As we head into the weekend and upcoming holiday week we are filled with gratitude, and thankful to have so many engaged members of our school community who support our district and offer exceptional services to our schools and students.

It could not be more fitting that this week we extended an enormous thank you to our Educational Support Professionals (ESP) in honor of National ESP Day. To all of our invaluable Educational Support Professionals-- thank you. From supporting our students ,to maintaining safety and operations, we could not thrive as a district without your support!

Below, please find enclosed a few highlights from throughout the district, and a few important reminders. Have a wonderful weekend, and I hope you enjoy your time off next week with family and friends.

Best Regards,

Robert Wargo

Superintendent

You don't want to miss this! Seussical will be performed this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Chapman Middle School. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door.

This week the WHTC hosted a sensory friendly eventing at Chapman Middle School. Great job to all involved showcasing teaching and modeling theater is for everyone.

Teachers with Professional Status

Academy: Alison Gazzola, Devon Dubois

Chapman: Rachel Bay-Chapparo, Riley Heist, Brittney McRae, Julianne Smith

Chard: Payton Brandyberry, David Coppola

Hamilton: Madeline Jessup, Sara Joy

Johnson: Dorina Burgess

Murphy: Christine Pellegrine

Nash: Calley Yocum

Pingree: Jennifer McInnis

Pingree/Seach: Brittany Vaille

Talbot/Wessagusset: Kaylie Webb

Wessagusset: Sarah Machado-Deady, Daniel Sbarra

WHS: Stephanie Alfaro, Kimberly Buiel, Colleen Cunningham, Christine DeOliveira, Melissa Gaffney, Andrew Goodman, Erin Grable, Paul Humphrey, Linda Magee, Mitchell Mortali, Jeffrey Pesaturo, Lauren Shanly, Remy Sullivan

District: Ryan Hatfield, Cassandra Sullivan, Lindsey Jacobs

Grants for Education from Weymouth Educational Foundation

2022-2023 Grant Recipients:

Block Grant Recipient: Donnie Norton, Theater Arts

Jeremy Angelos, Hamilton

Brian Ash, Chapman

Lynn Bennett, Hamilton

Amanda Bure, Chapman

Lauren Burke, WHS

Megan Childress, WHS

Danielle Civitarese, JECC

Danielle Collins, Academy

Melissa Dione, Nash/Hamilton

Will Dreyfus, Chapman

Cassandra Durazzano, Academy/Murphy

Kerianne Fisher, Seach

Kerry Gavin, JECC

Amy Herlihy, Academy

Virginia Hershman, Hamilton

Lauren Hindy, Chapman

Janet Jang, JECC

Kristina Keefe, Talbot/Wess

Brittany Lamont, Academy

Doug Landry, Hamilton/Nash

Jennifer Madden, Talbot

Marianne Menseale, Nash/Tal/Ham

Suzanne Missert, Murphy

Jamie Mitchell, Chapman

John Mullaney, Chapman

Diane Murphy, Seach

Eric Parsons, Chapman

Cynthia Perez, Seach

Dawn Picariello, Academy

Sue Soulia, Hamilton

Heike Tuplin, Academy

Brittany Vaille, Seach/Pingree

Christiane Wheeler, Wessagusset

Thank You @JECCSuperFriend:

Congratulations Mrs. Burgess for achieving Professional status. Ms. Civitarese and Mrs. Gavin WEF grant recipients. Way to go TEAM!!

Honoring Our Veterans - thank you for your service Mrs. Sheehan!

Academy is so lucky to have such amazing ESPs! The work that they do each and every day truly makes a profound difference! Student made cards, special announcements, flowers and even a treat trolley and delivered breakfast to their classrooms!

Thank you to all our amazing ESPs!

Before you preheat the oven and set the table, check out this resource on how to reframe how we talk to young people about Thanksgiving.

Text: How to Talk to Your Kids About Thanksgiving Explained by a Native American Author

Play Audio: https://dcs.megaphone.fm/BUR7190298064.mp3?key=fdfed17a1f4b2aaa8405253141764221

Calling all Weymouth School kiddos! How would you like to win a ride to school in a police cruiser??? We are collecting non-perishable foods for the Weymouth Food Pantry during the month of November. For each item donated, you will be given a raffle ticket to enter to win a ride to school if you are a resident and student in the town. Not a kiddo that’s interested in winning a ride? You can still donate!! Currently these items are on their wishlist:

Cold cereal, hearty soup(Progresso/chunky), side dishes (Knorrs/Zatarans), condiments (ketchup, mayo, mustard), solid white tuna, jelly, jam, cooking oil, jarred pasta sauce, coffee, tea and boxed sugar.

The collection box in the police station lobby.

There will be 3 winners and the winning tickets will be drawn the first week of December!

Link to Weymouth Police Department Facebook Post Here

• Friday, November 11: No School - Veterans Day/Veterans Day Parade
• Thursday, November 17 - School Committee
• Friday, November 18 - Sunday, November 20: WHTC Presents Seussical
• Thursday, November 24 & Friday, November 25: No School - Thanksgiving Break

We’re honored to bring the #USCoastGuardBand to #Weymouth for an amazing performance on Fri., Dec 9 at 7PM at the Maria Weston Chapman Middle School Theatre! The event is free, but tickets are required. We’ll announce the ticket release soon!

For a quick tutorial on how to login to Aspen, find your child’s report card, and/or find your child’s Special Education progress report:

• How to login into the Aspen Family Portal

• How to find your child’s report card

• How to find your child’s Special Education progress report

• Johnson Early Childhood Center | Principal Maura Perez | Asst. Principal Holly MacKay
• Academy Avenue Elementary | Principal Patrick Higgins
• Murphy Elementary School | Principal Patrick Costello | Asst. Principal Dennis Jones

• Pingree Elementary | Principal Heather Ronan | Asst. Principal
• Nash Elementary | Principal Nancy Schuhwerk
• Hamilton Elementary School | Principal Jeremy Burm | Asst. Principal Ashley Panetta
• Seach Elementary School | Principal Nerecesa Pires | Asst. Principal Sandra Walters
• Ralph Talbot Elementary | Principal Kathleen Connelly- Day
• Wessagusset Elementary School | Principal Lindsey Fratolillo | Asst. Principal Nicole Doherty
• Chapman Middle School | Principal Matthew Meehan | Associate Principal Jennifer Dolan
• Weymouth High School | Principal Karen Monahan | Associate Principal Rebecca Paulhas