Great Grants for the 2017-2018 school year!

Click here to view the grants awarded for the 2017-2018 school year. For details about each grant, click here to view a summary of each grant by school.

Join board member Michael Schramm and amazing West Hartford educators in a new WHCTV news program, The Foundation Presents.... Click here for March 2018, January 2018, November 2017, October 2017, September 2017 Episode July 2017 Episode, June 2017 Episode, May 2017 Episode, April 2017 Episode.

Cricket Press Grant: Teaching on the Edge

Click here to view the amazing grant implemented by teacher, Kathy Hardesty, at Smith Stem Elementary School where students learned about the atmosphere by launching a meteorological balloon.

In the News

 Click here to view all the articles about the Foundation in the news!

Dr. Robert and Gladys Dunn Grant: Enhancing Student Learning with Coral Reef Aquariums

Click here to view a video about what inspired Anthony Wasley to apply for a grant.

Message from Superintendent Tom Moore

Superintendent Tom Moore reflects on what makes the Foundation special to the West Hartford Public School System.

Special Initiative Grant, Producing 21st Century Citizens & Artists, awarded to Morley School for 2016-2017 school year

Producing 21st Century Citizens & Artists will establish a partnership with a sister school in Haiti promoting communication & collaborative learning via new technological enhancements.  Morley students will authentically study diversity and culture in the world.  Click Here to learn more about the exciting grant which will be implemented for the 2016-2017 school year. 

Lessons bring students 80,000 ft into the Stratosphere!!!

Thanks to the Foundation's generous donors & the Smith PTO, the Dr. Karen List Grant: Up, Up & Away! is one example of the innovative, creative learning FWHPS brings to West Hartford Public School Teachers! Congratulations to Kathy Hardesty, Courney Jacklin, Melissa Behrens & Anthony Truss, the teachers who researched, wrote the grant and implemented this wonderful grant!

Click Here for an article in West Hartford Press, pg 7

Click Here for an article in We-Ha.com

Click here for a video images documenting the Great Balloon Chase in action on June 4, 2015

Click Here for an article from the West Hartford Patch for the SECOND Great Balloon Chase of the year!

Click Here for an amazing, inspirational video created by the Smith STEM school teachers

Click Here for an article in The Hartford Courant

Click Here for an amazing, inspirational video created by the Smith STEM school teachers

Click Here for an article in The West Hartford News, pgs 1 & 11and featured in we-ha.com

Click Here for the article in West Hartford Press, pgs 7 & 9

Click Here for the NBC Connecticut News Report

Click Here for the WHTN News 8 Report

Twitter - Our two balloon chasers came back home successfully from Massachuetts! Mission Accomplished!

Grants in Action

Click Here to learn more about the Thomas Ford Memorial Grant: Hip Hop Dimensions~An Experience in Dancing our Way to Building Teamwork at Duffy Elementary School.

Thanks to The Pauluk Family Grant: Launching Literacy through the Nutmeg Nominees, students at Webster Hill show their enthusiasm in being part of a book club.

Click Here to learn more about The Keck Family Grant: Shakespeare IS Company!! at Conard High School

Click here to purchase notecards created by West Hartford Public School Students to support the Teacher Grant Program.

Whiting Lane Grants in Action in the news - West Hartford Life, April 2014 pgs 4-5

Books and birds: Media Specialist Lee Gluck instructs inside and out