Strong attendance today creates brighter opportunities tomorrow.
Hey students — showing up is your superpower. Each day you’re in class you level up your skills, meet friends, and get closer to your dreams. Be here. Be curious. Be unstoppable. #AchievingExcellenceTogether
Click on the link below for the latest edition of "Superintendent's Spotlight". This week, our guests included Westfield High School Principal Chuck Jendrysik, Career Center Counselor Patty Healy and seven WHS students, who talked about their work-based learning experiences. The students were very impressive. Westfield Technical Academy Culinary Arts staff and students also helped us to recognize National Quesadilla Day. Thanks for watching!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g_15zoNN-s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g_15zoNN-s
Westfield Technical Academy's Tiger's Pride Restaurant will be open on Thursday, September 25 and Friday, September 26 from 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. this week. Stop by for a terrific lunch prepared by our talented students. For more information, please call 413-564-3123. Thank you!
Home really is shaping up to be a sweet venue for the Westfield Technical Academy High School golf team. Westfield Tech remained near-perfect at home, winning their third match at Shaker Farms Country Club on Thursday by defeating Turners Falls, 170-198. The Tigers improved to 3-1 at home and 3-5 overall.
Westfield Tech’s No. 1 golfer Dan O’Connor led all golfers with a 40 on the par 37 course. The Tigers’ No. 3 golfer, Owen Colbath placed second on the day with a 41. The team’s No. 4 golfer Ayden Ciavola finished with a 43. No. 2 golfer Josh Elmer and No. 5 golfer Jacob Wilson tied for fourth with a 46.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2025/09/westfield-technical-academy-golf-improves-to-3-1-at-shaker-farms-cc.html
Westfield Tech’s No. 1 golfer Dan O’Connor led all golfers with a 40 on the par 37 course. The Tigers’ No. 3 golfer, Owen Colbath placed second on the day with a 41. The team’s No. 4 golfer Ayden Ciavola finished with a 43. No. 2 golfer Josh Elmer and No. 5 golfer Jacob Wilson tied for fourth with a 46.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2025/09/westfield-technical-academy-golf-improves-to-3-1-at-shaker-farms-cc.html
Through September 12, Westfield Technical Academy's Daily Attendance Rate was 97.64%. Great job, Tigers!
✨ Consistent attendance = consistent success! ✨
Every day in school is a chance to learn, grow, and connect. When students show up, they set themselves up for achievement today and opportunities tomorrow. Let’s make attendance a priority—it’s the first step toward reaching every goal! 📚✅ #AttendanceMatters #EveryDayCounts
Every day in school is a chance to learn, grow, and connect. When students show up, they set themselves up for achievement today and opportunities tomorrow. Let’s make attendance a priority—it’s the first step toward reaching every goal! 📚✅ #AttendanceMatters #EveryDayCounts
More than 20 people, some virtually, attended the first Special Education Parent Advisory Committee (SEPAC) meeting of the school year on Sept. 11 in the Westfield River Elementary library to meet Gregory Rosenthal, Westfield’s new administrator of special services and student support services.
Most recently, Rosenthal, who started on July 1, was the director of special education and student services for the Douglas Public Schools. Prior to that role, he had a similar one with the Northbridge Public Schools. He has also worked as a special education teacher and administrator in public schools and out-of-district private special education schools.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2025/09/parents-turn-out-to-meet-new-special-education-administrator.html
Most recently, Rosenthal, who started on July 1, was the director of special education and student services for the Douglas Public Schools. Prior to that role, he had a similar one with the Northbridge Public Schools. He has also worked as a special education teacher and administrator in public schools and out-of-district private special education schools.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2025/09/parents-turn-out-to-meet-new-special-education-administrator.html
Click on the link below for the latest episode of "Superintendent's Spotlight". This week we spoke with elementary school teachers from Southampton Road School and Highland School about developing building Thinking Classrooms in Grade 4. Students and staff from Westfield Technical Academy's Culinary Arts Program also joined us in the second half of the show to help celebrate National Hot Cross Buns Day. Thanks for watching!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv_WLOadUqI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv_WLOadUqI
Everyday counts! Consistent attendance builds success in school & beyond. #attendancematters
Click on the link below for this morning's season premiere of "Superintendent's Spotlight". This week, we spoke with our new Director of Special Education, Dr. Gregory Rosenthal, and celebrated 'Eat an Extra Dessert Day' with staff and students from Westfield Technical Academy's Culinary Arts Department. Thanks for watching!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Vy78U2Agg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Vy78U2Agg
Last week, Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski and Director of Curriculum and Instruction Susan Dargie were guests on "Rock on Westfield", to talk about the start of the school year. Click on the link below. Thanks for watching!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLO_k13gWi4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLO_k13gWi4
New student orientation schedules, opening dates and other important information have been announced for Westfield Public Schools.
Westfield High School invites all incoming freshman, new and transfer students and their parents and guardians to attend a freshman and Parent Orientation on Monday, Aug. 25, from 9-11 a.m. This will be an opportunity to get acquainted with the school and programs that are offered at Westfield High School.
Westfield Middle School is inviting incoming seventh graders to an orientation on Aug. 25 at 5 p.m., where they will meet administration, receive general school information, student schedules, and participate in a self-guided tour of the building.
An orientation for new students to Westfield Intermediate School is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 19 at noon. There will be a short information session followed by a fun scavenger hunt around the school. New students will get to explore the building, find their classrooms, and discover many of the great things WIS has to offer.
Elementary schools in the city are also scheduling playdates for entering kindergarteners and preschoolers.
Highland Elementary is having a pre-K and kindergarten playdate on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at 9:30-10:30 a.m. for pre-K and 11 a.m. to noon for kindergarten. Come and meet the other students and their families and enjoy a fun time with chalk and bubbles and special guests Spiderman and Moana.
Munger Hill Elementary School is hosting Preschool Popsicle with a Principal at the school playground on Monday, Aug. 25, from 5-6 p.m.; and Kindergarten Popsicle with a Principal in the school playground on Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 5=6 p.m.
Paper Mill Elementary will have a Kindergarten playdate on the school playground on Monday, Aug. 25, from 5-6 p.m.
Southampton Road Elementary will have a preschool and kindergarten playdate on Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the school playground.
Westfield River Elementary’s Kindergarten playdate is on Tuesday, Aug. 19, from 4-5 p.m. outdoors in the back courtyard. Please enter by the side lot through the cafeteria.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2025/08/new-student-orientations-and-school-start-dates-announced-for-westfield-schools.html
This summer, Elm Electrical is once again offering free four-day training sessions for students interested in the electrical field and for prospective co-op students at one of three “Elm Futures” training seminars. The seminars are held in “Elm University,” the company’s inhouse training program.
ELM Futures training seminars provide exposure to the field for high school students who don’t attend a technical school and for trade students who want to continue learning skills over the summer. One session took place in June and Session 2 ran July 13-17. Session 3, which runs from Aug. 4-7 is already full, with a waitlist.
On Monday through Wednesday during the training seminars, students receive instruction in Elm’s state-of-the-art multimedia classrooms and hands-on lab. Thursday, the final day, is Challenge Day where students apply what they’ve learned and complete a project board challenge. ELM project managers evaluate their work and offer feedback.
Students in Session 2 came from Westfield Technical Academy. “It’s been a great week. Paul was awesome. I’ve learned a lot of more advanced stuff this week, so that’s been pretty cool,” said Antonio Simpson of Westfield Technical Academy at the end of last week’s training.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2025/07/area-students-learn-electrical-skills-at-elm-futures-training-seminars.html
ELM Futures training seminars provide exposure to the field for high school students who don’t attend a technical school and for trade students who want to continue learning skills over the summer. One session took place in June and Session 2 ran July 13-17. Session 3, which runs from Aug. 4-7 is already full, with a waitlist.
On Monday through Wednesday during the training seminars, students receive instruction in Elm’s state-of-the-art multimedia classrooms and hands-on lab. Thursday, the final day, is Challenge Day where students apply what they’ve learned and complete a project board challenge. ELM project managers evaluate their work and offer feedback.
Students in Session 2 came from Westfield Technical Academy. “It’s been a great week. Paul was awesome. I’ve learned a lot of more advanced stuff this week, so that’s been pretty cool,” said Antonio Simpson of Westfield Technical Academy at the end of last week’s training.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2025/07/area-students-learn-electrical-skills-at-elm-futures-training-seminars.html
June 30 was the official last day before retirement of Westfield Technical Academy allied health department head and SkillsUSA chapter advisor Maureen Baillargeon of Russell, who has been at the school since 2002.
https://www.masslive.com/boston/2025/07/wta-allied-health-teacher-maureen-baillargeon-retires-after-stellar-year.html
https://www.masslive.com/boston/2025/07/wta-allied-health-teacher-maureen-baillargeon-retires-after-stellar-year.html
Westfield Technical Academy Principal Bruce Hastings and Assistant Principal Kevin Dailey could not contain their excitement after internet technology graduate Brady LePage brought back a second-in-a-row gold medal win for Internet of Things: Smart Home technology from the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference competition in Atlanta, Georgia, June 23-27.
“It’s not often that we get to boast about being the absolute best in something. What if you get to do it twice?” WTA administrators posted on Facebook after the LePage’s win. “We would love to introduce your TWO TIME CHAMPION and REPEAT NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND SKILLS CONFERENCE WINNER — BRADY LEPAGE! Brady flew into the NLSC with a big task — doing it all over again. First gold medal winner for WTA and he went right back to say it was no fluke,” the post read.
The internet of things competition tests each competitor’s preparation and professionalism in the field of home technology integration. Competitors demonstrate their abilities in the installation of “smart home” residential products including bulbs; thermostats; locks; alarms; sensors, cameras, speakers, home theater systems, computer networking, and video security systems. The competition also requires a demonstration of all hardware and software setup, completed in an easy-to-understand manner fit for the typical customer
Also qualifying for nationals with a gold medal win at states was Nolan Lukasik for diesel equipment technology, which tested 50 competitors from around the country on stations testing, troubleshooting engines, electrical and electronics systems and powertrain systems including chassis, transmissions, and carriers.
Lukasik, who graduated in June alongside LePage, will be continuing in the field, working full-time for Advantage Truck Group after working at ATG’s Westfield facility through the school’s cooperative education program this past year.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2025/07/brady-lepage-repeats-with-a-gold-medal-win-at-skillusa-nationals.html
“It’s not often that we get to boast about being the absolute best in something. What if you get to do it twice?” WTA administrators posted on Facebook after the LePage’s win. “We would love to introduce your TWO TIME CHAMPION and REPEAT NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND SKILLS CONFERENCE WINNER — BRADY LEPAGE! Brady flew into the NLSC with a big task — doing it all over again. First gold medal winner for WTA and he went right back to say it was no fluke,” the post read.
The internet of things competition tests each competitor’s preparation and professionalism in the field of home technology integration. Competitors demonstrate their abilities in the installation of “smart home” residential products including bulbs; thermostats; locks; alarms; sensors, cameras, speakers, home theater systems, computer networking, and video security systems. The competition also requires a demonstration of all hardware and software setup, completed in an easy-to-understand manner fit for the typical customer
Also qualifying for nationals with a gold medal win at states was Nolan Lukasik for diesel equipment technology, which tested 50 competitors from around the country on stations testing, troubleshooting engines, electrical and electronics systems and powertrain systems including chassis, transmissions, and carriers.
Lukasik, who graduated in June alongside LePage, will be continuing in the field, working full-time for Advantage Truck Group after working at ATG’s Westfield facility through the school’s cooperative education program this past year.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2025/07/brady-lepage-repeats-with-a-gold-medal-win-at-skillusa-nationals.html
Congratulations to Brandon Parks (WTA class of 2023) and Alanie Sanchez (WTA Grade 10) for winning the Friends of Barnes Scholarship. The scholarship is for $2500 each and will be used for pilot lessons. Special thanks to Joe Ballard, owner of Fly Lugu Flight Training, for making this scholarship possible.
The Westfield Starfires, in collaboration with Westfield Technical Academy and Westfield Middle School hosted a Baseball in Education Day on June 11 at Bullens Field.
Students rotated between watching the Starfires game, enjoying lunch, and participating in the WTA “Road Show” — a traveling showcase of WTA’s career and technical education programs.
WTA Vice Principal Kevin Daley said the seventh and eighth grade students were given the opportunity to walk through a display of all 11 career technical areas, ask questions, and meet and interact with students from the shops. “It was an opportunity to promote WTA, and a community outreach to the seventh and eighth grade students,” he said.
WMS Assistant Principal Karoline Kells, who helped to organize the event, said the students walked to Bullens Field from school. At the start of the game, the chorus sang the national anthem, and the band played “HandClap” by Fitz and the Tantrums.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2025/06/starfires-partner-with-wta-and-wms-for-baseball-in-education-day.html
Students at a local middle school mixed education and fun, with a special appearance from the Westfield Starfires.
Westfield middle schoolers got to enjoy a baseball game in the sun, but also got to learn the science behind the sport. It was a busy day for Westfield Middle School on Wednesday, as they partnered with Westfield Technical Academy and the Westfield Starfires baseball team for a STEM career showcase.
The middle school students got the chance to interact with the technical school and see if it’s a high school they would want to attend. From aviation and construction to auto-tech, manufacturing, and electric wiring, the options for industries offered varied.
https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/westfield-starfires-join-students-for-stem-showcase/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwY2xjawK3lfdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFwS0t6dEwycnVQSWxndkhPAR4bdDFFfdwz70Z1EIfxwbOA4dpnrmAqIunR5ZSa1EZ72z7kjgFdVRnZ49_Q0A_aem_PzRQXWFcEMD_ttwvcIYmrw
Westfield Technical Academy Valedictorian Micah Reimann is ready to go to work at Bern Optics on Southampton Road in Westfield. After completing cooperative education at Bern, he will start full-time as a computer numerical control machinist after a short break.
“I find it very rewarding,” Reimann said. He will begin on setups, operation and programming on milling machines. The company makes glass lenses and prisms and other specialty pieces.
“For the time being, I plan to work full-time for a year. After that, I am considering going to school for mechanical engineering.” Because he attended Westfield Technical Academy’s manufacturing program, Reimann said he will get some “really nice” credit benefits going to Springfield Technical Community College, and be able to skip past the introductory courses.
“If I go there, I would be able to get my associate’s, then I could pick my four-year school to get my bachelor’s,” he said.
About Westfield Technical Academy, Reimann said, “I loved it - it was great. I vastly appreciate going to a technical school. I recommend it to anyone ever planning to go to high school ever. There are no downsides. I have skills I never would have acquired any other way. I recommend it highly.”
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2025/06/wta-valedictorian-micah-reimann-says-hes-ready-for-the-challenge.html