The Westfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Westfield, in Union County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its 10 schools had an enrollment of 6,417 students and 495.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
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Awards and recognition
Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, during the 2004-05 school year.
For the 1994-95 school year, Westfield High School was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.
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Schools
The district has a central kindergarten, six neighborhood elementary schools (grades 1-5), two middle schools (grades 6-8) divided by a "North Side / South Side" boundary, and one high school (grades 9-12). The schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
- Preschool
- Lincoln School (grades PreK-K, 302 students)
- Audrey Zavetz, Principal
- Elementary schools
- Franklin Elementary School (1-5, 569; North)
- Eileen Cambria, Principal
- Jefferson Elementary School (1-5, 502; South)
- Jeanette Munoz, Principal
- McKinley Elementary School (1-5, 344; South)
- Marc Biunno, Principal
- Tamaques Elementary School (1-5, 439; South)
- David Duelks, Principal
- Washington Elementary School (1-5, 330; North)
- Andrew Perry, Principal
- Wilson Elementary School (1-5, 385; North)
- Joseph Malanga, Principal
- Roosevelt Intermediate School (6-8, 731; North)
- Stewart Carey, Principal
- Thomas Alva Edison Intermediate School (6-8, 808; South)
- Matthew Bolton, Principal
- High school
- Westfield High School (9-12, 1,854)
- Derrick Nelson, Acting Principal
Public school students are also eligible to apply to attend the Union County Vocational Technical Schools, which include Union County Magnet High School, Union County Academy for Information Technology, Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Union County Vocational Technical High School and Union County Academy for Performing Arts.
Press
Westfield High School publishes a weekly student newspaper during the school year called Hi's Eye. Established in 1935, the paper publishes 33 issues per year with a monthly Arts and Entertainment insert called Iris. The Hi's Eye is unique among many student run newspapers in that it is weekly and completely self-funded. The motto for the Hi's Eye is "For the students, by the students, since 1935."
The middle schools and elementary schools also publish a brief newspaper written by their students, for their students. Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate School publishes an issue of The Rough Rider 12 times a year. Thomas Alva Edison Intermediate School publishes The Edison Insider a few times a year. Woodrow Wilson Elementary School publishes an issue of The Wilson World twice a year.
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
- Dr. Margaret Dolan, Superintendent
- Dana Sullivan, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
External links
- Westfield Public Schools
- Westfield Public Schools's 2015-16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Westfield Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
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