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
The Westfield High School School Counseling Department is hosting a College Financial Aid Night on Wednesday, November 15 at 6pm. Troy Davis, Financial Aid Director at Springfield College will provide us with an overview of the financial aid process, including changes to the FAFSA form. Students and families are invited to attend. You do not want to miss this!
In three years, the Westfield High School chapter of Letters for Rose has grown to the second biggest in the nation, and the biggest in Massachusetts.
The nationwide club was founded in 2020 by two high school students in Montclair, New Jersey, who couldn’t continue their volunteer visits to area nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and became concerned about the seniors starting to feel isolated.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/10/card-writing-club-at-westfield-high-school-grows-to-nations-2nd-largest.html
Westfield High School juniors taking statistics and biomedical classes came to Southampton Road preschool on Oct. 19 to demonstrate scientific experiments with three- and four-year-olds for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Week.
Stations were set up in the school’s STEM room at the school, where the preschoolers rotated from one activity to another in small groups, with the district’s curriculum team overseeing the activities.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/10/westfield-high-school-students-teach-science-to-preschoolers-for-stem-week.html
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
On Thursday, teachers and staff at Westfield High School were treated to the surprise grand opening of their very own “Recharge Room.”
Several local businesses pooled their resources, time and talent to put together a comfortable, calming space for the school employees to relax and recharge during their day.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/10/businesses-donate-renovation-for-westfield-high-school-staff-to-recharge.html
If you missed the latest "Superintendent's Spotlight", please click on the link below. This week, our guests were Mrs. Korey Bruno and the Westfield High School Show Choir. The students performed several selections from their upcoming Fall Fest show and sounded amazing. Students and staff from Westfield Technical Academy's Culinary Arts Program also joined us to help celebrate National Apple Betty Day. Thanks for watching!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr3tL_Y3o_E
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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
Fran Smith has worn a lot of hats over the years. He has had a successful career in sales management, spearheaded the turnaround of fledgling newspapers around the globe, and is a husband and father.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/10/westfield-football-defensive-coordinator-fran-smith-celebrates-500th-game.html
Westfield High School has added basketball to its unified sports roster this year.
“Unified” sports bring together athletes with and without disabilities to train and compete on the same team. Unified basketball is a sport approved by the MIAA, which sanctions high school varsity competitions in Massachusetts, and sponsored by the Special Olympics.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/10/everyones-included-on-court-with-westfield-high-school-unified-basketball-team.html
The Governor's Youth Advisory Council will give young people from across the Commonwealth the opportunity to advise the Healey-Driscoll Administration on innovative solutions to some of the critical issues we face today such as climate, education, mental health, gun violence, housing, and more. Please click on the image below for more information on how to apply.
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
At the School Committee meeting on Sept. 18, Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski and School Business Administrator Shannon Barry asked members to approve the creation of a new Arts Gift Account, for monetary gift donations to the district earmarked for the arts.
Czaporowski said he was contacted by the trustees of the estate of Gerald Patrick, a Westfield alumnus who had a successful career as a professional artist and designer. The trustees said Patrick left a $100,000 donation to the arts programs in the schools in his will.
https://www.masslive.com/westfieldnews/2023/09/estate-of-artist-raised-in-westfield-donates-100k-for-arts-in-city-schools.html
If you missed "Superintendent's Spotlight" this morning, click on the link below. This week we talked with our Director of Curriculum and Instruction Susan Dargie about our curriculum renewal process and our new Social Emotional Learning Curriculum PreK-12. Thanks for watching!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL0RBFEBDVk
Please join us to learn about current trends in student substance use and to identify available school and community resources and interventions
