Hello to all-

Opening day at Fenway Park - a true sign of spring!  We are headed toward beautiful weather, our student athletes are competing in track, softball, baseball and tennis and we are all looking forward to the warmer climate and the exciting activities culminating in the end of the school year.

Our faculty has continued to meet to prepare for our NEASC accreditation process.  Of late, our teachers have focused on East Windsor’s Expectations for Student Learning.   These expectations are broken down into three areas that will be assessed throughout the school year:

1. Academic Expectations which include:
1. Problem Solving
2. Effective Communication
3. Content Knowledge and Enduring Understandings
4. Diversity Awareness
5. Technology Integration
2. Civic Expectations
3. Social Expectations

Additionally, the faculty and staff have begun extensive talks about assessment of student work as well as the rubrics that will be used school-wide and the rubrics that will be used daily in the classroom.  The staff has also been extremely busy analyzing the results of the Pre-CAPT assessment given to the 9th grade class.  This data will be shared throughout the school so that teachers will have an initial assessment of freshman students as they move to the 10th grade. Please visit this link to read our May update regarding NEASC.

Click on this link for our end of year calendar which will elaborate on all the activities taking place in the coming months.  Activities happening in May for our upperclassmen include the Junior Prom which will be held at La Renaissance on May 16th and the Senior Banquet, at the Springfield Marriott on May 30.  The seniors will join other area high school seniors at an outing at High Meadow on May 28.

The Third Senatorial District Art at the Capitol program will run from May 1 through May 15.  Artwork done by students from the towns of East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington and South Windsor will be on display in the Upper Concourse of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.  On April 28, several high school students, together with Art teacher Barbara Gilson went to Art at the Capitol with their creative pieces to be on display for this special event.

On May 4th, the 2008 Connecticut Association of Schools and The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference honored scholar athletes throughout Connecticut at the 25th Annual Connecticut High School Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet at the Aqua Turf.  We wish to congratulate Chelsee Parker and Michael Mocadlo as East Windsor High School's 2008 Scholar Athletes!

As we round out the month of May and head through June, seniors will experience the final days of their tenure here at East Windsor High School.  A first of its kind East Windsor High School Senior event has been scheduled.  This seniors-only event will be on June 12 from 1:30 until 6:00 pm at the high school and will involve many outdoor activities, games and a bonfire.  Senior parents are invited to attend. 

On June 6, Student Council will host their annual All School Picnic which is always a fun, activity-filled time for all students.  We hope that all students will attend and enjoy this celebration.  Speaking of celebrations, the entire school will celebrate its academic successes during an Academic Pep Rally on June 4.  We will have an alumnus guest speaker talk to the students about achievements after graduation.  Awards will be given by departments, as well as participation awards and honor roll awards.  During the evening of June 4, we will celebrate upperclassmen awards and senior scholarships at Honors Night which will take place in the high school auditorium at 6:30pm.

Then we will say farewell to the Class of 2008.  June 20 is our graduation date and we are all hoping for a wonderful, warm and sunny day!  It has been my pleasure to get to know these students and I want to emphasize how proud I am of each and every one of them. 

I want to thank the parents that have attended my Let’s Talk sessions – they will continue through the end of the school year, in May on the 14 and a special Let’s Talk on June 11.  Members of the community will be receiving special invitations to attend the June meeting, as will members of the Board of Education, Board of Finance, Board of Selectmen, Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, PTO, Graduate & Celebrate and Booster Club.  The discussion will focus on community and parental involvement at the high school and the high school’s mission.  Both the May and June sessions will be held at 6pm in the high school cafeteria – I look forward to seeing you there!

 

Sincerely,

                                                                                      David L. Chambers                                                                                            Principal, East Windsor High School

East Windsor High School Tentative Field Trips

 

In working toward our NEASC accreditation, we have rewritten the East Windsor High School Mission Statement.   We have added a link to the values and beliefs around our Mission Statement on the high school homepage in an audio CD format. Former East Windsor High School student, Kwame Dankwa, is the narrator. Mr. Dankwa is a musician and radio personality at local station WDRC-AM where he hosts a Sunday morning program at 8:00 a.m. called "Your Town, with host Kwame Dankwa" focusing on the people and issues that matter most to Hartford and it's surrounding communities. Mr. Dankwa graduated from East Windsor High School, class of 2003. Please click here to listen to the values and beliefs around East Windsor High School's Mission Statement,  You must have Windows Media Player installed on your computer.

 

The Proposed One Year Alternative Schedule for NEASC Accreditation:

Two hour delayed opening on the second Thursday of each month: Please click here to view the detailed schedule.

May 8

*June 5 (1st Thursday)

 

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