All right, Weston, this is so going to be a biased post because well, sometimes a spade is just a spade. Both Owlets are on the Weston HS boys soccer team and both are having a great time. Not because they are winning (Weston is currently 0-2-2) but because they are playing with friends they have had since second grade
Read moreTonight’s Friday Night Lights opener is the first home football game of the Weston High School Wildcats, who will take on the Sharon High School Eagles (cool mascot, one must admit, but ‘cats win) at 7pm on Proctor Field. Weston fans are encouraged to wear black (hence the “blackout”) but can in fact wear any color except orange unless you are
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 moreHow is it almost time for school and yellow buses and pumpkin spice drinks? Fine, still some time left but let’s just assume there are some elementary school parents somewhere who are anxiously awaiting the supply lists of colored binders, dividers and wide-ruled spiral notebooks. Don’t even pretend that is not you, Woodland and Country parents, I see you and
Read moreWeston High School graduated the amazing Class of 2022 on Friday, June 3 on the Town Green. They are amazing because of how they weathered a pandemic that cut short sophomore year, changed junior year between hybrid and in-person masked learning, and started their senior year with masks and testing. They gave up study-abroad opportunities, cut short or changed athletic
Read moreOver the past several years, including during the pandemic, the Middle School garden has been growing and getting more beautiful and productive. The Owl is frequently around the High School and Middle School campus while waiting for Owlet athetic practices to end and always walks by the garden which is in a sunny spot right next to the Middle School
Read moreWhen the Owl last saw Weston High School’s Quiz Bowl team back in March, they were in competition in Massachusetts on the WGBH Quiz Show, answering tough questions about mathy stuff and other subjects that the Owl clearly needs to study just a little bit more. While they eventually were beaten by North Quincy on the April 30 show, the
Read moreIt looks like it’s time to storm one of our neighbor towns, Westonians–let’s round up the Minute People at Lamson Playground and march at dawn. Okay, maybe like 9 am after the traffic calms a bit crossing 117 at Church Street. Before you get out your best walking shoes, here’s what’s going on. In summary, Weston is one of 16
Read moreCommunication this afternoon from Dr. Midge Connolly, WPS School Superintendent, and Jamy Gaynor, Director of Health Services, confirmed that tomorrow, February 28, 2022, will begin the next phase of Covid precautions with masks being optional for all students, faculty and staff at Weston High School, Middle School and Field School. Both Woodland and Country K-3 elementary schools are mask-required until
Read moreNumbers published Thursday, January 20 by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) show Weston public schools with 56 students and 7 staff testing positive in the last 7 days (1/13-1/19), compared with 67 students and 20 staff in the prior period (1/6-1/12). Numbers published on January 5 by DESE showed 81 students and 35 staff testing positive
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