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Transitional English students met with artists Amir Tabatabaei and Niloufar Keyhani to visit and discuss the newly opened "I See a Dream" mural in Watertown Square. Students made connections between the imagery in the mural to the concepts they've been studying in class about the purpose of borders.

The Expedition Club celebrated the solstice with a skating trip in Kendall Square. It was very cold, it was very dark, and it was very fun.

On Friday, 12/22, three WHS graduates from the Class of 2023 visited our AP Biology class. The former students were Gaya Badalyan, Shannon Fitzpatrick, and Alyce Judge. These graduates are currently studying at UMass Amherst, RPI, and Northeastern University, respectively. They spoke with our biology students about their experiences serving as summer interns at Enanta Pharmaceuticals, a Watertown biotech company, that has partnered with WHS on numerous initiatives to support our students and help them learn more about STEM career pathways. The guest speakers also answered questions about their first-semester college experiences. Thanks so much for visiting Gaya, Shannon, and Alyce!

We have rescheduled our virtual family-teacher conferences to January 9th at 4:30PM. If you had already signed up for a time for our original virtual conference date (Dec. 7), you automatically have been scheduled for the same time on January 9th.

If you would like to schedule a conference, please use this link here: conference sign up

If you would like to cancel or change your previously scheduled time, please follow these steps:

1. If you created a SignUp Genius account, log in and find your sign ups. You can edit directly through your account.
2. If you did not create an account, find the confirmation email from SignUp Genius that you received when you originally signed up. Choose "edit sign up" on the email.
   
3. If you are having trouble with the above options, please email the teacher directly using this email format: firstname.lastname@watertown.k12.ma.us

Students in our ESL program will be participating in the annual ACCESS testing next week. Students will be testing for part of the day on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. This is a yearly test to measure student progress in English language development. Please reach out to your students' English teacher if you have any questions.

Tomorrow all students will receive their confirmed schedule for their semester 2 classes in advisory.

Monday: We are actively monitoring the snow storm and weather coming next week. We will continually update everyone with our decisions on where our PE classes will take place and any other changes.

Wednesday: Wednesday is a 1/2 day for all students. Students will be dismissed at 12:30 pm.

We are now in the swing of things in our new building and new school year! As report cards have rolled out and we begin our second quarter, please keep in mind the many resources we have available for our students to receive extra help.

1. Before and after school tutoring starts 7:25 or 3:05pm (check calendar in the Library)
2. Senior Peer tutoring in library before and after school
3. National Honor Society tutoring sessions before school
4. Writing lab- available during academic support, study, and/or as referred by teacher
5. Math lab-available during academic support, study, and/or as referred by teacher
6. EL tutoring in library before and after school

Did you know that you can see your student's grades and attendance whenever you'd like? Check out the resource below to learn how!

Click here: PowerSchool Family Resource Newsletter

Attention grade 9 and 10 students and families! Please see the below newsletter from Nurse Healy regarding the mandated screenings taking place in January.

Click here: Screening Newsletter

• January 8, 9 & 12

• January 9

• January 10, 12:30pm dismissal

• January 12, 4-9pm - Moxley Media Center

• January 15

• January 18

• January 18, 4-9pm - Moxley Media Center

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