Teen PeaceWorks is a WHS club that focuses on spreading awareness about healthy and safe relationships. It’s main mission is to educate students about the issues of teen dating violence and domestic violence. The club is important because research has shown that about 1/3 of people will someday be in an abusive or unhealthy relationship. Teen Peaceworks helps organize town events during Domestic Violence Awareness Month each October and during Teen Dating Violence Awareness month each February. They are active throughout the year; their next project is a video on teen dating that will be shown to Middlebrook 8th Graders. 

If you are a High School student and you would like to get involved, or just find out more please contact the club advisor Mrs. Zemo.

Follow Teen PeaceWorks on Instagram @whsteenpeaceworks

 

Wilton High School student Cora Huff discovered a gap in the market when she was looking for an organization to connect with to complete her Girl Scout Silver Award. “It was taking a long time to find something, I figured there had to be a more efficient way to find volunteer opportunities. The school used to have a job board for local businesses, how about a community service board too?”

Cora reached out to local organizations asking them for descriptions of projects that they need help with and from that she has created the Wilton High School Community Service Board. Students are encouraged to visit often to look for volunteer opportunities for service hours. Local non-profit organizations can post their upcoming volunteer opportunities by filling out this google form.

Links to the forms can also be found on the student resources page of the WHS Website.

If you missed the live Middlebrook Parent forum on February 3rd, you can watch the entire broadcast here!

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Middlebrook School has published reentry information on a new page located under MB Information. Here you will find the most recent plans, videos, and information regarding Middlebrook's 2020-2021 school opening. Please visit by following this link.

Please read Middlebrook's Schedule Planning Team presentation to the Board of Education.

The Middlebrook Gym was a hive of activity at the annual Middlebrook Science and Engineering Fair on Tuesday evening, Jan. 28, as over 120 students presented their science fair projects to a roving audience of students, parents, teachers and judges. Divided between 6th grade and 7th/8th Grade, students' projects covered life sciences, physical sciences and engineering.

Many of the projects contained elements of social responsibility with water purification, air filter and renewable energy featuring prominently.

Also present were the perennial science fair favorites featuring Mentos and Skittles. Evidence of students mastering coding was also on show at the fair:  6th Grader Polina Popova took her inspiration from living close to the four-way stop at Belden Hill and New Canaan Rds., she wondered what was better, stop signs or traffic lights and used coding in python to figure out the answer (authors note : it depends on how much traffic there is, but Belden Hill should stay as a four way stop, according to Popova).

New this year was a teacher award to recognize a science teacher at Middlebrook who has gone above and beyond to advance students curiosity and encourage them to participate in the science and engineering fair. This year’s winner is Bill DesRoche, science teacher on the 6 Yellow team.

The enthusiasm of the students was clear to see as they clearly articulated the purpose of their projects even when discussed pitfalls, setbacks and dealing with the rigors of the scientific method. The standard of entries was very high. Veteran judge and high school chemistry teacher Stephen Sobolewski said ‘I am blown away by the quality of the work. I have never programmed in my life, and to see 7th and 8th graders program their projects is very impressive’.

The Best in Fair this year was awarded to 8th grade student Anup Pilla with his project ‘Heart Safe’. Anup’s completely original science fair idea was inspired by his desire to save lives by inventing a heart monitor and defibrillator. Anup lost both of his grandfathers to heart disease and is determined to do something to help others.

At the tender age of 13, Anup already feels a calling to medical research. "I want to find a way to cure H.I.V, and if someone beats me to it, I’m going to research mental health and conditions that affect the brain, like autism."

First, second and third places were awarded in each of the three science categories - engineering, life science and physical science full results are posted below.

The Middlebrook science fair is a collaboration between the Middlebrook PTA and the Wilton Education Foundation. PTA co-chairs this year were Loralee Hamilton and Uma Subramanian. Wilton Education Foundation provided funding for the event. Thanks to the 25 judges who gave their time to judge the event, including 10 AP science students and a number of science teachers from Wilton High School.

Winning entries will be entered into the Connecticut Science and Engineering Fair. The state competition will be held in March at Quinnipiac University.

Best in Fair

Anup Pilla:  "Heart Safe"

7 & 8th Grade Winning Entries

Physical Science

1st Place–Arjun Patel and Saaransh Khandelwal:  "Water Purification"
2nd Place–Kendra Ward:  "Hydroelectric Power"
3rd Place–Abby Phelan:  "Commercials vs. The Real World"

Engineering

1st Place–Zachary Coleman:  "Voice to Hand Written Text"
2nd Place–Dillion Bhutani:  "Self-Watering Plant"
3rd Place–Aarushi Agarwal and Maddie Phelan:  "Solar Power Phone Charger"

Life Science

1st Place–Illeas Paschalidis and Shawn Gregory:  "Fertilizer Fiasco"
2nd Place–Aishwani Walia and Francesca Gusfa:  "Artificial Dye or Organic Dye"
3rd Place–Austin Etzbach:  "The Effect of Pets on Stress and Blood Pressure"

6th Grade Winning Entries

Physical Science

1st Place–Polina Popova:  "Traffic Light or Stop Sign"
2nd Place–Sam Jacobson:  "Golf Ball on a String"
3rd Place–Arista Sullivan and Meredith Sullivan:  "Sympathetic Vibrations"

Engineering

1st Place–Nikisha Shivram:  "The Helping Hand"
2nd Place–William Olmstead and Paul Zhang:  "POD 3D Engineering"
3rd Place–Gayathri Sarath:  "The Laundry Helper"

Life Science

1st Place–Preethi Vijay and Rose Bilella:  "Disintegrating Aluminum Cans"
2nd Place–Ronan Conway:  "Skittles, Flavored?"
3rd Place–Adeeva Ghuman and Abby Fang:  "Musical Plants, Music’s Impact on Plant Growth"

Follow this link to view further images from the event.

For those unable to make it, here is the link to the presentation Slide Deck and the Zoom Recording.

 

Wilton Public Schools Extended School Year Program is offering three exciting programs to benefit learners from age 3 to those entering 5th grade.

Wilton United Summer Fun 2021:

1. "Oh the Places We'll Go"
   Open to students who will be attending Kindergarten at Miller-Driscoll School starting in the fall of 2021.
   Download the flyer.
    
2.  "Olympics" (age 3 through Entering Kindergarten)
   Open Wilton Residents who are at least three years old, currently attending pre-school and those who will be attending kindergarten in the fall of 2021.
   Download the flyer.
    
3. "Olympics" (Entering 1st Grade through entering 5th grade)
   Open to students who have completed Kindergarten through those entering 5th grade.
   Download the flyer