West Woods Elementary School

All West Woods students have the opportunity to borrow up to five books during remote learning. Drop off and pick up of school library books and other learnering materials will occur in the afternoon of December 7th, 2020.

In their Library Google Classrooms, students have direct links to the library catalog and an informational video showing how to search and place books on hold.

Have questions? Please contact our library media specialist, Ms. Sendroff by email.

Parent-Teacher conferences at West Woods will occur over Zoom on 12/11 1:40 - 3:45 and 12/14 & 12/15 5:30 - 7:30. We use an online scheduling program to assist you in making an appointment with your child’s teacher.

Here’s how to schedule your conference appointment:

• Access our online conference scheduler
• Select the name of the teacher or staff member you’d like to meet with.
• A calendar will appear once you’ve selected a teacher’s name. Select the date and time for your preferred conference. A time will not appear if it has already been selected by another parent.  Once you’ve selected a time for your appointment, please type in your child’s name so that our staff may better prepare for your appointment. Be sure to include your email address to receive a confirmation and a reminder of the appointment.
• Parents of grade 5 and 6 students are asked to schedule classroom conferences with their child’s homeroom teacher only and not all of the team teachers so that we may maximize the number of team teachers available for parent meetings. Each homeroom teacher will present a report on all team subjects to you.
• You may also request meetings with specials teachers, special education staff, our psychologist, social worker, speech pathologists, math and literacy specialists, or Mr. Levy.

As Hamden Public Schools transitions to a full distance learning environment, we want to reassure families during this time that Whitsons School Nutrition and Hamden Public Schools will continue to provide meals to all children each and every day. The meals will continue to be provided at NO CHARGE to all children.  

We will be offering a daily pick-up option at each of the following schools from 9am-12pm: 

• Hamden High School 
• Alice Peck School 
• Church Street School 
• Dunbar Hill School 
• Helen Street School 
• Shepherd Glen School 
• Wintergreen School  

On the last day of each week, we will offer meals for the weekend/holiday weekend. HPS will also continue to offer our mobile delivered services through First Student Buses to all families who cannot make it to any of these sites. For those interested please email Randall Mel, Food Service Director, at rmel@hamden.org or visit Hamden.org for more information.  

We will provide meals over the Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks.  

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the
Food Service Office at 203-230-1010 

Hamden Public School has developed guidelines for distance learning that will apply when:

● A school day is a Superintendent-authorized Remote Learning Day (RLD) due to inclement weather

● A school/classroom or cohort is quarantined due to COVID-19

● All school buildings are closed for any period of time due to COVID-19

Please follow this link for details on expectations for attendance, communication, technology support, scheduling and more.