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Workshop

Priscilla Jones

Title: Workshop/Math Interventionist

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School: 203-341-1825

The Westport Board of Education provides programs and services to students who have been identified as gifted. Programs are designed to provide gifted students with specialized in-depth instruction and opportunities for independent study. In addition, the program provides the student with positive group experiences with their intellectual peers. Program components include:

The Elementary Workshop Program – Grades K-5

Grades K-2: Identified students whose needs cannot be met in the regular program receive individual instruction from the building based Workshop Program teacher on an “as needed” basis.

Grades 3-5: gifted students meet with the Workshop Program teacher in their individual schools for two hours each week. Gifted teachers also collaborate in regular education classrooms to extend units/lessons for gifted and high achieving students.

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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 23, 2025

Classes at Kings Highway School were actively engaged in learning about Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Ms. Shugrue’s fourth graders collaborated with Ms. Aguilar’s first graders after watching Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Together, they wrote about their dreams for a better world. Some of their heartfelt hopes included peace, protection for animals similar to how people are cared for, and access to hospital care for everyone, regardless of financial means. Meanwhile, Ms. Gonzales’ class explored the power of words and their ability to inspire change. Students brainstormed and wrote their own original quotes or meaningful phrases that could positively impact the world.

Kindness Gumball Machine

January 16, 2025

Three KHS fifth graders recently took the lead in an inspiring initiative. They visited a former teacher's first-grade classroom to plan and lead a kindness activity. After reading aloud to the students, they introduced a "kindness gumball machine," where each day a student pulls out a gumball with a word representing the goal for spreading kindness that day. Following this, they engaged the class in creating "kindness bubble gum" wrappers with positive messages. These wrappers were then hidden around the school to spread kindness and positivity throughout the community.