The Voice

Cracking the code-- Junior Rohan Parikh and sophomore Dhatchinamoorthi Kunde Govindarajan work together on basic
programming at the annual Hour of Code. Hour of Code took place on December 7 after school in the library and during the school day on December 9.

Robotics team enforces the code

December 8, 2016

Justice speaks-- Judge Thomas Moukawsher presents his decision in Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding v. Rell. Moukawsher’s decision to read his entire decision from the bench was an unusual one that drew further attention to the case.

Connecticut’s education funding is ‘irrational,’ Judge finds

November 2, 2016

A true visionary-- Chair of the High School Renovation Committee Bill Wadsworth speaks to members of the community at the Renovation Committee Community Visioning Session on September 17. The event took place at the local community center.

Renovations start off school year, discussions for new building

November 2, 2016

Advocating for change-- Psychology and sociology teacher Mike Baxer speaks to freshmen about the dangers of bullying. Freshmen listened to it as a part of a special programming while sophomores and juniors took the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSATs).

Presentation challenges freshmen to prevent bullying

November 1, 2016

Elementary teacher honored as Teacher of the Year

November 1, 2016

Welcome new teachers!

November 1, 2016

Miss Carrozza: (Music Teacher) Q: What did you do before coming here? A: My career before this job was being a full-time student. I have attended public school since pre-school, followed by four years as a full-time student at Wes...

English teacher Kaitlin McIntyre and sophomore Nazish Shakeel look over student writing.

Sophomores share writing at second annual Writing Celebration

October 7, 2016

Open for tours-- The Hartford Connecticut Temple is open for tours after years of construction. The church will be officially dedicated on November 20 to the Mormon faith.

Mormon temple open for tours

October 1, 2016

The Class of 2016 celebrates their graduation with the traditional the cap toss.

Class of 2016 celebrates graduation

June 21, 2016

Fire and glaze-- Art teacher Andrew Minor goes over the parameters of the current ceramics project for the Ceramics class. Minor has been teaching at the high school for the past eight years and is the first art teacher to ever be nominated as the graduation speaker.

Minor named graduation speaker

June 17, 2016

Straight A students-- Principal Bill Silva (center) congratulates salutatorian Andrew Deakin (left) and valedictorian Rahul Sindvani (right) on their academic success. Both Deakin and Sindvani will give speeches at graduation which will take place on the high school turf field on June 20.

Sindvani and Deakin honored as valedictorian, salutatorian

June 11, 2016

A cut above the rest-- Senior Daulton Upchurch demonstrates how to cut a timber frame with a beam cutter at the 2016 Capstone Exhibition. For his capstone project, Upchurch created a timber frame pergola that was donated to West Woods Upper Elementary School. Upchurch was one of over 80 students who showcased their work at the exhibition.

Capstone students celebrate at exhibition

June 1, 2016