Lowell Family Newsletter

February 27, 2022

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(Portuguese)

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(Spanish)

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إذا كنت تستخدم جهاز كمبيوتر ، فافتح هذا في صفحة جديدة. بعد ذلك ، لترجمة هذه النشرة الإخبارية ، انقر فوق الارتباط الموجود على اليمين.

إذا كنت تستخدم الهاتف ، فالمس الشخص الموجود في الدائرة السوداء للحصول على زر الترجمة. (Arabic)

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Եթե համակարգիչ եք, բացեք սա նոր էջում: Ապա, այս տեղեկագիրը թարգմանելու համար կտտացրեք աջ հղմանը: Եթե հեռախոսով եք, դիպչեք սև շրջանի անձին ՝ թարգմանության կոճակը ստանալու համար: (Armenian)

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Message from Principal Phelan

Greetings Lowell School,

We did it! We have successfully moved! February turned out to be the busiest month of the year! Our staff and custodians accomplished the arduous task of moving into two new buildings in a relatively short time. We are so thankful to our families for keeping our spirits high throughout the past month.

Our goal this week is to reestablish routines, set expectations for our new school environment, and support our students to feel comfortable and safe in their new school.

We've spent many hours planning our new systems and structures; Monday will be the first day of school all over again. I've read that It can take anywhere from 18 to 254 days for a person to form a new habit and an average of 66 days for a new behavior to become automatic. Keeping this wisdom in mind, I think it will take us all a little time to get accustomed to our new morning routines, school environment, and daily schedules. An essential ingredient is to allow for a little extra time. Then you want to sprinkle a little patience on top.

I couldn't be happier knowing we've finally completed the move. Now it's time to restart the work of teaching and learning.

If you need to contact anyone on our staff, it's best to email us. Please reach out if you have any concerns.

Thank you again for all your support!

With a grateful heart!

Mrs. Phelan

Principal: Stacy.phelan@watertown.k12.ma.us

Assistant Principal: Qi.chen@watertown.k12.ma.us

Administrative Assitant at Lowell West: Kara.flynn@watertown.k12.ma.us

Frontdesk and Security: James.swift@watertown.k12.ma.us

Free Weekly At-Home Antigen Testing

January 27, 2022 Dear WPS Community Member: At the Watertown Public Schools, keeping staff and students safe and in school is our top priority. We are writing to let you know, in accordance with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Department of Public Health (DPH), our district is updating our COVID-19 Testing Program, effective February 1, 2022.

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Scenes From Around Lowell

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The Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Council along with Ben & Jerry's of Watertown treated teachers to a sweet treat on Move-In Day!

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Scenes from inside of Lowell during our Clap Out!

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Scenes from Outside of Lowell on the last day of school!

Spanish Project in First Grade, "Mi Escuela Lowell"

First-grade classes created books in Spanish class. The project was called "Mi Escuela Lowell," and the books were displayed in the library last week. The students worked hard on these books, and they were excited to share them with the school community.

Mrs. Phelan was honored by author Anthony Martinez in Mrs. Walsh's Classroom

Nurse Taverna was honored to be the topic of Nathan Caulfield's writing.

The Cruz kids say Happy Retirement to Fred the crossing guard.

A note from the Cruz Family:

We have had the pleasure of seeing Fred our crossing guard for the past 6 years every school day. He has been a fantastic presence and we will miss him dearly after his retirement today.

Someone wonderfully set up these signs and balloons and he received many cards as we bid him goodbye today.

We hope to see him around town and wish him all the best. I wanted to be sure to share our appreciation for a wonderful community member.

Buddies meet-up one last time before the move. Ms. Connors/Ms. Master's K are the little Buddies to Ms. Antonelli's Third Grade.

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Scenes from Our Visiting Field Trips - The Audubon Visits Kindergarten and First Grade.

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Parents' Recreational Softball League

A group of parents is trying to put together a recreational softball league for parents of kids in the Watertown schools. The idea is for it to be super relaxed and open to people of all skill levels. Teams would be school-based to give parents a fun opportunity to socialize and build community with other parents at their kid’s school.

If you might be interested in participating (or, even better, helping to organize!), please fill out the Google Doc below

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqgG8g7GXfkQigYh0QYNdrlX4AlmjYW0GUViXjqQk1IXOfYw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Welcome to Phillips and Lowell West

Dear Families, It was an awesome task but we got it done and are ready and excited to welcome you to our new locations. The teachers worked all vacation to get everything ready for Monday! Both buildings look great! We could not have done without our fantastic maintenance and custodian team.

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