Friday, September 6, 2019 | Westford Public Schools

Good afternoon,

Week # 2 is in the books. WA Athletics are in full swing, including WA Crew which begins tomorrow. (WA Crew will welcome any new student-athletes; experienced or novice- See Our Athletic Director, Mr. Bunyon in the Main Office if interested.) There are many co-curricular activities for students to join at W.A. For a $100 fee students may participate in as many activities as they wish. Please have your student see Dean Ms. Betsy Murphy if they have questions. Athletics and Co-Curricular activities are a great way to meet new friends, and to make some high school memories. Good for the resume as well. My recommendation to students is to find an activity that you are interested in and STICK WITH IT! Or try something new! Become a leader of that activity. Colleges and Universities like to see a student stay with something over the four years and not add titles to the resume. Finding the balance of academics, co-curriculars, and social time is highly recommended.

Best of luck to all of our athletic teams with weekend and this season!

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Nurses Clinic
If your child has a life threatening allergy, please have them bring 1 epipen to the clinic along with the epipen paperwork that was sent out over the summer. If you have misplaced these forms they can be found on the WPS website under health forms. Please Note: Students will not be allowed to attend any field trips without the proper documentation and medications. Feel free to call the clinic if you have any questions.

Items Forgotten At Home

Should your child contact you during the school day and ask that you drop off his or her homework, Chromebook, project, lunch, sports equipment, musical instrument etc., please know that the main office will not take responsibility for getting these items to your child. Should you choose to bring these items in for your child, we ask that you please place them on the “drop-off” bookshelf in the main office. It will be up to you to communicate to your child that these items are in the main office ready to be picked up.

Student Dismissals

Have your student bring in a dismissal note (given to the attendance secretary Karin Brown who sits in the Guidance Department).

OR:

Call the attendance line at 978-692-5570 then press #1 to leave a detailed message. Have your student pick up their dismissal pass from the Attendance Secretary (Karin Brown) prior to the dismissal time. Please note that a dismissal is NOT valid unless these steps are followed.

Senior Parent Night - September 11th at 6:30 PM

Class of 2020 Parents/Guardians: You are invited to "Senior Parent Night" to learn more about the college application/admissions process on Wednesday September 11 at 6:30pm in the PAC. We hope to see you there!

Westford Academy’s DECA Business Club

Westford Academy’s DECA Business Club is holding its annual “Student/Parent Informational Nights” on Tuesday (9/24), and it will be repeated on Wednesday (9/25) in WA’s PAC. Both meetings begin at 7pm. We are holding the same meeting (with identical content) on consecutive nights to better accommodate everyone’s busy schedule. The meeting should run about 30-40 minutes. It is mandatory for all interested members, and parents are strongly urged to attend. DECA Advisors will be available to answer all parent and student questions. For the parents’ convenience, DECA Officers will be collecting any cash or checks for WA’s Activity Fee ($100 - check made out to “WPS Clubs”) and the DECA Fee ($100, which includes membership and the first field trip held in January - check made out to “WA DECA”). Any questions? Please contact DECA Advisor, John Rogers: jrogers@westfordk12.us

Seal of Biliteracy

To celebrate our students who are literate in another language (a spoken World Language, American Sign Language, Latin, etc) as well as English, Westford Public Schools is pleased to announce our participation in the Seal of Biliteracy, a Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education program. The Seal of Biliteracy is awarded to high school seniors who have demonstrated a high level of literacy and have met the criteria outlined in the official state program. However, language learning is a lifelong process and we wanted to inform all of our students and families of this exciting future opportunity; our elementary students who may already speak another language at home, our middle school students who may be learning another language for the first time, as well as our high school students who may be picking up a new language or expanding their knowledge of a language they already know. To learn more:https://www.westfordk12.us/wa/friday-email/files/seal-biliteracy

Earn Community Service Hours at Friends of East Boston Camps Fall Festival!

Where: At East Boston Camps in Westford

When: Sunday October 6, 11:00AM to 5:00PM

Volunteer Work: Face painting, Beading, Donut Stringing, Lanyards, Tattoos, Potato Sack races, Pumpkin Painting, Hula Hoops, Blongo Ball, Ring Toss, Corn Toss, Other activities. If you are interested in volunteering for 2 hours or more please contact Marcia Stokes at 978-846-5339 or Stokes4marcia@gmail.com by Wednesday September 15!

Compost Driver Volunteers Needed

Would you like to help our schools compost their fruit and veggie scraps at Westford Academy? We need volunteers to transport bags of fruit & veggie scraps, twice-a-week, from the Crisafulli and Blanchard schools over to Westford Academy, where students make compost. Compost drivers get free bags of compost! If interested, contact Sharon at westfordcommunitycompost@gmail.com

Have a great weekend. I hope the effects of Dorian stay far offshore! Please send some thoughts and prayers to the people of the Bahamas.

Respectfully, Jim Antonelli