As part of our focus on school safety and security, as well as our desire to continuously improve communication, Westbrook Public Schools is implementing the ALERTNOW parent notification system.  This service will keep you informed about emergencies, cancellations, delays, and other special events. The system can notify all the districts’ parents within minutes through any telephone or internet-enabled device. The ALERTNOW system will send a telephone or email messages directly to the phone numbers and email address you provided the school.
Below is important information about the ALERTNOW system:

• Caller ID will display the school’s main number when a general or non-emergency message is delivered.
• Caller ID will display 411 if the message is an emergency.
• ALERTNOW will leave a message on any answering machine or voicemail.
• If the ALERTNOW message stops playing, press any number from 1-9 on the phone’s keypad, and the message will replay.
• Only your primary phone number will be called for standard calls.  All listed numbers will be dialed simultaneously for emergencies.

We will use your most current information on file at the school.  If you need to update your phone numbers or email address, please contact your child’s school.
Additional information about the ALERTNOW parent notification system is provided in the FAQ document attached.

 A special thank you goes to Pfizer and WHS parent, Michael Lawton, who helped the school acquire a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine.

With PCR it is possible to amplify a piece of DNA across several orders of magnitude, generating millions or more copies of  a specific piece of DNA. This machine will enable WHS biology classes to stay current with the latest biotech lab activities by allowing complex medical, agricultural, and forensic testing to be performed which require the comparison of DNA samples. 

As part of an ongoing partnership with schools in Shandong Province in China, Westbrook High School hosted officials from the Shangong Institute of Education.

Mr. Liang Chengveng (left) is the Dean of Foreign Language Study and Mr. Bi Shiwen (next to principal Hale) is the deputy director of teacher training.  The two men visited Westbrook for nearly two weeks to better understand American Education.