Principal's Newsletter

November 5, 2021

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Bu bülteni çevirmek için üzerine tıklayın ve ardından sağdaki bağlantıyı kullanın.

Students and staff continue to make learning fun and rigorous. Above is a picture of Mr. Rose's physics class using a homemade hovercraft in a lab. It's awesome to see students excited to learn and help each other apply concepts from the classroom into their creation...plus, the hovercraft is wicked fun!

Guidance update

To learn about updates on college visits, special opportunities for students and more, please see the latest newsletter from our Guidance department here.

PE, Health & Wellness

Check out what is going on in PE and Health classes in the November Wellness newsletter.

Playoff Schedule

Three of our teams have made the playoffs: Field Hockey, Boy's soccer, and football.

Here is the schedule:

Football - Friday, 11/5, 6:30pm vs. Dover Sherborn

Boy's Soccer - Saturday, 11/6, 5:00pm vs. Nipmuc

Field Hockey - Sunday, 11/7, 1:30pm vs. Longmeadow

Buy your tickets online.

Please click here for more information on other WHS sports events.

Youth Risk behavior Survey

The Massachusetts Youth Health Survey-Youth Risk Behavior Survey will be conducted during selected classes on Wednesday, December 8th. Parents/guardians will receive a permission form two weeks prior to the administration of the survey.

The Massachusetts Departments of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and Public Health (DPH) will use the MYHS and MYRBS results to (1) determine the extent to which adolescents practice health-risk behaviors; (2) monitor how priority health-risk behaviors among high school students increase, decrease, or remain the same over time; (3) evaluate the impact of state and local efforts to reduce high-risk behaviors; (4) develop and redesign comprehensive health education programs and other strategies to help reduce risk behaviors (5) monitor progress of intensive projects in select districts and communities.

Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC)

Please see a special presentation from Watertown SEPAC here.

school site council meeting

The WHS Site Council meetings have resumed via Zoom for the 2021-2022 school year and anyone in the community is welcome to attend. Our next meeting will take place at 5:30 on Wednesday, November 10th. For information on the times and dates of future meetings and for Zoom links, please go to the town of Watertown's website.

WATERTOWN MUTUAL AID NETWORK DONATION DRIVE & FREE STORE

The Watertown Mutual Aid Network is hosting a Donation Drive & Free Store on November 7th. People can donate new/like-new winter coats, new/like new winter clothes for kids, and personal care items between 10:30 and 12:30 pm at Ballroom in Boston, 100 Parker Street Watertown. Then from 1-3 pm people can come “shop” for free and take the winter clothes and personal care items they need.