Save the Date
- March 13: NO SCHOOL, Teacher Professional Development Day
March 23: Parent Teacher Conferences, 6-8 pm
March 23: 10th Grade PPAC Field Trip
April 7-14: April Vacation
April 19, 2023: PSAT/SAT Testing Date
April 26, 2023: PSAT Makeup Date
April 27, 2023: SAT Makeup Date
May 1st: NOCTI Testing, 7:30-12, Media Center
May 12th: CTE Senior Awards Breakfast, 8:30-10 am, Media Center
Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent-Teacher Conference Letter to Families.
- Please complete sign-ups request for conferences by Monday, March 20th
PSAT/SAT Testing Day
School Hours
The school day begins at 7:30 am and ends at 1:45 pm. Students may be dropped off beginning at 7:15 am. They will have to wait outside if they arrive before 7:15 am.
Students must be in their seats by 7:30 am, if they are not, they will be marked tardy.
Students taking the bus will be dropped off in front of the high school and students who are driven to school and picked up from school will still be dropped off in the student parking lot, as usual.
Breakfast will be available for students, by request, from 7:00 -7:30 am.
Supports
- Scheduling: Please reach out to your student's guidance counselor
- Discipline or Conflict: Please reach out to our Dean of Students: asatchell01@westwarwickpublicschools.com
- Student Support for Academics: Mr. Alves (students with 504's) or Mr. Green (students with IEP's)
- Chromebook Support: Media Center
- Transportation: 401-822-8443
Student Illness: Non-Covid Related
If your child has a temperature greater than 100 degrees, please keep your child at home. They may return to school after 24 hours being fever free without fever-reducing medication
If your child vomits or has diarrhea during the night or the morning of school, please keep him/her at home. They may return to school after 24 hours of no vomiting/diarrhea episodes. (I am aware that anxiety can cause some of these symptoms and there is room for clinical judgment on a case-by-case basis).
If your child has a sore throat, they should stay home.
We have the capability of providing rapid covid tests to any student if given permission. I can also send students to Thundermist Health Hut for further workup of Flu or Strep testing with a one-time verbal consent. If a student needs to be seen again, they will require written consent for treatment at the Health Hut.
Decisional Tree for Covid-19
SYMPTOMS:
- Does your child have symptoms (fever or chills, new cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell, new congestion or runny nose, nausea, or vomiting, or diarrhea) ?
DO NOT SEND TO SCHOOL- TEST on the day symptoms begin. Students should not be in school with symptoms.
- IF STUDENT IS ALREADY AT SCHOOL WITH SYMPTOMS- School nurse will ask student to mask, and get permission to test. Students will be dismissed if symptoms are present. Follow-up with a pediatrician for treatment of symptoms will be recommended if the test is NEGATIVE.
- If a student is POSITIVE, they must isolate for the next 5 days. Isolation ends on day 6 and students may then return to school as long as no symptoms are present and should mask through day 10. So isolate for 5 days, and mask for 5 days.
Exposure:
- Have they recently been exposed to someone with covid?
- If no, send them to school
- If yes, send them to school, masked and monitor for symptoms for ten days after exposure. They should wear a well fitting mask for 10 days, and get tested after 5 full days. They may stay in school, masked, while they have no symptoms.
IMPORTANT REMINDER REGARDING ASPEN
It will be essential for parents/guardians to have a working Aspen Family Portal for access to ALL important information regarding the educational process. Now is a good time to check your account or sign up for one if you don't have one. Contact the office if you need assistance accessing your Aspen account.
If you do not know how to get onto Aspen please use this link:
https://www.westwarwickpublicschools.com/aspen-parent-portal-help
Scholarship Opportunity
RhodyReady is RI’s college and career chatbot texting tool, designed to
- Scholarship Bot is live for Seniors!!
- Increase access to information for Rhode Island high school students, supporting their college and career journey.
- Work 24/7 to answer questions with personalized responses based on the bot’s capabilities.
- Share periodic text messages, like important deadlines and internship opportunities with those who opt in.
You can share via the flyer here or the link to the sign up form to have students enter their information in a google sheet and then have it uploaded directly.
A web-based version of the bot as well as more information about RhodyReady can be found at www.ride.ri.gov/rhody-ready
Who are our School Counselors and Support Staff?
Guidance Counselors:
Ms. Moniz, kmoniz@ww-ps.com
Mr. Beveridge: mbeveridge@ww-ps.com
Ms. Bonas: cbonas@ww-ps.com
Ms. Lydon: nlydon@ww-ps.com
Social Workers:
Ms. Maine (grades 9 and 10) kmaine@ww-ps.com
Ms. Pierce (grades 11 and 12) lpierce@ww-ps.com
Career and Technical Education
Career and Technical Education/CTE: West Warwick High School is proud of the work that has taken place to develop and implement TEN CTE career and technical education pathways. Students are still able to apply for these amazing courses while pursuing career and industry standards to prepare them for the next level of education.
Please help spread the word to surrounding towns about our great opportunities as students in grades 9 or 10 can still apply to come to WWHS this year.
To learn more: Click here
To apply to one of our 10 CTE programs: click here
- Low Income Heat Energy Assistance Program: contact the LIHEAP Office (Westbay)
1745 Main St. WW Unit #4 (same plaza as Gel's Kitchen), 401-615-5239
- Every last Tuesday of the Month at the Senior Center from 11:00 - 1:00: LIHEAP, SNAP, RI Energy (formerly National Grid), Helping anyone with issues or needs
New Student Registrations (Grades K-12)
Weekly Updates from the RI Commissioner of Education
Visit this website for updates from Angelica Infante-Green, RI Commissioner of Education.
Updates from WWPS School Superintendent Mrs. Karen Tarasevich
