Superintendent's Message

Greetings to All!
As the Superintendent of the West New York School District, I’d like
to welcome you to the new school year 2012-13. As I visited the
schools during our first month of opening, I enjoyed watching our
students in their nicely pressed uniforms, new backpacks, and faces
full of excitement. The same commitment, motivation and spark was
evident in our teachers and staff. I would like to thank all that
participated in the preparation of our schools and our programs over
the summer.
Our most exhilarating accomplishment was the grand opening of our
new West New York Public School Number Three, which will provide
more than 700 students in Pre-Kindergarten through Sixth Grade with
an educational facility that will foster generations of lifelong
learners. This new Public School Number Three is a 110,120 square
foot facility that includes 42 general and special education
classrooms, a gymnasium, an auditorium, science labs, a music room,
small group instructional rooms, computer labs, art rooms,
Promethean boards in most classrooms, and a cafeteria built to
accommodate healthy gourmet meals for our students.
Redistricting took place this summer in order to alleviate
overcrowding in our schools, hence creating more balanced classes
for our students.
Once again, on behalf of our Central Office, Cabinet and the Board
of Education Trustees, I invite you to explore our ever-changing and
progressive website filled with endless information, resources, and
great accomplishments that reflect and support our mission of
striving to provide every child with an opportunity to excel and
enjoy a happy and successful future.
We continue to maintain and expand our contemporary 21st century
classrooms offering our students an opportunity to learn through the
use of “cutting edge” technology like Promethean boards, laptops and
iPads.
To nourish and continue to support our multicultural environment, we
incorporate programs and activities throughout the year that teach
our students to be proud of their heritage and who they are. Our
School Anti-bullying Committees continue to gather and formulate
strategies to protect our students and raise their level of
tolerance and respect.
Our School District continues to house six elementary schools,
Pre-Kindergarten through Sixth grade, one middle school, one high
school, two stand-alone early childhood buildings and fourteen
private provider settings for three and four year old students.
Some of recent accomplishments are the following:
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Based on the Quality Single Accountability Continuum ( QSAC)
district performance review ( DPR ) on September 5, 2012 the
State Board of Education certified the West New York School
District as a high performing district
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Hired new highly qualified teachers and paraprofessionals with
college credits
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Implemented the Breakfast Program in all elementary schools
whereby students receive a working breakfast in their classrooms
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Three consecutive years of perfect financial audits
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Updated Crisis Manuals
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All policies on-line
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Purchase of two additional school buses to expand district
transportation services to special education students housed in
out-of-district schools
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Expansion of our Saturday Academy classes for grades three
through six in the areas of Language Arts and Math
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Restructuring of our Gifted and Talented Program to best meet
the needs of our advanced learners
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Expansion of our Special Education In-district Program including
classes for
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Pre-Kindergarten disabled and children with autism
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Adoption of research based Teacher Evaluation Framework, the
Danielson Model and implementation of professional development
to support state mandated plan
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Continuation of in-district monthly Professional Learning
Seminars provided to all staff for professional growth in a
variety of areas with a focus on the implementation of the
“Danielson Model” for Teacher Evaluations
To see more accomplishments, please go to
www.wnyschools.net.
Our number one priority continues to be the well-being and success
of all of our West New York students. In order to pursue this goal,
we need to establish powerful and meaningful relationships with our
parents and community so that together we can protect our children
and their opportunities for learning and becoming life-long
citizens.
Sincerely,
John Fauta
Superintendent of Schools
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