Washington had its last All School of the year today! We celebrated all the grades and all the growth they have made in reading, math, writing, iReady/math, Lexia/reading, and using good character. Students clapped and cheered for each other, their teachers, and paras! We cheered on our Students of the Month and our Lexia superstars. We celebrated 78 students in April for perfect attendance, 132 for May (as of the other day), and one student, Lida S., who has 100% perfect attendance from the first day of school! She’s so close! Kindergarten also shared their “how-to” writing, and first grade taught us a new game and shared a song and dance they learned to use the 100’s chart to help them solve their math problems. What a great ceremony!
Carrigan celebrated Cluster E and Cluster J on Wednesday with a pizza party! Both clusters had the highest iReady usage throughout the entire year.
The Savin Rock counseling staff provides social-emotional learning to all students in the building through a classroom model. Students benefit from ongoing instruction on feelings identification, building relationships, and problem-solving. Savin Rock is also fortunate to partner with both ACES and Cornell Scott - two organizations that provide an extensive array of mental health services. Pictured here: Lisa Flemmig (Social Worker), ACES School Psychologist, Anna Lonardo (ACES BCBA), Liz Werle (Social Worker), and Brittany DePalma (ACES BT). Not pictured are the many classroom teachers who work hard to build partnerships with families and add to our social-emotional learning on a daily basis.
It was a beautiful morning for the West Haven High School senior picnic at Cielo! The annual picnic featured food trucks, games, and more!
The Rostrum put together a montage of the Senior Prom. Check it out beginning at the 2:39 mark! https://bit.ly/3V370O9
Bailey's first annual Family STEM Night was held on May 23rd in the Bailey Cafeteria. Students and their families were able to visit different tables and immerse themselves in hands-on challenges in science, technology, engineering, and math. One of the challenges was to make a cut-out person travel down a zip line the fastest using different materials to change size and mass. There was a room where students were able to code a Lego Robot through a maze using scratch coding, and the CT STEM Academy from Wallingford also came and shared Ozobots with our families. These are small robots that can be coded using colors. The night was filled with excitement of doing STEM and participants left with take-homes, raffle prizes, and memories. We hope for another great turnout next year.
Yesterday, Washington students celebrated with their families and shared some great writing!
Assistant Superintendent Judy Drenzek and Food Service Director Meg Kingston visited the learning garden at Mackrille School to plant some vegetables and flowers that the kids grew themselves, with help from these two ladies!
Registration is open for the Bud Conlan Summer Street Hockey League and the Blue Devil Summer Soccer League, and spots are filling up fast! Click the link here to register: https://forms.gle/2JCq6zXS4VNeSBdv8
REMINDER | There will be no school on Monday, May 27th, in observance of Memorial Day.
Mackrille hosted its 4th Grade Book Bowl today. Congratulations to the winning team (1st picture) from Mrs. Bongiovanni’s class!
Students at Washington signed a beam this morning, that will be used as the final beam to complete framing of the new Washington Elementary School!
Registration for the Blue Devils Summer Basketball Camp is now open! Click the link here 👉 https://bit.ly/4asgpo1
West Haven High School hosted its Signing Day today‼️
WHHS students in grades 9-12 work with our support team on navigating relationships, developing safe and healthy personal boundaries, and exploring post-secondary opportunities in both education and employment. Our support staff also provides our students and families with community resources essential for young adults ready to embark on their next chapter. Pictured here are Officer Rivera, Officer Stutzman, Iwona Kubko (School Psych), Deb Kachmar (School Counselor), Rob Bleggi (School Counselor), Richard Reynolds (Outreach), Erin Lenihan, (School Counseling Intern), Brooke Penna (Social Worker), Olivia Quagliani (School Counselor), Skyla Drader (School Counselor), Latisha Gayle (Speech Pathologist), Heather Kannengeiser (School Counselor), Heather Doraz (School Counselor), and Chris Savva (Social Worker).
Savin Rock had a third-grade author celebration on Monday! Check out some photos from the event.
4th-graders at Forest Elementary School performed their Spring Concert today in front of family members in the gymnasium. What a great job by all these students! Check out our Instagram account @westhavenpublicschoolsct to hear the kids sing!
REMINDER | Wednesday, May 22, 2024, will be a half-day session for students due to Staff Development.
Congratulations to Samantha Ortiz-Hernandez from Bailey Middle School on being named a top select for ASAP!’s 19th Annual Celebration of Young Writers! Samantha was chosen for the top 12 out of over 187 submissions from over 70 schools in Connecticut. You can see Samantha and the top selects publicly read at a free Celebration of Young Writers event at Spring Hill Vineyards on Friday, June 21st. Pictured here are Bailey students reading their poems at the Poetry Café on Wednesday, May 15th.
Students in Ms. Katz’s 3rd-grade classroom at Forest are selecting 10 books each to take home for the summer. These books are located in the school’s “The Owl’s Nest” book room which offers free books to students!
