horace porter school parent portal

Why Horace Porter School?

It is our goal at Horace Porter School is to establish self-confidence in our youth and enable them to improve their lives and reach their desired level of accomplishment. We are implementing social and emotional learning (SEL) in an effect to empower students with the tools to become resilient, life long learners.

How do I get access to the PowerSchool Parent Portal?

Please contact Tammy Nye at tnye@hwporter.org or (860) 228-9493 ext.161 if you need assistance. Parents will need to know their login ID in order to gain access to the Parent Portal. Click the here for our PowerSchool Parent Page and click the Create Account tab.

What information do parents and students have access to?

Parents of students in Grades PK – 8 have access to their child's attendance and demographic information. Parents and students in grades 5 – 8 also have access to student grades and assignments.

How do I get help with the parent portal?

Please contact Tammy Nye at tnye@hwporter.org or (860) 228-9493 ext.161 if you need assistance. Parents will need to know their login ID in order to gain access to the Parent Portal.

What is the role of parents in school?

Parents are an integral part of the partnership between home and school. Parents reinforce lessons learned in school relating not only to academic subjects, but also to character, values, and behavior. The School supports values and cultural patterns that are learned at home, endeavoring to balance the needs of individual students ...

What is the organization through which parents contribute to the life of the school?

The organization through which parents contribute to the life of the School is the Horace Mann Parents Association. All parents and/or guardians of current Horace Mann students are members of the HMPA. 1. COVID-19 Update.

Who were the parents of Horace Porter Jr?

Together, they were the parents of: Horace Porter Jr., who died at the age of 23 of typhoid fever. Clarence Porter, who died after the first World War. Elsie Porter, who married Edwin Mende of Berne, Switzerland.

Who was Horace Porter?

Horace Porter. Horace Porter (April 15, 1837 – May 29, 1921) was an American soldier and diplomat who served as a lieutenant colonel, ordnance officer and staff officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, personal secretary to General and President Ulysses S. Grant.

What grade did Porter hold?

At the same time, he held the grade of colonel and an appointment as aide-de-camp to General William T. Sherman. Porter had refused to take a $500,000 vested interest bribe from Jay Gould, a Wall Street financier, in the Black Friday gold market scam. He told Grant about Gould's attempted bribery, thus warning Grant about Gould's intention ...

Where is William Porter buried?

After a period of suffering, Porter died at New York, New York, May 29, 1921. He was buried in West Long Branch Cemetery, West Long Branch, New Jersey. In his will, he left the Grant Association $10,000 and the flag that flew at General Grant's field headquarters during the Civil War.

Who was Andrew Porter's grandfather?

Porter as a cadet at West Point. Porter was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, on April 15, 1837, the son of David Rittenhouse Porter (1788–1867), an ironmaster who later served as Governor of Pennsylvania, and Josephine McDermott. His paternal grandfather was Andrew Porter, the Revolutionary War officer and his paternal uncles included George Bryan ...

What did Porter tell Grant about Gould?

He told Grant about Gould's attempted bribery, thus warning Grant about Gould's intention of cornering the gold market. However, during the Whiskey Ring trials in 1876, Treasury Solicitor Bluford Wilson claimed that Porter was involved with the scandal.