Welcome to Hartford Middle School

Welcome to the Hartford Middle School homepage. Our staff appreciates your visit to our site. In the past year, Hartford Middle School has moved from Academic Emergency to EFFECTIVE. We are one of only 5 schools in the Canton City Schools with the EFFECTIVE ranking. We are proud of our academic accomplishments and the hard work our students and staff have put in to make this growth. Our Performance Index score went up 11 points from 2010-2011. In 2010 we were ranked at 69.4 (Academic Emergency) in 2011 we moved to 80.4 (Effective). We are the first and only school in Canton City to make this leap in one year.

Our focus at Hartford Middle School is very simple: We teach our students to read, write, speak, but most importantly to think. We announce daily that A is for attitude, B is for belief, C is for confidence and D is for dedication, discipline and determination. All these attributes are neccesary for success.

As principal of Hartford Middle School my mission is to insure your children are prepared to move to the next level academically, socially and most importantly mentally. Our teaching staff continues to improve on the instructional strategies and techniques used in our building by asking three questions: (1) What is it the students need to learn; (2) How will we know when they have learned it;  and (3) What will we do for those students that haven't. At Hartford, we have an open door policy and look forward to parents, and community members to visit our school.

In closing, I would like to let you see our students in action as we have a partnership established with the New York Civic Leadership Institute. Please visit www.youthcivicleadership.org and view our students working with the New York State legislature. This partnership was started in 2008 and continues today. Our students have visited the following colleges since my tenure started in 2008-9 : Columbia University in NYC, Central State, Wilberforce, Mt. Union, Malone, Walsh, Kent State University, KSU Stark, Stark State, and presented to Canton City Council for a Waterpark in the Southeast section of town. We believe we can change and shape expectations of students by exposing them to quality, character, and commitment. Welcome to Hartford Middle School where We Strive to Excel!

Thank you,

Mr. Womack