PT Council

2017 High School AP Results

2017 State Assessment Results

2017 School Day SAT Results

2017 Assessment Results

2017 College List

March 2018

This link is the detailed information pertaining to the budget and the summary Mr. Moore shared at the last PT Council Meeting.  

http://www.whps.org/page.cfm?p=532

 

In addition, as Dave Pauluk indicated, the members of the Board of Education are hosting two forums for the public to learn more about the proposed budget and to provide input.

 

Thursday, March 22, 7:00 pm -9:00 pm 

King Philip Middle School Auditorium

100 King Philip Dr.

 

Tuesday, March 27, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Duffy Elementary School

95 Westminster Dr.

 

These public forums are in addition to previously scheduled Board of Education budget meetings:

 

• Board Public Hearing - March 28, Town Hall, 7:00 pm

• Budget Workshop #2 - March 28, Town Hall, After Public Hearing

• Board Budget Adoption - April 3, Town Hall, 7:00 pm

• Town Council Adoption - April 24, Town Hall, 7:00 pm

 

January 2018

Parent Leadership Programs:  Brochure for the Bridge programs that Sara Barczak discussed.

School Start Times:

Anne McKernan gave an update to the Rethinking School Start Times Committee.  Below are some highlights and also a website link to much more information.

• Year long study to delay school start times - mostly for high school

• Committee responsible for researching topic and making a recommendation to the BOE

  • Committee made up of administrators, teachers, psychologist, parents and students

• Sub committees and research topics

  • Sleep Research

  • Stakeholder Impact

  • Professional Learning

  • Transportation

  • Town Impact

  • Academic Impact

  • Athletic Program

  • Lessons Learned from Early Adopters

• Some Initial Findings

  • Health Benefits -

    • Research shows only positive benefits from kids getting more sleep.  

    • Physical - less illnesses

    • Mental - benefits range from better moods to lower depression

    • No research show negative or neutral impact.

  • Academic Research - Varies by school.  Schools with higher average test scores may have less of a academic benefit compared to schools with lower average scores.

  • Athletics - Some research indicates that there may be less injuries from delayed start times.

• Potential vote could be this year.  If passed, the new start time would go into effect for the 2019-2020 school year

• Next steps

  • Continue research

  • Stakeholder survey

  • Site visits

Rethinking School Start Times website: http://www.whps.org/page.cfm?p=4745.  In addition, here is the email address to raise questions to Anne McKernan and the committee: rsst@whps.org.

W. Hartford Teen Center:  Attached is the brochure for the Feb. 17th dinner at Chipotle to support the West Hartford Teen Center.  

Meeting: November 14, 2017

• The Equity and Diversity Council (EDC) Webpage: www.whps.org/edc
• The District's Culturally Responsive Teaching toolkit, which is accessible at https://www.schoology.com/ (Code to join is 2FN2V-GT64R). Click on 'Resources' in the left hand column. It does require new users to set up an account which is very easy to do. Once you've done that, you'll be able to access the toolkit directly at: WHPS- Best Practices in CulturalPedagogy.
• Cultural Competence Continuum Identity Handout
• Equity and Diversity Council Membership and Meeting 2017-2018

Mathematics in WHPS: Learning Progression From Elementary to High School (powerpoint)