In today’s Then & Now #TBT post, we feature DeAnna Paolino, a social worker at Mackrille, and Betsy Stutzman, a librarian at Mackrille and Pagels! https://bit.ly/42S6sOO
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 | Over the past 19 years, K-12 students from all over Connecticut have had the opportunity to submit their creative writing, poetry, and prose for the annual Celebration of Young Writers. This is a great opportunity for students to submit their pieces of work and compete against students from all over Connecticut. The top selects will earn an award and the opportunity to perform their piece of work. This event is completely free! Please click the link below to view the flyer and learn more about the event. Submissions can take place now until April 1st.
Link: https://bit.ly/49IUVDC
Parents are invited to learn more about all of the options available for West Haven High School students to earn college credit while in high school. In-person sessions will be held on March 5th at 5:30 and 6:30 pm in the lecture hall, and on March 6th at 6 pm via Zoom. Click the Zoom link here > https://bit.ly/3SAdT8g | Meeting ID: 880 7113 4403; Passcode: Kachmar
Six Debate Team members from WHHS competed in a competition at Yale University last Friday, February 9th, organized by the Yale New Haven Debate League which included several area high schools! The students from left to right are Igra Alam (Grade 9), Spogmai Hadi (Grade 9), Ada Akdag (Grade 9), Genesis Sikorski (Grade 10), Bedirhan Ozmen (Grade 11), and Ehsan Hadi (Grade 10).
REMINDER | There will be no school on Monday, February 19th and Tuesday, February 20th. We hope everyone enjoys their winter break!
In today’s Then & Now #TBT post, we feature Julia Raucci, a second-grade teacher at Forest Elementary School! https://bit.ly/3UCelWp
WHHS celebrates National SRO Appreciation Day!
Yesterday, Mrs. Napier’s class did a Valentine’s heart stack challenge. Students worked together and strategized how thick they should cut strips of paper to make hearts, as they competed to create the tallest Valentine’s heart stack. The winning team had a stack 7" high! They will now turn the data into a bar graph next week during their graphing lesson.
🚨 In today’s Meet the Captains feature, we’d like to introduce you to one of the captains of the WHHS boys’ swimming & diving team, senior Andrew McLarty! 🏊♂️ https://bit.ly/49y9GJi
Congratulations to the 787 West Haven High School students who made the honor roll in Quarter 2! Additionally, out of those 787 honor students, 546 earned high honors! 📚🧠
The sophomore class council celebrates Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day from our Forest A.M. preschoolers! These shirts were a Valentine’s gift from one of the preschoolers to their friends.
Congratulations to Chyanne Matheney, a WHHS student in Mr. Laydon’s Freshman English class, on recently winning a writing competition and receiving a ‘Talent for Writing’ certificate! Chyanne is now a finalist in a Young Writers creative writing contest and will have her short story published in a book called Hunted - Chasing Daylight. The book will be available for purchase in April. Chyanne’s story is called The Woes of the Prey.
Bailey Middle School is having a book fair! Please see the flyer below for information.
Due to expected inclement weather, all West Haven Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. / Debido a las inclemencias del tiempo esperadas, todas las escuelas públicas de West Haven estarán cerradas el martes 13 de febrero de 2024.
After their trip to Bailey, our West Haven Veterans stopped by West Haven High School and delivered Vietnam War posters to students in Mr. Kirck’s U.S. History class!
On Friday, Kindergarten students in Mrs. G's class at Pagels had a lot of fun making Lunar New Year Dragons!
Miss Reis' 3rd graders at Savin Rock were deciding who they thought was going to win the Super Bowl! A lot of 49ers fans in room 31!
Opinion writing about "real world" events by Mrs. Osborne's 3rd grade class at Seth Haley School!
Earlier this week, 3rd graders at Pagels School made a picture graph and voted on who they thought would win the Super Bowl, and today, they recorded the results and made a bar graph!
