Wilton Gets SMART – WiltonPatch
In Wilton, SMARTBoards have captured the excitement and attention of teachers and students alike. A new – if perhaps costly – technology SMARTBoards have become such an integrated part of technology that the Chair of Wilton’s Public Facilities Council said that architectural aspects of the school’s renovation should be sure to integrate space for classroom [...]
Read MoreTurns Out, Wilton’s Fifth-Graders Are Smarter – The Daily Wilton
WILTON, Conn. – Indignation, frustration, encouragement and cheers rang out Friday night at the Wilton High School’s Clune Center as crowd participation soared at the Wilton Education Foundation’s second annual “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth-Grader” contest. The room was filled with the sounds of children yelling out corrections to their peers and teachers as [...]
Read MoreFifth Graders Raise Money by Being Smarter Than You – Wilton Bulletin
When asked to name the four stages of the water cycle in front of the 700 people that filled the Clune Center this past Friday night, Will Jankowski was bewildered. “This is third grade?” he asked the “King of Kindergarten” and Master of Ceremonies Sal Giamio. Will wasn’t the only contestant to be stumped on [...]
Read MoreA ‘Very Wilton’ Trivia Event Kicks off Tonight – WiltonPatch
Dust off those old textbooks, because tonight the Wilton Education Foundation (WEF) will be hosting their second-annual “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” a family and community-oriented fund-raising event at the Clune Center. The inception began about two years ago, when WEF members were new fundraising event ideas. Eventually, someone called out, “’What about, [...]
Read More‘Are You Smarter?’ is Theme for School Fundraiser – Wilton Villager
WILTON — The television show “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?” has humbled more than a few brilliant minds in its original and syndicated runs. Now four local “celebrities” will test their mental mettle in that format in a fundraising event for the Wilton Education Foundation next Friday, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at [...]
Read More‘Are You Smarter Than …’ Returns to Wilton – The Daily Wilton
Auditions started this week for the Wilton Education Foundation’s “Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?” The auditions of for more than 120 Cider Mill Elementaryschool fifth-graders were based on a 35-question test combining language arts, math, science, social studies, world language, music and art. The Education Foundation has been working with the administration at Cider [...]
Read MoreAcoustic Wilton: New season starts with new voices – Wilton Bulletin
When Acoustic Wilton takes to the stage for its fall fund-raising concert on Friday, Nov. 18, at Wilton Library, there will be at least three new female voices in the mix. All three — Ellie Mendola, Megan Daversa and Cara Lamason — are students at Wilton High School, and they gathered recently at Ellie’s house [...]
Read MoreDo You Know What Your Kid Is Reading Today? – The Wilton Patch
Today is the 17th Annual Read Aloud Day, a long-running program that was created by the Wilton Education Foundation(WEF) and funded by the Village Market. Members from the community will be dropping into classrooms at Miller-Driscoll and Cider Mill to read aloud to children, inspiring conversation and maybe even a new most-loved book (this year’s [...]
Read MoreWilton Schools Host Read Aloud Day – The Daily Wilton
WILTON, Conn. – Your elementary schoolers were treated to an annual event Tuesday: Members of the town read stories aloud to them. Community members and leaders dropped by Miller-Driscoll Elementaryin the morning and Cider Mill Elementary to participate inCommunity Read Aloud Day. Heidi Von Hoffmann, a member of theWilton Education Foundation, said a business owner, family member or [...]
Read MoreCommunity Read Aloud Book Selections 2011
Kindergarten – Duck at the Door – Jackie Urbanovic Knock, Knock, Knock!! Someone’s outside the door…. But who?? Meet Max – a duck for all seasons. Max visits a special family and drives them crazy while he’s there. But, when he leaves in search of his own family, will they miss him when he’s gone? [...]
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