What's Happening at Western

We held our last TEAM awards on Monday. Many students were rewarded for their growth, academic achievements, talents and positive behavior. Please check out the pictures below of some of our award winners.

We are proud to share that Ms. Pia Ledina, our Library Media Specialist, has been selected as our June Difference Maker for her outstanding dedication and tireless efforts to keep our Media Center an active hub for our school community. Ms. Ledina’s achievements are remarkable because of the challenges she has experienced this year. Despite having our media assistant cut to half time and operating without our IT support technician for more than half the year, Ms. Ledina never let the quality of the media center waver. Where others might have scaled back, she stepped up, ensuring our community was impacted as little as possible. Pia continued to collaborate with classroom teachers and host engaging book talks as often as needed, keeping students excited about reading. She worked to improve our digital literacy content and stepped in to provide critical technical support for teachers and administration throughout the year. Ms. Ledina embodies the very best of a true Difference Maker. Western is so lucky to have her as our Library Media Specialist.

Please take 2–3 minutes to share your confidential feedback on you and your child's experience this school year. Questions can be skipped if you do not have enough information or do not wish to answer them. Your opinions are essential to us and help shape planning for Western and the Greenwich Public School district. This is a custom link to your Greenwich Public Schools Family Survey. These emails come from Dr. Toni Jones <research@greenwich.k12.ct.us> with a subject line of Greenwich Public Schools Family Survey.

We are almost at the time of year when grade levels leave the building for most of the day to celebrate the end of the school year on their grade level trip. Below are the dates and destinations:

Monday, June 15th: 6th grade to Boundless Adventure in Purchase, NY

Tuesday, June 16th: 8th grade beach trip to Tod’s Point

Friday, June 19th: 7th grade to Rye Playland

Look out for an email from your child’s teachers and/or a permission slip coming home. Please return the permission slip with payment well in advance of the trip. We have financial assistance available, if families need this you can reach out to your child's school counselor.

A reminder that your child’s behavior in school leading up to the trip will determine if they can attend their trip. Some are testing us a little bit, and we have given them the same message. We will not take them to a public place if we can not trust them within our building. Please remind your child that they need to behave over the last two weeks to attend.

Please use the following information to view and order the 8th grade class photo taken on Tuesday.

Click this link

Gallery Code: 2026wmsgrp

Personal Pin: wms26

If you have any questions please reach out to Robert Taylor Photography at 203-377-0739 or roberttaylorphotostudio@gmail.com

We are happy to announce that 7th grader, Elizabeth Broadbent, and 8th grader, Laila McQueen were chosen to receive the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education Leadership award. This award recognizes their leadership within the school and community.

Congratulations Elizabeth and Laila!

North Mianus Girl Scout Troop 50637 came to Western on Tuesday to deliver a very large assortment of toiletries for our Care Closet. It came at a perfect time as we head into summer and open our Care Closet to families during the week of June 22nd. Thank you to the troop leaders and girls for collecting the items and supporting our community.

Please remind your child if they lost anything to please check the Lost & Found by the gym, in the cafeteria and in the upstairs W wing. Items not claimed by June 22nd will be donated.

On Monday , we will be holding our annual “Hats for Hope” fundraiser to support the Yale New Haven Hospital. Students and stall are asked to wear hats (sun hats, silly hats, winter hats, baseball hats etc). Carla Lenschow, a sophomore at Greenwich High School, organizes this fundraiser. Her sister was treated for her leukemia blood cancer at the hospital and her family has a very special connection to the hospital. Students and staff are asked to donate $1, which will be collected in the main hallway before school. See the flyer for more information and a link to donate.

I wanted to share that registration for the Summer Weekend Meal Bag Program is open and can be delivered to your child at summer school. For children who are not attending a summer camp or summer school, we will have designated hub pick-up sites, in Stamford, Norwalk and Bridgeport.

Each child will receive one bag per week, and all children are welcome to participate and benefit from the program. Please note that this is a separate registration process from the regular school-year Weekend Meal Bag Program.

If families need assistance with registration, you are welcome to reach out to: operations@fillingintheblanks.org

If your child will not be returning to Greenwich Public Schools next year, please fill out the GPS Withdrawal Form. While we hate to see you go, we do need to plan for next year as well as prepare for a smooth transition to your next school. If you have any questions do not hesitate to reach out to your child’s school counselor or our Administrative Assistant, Taryn Weiss.

Here is the Parent Community Resource document we created with MANY, MANY community resources to support parents and students at Western. Please take the time to review it in case you find yourself in need of some support for you, your child or family.

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Below are the Homework Hubs for each grade-level team and World Language teachers.

8th grade: Orange Green

7th grade: Purple Yellow

6th grade: Red Blue

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