Forest Elementary School

Important Dates This Week: Monday, March 3 WHPS Board of Education Meeting @ 6pm Bailey Scholastic Book Fair Carrigan Parent Visiting Night Half day for Carri...

Important Dates This Week: Wednesday, February 26 Bailey PTA Meeting (via Zoom) Thursday, February 27 Savin Rock Elementary Kindergarten Registration ...

Important Dates This Week: Monday, February 17 No School - Winter Break Tuesday, February 18 No School - Winter Break WHHS Girls' Hockey Senior Night S...

Important Dates This Week: Monday, February 10 WHHS Wrestling Senior Night Senior festivities will take place before the 7pm meet start Tuesday, February 11...

Important Dates This Week: Monday, February 3 WHPS Board of Education Meeting @ 6pm inside the WHHS Lecture Hall Tuesday, February 4 Mackrille School Kinde...

Dear West Haven Families and Staff, With recent changes at the federal level regarding immigration enforcement, West Haven Public Schools is following the Connecticut State Depart...

Brian D. Nugent was a lifelong Westie who loved his city and his family, and unfortunately lost his life to cancer in 2014. To honor his legacy and continue to touch the lives o...

Kindergarten registration for the 2025 - 2026 school year is now open! Per the Connecticut Department of Education, students must be five years of age on or before September 1 of...

Forest Elementary School held its ABC Bootcamp on Friday, September 27th. The kindergarten students proudly celebrated learning the letters of the alphabet with a parade around th...

(Press release courtesy of the Community Eligibility Program) West Haven Public Schools announces its participation in the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) for school year 202...

Parents and community members, It has come to our attention that emails sent to our school district from some email service providers are not being delivered as intended. Several...

We are thrilled to introduce you to our new principal, Latanya Watts Joyner, who joins our school community with a wealth of experience and a passion for education. In this special...

The West Haven Board of Education is very excited for the 2024-2025 school year, which will look different from recent years as six schools will feature a new principal. Although ...

About: I have been teaching 4th grade at Forest School for 20 years. Prior to that, I taught Literacy, 2nd grade, and 5th grade at Molloy School for 5 years. Hobbies: ...

Over the last few months, librarians from the West Haven Public Library Children’s Department visited the Forest Elementary School library as guest readers to Mrs. Dandelske’s Kin...

In honor of Educator Appreciation Week, Superintendent Cavallaro, Assistant Superintendent Drenzek, and the Board of Education, in conjunction with the West Haven Federation of Te...

Stacey Giaquinto About: I am a lifelong West Haven resident and have been teaching in town for 26 years. I started teaching at Stiles School and have been teaching at Forest...

In January, Assistant Superintendent Judy Drenzek asked classroom teachers to work with their students on goals, whether they were academic or based on one of the six pillars of be...

Jason Heffernan About: Match coach for grades K-4; has been teaching for 27 years including 11 at Forest School. Hobbies: Playing golf, playing guitar, and going to con...

On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, Forest Elementary School hosted a Literacy Night and provided families with a delicious ziti dinner from the West Haven Public School’s Food Service! ...