Welcome!
We Are "Hall in This Together"
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This is the first edition of the weekly PTO Eblast. Each week the PTO tries to provide timely information regarding school, pending dates, reminders, parenting insights and humor, and community events.We look forward to a terrific school year and providing families with a valuable connection to the Hall community. |
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The PTO hit the ground running by greeting teachers, staff, and students with signs lining the Hall driveways expressing our appreciation and encouragement for the 20-21 school year.
We also hosted a picnic lunch for 150 staff members last Friday afternoon.
Even in this crazy time, there are so many ways caring parents, family members and caregivers can help. This eblast will share ways that you can be in the loop and more involved, to whatever extent works for you and yours.
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Essentials: What We All Should See |
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Here's a link to a blank schedule -- Never did something so empty turn out to be so helpful
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Form for Grades 9/10 Late arrival or Early Dismissal for Block 1 or Block 4 Study Hall - Fill it out if you are a parent requesting for your grade 9 or grade 10 student to arrive late or leave school early during a period 1 or 4 study hall block. This form needs to be filled out if there is an error in your schedule. In an effort to minimize daily building capacity, any student with a study hall scheduled during blocks 1 or 4 (on any day) can elect a late arrival/early dismissal with parental permission.
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You Are Very Welcome at PTO Board Meetings. |
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All are welcome to attend the first PTO meeting of the year!
Tuesday, October 6th
7:00-8:30 PM
Email us at hallpto@gmail.com to RSVP and get the Zoom link.
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Here's a Detailed Schedule of the First Week. |
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If you were still figuring it out, you are not alone!! We will find our way together. |
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If We Check Our Kids' Health Each Day,
We Will All Be Safer. Yay.
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All Seniors Can Take the SAT Free on Sept. 23rd |
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Hall has partnered with the CT State Department of Education and College Board to arrange for Class of 2021 students to take a free SAT on Wed., September 23, 2020. No registration is required. Participation is NOT required.
For students seeking additional weekend fall testing dates, the following SAT/ACT are still planned to be held at Hall and/or Conard at this time.
Registration for any of these tests is done by the student through respective SAT and ACT websites:
- SAT
- September 26th (CHS only)
- October 3rd (CHS/HHS)
- November 7th (CHS/HHS)
- December 5th (HHS only)
- ACT
- September 12th (CHS only)
- October 24th (CHS/HHS)
- December 12th (HHS only)
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Senior Parents
Express your interest in volunteering for Safe Grad by 9/15
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Each year on graduation night, Hall HS senior graduates are treated to a fun filled evening of entertainment , activities, prizes and delicious food. The Hall HS cafeteria is transformed into an amazing chaperoned, substance-free celebration for our graduates from 10:00 PM to 4:00 AM.
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Safe Grad Fundraiser: Masks |
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The masks are available for sale to everyone in the Hall Community.
There are 2 versions - one for 2021 Grads and the other for anyone interested in showing their Hall pride.
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Masks are $10. each and $2. from each sale will go to support the 2021 Safe Grad program and this wonderful event.
Sales end on September 20th.
Estimated: Masks will be available for pick up by September 30th.
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Seniors Portraits
To have a senior portrait in the yearbook, you must have a photo taken by Prestige Portraits (no other photographs may be used in the yearbook, due to our contract).
Portrait sessions may be scheduled free of charge and take place at Hall High --COVID mitigation measures are fully in place during sessions.
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All Families, Please Register for These 2 Easy, Breezy Programs That Help Hall |
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....and help Hall High School PTO raise funds for school events without any extra effort, just keep grocery shopping.These points become CASH for our school! Last year we earned $384.96.
OUR SCHOOL: William H. Hall High School
OUR ID#: 41033
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Rewards ID: 3364085500
Name: Kelly Tofil
Phone: (860) 929-5110
School: William H. Hall High School
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West Hartford Special Education PTO (SEPTO) invites you to join our dynamic organization, serving the needs of our community. We are a district wide PTO that supports special education for all the children in our town from Pre-K – High School, at all of our 16 schools which includes 1,287 students with IEPs and over 750 with accommodations under 504 plans.
As a member of WHSEPTO, your membership dues of just $15 will support YOUR students.
Here are just a few of the ways West Hartford Special Education PTO gave back to the community last year:
- Through funding and hosting of community events such as The Miracle League Trick or Treat and our own Silent Spring Fling sensory friendly dance party.
- Informational session on Social Media Safety with the Connecticut State Police
- Grants to the West Hartford Schools Foundation to support special education
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Resoures are in Spanish and English.
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Event: Welcoming World Voices in WeHa |
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Join us for a film festival and discussion about the contributions and challenges of new immigrants, refugees and people who cross cultural borders - This event features 3 short documentary films by and about people from Bhutan, Somalia, and Puerto Rico, followed by a panel discussion with film-makers, film subjects and local community members.
Sunday, September 13, at 3:00 p.m.
Register for Zoom (and viewable on WHCi)
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Heads-Up: Holidays Coming |
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School Will Be Closed on These Holidays... |
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Sept. 28 Yom Kippur
Oct. 12 Columbus Day / Indigenous People's Day
Nov. 3 Election Day (teacher in-service, no school for students)
Nov. 26-27 Thanksgiving Recess
Dec. 24-Jan.1 Holiday Recess
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Good News on Social Media |
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Follow Hall HS on Instagram & Twitter @whallhigh
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Inclusion & Anti-Racism Resources |
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Simple Actions Can Make a Difference
Community of Concern, the joint PTO committee, would like to echo the West Hartford Public Schools’ commitment: “We will be actively antiracist in our thoughts, our actions…” and the powerful voices of our students in the Black Live Matter Rallies. We believe working to create a more equitable and just society can start by taking simple action steps that involve listening, learning, talking to one another, and not staying silent. Each week we will continue to suggest a simple action you can take.
Antiracist Action #4
Travel to 1920’s Harlem through poems by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), one of the Harlem Renaissance leading poets and writers, to imagine the life of ordinary African Americans in the 1920s: “Mother to Son,” “I,Too,” “Dreams.” “The Nigro Speaks of Rivers”.
Learn about Langston Hughes and Harlem Renaissance: "Langston Hughes - Life and Times with Alice Walker"
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How to Post in This Eblast:
Please Note the New Time
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To have items added to this PTO eblast,
Information must be received by SUNDAY at 12:00 PM to be included in that week's email.
You can send information to: hallpto@gmail.com
Please note: The information must uphold the PTO's mission to inform families in support of all students.
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Dear Hall FAMILIES,
We’d like to remind you about our FERN STREET BACKPACKS program, which provides free weekend food supplies for your in-need students. WHPS high school students are eligible to participate in our in-library program as opposed to our in-school program for students in middle and elementary school. Hall students participating in our program pick up their food bags from either Noah Webster or Faxon Branch libraries each week throughout the school year.
Attached is a flyer about the program. Our program is free of charge and designed for WHPS students who are eligible for the free and reduced meal programs, and those who have difficulty accessing food on Saturday and Sunday.
Please reach out to me directly with any questions. We are ready immediately to help you support the health and well-being of your students.
With thanks,
Katherine Wilson, Coordinator
Fern Street Backpacks
Fern Street Food Ministry, Universalist Church of West Hartford
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2020-21 PTO Board Members |
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Membership:
Adria Giordano
Hospitality:
Stephanie Kudler & Stacey Safryn
Communications:
Catherine Flavin & Loretta Waldman
Treasurers:
Jane Robinson & Laura Harker
Recording Secretaries:
Carolyn Martindale & Liz Reynolds
Concessions:
Carl Cieplinski & Louise Teodosio
Safe Grad:
Sharlene Seidman & Kristin Magendantz
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Parent Teacher Council:
Carl Cieplinski
New Family Engagement:
Annie Keith
Community of Concern:
Jenn Rossi
Foundation for West Hartford Public Schools:
Tracy Friedman
West Hartford Scholarship Fund Representative:
Randi O'Brien
Faculty
Principal Dan Zittoun
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