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• Thursday, September 1: First Day of School for Staff
• Friday, September 2: Staff Professional Development
• Monday, September 5: Labor Day - No School
• Tuesday, September 6: First Day for Students Grades 1-12 - Student Half Day
• Thursday, September 8: First Day for Kindergarten
• Monday, September 12: First Day for Pre-K

Bond Brothers are working double shifts and through the weekend to ensure the MWC opens on time!

Dr. Bruzzese, AP Amoroso and AP Materna are going through each students schedule to ensure all students are getting what they need.

Associate Principal Dolan has interviewed several candidates this week to finalize our staff roster. A huge shout out to all who participated in the interview process.

Mr. Meehan is working to ensure the building opens on time by meeting with the project team daily.

Administrative staff is putting together welcome packets for all of the homeroom classrooms so student get what they need on the first days of school.

Mr. Ash is setting up his new space the Fabrication Lab where woodshop and other technical course will be taught.

Principal Meehan, Associate Principal Dolan and Transportation Director Robin Howard work with the bus company to ensure a smooth entry and exit on campus.

There are two parent drop off/pick up areas, shown in pink. Start time is 8:10 AM. No Early Birds please!

Cell phones are not only a distraction, they can be misused and used as a tool for harassment and aggression. There is no cell phone use in school, classrooms anywhere! Teachers are not using them in the classroom for lessons at all. Please support the learning going on and reinforce our policy of off and away in your locker.

Welcome back to a new school year! I hope your summer was filled with good times with friends and family. We are excited for September 6th and our teachers and staff are eager to meet you. All students have been assigned a team and homeroom, and we are finalizing schedules.

At Maria Weston Chapman, we are committed to creating a safe, positive culture conducive to learning for everyone. We believe students learn best in diverse inclusive settings. These settings are created by carefully balancing homerooms using information from a variety of sources including previous teachers and other various data sources. You may notice some minor schedule changes over the next few days. This is due to our efforts to balance teams and neighborhoods to ensure all are set up for success. Once finalized, changes can not be made.

Class schedules are continuing to evolve as we balance class sizes and ensure that each student has each class that is required. They will be finalized by the first day of school. Questions about your class schedule can be addressed to the school Guidance Counselors and Assistant Principals . You can access homeroom assignments by logging in to ASPEN and clicking on the MY INFO tab at the top of the page.

The first day of school is September 6th, 2022. All Maria Weston Chapman teachers, students and staff along with our amazing Wildcat Leaders will be around the building to help students get to the right place. We are all here to make sure the first day is a great one! Please note, the first day is a half day of school ending at 11:15. Our typical school day goes from 8:10 until 2:45. We encourage all students to be in their assigned homeroom by 8:10 AM for the start of morning announcements.

We hope that you enjoy the remainder of your summer vacation and that you are as excited as we are about the start of the 2022-2023 school year!

See you soon!

Mr. Meehan, Principal

Ms. Dolan, Associate Principal

Ms. Sullivan, Department Head for Special Education

Mr. Amoroso, Grade 6 Assistant Principal

Mr. Bruzzese, Grade 7 Assistant Principal

Mr. Materna, Grade 8 Assistant Principal

Maria Weston Chapman Middle School Administration

Unlike at the elementary level, we do not have a blanket supply list for middle school students. Each team of teachers require different materials throughout the year. We encourage families to purchase basic school supplies such as pencils, but beyond that we ask that you wait until your child meets their teachers on the first day of school.

Chapman and the High School are implementing a new technology at the start of the new school year to support time on learning and hallway monitoring.

Students who need to get a drink of water or to go to the bathroom soon will be able to ask teachers for a digital hall pass on their Chromebooks. The digital software e-hallpass is helping schools deal with social media challenges, security issues, vandalism, hall management, and much more. Currently being utilized in schools in every state.

e-hallpass allows educators and administrators to give hallway permissions to students, and to track activity in a school’s hallways. The device is intended to improve both the accountability of students and provide an additional level of security. Security staff will receive notifications about which students are using a pass, allowing them to know who should be in the halls. Students access e-hallpass via a web browser and write up a request to leave the classroom. This request includes both their planned destination and the reason they wish to leave. Students show the pass to their educator, who approves it by entering their unique pin number. When the student arrives at their destination, the receiving educator enters their pin, and the first educator receives a notification that the learner has arrived.

e-hallpass also enables administration to track data on student hallway activity. A timer tracks how long the student spent in between being checked out and checked in. Finally, staff receive alerts for students who are not checked in to their final destination, improving school security.

Students and staff will be trained in the first few days of school. We are excited to implement this technology to support our students in being the best student they can be.

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More to follow!

• Tech Support for Families
• Champions Before and After School Care - 781-812-8735 or lolee@discoverchampions.com
• Blackboard Communications - Opt In and Opt Out Instructions
• Town Wide Parent Council - Meets the Second Tuesday of Each Month

• COVID Resources

  • DESE/DPH School Guidance
  • Video: How to Administer an At-Home COVID Test
    
  • Text Guide: How Do I Administer an At-Home COVID test?
• Weymouth Public Schools Transportation Webpage