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To celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, the Admin Team made pancakes for the staff!

Teacher Appreciation Week was a blast. The Watertown Rotary Club blind-selected one of our teachers to give a basket full of goodies to (Mr. Welch) and we want to extend a huge thank you to them! We also want to give a big thank you to our PTSO for coordinating a catered lunch and breakfast for us!

We’re proud to announce that we have been named a PLTW 2024-25 Distinguished School for our commitment to increasing student access, engagement, and achievement in our PLTW Engineering programs! Thank you to Ms. Alderson, our Career and Technical Education Coordinator, and our Pre-Engineering teachers, Mr. Welch and Mr. Birch, for leading our students towards success!

Our very own Ms. Mundy has been awarded the Massachusetts STEM Teacher of the Year award! Ms. Mundy is an exceptional teacher, mentor, and colleague and we couldn't be more proud of this incredible accomplishment. Congratulations, Ms. Mundy!

Continuing our celebration of awards, Jenna Houjazy has been named the Boys & Girls Club 2025 Massachusetts Youth of the Year Honoree! "A mainstay of the Boys & Girls Club Experience, Youth of the Year is a year-round program that helps young people develop the necessary leadership tools and character traits to be successful now and productive, caring, responsible adults in the future" (Boys & Girls Club). Congratulations, Jenna!

In case you haven't seen it already, check out the WCA-TV's in-depth video of our new building! The video has tons of footage of the inside of the building and updates about the construction process.

Mr. Riley’s Digital Media students attended a field trip to Gillette Stadium on May 6th where students learned about promoting specific events at the stadium and came up with a game-plan of how to get the message out to an audience. Students then toured the Hall of Fame and went on the field with Mr. Riley, who is also the game day voice of the stadium during Patriots and Revs games! Thanks for the insider scoop, Mr. Riley!

We have many exciting events coming up over the next few weeks, including many Senior activities and our Junior Cruise! Please remember the following:

• Students must attend school for at least a half day in order to be eligible to attend these events (a half-day is defined as being present in school from 8:30 - 11:30 AM or 11:30 AM - 3:05 PM).
• Pre-event preparation (such as organization of prom, cruises, dances, or athletic events) is considered an unexcused absence/dismissal.
• There are NO sanctioned “skip days” at WHS. Student-organized “skip days” undermine the educational process. The school will not accept parental excuses to participate in “skip days.” Students involved will receive an unexcused absence.
  

To ensure accurate attendance for your student, please submit any absences or dismissals using the appropriate form (absence; dismissal) no later than 9:30 AM on the day of the absence/dismissal. For planned absences or dismissals, you are encouraged to submit the form in advance.

Additionally, please review the Senior Events newsletter for information related to Senior's end-of-year events, including graduation.

Grade 10 students will take the Math MCAS exam next Tuesday, May 20th, and Wednesday, May 21st. Students in grades 9, 11, and 12 will have a late arrival and should be at school by 11:30 AM. If students would like to arrive earlier, they can work independently in the garden level cafe.

Families who would like to register their students for bus transportation next year must complete the Bus Registration Form no later than June 17th. Any family that completes the form after the deadline will be placed on the waitlist. All questions related to busing can be sent to wps_busing@watertown.k12.ma.us.

We are excited to invite families of CTE students to attend the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Awards Ceremony at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, May 20th, in the WMS Auditorium and Cafeteria!

This ceremony will celebrate WHS CTE students in Business & Finance, Construction Technology, Culinary Arts, Digital Media Communication (aka Radio & TV), Medical Assisting, Pre-Engineering, and Public Speaking. See you there!

The Watertown School Committee's Personal Electronic Device Task Force would like to hear from you! Please complete this brief Personal Electronic Device survey to share your views on cell phone and electronic device use in schools.

Your input will help the Task Force make recommendations to the School Committee and shape future policy decisions for the WPS community. The survey is anonymous and your name and email will not be recorded.

Thank you for your participation!

The end of the school year is a busy time at WHS! Here are the dates of all of our spring events:

• Dance Team Showcase
• May 16th, 5:00 PM, WMS Auditorium
• CTE Awards Night
• May 20th, 5:30 PM, WMS Auditorium
• Advanced Rock Ensemble Concert
• May 21st, 6:00 PM, WMS Auditorium
• Orchestra Concert
• May 22nd, 7:00 PM, WMS Auditorium
• Pop Music Night
• May 23rd, 6:00 - 8:00 PM, WMS Auditorium
• Junior Cruise (only Juniors)
• May 30th, 4:00 PM
• Undergraduate Awards
• June 10th, 7:45 AM, WMS Auditorium
• LAST DAY!
• June 17th, 12:30 PM dismissal

Senior Events (only Seniors)

• Athletic Awards
• May 27th, 6:30 PM, WMS Auditorium
• Last Day of School
• May 29th
• Academic Awards
• May 29th, 7:00 PM, WMS Auditorium
• Kimball Farm Trip
• June 2nd, 3:45 PM
• Prom
• June 3rd, 4:00 PM
• Senior BBQ
• June 5th, 5:00 PM, WHS
• Graduation!
• June 6th, 6:00 PM, Victory Field

Please join us on Thursday, May 22nd, from 7:00 - 8:00 PM in the WMS Auditorium for the Spring Orchestra Concert, featuring our middle and high school orchestras! They will be playing a variety of tunes from classical to pop and will be featuring a special performance of a student composition.

The 2025 Spring-Summer Watertown Adult & Community Education Catalog is live! Courses run between May 20th and August 15th and feature many options for middle and high school students, including:

• The Entrepreneurship Experience

• Dungeons & Dragons

• 2-week Music & Drama Programs

• Introduction to Japanese Language & Culture

• Music Production

• Teen Medical School

• Babysitting 101

• And more, including STEM, Coding, Piano, Guitar, Crochet, and Art!

For questions or comments, please contact Jeff Bodner at 617-926-7764 (office), 857-241-8499 (cell), or jeffrey.bodner@watertown.k12.ma.us.

Check out our High School Music's Newsletter!

The Watertown Community Foundation's annual Watertown Helps Out (WHO) is a month-long community service event in May that connects local non-profits to community volunteers for a variety of projects. Community projects are spread across the month of May, currently totaling a need for 300+ volunteers. Many of the opportunities are family friendly and WHS students can get community service hours for their time.

Check out the growing list of opportunities and sign up! Make sure to keep your eye on the list as more opportunities will be added throughout the month.

As part of Watertown Helps Out, the Watertown Community Foundation is hosting a food drive until May 21st! Students can bring non-perishable items to the main office which will be donated to the Watertown Food Pantry.

The City of Watertown invites you to their Memorial Day Parade on May 26th! The parade will start at 12:00 PM with a following ceremony at Victory Field. More information is available on the city's website.

Class dues are collected every year from every student. Dues are $15 with a $5 late fee collected after the deadline (announced by advisor). Only cash or checks (made out to the City of Watertown) are permitted. These dues go towards all class events, gifts, scholarships, and more. Students who have not paid their yearly dues will, unfortunately, be turned away from class events.

If for any reason your family needs assistance with these dues, please connect with your student's class advisor. All information will remain confidential.

• Grade 9: Bannon Beall & Caitlin Davis
• bannon.beall@watertown.k12.ma.us // caitlin.davis@watertown.k12.ma.us
• Grade 10: Emily Ollero
• emily.ollero@watertown.k12.ma.us
• Grade 11: Malcolm Cooke
• malcolm.cooke@watertown.k12.ma.us
• Grade 12: Graham Madden
• graham.madden@watertown.k12.ma.us

• May 15th, 4:00 PM, WHS Main Office

• May 16th, 5:00 PM, WMS Auditorium

• May 20th & 21st
• Late start (11:30 AM) for grades 9, 11, 12

• May 20th, 5:30 PM, WMS Auditorium & Cafe

• May 21st, 6:00 PM, WMS Auditorium

• May 22nd, 7:00 PM, WMS Auditorium

• May 23rd, 6:00 PM, WMS Auditorium

• May 26th

• May 27th, 6:30 PM, WMS Auditorium

• May 29th, SENIORS dismiss at 12:30 PM

• May 29th, 7:00 PM, WMS Auditorium

• May 30th, 4:00 PM