Superintendent's Weekly Update

Please find enclosed a few important updates, and highlights from throughout the district:

We have gathered all of the information we garnered from the community forum sessions, please look for these in your Sunday newsletters from your student's school.

Weymouth High School Career & Technical Education (CTE) is accepting applications for Fall 2024. The deadline to apply is Thursday, February 1, 2024. The application can be found on the WHS website under CTE Application. Please view the video below for a few minutes to hear from our students and staff about this exceptional program. With questions, please get in touch with Mr. DePina, CTE Director, at samuel.depina@weymouthps.org

Johnson Early Childhood Center (JECC) Pre-K registration for the 2024/2025 school year will begin February 1, 2024. To register, families should create a Family Connection account, and complete the 5 steps as instructed. Once complete, please contact JECC at 781-335-0191 between 8am-3pm to set up an appointment to complete the second portion of registration. Families should only register their child if they anticipate a September 2024 start of school. Children must be Weymouth residents and be 3 years of age by August 31, 2024. Johnson Early Childhood Center is a tuition based program.

As a reminder, Kindergarten registration is open! For information on how to register, and important dates and deadlines, please click here.

Have a great weekend, and we will see you back in school on Monday!

Sincerely,

Robert Wargo

Superintendent

As we continue to explore new ways to connect and engage with our school community, we would like to better understand your preferences regarding social media platforms.

Your input is valuable to us, and we want to ensure that we are utilizing the platforms that are most convenient and preferred by our community members. To gather this information, we kindly ask you to take a moment to share your preferred social media platforms by completing a brief survey.

Survey Link

Your responses will help us tailor our communication efforts and events to better suit your preferences. We appreciate your participation and look forward to creating a more connected and informed school community together.

Thank you for your time and continued support.

The Snowball Slam Reading Challenge is on now through February 16. Students earn snowballs by reading chapters and books to earn snowballs to use against other classrooms around the campus. There are weekly winners as well as a big game to culminate the reading challenge.

The following video was produced by 6th grade students in the Expeditionary Learning Lab at Chapman Middle School. This digital media lab challenges students to be creative and imaginative with a whole host of fun projects that include videos about famous sports, entertainment, and cultural icons.

These 6th grade film makers researched their subject, wrote the script, compiled the photos, recorded the voice over, and edited the final project in a Project Based Learning environment that bolsters critical thinking as well as independent group work.

Caroline (WHS senior) has returned to Murphy to conduct research for her AP Research course at WHS. Her focus is the benefits of music therapy. Our students love her visits!

One of our academics areas for growth is science, we understand that encouraging our students to engage with science opens doors to endless possibilities. It cultivates critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and a curiosity that drives progress.

We are proud to announce Mrs. Seferian has secured a SEED grant for our grade one and two students. This grant is funded through The Mass Cultural Council. Through this opportunity our students will engage in hands-on science lessons. Below is a description of the SEED program.

Who are we:

We are PhD scientists who hope to teach young students to love science as much as we do! We have worked in labs and also have taught science in elementary and middle school classrooms for years. We are eager to help make science fun and interesting for both students, and for their teachers who are the biggest science advocates in the classroom!​​

What do we do:

SEED supports and enhances elementary and middle school science education through innovative partnerships with teachers that elicit systemic change.

Our multifaceted approach focuses on building internal capacity by modeling NGSS-aligned, hands-on activities, coaching classroom teachers, and providing all tools and pedagogy needed for teachers to successfully and confidently teach their young scientists.

Nash’s science teacher representing SEED is Dr. Pearl has been a teacher for 20+ years, working in classrooms ranging from medical schools to elementary schools, and has also been directly involved in creating, implementing and teaching elementary science curriculum for public schools in MA for the past 6 years.

She also has successfully written national and local grants supporting science research for elementary school projects.

Dr. Pearl holds a PhD from Albany Medical College in Pharmacology and Neuroscience.

• Feburary 1 - 5:15 p.m. - Meeting of the Whole - School Committee - WHS - Humanities Center
  
• February 1 - 6:00 p.m. - School Committee Executive Session - WHS - Humanities Center
• February 1 - 7:00 p.m. - School Committee Regualr Meeting - WHS Humanities Center

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