Community Bake Sale

The staff and students here at the Kent Alternative Program are working together with two community partners to give back! We will be taking a trip to our neighbors, the Worton Community Center to bake PINK goodies and treats to then sell to staff and students at the Kent County High School. The entire of proceeds from this event will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. What is the best part of this event? It was brought to life by one of our students who wanted to do something for Breast Cancer Awareness month! We here at KAP [...]

Community Bake Sale2022-01-18T00:31:31-05:00

Staff of the Month: Ms. Perelli

Our staff of the month for September is Ms. Perelli! Ms. Perelli works with the High Road School of Wallingford as a 1:1 paraprofessional. Throughout this past month, she has been an integral part of the transition classroom where she has been a tremendous leader and encourages other staff members to do their best. She is always available to answer questions about our level system new staff members might have, or to help students with their class work. Ms. Perelli embodies the Core 4 of Decisiveness; if she recognizes there is a need for someone to run a [...]

Staff of the Month: Ms. Perelli2022-01-18T00:31:31-05:00

Student Spotlight – Devin Ingram

Devin Ingram is a 9th grade student at High Road Upper School. He came to us from the Lower School in September and Devin has excelled as a high school student! Every morning Devin comes to school with a smile on his face, ready to joke with the first staff member he sees. Upper School staff describes Devin as “helpful,” “thoughtful,” “wise,” and “sweet” and say he is “always in a joyful mood.” Devin’s his favorite subjects are Math and English and his dream is to play professional football as a running back. When Devin isn’t at [...]

Student Spotlight – Devin Ingram2022-01-18T00:31:33-05:00

Trip to Watkins Nature Center

Ms. Kemp planned an awesome academic field trip for her 6th and 7th grade Science classes! The group visited the Watkins Nature Center of Prince George’s County to become more acquainted with elements of nature. The workshop students attended focused on the three rock groups, how they are created and where they come from. Students conducted experiments to help them identify the rocks by how hard or soft they are- they also worked on identifying rocks based on whether or not they could float! Every student who attended the workshop got to take home a piece of quartz as a [...]

Trip to Watkins Nature Center2022-01-18T00:31:34-05:00

Halloween Party

Our Halloween event is an exciting time for staff, students, families, related service providers, and district representatives to come together for some spooky fun! We will be decorating pumpkins, bobbing for gummy worms, making candy apples, and more! Visit our website to learn more about High Road School

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One Senior’s Adventure to Success

Crystal B. is a senior in high school, who is close to the last leg of her journey. Graduation is right around the corner and the idea of school work can be a thing of the past. From struggling with her attendance and classwork over the past few years, Crystal has come to the realization that her years of truancy affected her ability to pass her classes and gain graduation credits. Last school year Crystal's attendance was 66% present. This year Crystal has started the year off strong with being present 91%, Now, gaining a diploma and going [...]

One Senior’s Adventure to Success2022-01-18T00:31:37-05:00

Making Progress

Anthony M. has been in the High Road program for three years and has made amazing improvement since he began. He has consistently increased his time in the general education classroom which is our goal as a High Road team. Currently, Anthony simply checks in with High Road staff in the morning and spends the rest of his day in gen. ed. We are proud to present Anthony as our student success story and are confident that there will be many to follow in his footsteps. Visit our website to learn more about [...]

Making Progress2022-01-18T00:31:37-05:00

Jobs Jobs Jobs!

A new school year means new job opportunities both in and outside of the school for the students of High Road New London Middle/High. Ms. Shannon Chairty, the schools transition coordinator, has been working tirelessly to create applications and job postings for various school-based positions. Currently, during her weekly push-in instruction in the classrooms, Ms. Charity and students have been working together to develop resumes, fill out job applications, and discuss qualifications needed to be met to obtain employment. Students are able to view job postings outside of the transition office and review the descriptions [...]

Jobs Jobs Jobs!2022-01-18T00:31:38-05:00