Westfield Public Schools

The Westfield Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through 12th grade from Westfield, in Union County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves some 6,000 students, with a teaching and administrative staff of 750.

Students taking the SAT have achieved average scores of 560 in Verbal and 577 for Math. 11 Perfect Scores have been achieved. In the 2005 National Merit Scholarship Program, the Westfield Public Schools had 6 Semifinalists and 18 Commendations.

Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate School was awarded the 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. [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003.pdf U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2005 (PDF)] , accessed June 5, 2006]

Schools

The district has six K - 5 elementary schools and two grade 6 - 8 middle schools, which are divided by a "North Side / South Side" boundary. The schools in the district (with 2003-04 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are as follows:

The public schools on the north side consist of Franklin Elementary School with 586 students, [http://www.westfieldnjk12.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=23 Washington Elementary School] with 334 students, [http://www.westfieldnjk12.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=24 Wilson Elementary School] with 531 students and Theodore Roosevelt Intermediate School with 737 students.

Schools on the south side are [http://www.westfieldnjk12.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=20 Jefferson Elementary School] with 583 students, [http://www.westfieldnjk12.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=21 McKinley Elementary School] with 311 students, [http://www.westfieldnjk12.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=22 Tamaques Elementary School] with 479 students and [http://www.westfieldnjk12.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=25 Thomas Alva Edison Intermediate School] with 710 students.

Students on each side of town are divided amongst the three elementary schools on their side, go to a common intermediate school, and then join the other side of town in Westfield High School, which has 1,626 students in grades 9 - 12.

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 a weekly and completely self-funded. The moto for the Hi's Eye is "If it's Friday and there is school... there will be a Hi's Eye."

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. Woodrow Wilson Elementary School publishes an issue of "The Wilson World" twice a year.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [ [http://www.westfieldnjk12.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=4972&PHPSESSID=1402215de1667b87d46c9560227aa5ba Administration] , Westfield School District. Accessed August 27, 2008.]
*Dr. Margaret Dolan - Superintendent
*Anita O'Neal - Assistant Superintendent: Office of Curriculum & Instruction
*Dr. Theodore Kozlik - Assistant Superintendent: Department of Special Services
*Robert Berman - Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

External links

* [http://www.westfieldnjk12.org Westfield Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|39|5730|0|Westfield Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417760 Data for the Westfield Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics