Browse past news stories for Whisconier Middle School in Brookfield, CT.

• Brookfield Ed. Board Sets Class Guidelines (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 05:53:46 pm
  The Brookfield Board of Education has adopted new class guidelines for the town's four public schools, the first time in nine years that those targets have been revised.
• Bock & Blu Tunes Up Again to Aid Brookfield Music Department (The New Milford Times)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 05:47:27 pm
  When a long-established professional music group takes the stage with young musicians from Brookfield's public schools, there's a bit of a change-up.
• Health, School District: Flu Mist Inoculation Is Easy, Effective, Painless (Newtown Bee)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 08:24:20 pm
  The Newtown School District's medical advisor and local Health District director are extolling the virtues and availability of a flu mist — which they say is one of the safest, most effective, and virtually pain-free ways for children to become protected from the current H1N1 or swine flu virus.
• Reflections on Silvaggi's Tenure (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 04:23:37 pm
  Departing Brookfield First Selectman Robert Silvaggi said that one of the chief goals for municipal and business leaders over the coming years will be finding occupants for the more than "100 stores" that are currently empty, largely as a result of the economic recession that began nearly two years ago.
• Davidson Says Tinsley's Economic Development Plans Could Turn Federal Road into the Boston Post Road (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 02:59:44 pm
  Bill Davidson, the Democratic nominee for first selectman in Brookfield, said that while he and Republican nominee Bill Tinsley agree that the town needs to expand its commercial tax base, he believes that Mr. Tinsley's vision is flawed since Federal Road probably wouldn't be able to sustain the additional traffic and it would place a new library in the Village District, which would make that ...
• Brookfield Debate Focus: Economics (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 05:14:49 pm
  The three candidates for first selectman of Brookfield, each of whom own or have owned and operated small businesses, discussed several economic-related issues this week during a debate sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce.
• Election calendar (The News-Times)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 12:13:15 am
  WednesdayBrookfield first selectman candidates debate. Whisconier Middle School Conference Room, 7 p.m.ThursdayThe New Milford Republican Town Council's "Dinner in Memory of President Ronald W. Reagan,'' 6:30 p.m. at the Fox Hill Inn, 257 Federal Road, Brookfield.
• Election Roundup (The News-Times)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 12:58:09 am
  TuesdayThe Brookfield Democratic Party invites all residents to come to a special event Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Whisconier Middle School to hear the Democratic team, headed by Bill Davidson and Howard Lasser, present a plan for how the community can move forward together.
• Brookfield Highly Proficient on CMTs (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 07:44:53 pm
  Brookfield's third- through eighth-graders continue to score well above the state averages on the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT), an exam that the assistant superintendent believes measures students on what they "need to be citizens in the 21st century."
• Brookfield teacher plays astronaut (The News-Times)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 10:13:09 pm
  Tuesday Brookfield teacher Geoffrey Bergen will float in space.For a total of about six minutes over a two-hour period, the technology teacher at Whisconier Middle School will experience the same weightlessness that astronauts feel during their space missions.
• Back to the Books in Brookfield (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 02:29:43 pm
  The Brookfield schools started the academic year this week with a new administrative team at Huckleberry Hill Elementary School (HHES), a new principal at Center Elementary School (CES), the smallest enrollment in years at Whisconier Middle School (WMS) and a block scheduling program at Brookfield High School (BHS).
• Brookfield students and teachers head back to school (The News-Times)
  posted on August 31, 2009 at 10:35:01 pm
  BROOKFIELD -- Seven-year-old Adam Heronimek wore his new "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" backpack Monday as he waited to start classes at Huckleberry Hill School.The second-grader was excited to start the year, but said his mom, Kasia, was going to miss her only child being home.
• Renegades Win Jimmy Fund Tournament (The New Milford Times)
  posted on August 7, 2009 at 02:13:45 pm
  New Milford's 10-year-old travel baseball team, the Renegades, won the Brookfield Jimmy Fund Tournament with a hard-fought, 9-7, victory over a stubborn Redding team in the championship game last Saturday at Whisconier Middle School.
• Renegades Sweep at Jimmy Fund (The New Milford Times)
  posted on July 31, 2009 at 03:59:05 pm
  The Renegades, New Milford's 10 year-old travel team, took part in the Jimmy Fund Tournament at Whisconier Middle School in Brookfield this week. They proved to be too much for the other teams to handle, and go into tonight's championship match a perfect 4-0.
• School Board Leaders Reflect (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 02:53:51 pm
  Departing Brookfield Board of Education Chairman Daria Rockholz and Vice Chairman Wayne D'Orio said that they are pleased with the performance of the administrators that the school board has hired since they became members, noting that, for example, Superintendent of Schools Anthony Bivona and Business Manager Art Colley have effectively managed the school district under constrained budgets.
• Retriever Is 'Top Dog' In Brookfield (The New Milford Times)
  posted on July 10, 2009 at 03:35:25 pm
  The winner of the Brookfield seventh-annual Top Dog competition said that her daughters came running outside to announce the news after they received the voicemail message that Emmit, their golden retriever, had collected the most votes in the competition.
• Garick Hosts District 4 Tourney (The New Milford Times)
  posted on July 10, 2009 at 02:51:26 pm
  The Renegades, New Milford's 10-year-old travel baseball team, took part in the District 4 Championship Tournament this week at Garick Farms Park.
• Beitel To Leave HHES (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on July 10, 2009 at 02:24:28 pm
  Sharon Beitel, the principal at Brookfield's Huckleberry Hill Elementary School (HHES), will leave next week to take a similar position at the John Reed Intermediate School in Newtown, a move that leaves HHES without a principal or assistant principal as it approaches the new academic year.
• Four school leaders needed in Brookfield (The News-Times)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 11:17:26 pm
  BROOKFIELD -- School leaders must hire four new administrators to fill vacancies in three of the town's four schools in coming weeks, but they are confident the district will attract the best candidates.Superintendent Anthony Bivona will fill two principal jobs and two assistant principal jobs.
• Group Seeks to Shed Light on Suicide (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 02:24:47 pm
  Alan Berman, a member of the Brookfield Coalition For Suicide Prevention who lost his adopted daughter last summer, said that the topic of suicide needs to come "out of the darkness," noting that in recent months he has even been able to discuss it with the patients at his optometrist office.
• Building Suspense In Historical Novels (The New Milford Times)
  posted on June 12, 2009 at 02:44:54 pm
  Author Shelley Pearsall said that writing fiction for the middle-school audience is a challenge because "they're at such different reading levels and interest and topic levels" and they sometimes don't have a long attention span.
• Brookfield Honor (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on June 12, 2009 at 01:25:09 pm
  Chip Brown, whose name has become synonymous with Brookfield municipal construction projects over the last three decades, will now have part of his most recent project, the $31.875 million renovation of Brookfield High School (BHS), named after him.
• Swine Flu Cases Noted In Two Area Towns (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on June 12, 2009 at 01:08:41 pm
  New Milford Health Director Michael Crespan has confirmed that the town had its first case of swine flu, reporting that an adult male, older than 40 years or age, apparently contracted a mild case of the illness last week.
• Swine flu scares off students (The News-Times)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 12:23:21 am
  BROOKFIELD -- A combination of illnesses -- including swine flu -- and stay-at-home-itis reduced student rolls at Whisconier Middle School by more than 20 percent Wednesday.Interim principal Deane Renda said Wednesday about 200 students stayed home, of a total school enrollment of 920.
• Brookfield Educators Honored at Reception (The New Milford Times)
  posted on May 29, 2009 at 03:02:59 pm
  Board of Education Vice Chairman Wayne D'Orio said what "surprised" him most about the Honor an Educator program sponsored by the Brookfield Education Foundation (BEF) was the "diversity" of the honorees.
• Brookfield Ed. Budget Is Revised (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on May 29, 2009 at 02:10:08 pm
  Following some 11th-hour revisions, the Brookfield Board of Education has approved an operating budget for the fiscal year that starts in July that will reduce class sizes in the sixth grade at Whisconier Middle School (WMS) from the 26 students per teacher ratio that was proposed last week and which will increase the pay-to-participate fees at Brookfield High School (BHS) and at WMS.
• Brookfield students to sell plants Sunday (The News-Times)
  posted on May 16, 2009 at 02:23:05 am
  BROOKFIELD -- They call themselves the Greenhouse Gang. A few members change each year, but their mission is constant. Raise plants, sell them, and donate money to save the rain forest.Thursday, six of the 20 elementary and middle school students took time out from preparing for their plant sale Sunday to visit four enthusiastic senior gardeners who live at Masonicare in Newtown.
• Tomato Frenzy in Brookfield (The New Milford Times)
  posted on May 15, 2009 at 03:45:20 pm
  Imagine a warm-from-the-sun, red, ripe tomato hanging heavily on the vine waiting to be plucked by a backyard gardener. Visualize a crunchy green snap pea hiding from view, the perfect size for snacking.
• Earth Day Celebration At Huckleberry (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on April 24, 2009 at 03:23:53 pm
  Come find out just how 'green' Brookfield is and just how many different local groups are doing something to improve planet.
• Pressure on Brookfield Schools (The Brookfield Journal)
  posted on April 24, 2009 at 02:24:10 pm
  The Brookfield Board of Education this week discussed reductions in extracurricular activities and a higher fee for participating in them, reducing the staff for the Academically Talented Program (ATP) and justifying its current corps of administrators, guidance counselors and psychologists week as it continued to prepare for the ramifications of a proposed budget for the next fiscal year that ...