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51-1879: Coordinates : 41°05′09″N 73°32′56″W / 41.0859°N 73.549°W / 41.0859; -73.549 (Redirected from AITE ) High school in Stamford, Connecticut, United States [REDACTED] This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( June 2011 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Academy of Information Technology and Engineering [REDACTED] Address [REDACTED] 411 High Ridge Road Stamford, Connecticut 06905 United States Coordinates 41°05′09″N 73°32′56″W / 41.0859°N 73.549°W / 41.0859; -73.549 Information Type Technology and engineering, inter district , public , magnet school , high school Motto Going Forward Established 1999 (25 years ago) ( 1999 ) School district Stamford Public Schools CEEB code 070707 Principal Tina Rivera Staff 32 Faculty 57 Grades 9-12 Enrollment 638 (2018-19) Campus type Single building Color(s) Gold and black Athletics Student athletes play for their district school; where they would normally go if they didn't attend AITE (e.g. Stamford High, Westhill, etc.) Mascot Cyber Ram Communities served Ridgefield , Stamford , Wilton , Bridgeport , Redding , Greenwich , Norwalk , Darien , Weston , New Cannan Website www .aitestamford .org The Academy of Information Technology and Engineering (AITE)
102-505: A tan ϕ {\displaystyle \textstyle {\tan \beta ={\frac {b}{a}}\tan \phi }\,\!} ; for the GRS 80 and WGS 84 spheroids, b a = 0.99664719 {\textstyle {\tfrac {b}{a}}=0.99664719} . ( β {\displaystyle \textstyle {\beta }\,\!} is known as the reduced (or parametric) latitude ). Aside from rounding, this
153-460: A datum transformation such as a Helmert transformation , although in certain situations a simple translation may be sufficient. Datums may be global, meaning that they represent the whole Earth, or they may be local, meaning that they represent an ellipsoid best-fit to only a portion of the Earth. Examples of global datums include World Geodetic System (WGS 84, also known as EPSG:4326 ),
204-407: A 1,746-acre (707 ha) nature reserve, which gets 40,000 visits a year, is located in the town. In the 17th century, Weston's first English settlers were mostly farmers living in the town of Fairfield, Connecticut , the boundaries of which extended to Weston until the late 18th century. The Norfield Parish was created in the area now occupied by the towns of Weston and Easton . In 1787, the area
255-426: A 100% graduation rate, an AP/IB/Dual Enrollment Composite of 73, a weighted SAT/ACT score composite of 69.4, a student retention rate of 91.7% and a counselor-to-student ratio of 1:156. In addition, the average SAT score at Weston High School is 1784, the average ACT score is 26.6, and the average AP test score is 3.87. [ In April 2019, U.S. News & World Report ranked Weston High School second best high school in
306-459: A female householder with no husband present, and 15.1% were non-families. 11.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.03 and the average family size was 3.28. In the town, the population was spread out, with 31% under the age of 18, 4% from 18 to 24, 31% from 25 to 49, 23% from 50 to 64, and 11% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
357-608: A point on Earth's surface is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses (often called great circles ), which converge at the North and South Poles. The meridian of the British Royal Observatory in Greenwich , in southeast London, England, is the international prime meridian , although some organizations—such as
408-617: A post office. There are four public schools in the Weston Public Schools district, all located on School Road: In June 2012, 24/7 Wall St. ranked Weston as the second wealthiest school district in the United States. In 2013 and 2014, U.S. News & World Report ranked Weston High School as the third best high school in Connecticut and the 240th best high school in the United States. Weston High School
459-665: A railroad built through it, which stifled the development of non-agricultural businesses. Between the Civil War and the Great Depression , the town's population dropped from approximately 1,000 to a low of 670, by 1930. Artists, writers, and actors from New York became attracted to the community in the 1930s and began settling in it. Construction of the Merritt Parkway , which arrived to the south of Weston in 1938, resulted in further population growth. According to
510-473: A region of the surface of the Earth. Some newer datums are bound to the center of mass of the Earth. This combination of mathematical model and physical binding mean that anyone using the same datum will obtain the same location measurement for the same physical location. However, two different datums will usually yield different location measurements for the same physical location, which may appear to differ by as much as several hundred meters; this not because
561-510: A report. This experience provided information that expanded the contemporary thinking about meteors for many. Despite rocky soil, farmers in town grew apples, onions, and potatoes. Grist, cider, lumber, and fulling mills were built. The town had nine manufacturers by 1850, but two decades later only the Bradley Edge Tool Company still thrived. That factory burned down in 1911. Unlike other nearby towns, Weston never had
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#1732793465051612-411: Is 6,367,449 m . Since the Earth is an oblate spheroid , not spherical, that result can be off by several tenths of a percent; a better approximation of a longitudinal degree at latitude ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } is where Earth's equatorial radius a {\displaystyle a} equals 6,378,137 m and tan β = b
663-480: Is 110.6 km. The circles of longitude, meridians, meet at the geographical poles, with the west–east width of a second naturally decreasing as latitude increases. On the Equator at sea level, one longitudinal second measures 30.92 m, a longitudinal minute is 1855 m and a longitudinal degree is 111.3 km. At 30° a longitudinal second is 26.76 m, at Greenwich (51°28′38″N) 19.22 m, and at 60° it
714-522: Is 15.42 m. On the WGS 84 spheroid, the length in meters of a degree of latitude at latitude ϕ (that is, the number of meters you would have to travel along a north–south line to move 1 degree in latitude, when at latitude ϕ ), is about The returned measure of meters per degree latitude varies continuously with latitude. Similarly, the length in meters of a degree of longitude can be calculated as (Those coefficients can be improved, but as they stand
765-655: Is a college preparatory , inter-district public magnet high school originally founded in Stamford, Connecticut . AITE serves the Connecticut communities of Stamford , Darien , Greenwich , Norwalk , New Canaan , Redding , Ridgefield , Wilton and Weston . See also [ edit ] Stamford, Connecticut Education in Stamford, Connecticut References [ edit ] ^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for The Academy of Information Technology". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-29 ^ AITE School Profile Archived August 5, 2014, at
816-579: Is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut , United States . The population was 10,354 at the 2020 census and had the highest median income in the state of Connecticut. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region . The town is served by Route 57 and Route 53 , both of which run through the town center . About 19% of the town's workforce commutes to New York City, about 45 miles (72 km) to
867-614: Is different from Wikidata Articles lacking in-text citations from June 2011 All articles lacking in-text citations Coordinates on Wikidata Official website different in Wikidata and Misplaced Pages Pages using the Kartographer extension Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system ( GCS ) is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on Earth as latitude and longitude . It
918-456: Is known as a graticule . The origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km (390 mi) south of Tema , Ghana , a location often facetiously called Null Island . In order to use the theoretical definitions of latitude, longitude, and height to precisely measure actual locations on the physical earth, a geodetic datum must be used. A horizonal datum
969-837: Is the First Selectwoman. By charter, the First Selectman is the Chief Executive and Administrative Officer of the town. The town's legislative powers are divided between the Board of Selectmen and the Town Meeting. Among other elective boards are the Board of Education, the Board of Finance, the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the Board of Police Commissioners. On August 19, 2021, Martin Mohabeer became
1020-677: Is the exact distance along a parallel of latitude; getting the distance along the shortest route will be more work, but those two distances are always within 0.6 m of each other if the two points are one degree of longitude apart. Like any series of multiple-digit numbers, latitude-longitude pairs can be challenging to communicate and remember. Therefore, alternative schemes have been developed for encoding GCS coordinates into alphanumeric strings or words: These are not distinct coordinate systems, only alternative methods for expressing latitude and longitude measurements. Weston, Connecticut Weston ( / ˈ w ɛ s t ə n / WES -tən )
1071-409: Is the simplest, oldest and most widely used of the various spatial reference systems that are in use, and forms the basis for most others. Although latitude and longitude form a coordinate tuple like a cartesian coordinate system , the geographic coordinate system is not cartesian because the measurements are angles and are not on a planar surface. A full GCS specification, such as those listed in
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#17327934650511122-465: Is used to precisely measure latitude and longitude, while a vertical datum is used to measure elevation or altitude. Both types of datum bind a mathematical model of the shape of the earth (usually a reference ellipsoid for a horizontal datum, and a more precise geoid for a vertical datum) to the earth. Traditionally, this binding was created by a network of control points , surveyed locations at which monuments are installed, and were only accurate for
1173-750: The EPSG and ISO 19111 standards, also includes a choice of geodetic datum (including an Earth ellipsoid ), as different datums will yield different latitude and longitude values for the same location. The invention of a geographic coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene , who composed his now-lost Geography at the Library of Alexandria in the 3rd century BC. A century later, Hipparchus of Nicaea improved on this system by determining latitude from stellar measurements rather than solar altitude and determining longitude by timings of lunar eclipses , rather than dead reckoning . In
1224-481: The International Date Line , which diverges from it in several places for political and convenience reasons, including between far eastern Russia and the far western Aleutian Islands . The combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The visual grid on a map formed by lines of latitude and longitude
1275-607: The United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 20.7 square miles (54 km ), of which 19.8 square miles (51 km ) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km ), or 4.39%, is water. The Saugatuck River begins to the north in Redding . It flows through the town and ends in Long Island Sound in neighboring Westport . Weston is bordered by Westport to the south, Wilton to
1326-1102: The Wayback Machine External links [ edit ] Official website Stamford Public Schools Authority control databases [REDACTED] International ISNI Geographic NCES Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Academy_of_Information_Technology_and_Engineering&oldid=1235676559 " Categories : Education in Stamford, Connecticut Schools in Fairfield County, Connecticut Educational institutions established in 1999 Public high schools in Connecticut Magnet schools in Connecticut 1999 establishments in Connecticut Hidden categories: Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas Webarchive template wayback links Articles with short description Short description
1377-526: The 1st or 2nd century, Marinus of Tyre compiled an extensive gazetteer and mathematically plotted world map using coordinates measured east from a prime meridian at the westernmost known land, designated the Fortunate Isles , off the coast of western Africa around the Canary or Cape Verde Islands , and measured north or south of the island of Rhodes off Asia Minor . Ptolemy credited him with
1428-550: The 4th safest town in the state of Connecticut. The National Council for Home Safety and Security ranked the safest towns and cities in Connecticut based on the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics and population sizes. Like many other New England towns, the government of Weston consists of the Town Meeting , and elective and appointive boards. First among the elective boards is the Board of Selectmen . Samantha Nestor
1479-506: The Earth's surface move relative to each other due to continental plate motion, subsidence, and diurnal Earth tidal movement caused by the Moon and the Sun. This daily movement can be as much as a meter. Continental movement can be up to 10 cm a year, or 10 m in a century. A weather system high-pressure area can cause a sinking of 5 mm . Scandinavia is rising by 1 cm a year as a result of
1530-729: The European ED50 , and the British OSGB36 . Given a location, the datum provides the latitude ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } and longitude λ {\displaystyle \lambda } . In the United Kingdom there are three common latitude, longitude, and height systems in use. WGS 84 differs at Greenwich from the one used on published maps OSGB36 by approximately 112 m. The military system ED50 , used by NATO , differs from about 120 m to 180 m. Points on
1581-536: The French Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière —continue to use other meridians for internal purposes. The prime meridian determines the proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres , although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E. This is not to be conflated with
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1632-577: The center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of Earth called parallels , as they are parallel to the Equator and to each other. The North Pole is 90° N; the South Pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the Equator , the fundamental plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The Equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres . The longitude λ of
1683-415: The country, public and private. In August 2015, Weston High School was ranked the best in the state and 47th best in the country according to a survey conducted by Newsweek magazine. Each year, the magazine ranks the top 500 high schools in the country based on which institutions do the best job of preparing students for college. According to the study, Weston High School has a 97.2% college enrollment rate,
1734-649: The default datum used for the Global Positioning System , and the International Terrestrial Reference System and Frame (ITRF), used for estimating continental drift and crustal deformation . The distance to Earth's center can be used both for very deep positions and for positions in space. Local datums chosen by a national cartographical organization include the North American Datum ,
1785-490: The distance they give is correct within a centimeter.) The formulae both return units of meters per degree. An alternative method to estimate the length of a longitudinal degree at latitude ϕ {\displaystyle \phi } is to assume a spherical Earth (to get the width per minute and second, divide by 60 and 3600, respectively): where Earth's average meridional radius M r {\displaystyle \textstyle {M_{r}}\,\!}
1836-607: The first African-American to become a member of the Board of Selectmen when the Board voted to appoint him to fill a vacant seat. His subsequent election to a new two year term in November 2021 marked the first time an African-American was elected in Weston. In the 2008 presidential election , Weston residents voted for Democrat Barack Obama with 62.21%. Republican John McCain received 37.33%. In 2016 , Democrat Hillary Clinton carried Weston over Republican Donald Trump . For
1887-502: The fiscal year of 2023-2024, the Town of Weston’s net budget is about $ 80-million. About 73% of the town’s budget is spent on the Weston Public Schools. Weston raises taxes on the basis of property value. With real estate assessed at 70% of market value, the mill rate evolved as follows: To make the mill rates comparable, the asterisked numbers are adjusted to account for the real estate revaluation of 2018-2019. The revaluation decreased
1938-474: The full adoption of longitude and latitude, rather than measuring latitude in terms of the length of the midsummer day. Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography used the same prime meridian but measured latitude from the Equator instead. After their work was translated into Arabic in the 9th century, Al-Khwārizmī 's Book of the Description of the Earth corrected Marinus' and Ptolemy's errors regarding
1989-473: The grand list by 6.3 percent. The numbers for 2013-2014 and prior years are also adjusted for revaluations in 2014 and 2009, respectively. Commercial development in Weston is limited to the Town Center area located at the intersection of Weston Road and Norfield Road. The Town Center contains a grocery store, community bank, liquor store, casual restaurant, dry cleaner, realtor, gas station, pharmacy and
2040-717: The highest to lowest achieving—in preparing them to demonstrate proficiency in basic skills as well as readiness for college-level work. The Connecticut State Department of Education has ranked the Weston schools in District Reference Group A (formerly the Educational Reference Group A), the nine most affluent and low-need-for-extra-assistance districts among the 162 school districts in Connecticut. Several pre-schools in town are run by various churches, including Emmanuel Nursery School and Norfield Nursery School. The landscape of Weston
2091-781: The length of the Mediterranean Sea , causing medieval Arabic cartography to use a prime meridian around 10° east of Ptolemy's line. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes ' recovery of Ptolemy's text a little before 1300; the text was translated into Latin at Florence by Jacopo d'Angelo around 1407. In 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference , attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt
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2142-461: The location has moved, but because the reference system used to measure it has shifted. Because any spatial reference system or map projection is ultimately calculated from latitude and longitude, it is crucial that they clearly state the datum on which they are based. For example, a UTM coordinate based on WGS84 will be different than a UTM coordinate based on NAD27 for the same location. Converting coordinates from one datum to another requires
2193-595: The longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich , England as the zero-reference line. The Dominican Republic voted against the motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911. The latitude ϕ of a point on Earth's surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through (or close to)
2244-463: The melting of the ice sheets of the last ice age , but neighboring Scotland is rising by only 0.2 cm . These changes are insignificant if a local datum is used, but are statistically significant if a global datum is used. On the GRS 80 or WGS 84 spheroid at sea level at the Equator, one latitudinal second measures 30.715 m , one latitudinal minute is 1843 m and one latitudinal degree
2295-401: The southwest. In 2017, SafeWise ranked Weston the safest town in Connecticut and the 6th safest town in the country. Weston is the closest Connecticut town to New York City without a train station. Aside from a handful of stores that form the town's center, Weston has little commercial development and residential development is limited by two-acre zoning . Most of Devil's Den Preserve ,
2346-531: The state and 169th best high school in the country out of 17,245 high schools ranked. In addition, Weston High School was also ranked 65th in STEM High Schools with a town graduation rate of 100%. U.S. News gave Weston a scorecard of 99.02% out of a possible 100. The Best High Schools rankings identify the country's top-performing public high schools. The goal is to provide a clear, unbiased picture of how well public schools serve all of their students—from
2397-399: The town was 95.75% White , 0.88% African American , 0.11% Native American , 1.94% Asian , 0.10% Pacific Islander , 0.25% from other races , and 0.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.05% of the population. There were 3,289 households, out of which 49.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.4% were married couples living together, 5.0% had
2448-491: The west, Redding to the north, Easton to the east, and Fairfield to the southeast. Other minor communities and geographic areas are Devil's Den, Norfield, Upper Parish, and Valley Forge. As of the 2010 census, there were 10,025 people, 3,289 households, and 2,811 families residing in the town. The population density was 506.0 inhabitants per square mile (195.4/km ). There were 3,629 housing units at an average density of 178.4 per square mile (68.9/km ). The racial makeup of
2499-449: Was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males. As of 2017 , the median income for a household in the town was $ 219,868. Males had a median income of $ 168,472 versus $ 103,345 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 95,534. About 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line . In 2019, The National Council for Home Safety and Security ranked Weston
2550-539: Was awarded the gold medal for its high level of student performance. The methodology of ranking this honor is based on student performance on standardized tests as well as participation in Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs. AP programs are offered across a variety of subject matters, with sixty percent of WHS students participating. In August 2015, Newsweek ranked Weston High School number 47 for America's Top High Schools in
2601-451: Was formally incorporated as the Town of Weston. It is believed to be named after Weston-super-Mare, which was a small fishing village surrounded by countryside farmland, which many of the early British farming settlers originated from. In 1845, the Town of Easton was split off from Weston. A meteor exploded above the town on December 14, 1807. Six pieces, totaling 28 pounds (13 kg), were recovered and examined by scientists, who issued
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