Technically this is a Parliament of Owls post, which means it is written by someone without talons. In this case, Katie Sopcik, the Director of Marketing & Communications for the West Suburban YMCA (and Weston resident) reached out to the Owl to post the following information: +++ Did you know that Weston is a community served by the West Suburban
Read moreSeveral folks have now sent the Owl a link to Boston Magazine’s high school rankings. It won’t be a spoiler to tell you that Weston is number one. The Owl has told you this since its first publication in January 2021. It’s nice for Boston Magazine to catch up. I find it a little insulting that now that they have
Read moreThe Owl stopped by the Town Hall today for early voting which she completed in 32.5 seconds and then spent a good amount of time hanging out in the Town Clerk’s office. There are always learnings to be had when one hangs around. Very few snacks though, which should be part of our next town budget. Our fabulous Town Clerk
Read moreThere will be some of you who will look at the title of this Owl and think “when will she ever stop talking about school stuff?” The answer is “never.” Go ‘cats! If you have a middle schooler, you may wish to pay attention to this Owl. The rest of you may wish to pay attention to watering your plants
Read moreThe Owl met new High School Assistant Principal Jennifer Knight last week, three days before official school start. Guidance and administrative staff were newly back on campus, the cafeteria floors being buffed, and the high school pond was in the process of muck-raking. The hallways were as yet empty, yet almost humming with anticipation. After a brief introduction by Principal
Read moreOn a quiet weekend (the last before school start), our neighbors to the north decided to take advantage of our battle Tahoes and Expeditions being otherwise occupied…and invaded. Fortunately, brave Westonians headed off the Lincoln scouts as they streamed into King’s Grant on Friday night. Dressed in stealthy fuzzy jackets, the scouts at first hid under brushy camouflage, scoping out
Read moreAs Weston hits the re-start button after a summer swanning around other places, the Women’s Community League of Weston has announced its fall and winter calendar. In addition, don’t forget to ante up on your membership dues and support the scholarship drive. Do it now before it’s time to buy popcorn from Scouts and athletes and get hit up by
Read moreOne of the good things to come out of the so-called pandemic years was the arrival of Paul Peri as principal of Weston High School in July 2020. If you want to enjoy a reprise of his intro to Weston through the Wes-TEN and the amazing interview skills of Alton Jenkins ’21, you can see that clip here at the
Read moreMonday, August 29 seems to be a magical day for ice cream here in Weston with two free ice cream events in one afternoon. The Owl perused the National Day of Whatever calendar but the only thing written is National Chop Suey day so that’s not it. There is also the WCCA Sports Equipment Swap from 4-6 pm so get
Read moreTick-tock says the end of summer clock–Weston School Bus Routes have been announced and are available for perusal on this page: https://www.westonschools.org/district/administration/transportation-department/bus-routes/. As a reminder, elementary schools begin the day at 8 am and dismiss at 2:20 pm while high school and middle school start at 8:45 am and dismiss at 3:15 pm. If you want to be impressed, note
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