Hello WB Students, Staff, and Families,

We’ve reached the end of the 2024–2025 school year! I want to thank all of our students, staff, and families for making this a successful and memorable year. Your hard work, dedication, and support have helped create a positive learning environment where our students can thrive.

As we head into summer, I hope each of you takes the time to relax, recharge, and enjoy time with friends and loved ones. May your days be filled with fun, laughter, and lasting memories.

We look forward to welcoming everyone back in late August, refreshed and ready for another great school year. Please keep an eye on our website and school communications later this summer for important back-to-school information. Have a safe and enjoyable summer!

Mark Bodwell
Superintendent

Congratulations to our Senior Class of 2025 who graduated at the Town Park (War Memorial Park) on Friday, May 30th. Thank you to MSHS Principal Page and all the MSHS staff who helped put on another wonderful ceremony. We wish all of our seniors the best! Senior Graduation Photos are now available from Interstate Photo. Click the link below: https://my.photoday.com/g/WBGRAD2025

• Chromebooks - Current 7 - 11 students may take their chromebooks home for the summer. Be sure to keep them safe and in your protective case at all times. Use your device for Summer Reading and Summer Work Assignments!
• Aspen - Access to some areas of Aspen, such as schedule and academics, will be restricted starting on July 1 as we prepare for the upcoming school year. If you need a copy of your report card, please contact your school secretary.
• Google Drive - The summer is always a good time to go through and organize your Google Drive folder. Consider things like moving this past year's assignments into a folder. Add custom colors to your folders so you can easily identify them! https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375091?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
• Google Additional Services - This past year, Google changed its policy on allowing students under the age of 18 to access its suite of "Additional Services". These services include Google Earth, YouTube, Blogger, Google Maps and more. Google has stated that these applications do not fall under our agreement with Google and cannot be used by students under the age of 18. Teachers will still have access to these services and can continue to use these services in the classroom for instruction. To comply with our agreement with Google, we will be shutting these services down this summer and students will no longer have access to these platforms while logged into their West Bridgewater Google Accounts. More information about this will be posted shortly on our District Technology page: https://www.wbridgewaterschools.org/page/technology. If you have any questions, you can email the Director of Technology, John Collins at jcollins@wbridgewater.com

Howard School students - this opportunity is open to all incoming 4th, 5th and 6th grade students! Join Mrs. Giuffre at the WB Public Library for a summer reading book club. Check out the dates and times in the flyer below. Any questions feel free to contact Mrs. Giuffre at mgiuffre@wbridgewater.com

Here is the link to sign up https://shorturl.at/giAoi

Congratulations to 8th grade students Arran Hambly, Tristan Hambly, and Christopher Jones for representing West Bridgewater MSHS and the State of Massachusetts at the National History Day competition held on the University of Maryland campus. The boys had an amazing project on Free Speech in Schools-Tinker V Des Moines. Their hard work and dedication was second to none!

Congratulations to the following students for their participation in the VFW Art Contest. Jonathan Mareno won 1st for 3-5th grades and Aliana Perry won 1st for the 6-8 grades. Aliana won 2nd in the state for her art work! The theme was illustrating America.

Congratulations to Rose L MacDonald Special Education teacher Joan Lewis and School Nutrition worker Gail Mondeau for all of their years of service to the students, staff and families in West Bridgewater. We wish you both the best in retirement and thank you for everything you have done!

Earlier this year, we rolled out the new mobile-friendly version of Aspen, called Aspen Go, to all family and student users. This new version makes navigating the Aspen platform much easier if you are using a mobile device, such as a phone or a tablet. In the coming weeks, additional functionality will be added to Aspen Go, including Online Student Registration. This workflow will allow you to register your child for school without leaving the mobile view. If you have pictures of registration documents saved to your camera roll, you can now easily upload them right from your phone.

Later this summer, we will release the Back to School Forms in Go, where you can verify your contact info, add/remove contacts and sign off on items such as the student handbook, chromebook policy, and more. Be on the lookout for updated tutorials in the coming weeks on our website!

Medication Pick-Up Information from the Nurses: All unused medications must be picked up by the last day of school. Medications not picked up will be discarded by the end of June. Unless your child has current permission to self-carry their medication, the school cannot allow your child to bring the medication home themselves. If you need to make special arrangements to pick up medication, please contact your building’s school nurse.

Check out the newsletters for each of the 4 schools in WB! Lots of great information. If you have not yet had an opportunity to read these you will find lots of great information as well as many great pictures from each of the 4 schools!

Spring Street School https://secure.smore.com/n/kpn07

Rose L MacDonald School https://secure.smore.com/n/57c6t4

Howard School https://secure.smore.com/n/gqe2f

Middle/Senior High School https://secure.smore.com/n/68ac7z

🌞 Summer Surround Care 2025 – Registration Now Open!
Come join the fun this summer!

Our Summer Surround Care program will run from June 23 through August 7, 2025, at the Middle Senior High School. The program is open to students entering grades 1–5 and operates Monday through Thursday from 7:30 - 5:00pm, with daily and weekly rate options to suit your schedule.

Kids will enjoy a variety of activities, including:
🎨 Arts & Crafts
🎶 Music
⚽ Sports & Games
💦 Water Play
🏞️ Indoor & Outdoor Free Play
🚶‍♂️ Walking trips to Friendship Park, Town Park, and more!

Don’t miss out on a summer of creativity, play, and adventure!
👉 Learn more and register at: Summer Surround Care Registration or click on the Google Form below

Recap of Information for School Building Project

• K-6 Grade configuration voted at April 8th SBC meeting

• Design enrollment is 1,075 students

• Location would be behind current RLM

• Looking at 2 phase construction* - Phase 1 shared spaces and K-3 then 4-6

• HMFH Architect and PMA Owners Project Manager

• PreK remain at SSS (Reviewing costs at SSS and Howard)

• District offices currently in new building (discussion at future SBC meeting)

• The project website is linked to district website https://wbesbuildingproject.com/

• Future SC Discussion/Decision - School Name

• Ongoing meetings with teachers, administrators, Special Education, Specialists, Related Services, Maintenance, WBPD, WBFD, DPW

Upcoming Meetings

• MSBA Board Meeting for Schematic Design Approval
• June 18th 6:00 Community Forum #3 this is an opportunity to come and get an update on progress, see updated renderings and ask questions

District votes - Winter 2025/2026 tentative at this time

Check out the Project Website for - Meeting minutes, videos, FAQs, Project Presentations, MSBA submissions and much more!

It is our goal to keep you and the community updated as much as possible as we go through this process. As always if you have any questions please reach out mbodwell@wbridgewater.com .

In June, each school building sent out an end-of-year surveys to all staff and families in the building newsletter. This is an important opportunity for us, as an administrative team, to gather meaningful feedback from our school community.

The survey includes opportunities for you to share what you feel is going well—highlighting our strengths—as well as areas where we can grow and improve. Your input will help guide our planning at both the building and district levels.

We truly value your voice and encourage everyone to take a few minutes to complete the survey when it becomes available. Your feedback plays a critical role in shaping the future of our schools.

Thank you for your continued partnership and support!

The School Committee has approved the 2025-2026 school calendar. It has been posted on the district website https://www.wbridgewaterschools.org/ . Below is the link

The Multilingual Department team of teachers would like to wish all families a safe and happy summer! We have truly enjoyed spending time with students and families this year! Strong school and family partnerships support students in reaching their academic goals. We are so proud of all of our Multilingual students and appreciate their contributions to our school community! We would also like to congratulate our graduating seniors, with a special recognition for Misckeycha Lazarre, Nick Jerome, and Jean Mejia Chavez who were awarded with the Seal of Biliteracy, which acknowledges their proficiency in multiple languages, including English! Amazing!

Message from the Athletic Boosters - We hope that you will be able to join us again this year on Monday, June 23rd, 2025. Below is the link to register. The first 5 teams to register will receive 5 free raffle tickets. WB Boosters Annual Golf Classic Registration Link

If you are also a business, or know of a business that would like to sponsor a tee, the same link can be used to purchase the advertising. We are also offering the option to advertise in our full color program that is distributed at our annual Athletic Awards Night in June. Lastly, we are always looking for raffle donations, please help us spread the word! As always, thank you so much for your support! Here is the email address for questions wbboostersclub@gmail.com
Jenn Gately and Erin O'Keefe

WB Boosters Annual Golf Classic Coordinators

Congratulations to all of our Spring Teams who qualified for and participated in the State Tournament. We are also celebrating all of 0ur SCC Awards winners in the newsletter below! Check out the information for Fall Sign-Ups, start dates for tryouts below. The Wildcat Athletic Apparel store below. Personalize and order any gear you would like!

We also want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the WB Boosters for putting on an amazing Athletic Awards Night. We are so appreciative of all the time and effort you invest in supporting WB Athletics and helping our programs thrive. And a huge congratulations to all of our student-athletes—your hard work, determination, and willingness to give it your all every day are a testament to the success of our programs.

Please check out the pictures from our WB Booster’s Athletics Award Night!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dgrkk5UJKiVyRTkp6

Fall Sign Up Information/Arbiter Link:

https://students.arbitersports.com/programs/west-bridgewater-2025-2026-west-bridgewater-athletics-registration

Information:

Only one sport per season, sign up separately for each sport.

• Registration closes on the Wednesday before each season begins at 8:00 AM. It reopens after the first day of tryouts and closes at the completion of the second day of tryouts at 5:00 PM.

• You can register for all sports your child plans to play throughout the year.

• $300 per athlete for the year

• Before tryouts/practices begin

• $600 total for two participants per family

For questions about the athletic fee payment or financial difficulties, please contact Jennifer Hammel at jhammel@wbridgewater.com.

*All other sports begin on Monday, August 18, 2025

*Football and Cheer begin on Friday, August 15, 2025

Link to Sign up for WBMSHS Sports:2025-2026 Arbiter Sports Registration

GIRLS SOCCER, Coach DeCastro and Coach Daley, mdecastro@wbridgewater.com

BOYS SOCCER- Coach Alessandri, malessandri2@gmail.com

VOLLEYBALL, Coach Pennington, VBCoachPennington@gmail.com

GIRLS AND BOYS CROSS COUNTRY- Coach Sylvain, jsylvain@wbridgewater.com

FOOTBALL(Grade 9-12)- Coach Kogler, jkogler@wbridgewater.com

FIELD HOCKEY, Coach Flynn, bflynn@wbridgewater.com

GOLF, Coach Antonio, mantonio@wbridgewater.com

CHEER, Coach MacDonald, mmacdonald978@gmail.com

UNIFIED BOCCE, Coach Maloney nmaloney@wbridgewater.com and Coach Keeley

Signups and information sessions will be held starting the second week of school and the season will begin the first or second week of October and run into the beginning of November.

Mandatory Parent/Guardian Athletic Informational Night:

• Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2025

• Time: 5-6 PM

• Location: WBMSHS Auditorium

Arbiter Sports Registration Link:

https://students.arbitersports.com/west-bridgewater-middle-senior-hs-activities-and-fees/west-bridgewater-2025-2026-west-bridgewater-athletics-registration

Wildcats Athletic Store: Check out the West Bridgewater Athletics online apparel store where you are able to personalize and order gear. Check out the link below to create and order your Wildcats Apparel. Let’s Go WB!! https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/massachusetts/westbridgewater/west-bridgewater-high-school

Mental Health Awareness Event: On Friday June 6th, the Middle School held its first mental health game and not only was it very enjoyable, but also helped raise money for a very worthy cause.

The winning team was coached by Kash Rowe and consisted of:

Sarah Perry

Trey Coulter

Dean Baker

Emma Croce

Lucas Brache

Thomas Dubois

Sports Schedules:

Arbiter Live Link - https://arbiterlive.com/Teams?entityId=25160

Stay tuned for 25-26 sport schedules by using the link above.

Unified Cornhole: Fun day had by all at our Cornhole jamboree! Great job to the following schools. WB, Berkley, Pembroke, Foxboro, Plymouth and Middleboro. We look forward to hosting the jamboree again next year!

Varsity Baseball: The Varsity Baseball team beat St Bernard’s in the opening round of the State Tournament 7-1 at WBMSHS. They went on to play the 5 seed Millbury Memorial in a game that they lost. Great Job this season Wildcats! Congratulations to Jag Garces and Charlie Mallett for being named SCC All Star Honorable Mention, and Benjamin LeGrice for being named the SCC Sportsmanship Winner.

Lacrosse: In just our second year as a co-op, WEB Lax qualified for the state tourney, where they lost in the round of 32 to a very good Manchester Essex team. Led by junior captain Brayden Bates, the team finished the regular season 8-10, and are looking to build on this year's success next year as we are only graduating 4 seniors. Thank you for all of your hard work and I am already so excited for next year!

Varsity Softball: The Varsity Softball team picked up a win in the opening round of the State Tournament where they beat Old Colony 6-5. They went on to play the 2 seed Uxbridge in a game that they lost. Great Job Wildcats! Congratulations to Alanna Fidalgo for being named SCC All Star, Jillian Foley and Regan Bryant for being named Honorable Mention, and Brianna LaGrange for being named the SCC Sportsmanship Winner.

Boy’s Tennis: Congratulations to Noah Holland for being named to the SCC Sportsmanship Award. Congratulations to Sean Byrnes and Noah Holland for being named SCC All Star Honorable Mentions.

Girls Tennis: Congratulations to Amelia Chew for being named to the SCC Sportsmanship Award. Congratulations to Elayna Jenkinson and Alayna Mai for being named SCC All Star Honorable Mentions. Congratulations to Grace Polen for being named a SCC All Star.

Track and Field: On Friday and Sunday, members of the Track and Field team traveled to the densely populated city of Medford for the Division 6 State Track and Field Championships!

Mia Gunnison and Alyssa Caldeira competed in the triple jump. Emma Pope competed in the 2 Mile. Kate Austrino and Chloe Gauthier competed in the 100m hurdles. Alyssa and Chloe also competed in the 100m and the 400m hurdles, respectively. Finally, Kate placed seventh in the Pentathlon and Kayla Walker placed fifth in the 200m. Great job ladies! Dustin Panos and Jude Tait competed for the boys in the triple jump and 400 hurdles, respectively. Congratulations to the Track and Field SCC All Stars Kate Austrino, Kayla Walker, Chloe Gauthier, Alyssa Caldeira and Emma Pope. Congratulations also to the SCC All Star Honorable Mentions for Track Kerri Gomes, Mia Gunnison, Dustin Panos, and Jason Gothage. Congratulations to the SCC Sportsmanship Award winners Jill Bouvier and Peyton Opoku-Mensah.

Summer Athletic Information: Strength and Conditioning Camp: Time to register for Strength & Conditioning Camp 2025! New this year - smaller group sizes! 10 students per hour. Sign up to save your spot! Students grade 7-12 are welcome! Check out the flyer on Twitter at @WBMSHS_AT

https://students.arbitersports.com/west-bridgewater-middle-senior-hs-activities-and-fees/2025-summer-strength-and-conditioning-camp-at-west-bridgewater-mshs

Join Us for WB Youth Football Camp August 4th - August 7th

Hosted by Coach Kogler of the West Bridgewater Wildcats High School Football Team. You do not have to be a Athlete of WB to join this camp!!

This Camp is designed for youth football players entering grades 5-8.

This is a moderate contact camp, players will be required to wear Helmet, Shoulder Pads, Practice Jersey, and Mouthpiece. Please contact your home programs Equipment Manager for all equipment arrangements.

Sign Up: https://forms.gle/3DMbXBpRtb3qmnZz9

Questions can be directed to: coachkogler3517@gmail.com

Email: mbodwell@wbridgewater.com
Website: www.wbridgewaterschools.org
Location: 2 Spring Street, West Bridgewater, MA, USA
Phone: (508) 894-1230
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wbridgewaterschools