Wilton Public Schools

August 4, 2025

Dear Parents, Guardians, and Caregivers:

On behalf of the Wilton Public Schools, welcome to the 2025-2026 school year. It’s hard to believe that students will be back in class in just another couple of weeks. I do hope you have been able to enjoy the warm weather and relax with family.

Please refer to our Back-to-School blackboard, providing you with essential dates and information to help you prepare. One important change this year is that Meet the Teacher will be held on Wednesday, August 20^th.  Another important date to note is the Parent Portal opening. This year, we will open the portal for elementary levels (K-5) on Thursday, August 14th, and for grades 6-12 on Monday, August 18th.

Ensuring that you receive information is a district priority. I would ask that all families take 10 minutes beginning 8/14 and 8/18 respectively to login to PowerSchool and review demographic, contact and permission information. The information in PowerSchool feeds all our other software applications including ParentSquare. ParentSquare is the district’s primary tool for both routine and emergency communications.

Next week you will receive the Student and Family Handbook. The handbook contains a great deal of information that will take some time to review. We’ve tried to include the most pertinent information and make it easily accessible.  While there are a great many details, most importantly, I want you to know that your children are in great hands! Our staff could not be more excited to welcome them back and kick off a new school year.  We provide the information below to help you be as informed as possible and to make the transition back to school as stress free as it can be.

Our Student and Family Handbook is divided into three sections:

Section One: General Information

Section Two: Notifications and Communication

Section Three: Students Rights and Responsibilities

In Section One, I call your attention to the district calendar master calendar and the holiday calendar as well as key dates for back to school nights and open houses. 

In Section Two, you will find more detailed information about the district’s various digital systems as well as detailed information about ParentSquare, MySchoolBucks, and school transportation.

Section Three provides families with copies of select board of education policies (the entire policy manual can be found under the Board of Education tab on our website. This section contains information on the district's cell phone-free school initiative and also the detailed student code of conduct for each school. We provide this in an effort to promote greater clarity around student behavioral expectations and the approach the district utilizes when responding to student misbehavior.

I strongly encourage you to take the time and read through the information that is sent.

We look forward to a tremendous school year and celebrating with you the many accomplishments your children will enjoy this year.  Please do not hesitate to reach out should you have any questions or concerns. Please feel free to contact my assistant, Lucille DeNovio at 203.762.3381 extension 8318 or denoviol@wiltonps.org.

Sincerely,

Kevin J. Smith, Ph.D.

Superintendent of Schools