Here's a small win and maybe even a milestone:
Both the red and blue groups have experienced 1 full week of in-person school!!
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Sports Start This Week, Let's Do It Well |
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PTO Zoom Board Meeting Is the 13th
(The date is because there is a school board mtg on the 6th.)
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All are welcome to attend the first PTO meeting of the year!
Tues., Oct. 13th
7:00-8:30 PM
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Email us at hallpto@gmail.com to RSVP and get the Zoom link.
To those of you who have RSVP'd already, thank you!
We will track responses and send the zoom link as we get closer to the date!
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Save Wed. 10/14 for Virtual Curriculum Night |
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Please put Wednesday, October 14 in your calendar as that will be our virtual Curriculum Night.
It is the single best glimpse into our kids' days.
Don't miss it.
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SEP 28 2020
SEP 29 2020
SEP 30 2020
OCT 1 2020
OCT 2 2020
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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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Please Finish Power School E-Collect Forms |
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If you have not finished signing off on your e-collect forms,
please log into PowerSchool and do this as soon as possible.
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Check Our Kids' Health Each Day,
We Will All Be Safer.
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Senior Parents, We Have Your Back. |
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News from Amy Shaffer, Student Activities/Career Center Coordinator, on College-Readiness and Processe
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It is not too late for your student to take advantage of this scholarship opportunity through College Board. This is a GREAT chance for them to earn scholarship $$ simply by tracking their steps through the college process. PLEASE sign up soon! Go to cb.org/opportunity to sign up!
- Congrats to the seniors who took the SAT on Wed. Results will be released on Oct. 15.
- College Visits:
- FYI: Rhode Island has been added to CT's travel advisory list. Please reach out to the admissions rep if your student has a visit scheduled at a RI college and they are unable to attend.
- UCONN, Northeastern, BU and NYU have all added additional visits that should accommodate both the red and blue cohort.
- If students are unable to attend a virtual visit, please visit the college's website, take a virtual tour, contact the college admissions counselor, or make arrangements with Ms. Shaffer to attend an alternate visit. A weekly listing with admission contact names and email addresses is sent out to seniors every week.
- Tip: The reps running the virtual meetings are often the ones to read applications, so be sure to reach out and make a good impression!
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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.
We continue to add volunteers to our recently established Committees, and we would love to have any many parents of this year’s 393 seniors as possible participate in some way.
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The Safe Grad Hall Mask portal has been reopened until October 4th.
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Safe Grad Fundraiser: Support 2021! |
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Thank you to All Who Turned Out to Safely Support SafeGrad 2021 This Saturday. |
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There are two more dates coming up!!
Saturday, October 10th 10:30 a.m. – Noon
Saturday, October 24th 10:30 a.m. – Noon
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Eat Out or Take-Out at Ocho, supports 2021 and the owners are a generous part of the Hall family:
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Monday October 5th 3 p.m. – 10 p.m.
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Wednesday, November 4th 3 p.m. – 10 p.m.
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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).
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Coming Soon! GO Cards – the discount cards for local restaurants and shops that you can use all year long. Limited supply, email to schedule delivery to your home as soon as they arrive at hallsafegrad2021@gmail.com. Discounts if multiple cards are purchased.
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WHPS Free Breakfast & Lunch Programs |
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Click here for more information about the
WHPS Free Breakfast & Lunch
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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 shopping. These points become CASH for our school. To date 60 Hall families have registered their cards, and we earned $60.61 in the month of August. Please register your card now, and all that shopping for the holidays will benefit Hall.
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.
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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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Community of Concern, the joint Hall/Conard/Sedgwick 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 meaningful action steps that involve listening, learning, talking to one another, and not staying silent. Each week we will continue to suggest a meaningful action you can take.
Antiracist Action #7
Watch the #IAMNOTAVIRUS Campaign Team’s recorded webinar series provided by Mike Keo: “Equity in Education,” “He(Art), Trauma, Resilience,” “Inter-Country Adoptee Voices,” and “Blacks & Asian Solidarity.” Think about the experience and voices shared by Asian Americans, Asian and their allies. Click here: (Community Resources — #IAMNOTAVIRUS).
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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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Election day is Nov. 3
To register to vote (in Enlish or Spanish), click here!
To check your status, and make sure you are registered, click here!
Registration deadlines
Online: Oct. 27
By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 27
In person: Oct. 27
Absentee ballot deadlines
Request: Nov. 2
Return by mail: Received by Nov. 3
Return in person: Nov. 3 by 8:00 p.m.
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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 & Monica Ehrlich
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:
Traci Friedman
West Hartford Scholarship Fund Representative:
Randi O'Brien
Faculty
Principal Dan Zittoun
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