East Hartford Public Schools
East Hartford Public Schools (EHPS) is the priority LEA (Local Education Agency) for this partnership. EHPS serves over 6,400 students and is committed to providing a high-quality learning experience for every child, every day.
In 2023-2024, the CT WSCC Partnership team engaged in focused collaboration with East Hartford’s District WSCC Team and School WSCC Teams to help identify opportunities for strengthening implementation of the WSCC model and set the foundation for this multi-year project.
In 2024-2025, Year 2 of the Partnership, East Hartford’s School WSCC Teams implemented whole child goals and action plans to support student, staff, and family well-being. From increased opportunity for physical activity to new social and emotional learning programs to expansion of nutrition education, these plans addressed a wide variety of goals to meet the needs of each unique school community. In the second half of the year, teams utilized evidence-informed tools from the CT WSCC Partnership and data from their schools to develop 2025-2026 goals and action plans.
East Hartford School WSCC Teams were featured in a UConn Today piece in April 2025. The article described how students and staff are benefiting from implementation of strategic whole child goals and action plans. Two school teams were featured: East Hartford Middle School and Sunset Ridge School. For more examples of success stories in East Hartford and across the state, please visit our Whole Child Spotlight Series.
In October 2024, leaders from the East Hartford Public Schools collaborated with the CT WSCC Team to deliver a presentation at the National Family Engagement Summit in Savannah, GA. Titled, “Putting the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model into Action,” the presentation outlined the district’s systems and structures for supporting whole child initiatives and highlighted key programs led by the Office of Family & Community Partnerships.
In spring 2024, the CT WSCC Partnership celebrated a productive first year with an eventful site visit from CDC representatives. Stephanie Domain and Melissa Fahrenbruch from the CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), observed one of the East Hartford Public Schools professional development sessions led by the UConn team, took part in a schoolwide Wellness Day at the Connecticut IB Academy, and visited Mayberry Elementary School, where they learned about the different resources available to support students, from the school garden to the school-based health center. Read about their visit.
