Westport Elementary School 4th grade girls won FIRST place in the regional Destination Imagination tournament and will advance to the state competition. Congratulations to all seven Westport teams that successfully competed!
Westport success at Destination Imagination tournament
Next WEF Board Meeting
Our Board meetings are open to the public. Our next meeting date is Monday, May 13 at 6pm in the Community Room at the Westport Public Library. All are welcome, and we will invite input from the audience at the end of the meeting.
Imagine…
- A group of twelve-year old students working on a creative problem-solving project to compete in the international Odyssey of the Mind program
- High school students learning from a cutting edge marine sciences program in partnership with MIT
- Second graders building a monarch butterfly garden/habitat to increase their understanding of life cycles and to create a resource for the community
- First graders engaged in an incubator project that exposes students to science enrichment activities including hatching, observing and journaling
These are among the many projects being funded by education foundations across Massachusetts. Please help us to bring programs like these to Westport.
AP Statistics and Psychology funding awarded to WHS
The WEF has granted an award to the Westport High School to fund teacher training for AP Statistics and Psychology. The WEF has now supported WHS with three new AP offerings, funding AP Calculus training two years ago. The high school will be able to offer AP Psychology and Statistics as part of its curriculum next year.
When she applied for the grant, Cheryl Tutalo, Principal of Westport High School, wrote that “AP enables students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school and provides students with the opportunity to earn college credit. Taking AP courses also demonstrates to college admission officers that students have sought out the most rigorous curriculum available to them. AP courses help students develop and apply the skills, abilities and content knowledge they will need for college. Each AP course concludes with a college-level exam which allows students to demonstrate their mastery of college-level course work. Research consistently shows that students who score 3 or higher typically experience greater academic success in college and have higher graduation rates then their non-AP peers.”
