This is a very busy time of year with lots of end-of-the-year activities going on. The Class of 2022 is enjoying senior week activities. The culminating event is our Graduation Ceremony scheduled for Friday, May 27th at 6 pm at the Town Park (weather permitting). Each school has varied events going on and communications will be sent out from the schools with all the details.

Here is our latest WB Wildcat Weekly Newsletter. We hope that it will provide you with information as well as insight into what is going on in the West Bridgewater Public Schools. There are so many great things going on and it is our pleasure to share information with you. Below are links to the district's Facebook and Twitter pages. Information is also shared out there as well as on the district website.

Reminder - Memorial Day is Monday, May 30th and there will be no school.

The Global Citizens Club met with guest speaker, Jill Federschneider, via Zoom in which she shared her experiences as a regional director at American Council for International Studies (ACIS). Jill has worked for over 10 years with teachers who want to take their students overseas on an educational travel program to bring their classrooms to life.

Jill discussed what her job entails, some of the 16 countries she's traveled and worked in, memorable experiences, and some of her favorite international foods! Students got to ask her questions and she shared various ways they can become better Global Citizens even if they can't travel just yet.

The students of the Global Citizens Club were impressed and inspired and have lots of ideas for next year to make the club even better!

On June 8th at the MSHS students and staff are going to Lace Up for Mental Health & Show your Pride. Green laces and rainbow bracelets are being sold and will be worn on the 8th. We will be holding an assembly day bell schedule to allow for a guest speaker and various activities and a walk to support both causes.

Congratulations to Dorothea McGrath for being recognized as one of the Student Advisory Committee members for the MIAA.

Congrats to Bryn Bouvier, Joelle Cameron & Brianna Miller for representing West Bridgewater!

Reminder to all Seniors that Google Accounts will be suspended on July 1. After this date, you will no longer have access to your WB Google Account.

This past Friday, the Rose L. McDonald grade 3 students visited the Howard School. Students got to meet the grade 4 teachers and tour the whole school. They were full of excitement, had great questions, and began building relationships already! We are very excited for them all next year! The Howard School is excited that over the summer, we will be adding a gaga pit to our playground. Thank you to the WB PTO and Eagle Scouts for your help!

The West Bridgewater Police Association is hosting our annual Howard School end-of-the-year ice cream party for all staff and students on June 3rd. Officers will be stopping by to help serve the kids and staff ice cream sundaes.

The Grade 3 team continues with the Z-A countdown. This past week they enjoyed waffle day, visitor tourist day, u-pick day, and tie dye day. They also toured the Howard School!

The RLM Student Council collected over 400 items for the Food Pantry. Student Council members were eager to pass along all of the donations to two volunteers from the Food Pantry. They filled up two carloads with boxes and bags of donations! We are grateful to Mrs. Broderick and Mrs. Papineau for offering to meet us at the school to accept the donations.

RLM had a visit from WB resident therapy dog, Trigger! Thank you to SRO Pope and Michaela Collins for bringing him in!!

The Kindergarten classes had a great time on the field trip to Buttonwood Zoo in New Bedford , Mass last week!

Mrs. Mattos’ and Mrs. Dancey’s preschool classes enjoyed snacks in the cafeteria last week.

The WB Police and Fire Departments will once again be holding our annual Public Safety Day! It is on Sunday, June 5, from 10:00am to 2:00pm. The Open Space and Recreation Committee is also holding their River Walk event on the same day and time.

This past Thursday, May 19th, our WB Athletic Boosters held our Athletic Awards Night.

*Congratulations to all of our athletes and their accomplishments!

*Congrats as well to the Richard Thompson Award winners, Rachel Smith and Madsen Anderson.

*Congrats to the Robert Dwyer Award winners, Halle Hackenson and Thomas Sheedy!

*Another congrats to all of our Varsity Jacket winners and Senior Plaque winners as well!

*A HUGE thank you to our WB Athletic boosters Officers Stacy Raphel and Jenn Gately, Jeff Ryan, Lori Hackenson and all parent volunteers who help support our athletic programs. The WB Boosters funds this entire night!! Pictures from the Athletic Awards night will be posted on our athletic website this week.

*We had a great day celebrating the Girls and Women Sports Day this Past Friday, May 20th at Faneuil Hall in Boston! Thank you, Mrs. Page, Audra Roberts, Ms. Maloney, Joelle Cameron, Bryn Bouvier and Brianna Miller for attending the event! Celebrating 50 years of Title IX!

*Good luck to our boys and girls track teams today as they compete in the Mayflower Athletic Conference Championship meet today at Southeastern!

Congrats to all of our athletes who participated in the Mayflower Athletic Conference JV Championship meet this past Thursday, May 19th! Thank you to our coaches, Kyla Daley, Jon Pike, Michelle Decastro and Michael Rosow who organized the entire meet!

Please check out the Wildcat Write Up Newsletters below for more information. These newsletters are full of great information for WB Families!

Inclusion Matters is adding to our Board! If you have a student with an IEP or 504 Plan and would like to help us plan events, host fundraisers, and advocate for children with special needs in West Bridgewater, we'd love to have you! Learn more and indicate your interest online at bit.ly/JoinIMBoard

The next Coffee Hour with Mr. Bodwell will be on Friday, June 10th starting at 9:15 am. Here is the link below. As always all are welcome to attend.

Sydney Craven Memorial Fund in East Bridgewater. We are 1 month away for our 6th Annual Tutu Run and SparkleFest on June 18th at the Commercial Club in East Bridgewater.
There are funding scholarships for students within the Bridgewater communities.

Mark Bodwell, Superintendent of Schools

Email: mbodwell@wbridgewater.com
Website: www.wbridgewaterschools.org
Location: 2 Spring Street, West Bridgewater, MA, USA
Phone: (508) 894-1230
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wbridgewaterschools
Twitter: @WBPSwildcats