals as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning in the home. The flyers are in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin Chinese, and Haitian Creole.
Douglas H. MacGilpin, MD, Medical Advisor to the West Hartford Public Schools, recently sent the attached letter to parents updating the steps taken to prevent the spread of the Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) staph infection in our school facilities. Read his letter here and click on [More] to check the links for more information:
Parents may wish to check the links below for information concerning toys and other products recently recalled due to lead paint and other concerns.
West Hartford Public Schools was well represented at the 2007 Connecticut Educators Computer Association and Connecticut Association of School Librarians joint conference October 23rd.
For an update on Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA), read the Superintendent’s 10-22-07 letter to families and learn more about this bacterial infection
The 2006-2007 school year in West Hartford was another excellent year for the Advanced Placement Program. More exams were taken by more students than in previous years.