WWPS Technology

Week 1 has ended, and by the end of the first week we rolled-out over 150 Chromebooks to every 3rd and 4th grader at WHES. It was a great week, and I'm already amazed at the type of work we're seeing being produced in our 3rd and 4th grade classrooms. I've already witnessed students using their Chromebooks to communicate, collaborate and create content with each other in their first week of school. Of course many of our students have already started to use their Chromebooks for research purposes, and fluency exercises on RAZ Kids or iXL. It's wonderful to see our students using their Goggle Apps for Education (GAFE) account to create content, collaborate with each other and communicate their ideas to their classmates. It was a great week, and I can't wait to begin passing them out to our kindergartners and first graders during week 2. We're also preparing for our visit from Commissioner Gist, and Governor Chafee on the morning of Wednesday, September 4th. It...

WHES 1:1 Chromebook Initiative The West Warwick Public Schools is excited to announce that Wakefield Hills Elementary School received an $80,000.00 grant via the Rhode Island Foundation and the Rhode Island Department of Education to purchase 1 to 1 Chromebooks for our students. Acer 7 Chromebooks were purchased for every PK-12 student at WHES. Our first step after purchasing the Chromebooks was to communicate with the community. Principal, Keith Remillard, Director, Jim Monti, and many of the staff at WHES meet with families and students during the last week of summer vacation to engage the community in a Town Hall type of event. Over 45 families participated in one of the three events, asked great questions, and received valuable information about our 1:1 Chromebook initiative at WHES. Our mantra of communicate, collaborate and create content was repeated over our 3 Town Hall meetings. Families received information about our policies, and some of our partner programs for low-c...