Pick up for all Lyman Pie/Cookie Dough orders will be held on Thursday November 9th at the school. We are asking for all orders to be picked up between 4:45-5:45pm.
These items will need to be refrozen once they are picked up.
Our first trimester event is coming! In celebration of our countless blue paws earned, Gold Classroom Certificates and Positive Peer referrals, we are having a scavenger hunt! Students in K-2 will go hunting on on November 14th and 3rd and 4th grade will be going on Friday, November 17th.
Please be advised of our changes to the dismissal- all walkers will be dismissed by grade level. This is to ensure the safety of our students.
If you missed the latest "Superintendent's Spotlight" this morning, please click on the link below. This week, we spoke with Westfield Technical Academy's School Resource Office Bryan Turgeon about school safety, threat assessments, and our most recent safety drills. Thanks for watching!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WazZZHC4gIY
Paper Mill's phones are down. We are not able to receive calls or make phone calls out.
Please do not send your children in Halloween costumes on October 31st. Students should come dressed as they normally do.
Please be advised our phone lines are down.
Paper Mill students and staff would like to thank our PTO for our amazing Fall Festival. Students and Families had a wonderful evening of Fall Fun. Thank you PTO for creating such a fun, well organized event.
Tomorrow begins our Paper Mill Merchandise Sale. This sale allows you to show your support for Paper Mill. There are sweatshirts and T-shirts available for purchase. Flyers are going home tomorrow with students.
Picture Day is October 26th. Bring your smiles to school!
Parent Teacher conferences are taking place on October 25th. If you would like to set up a conference, please reach out to your child's teacher. Due to the conferences, October 25th will be an early release at 12:15.
As part of its continuing work with the Westfield Police Department and ongoing training for students and staff, the Westfield School Department will conduct lockdown drills the week of Oct. 23-27, using the enhanced procedures of what is called ALICE, which stands for “alert, lockdown, inform, counter, evacuate.”
Christopher Rogers, director of operations and safety, said Westfield has been using the ALICE protocol since 2014-15.
“It’s research-based, and it provides our staff and at the upper grades our students the ability to make decisions in real time based on the information they have that is critical to their safety,” he said.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/10/westfields-public-schools-will-conduct-lockdown-drills-later-this-month.html
Click here for the latest Westfield Public Schools District Newsletter: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1997/WPS/3618809/WPS_NEWSLETTER_2023-Q1.pdf
PumpkinFest is back, rain or shine, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, on the athletic fields behind Amelia Park off South Broad Street in Westfield.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/10/westfield-on-weekends-pumpkinfest-promises-family-fun-amid-autumn-traditions.html
Fall is in the air! Well, it may still feel like summer, but school is in full swing. We just concluded our Penny Wars fundraiser and the students enjoyed filling the buckets and the friendly competition among grade levels. We raised $1,326.47 for our Paper Mill PTO. Thank you to everyone who donated to this fun event!
Good afternoon,
If you have already started the process of completing the Back to School Forms, please complete the forms and submit online. If you need assistance in completing the form, please contact the main office at your child's school.
Thank you,
Westfield Public Schools
A nationwide test of the emergency and wireless alert systems will be conducted Wednesday at 2:20 p.m. ET, when a message will be sent to all cellphones, TVs and radios.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said in a news release in August that a message that reads, “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed,” will be sent to all phones.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/national-emergency-alert-test-cell-phone-wednesday-text-rcna118468
If you missed "Superintendent's Spotlight" yesterday, please click on the link below. This week, we met our Special Education Administrators and talked about some of the special education programming in the district. Thanks for watching!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXJRLwVJTMM
Our next SEPAC meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 5 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Tiger's Pride Restaurant in Westfield Technical Academy. Please click on "view image" for more information. Thank you!
CALLING ALL LOCAL STUDENT ARTISTS!
The City Clerk's Office invites local students K‐12 to enter the Westfield Elections' Coloring Contest. The first of hopefully many coloring contests will be to design your own ‘I Voted’ sticker. Winning artwork will be used in Westfield Election materials, promotions and outreach and exhibited through the City. The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2023. A completed entry form must accompany each sticker design. Official details and entry form can be found here: "I Voted" Sticker Design Competition | Westfield, MA - Official Website (cityofwestfield.org) Need a paper copy? Stop by the City Clerk's Office, 59 Court Street, Room 210 between 9AM-5PM.
https://www.cityofwestfield.org/895/I-Voted-Sticker-Design-Competition