Reminder: There will be no school for all West Haven Public Schools on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, in observance of Veterans Day.
Students & Families:
Please take a moment to review our flyer for our Holiday Festival taking place at Savin Rock Community School on Saturday, November 22! 🍂🥧✨
Students & Families:
Please take a moment to review our flyer for the Merriment Festival taking place at Mackrille on Friday, November 15! 🎁✨
Washington Elementary 1st Graders Enjoy Virtual Performance
1st graders at Washington Elementary had a blast watching Chicka Chicka Boom Boom live from the Ridgefield Playhouse via Zoom! 🎶👏 Singing, clapping, and lots of smiles all around!
Reminder: There will be no school for all West Haven Public Schools on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, for Election Day.
⚠️NOTICE BY THE WEST HAVEN BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION RECORDS ⚠️
The West Haven Board of Education’s (WHBOE) Special Education /Pupil Services department informs parents when personally identifiable information, which was collected, maintained or used under IDEA is no longer relevant to the provision of educational services to a student and the WHBOE plans to destroy the information. The WHBOE reminds parents that they or their child may need the information for Social Security benefits, educational or other purposes in the future. However, a permanent record of a student’s name, address, and phone number, his or her grades, attendance record, classes attended, grade level completed, and year completed may be maintained without time limitation.
Please be advised that the West Haven Board of Education (WHBOE) will be destroying special education records for students with a date of birth between January 1, 1998, to December 31, 1998. The WHBOE considers this 30 days’ notice for the destruction of these records. If the WHBOE does NOT receive a written request for your records by December 23, 2025, they will be destroyed on January 3, 2025.
Reminder: No School for All Elementary Schools on Tuesday, October 28 for Parent Visiting Day
Notice from West Haven Police Department:The West Haven Police Department wants to inform residents about a recent coyote sighting in West Haven. Please review the post below.
Reminder: There will be no school for all West Haven Public Schools on Monday, October 13, 2025, in recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Please review the flyer below for more information.
2025 Coat Drive on 11/5 & 11/6
For more details, please review the flyer below! 🧥❄️Donations of new or gently used coats are greatly appreciated.
Fourth graders boarded the trailer to simulate how to safely exit a house or room filling with smoke in the event of a fire. They also learned the importance of checking their smoke alarms—and even got to meet Danny, the WHFD’s fire safety dog! 🐾🔥
United Way Reading brings community volunteers into schools to promote literacy and inspire a love of reading. Thank you to all the volunteers who read books to each grade—students in every classroom enjoyed the books you shared! 💙
Reminder: All West Haven Public Schools will be closed on Thursday, October 2, 2025, in observance of Yom Kippur.
🥍Free Girls Lacrosse Clinic | View flyer below for more info.
Reminder: All West Haven Public Schools will have a half day on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, due to staff development.