Inside The Rock

Dr. Grate talks with Carrie Alday, Director of Elementary Curriculum, and Tonya Moody, Instructional Coach at MTES, about how Readers Workshop is growing readers socially, emotionally and academically and creating lifelong independent readers!

You won’t want to miss this week’s episode of Inside the Rock! Dr. Grate talks with WHS student Emerson Bostic about pursuing his passions and interests for the Colts and Captain Andrew Luck! He’s a true superfan!

On this week’s episode of Inside the Rock, Dr. Grate talks to Jan Skinner and Ashley Knott from Westfield Education Foundation. They talked about their exciting upcoming fundraisers, scholarship giveaways and some changes in the foundation that could help provide more scholarships for our teachers!

On this week’s episode of Inside the Rock, Dr. Grate talks to Dr. Joe Montalone and 2 of our on-site construction managers about how construction is going at WIS, WMS and WHS! Listen to learn details on what’s new and what to expect in the near future.

On this week’s episode of Inside the Rock, Dr. Grate highlights some great things happening at Monon Trail Elementary School! She talked with Principal Mike Hall, counselor Stacy Krause, and teacher Sam Wilsker about their teacher leadership programs, community partnership initiatives and the awesome ways they’re building strong relationships within their building.

Dr. Grate talks with Ryan Haughey, WMS Principal. Mr. Haughey talked about some awesome new initiatives implemented at WMS, and also talked about alignment, performing arts, wellness and construction. Listen to hear the details!

On this week’s episode of Inside the Rock, Dr. Grate talks with Brooke Watkins, our Director of Secondary Curriculum. Brooke joined the WWS team in July and talks about some of the exciting things happening in grades 7-12!

Dr. Grate talks with Assistant Police Chief, Scott Jordan, about our new school safety initiatives!

On this week’s episode of Inside the Rock, CFO Brian Tomamichel returns to discuss updates from the state legislature on House Bill 1315 and how it will impact our school district.

Dr. Grate talks to Shannon Russell from the YMCA about the plans for the Westfield YMCA.

On this week’s episode of Inside the Rock, Dr. Grate talks to Kyle Miller, Coordinator of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). Kyle explains the importance of SEL and talks about some of our district’s SEL initiatives.

It’s budget season! Check out this week’s episode of Inside the Rock. Dr. Grate talks with Brian Tomamichel, WWS CFO, about school financing. It’s all about the numbers!

Dr. Grate talks to Carla Butorac, Student Support Programs, about the upcoming workshop “Practical Strategies to Improve Executive Function Skills” featuring world-renowned speaker, Sarah Ward.

Lynn Schemel talks to Dr. Grate all about the eLearning!

Dr. Grate talks with the amazing Danyele Easterhaus, Executive Director of Student Impact, about the incredible opportunities Student Impact provides our kids.

Dr. Grate talks with Dr. Joe Montalone about construction at WIS and WMS and about breaking ground at WHS this fall.

Washington Woods new principal, Tom Hakim, talks about adjusting to a new school, some new initiatives he's implemented and what parents can expect this school year.

Chris Baldwin, Director of HR and Safety, talks about school safety, the different levels of safety, and some of the new policies and procedures WWS has implemented.

On this week’s episode, Dr. Grate talks with the group from Collaborative Change about their Parent Cafe and how they plan to make a difference here in Westfield. https://www.collaborative-change.com/

You won’t want to miss this week’s episode of Inside the Rock! Dr. Grate talks with Ashley Knott about the Parent University Workshop on August 1st. Listen and learn about this amazing parent workshop and find out how it can benefit your family!