01/05/26Week of January 5th
Pledge Leaders
Hunter Shooman
Rocco Rodrigues
Emma Vadala
Andrew Haughton
Laura Asriyan
Early Release Wednesday, January 7th
Dismissal will be at 12:00 Noon. Lunch will not be served.
Math League
Dear Parents of Students in Grades 3, 4, & 5,
We are excited to welcome Math League back for the winter/spring 2026. The season will begin on Friday, January 9th and run through Friday, March 20th, ending in a town-wide math meet on Wednesday, March 25th.
Math League is a district-wide mathematics program facilitated by the PTO. Math League is a fun way to get students excited about math and working together outside the curriculum!
Interested students in grades 3-5 in each elementary school meet on Friday mornings 7:40-8:40 am, before school to practice fun and stimulating math problems. These one-hour problem-solving sessions are run by parent coaches, along with the support of parent volunteers. (Note: participation in the March meet is optional for students.)
School Committee News
We continue to offer opportunities for residents to share their input on the Westwood Public Schools with members of the School Committee and the District Administration with an office hours forum. We would also like to make you aware of a change to the January School Committee Meeting date and start time.
Office Hours 1/12
Our next office hours session will be held on Monday, January 12 from 8:30-10:00 am in the District Administration Professional Development Room, located on the campus of Westwood High School at 220 Nahatan St. You may stop in at any time during the session and join the discussion with other members of the community. School Committee members JoAnna French and Dori Parmelee will be joined by several district leaders, including Superintendent Tim Piwowar and Assistant Superintendent Caitlin Ahern.
If you are interested in attending, we encourage you to sign up through this link.
School Committee Meeting 1/21
The next open School Committee Meeting has been moved from January 15 to Wednesday, January 21 at 7:00 pm. (Please note the later start time in addition to the new date.)
Sincerely,
Westwood School Committee
Special Olympics for Athletes
We wanted to share that Special Olympics will be a running a Young Athletes Program for athletes ages 2-7 at the start of the new year. This is a free program that focuses on motor skills and fun activities/stations. It will take place at Downey and will run on Sundays starting on January 11th from 9:30am-10:15am for 8 weeks through March 15th (with the weeks of MLK and Presidents Day off).
This is a new program to Westwood, and the goal is to continue to grow locally and provide additional programs to families in town.
Additionally, there will also be a Basketball Skills Program which will be take place after the Young Athletes Program from 10:30am-11:30am for athletes ages 6-12.
This is the link to register:
https://www.specialolympicsma.org/program/2026-winter-westwood-young-athletes-program---ages-2-to-7
Please print and put on your calendar!
Lunch and Library Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers for our lunchroom and library. We always appreciate your time in our lunchroom and in the library
Lunchroom: Sheehan School: 2025- 2026 Lunch Room Volunteers
Library: Sheehan School: Library Volunteers 2025-2026
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