Tomorrow night, Thursday October 21 at 6:30 pm, the Middle School and High School Choirs will be making beautiful music at a new outdoor venue, the Field School amphitheatre–and the weather looks perfect for it! Not only will we have low 60s but at 6:34 pm, we have moonrise! So you’ll be listening to these wonderful singing groups under the
Read moreA couple of weeks ago, the Owlmobile pulled up in front of the high school (yeah, bus lateness trauma still affects the Owlets) to be met by PTO President Nancy Trodden and Vice President Gail Palmer. They were talking with each driver to see if they were current members of the PTO. Happily, I was able to answer in the
Read moreOn Saturday, October 16, 2021 from 12-4 pm (Rain date is Sunday, October 17), the Town Green will be transformed by the Weston High School Pumpkin Festival Committee into a Halloween and fall-themed extravaganza. The annual WHS Pumpkin Festival is back for its 17th year, so bring your families and be prepared to de-goo a pumpkin, carve it, and bring
Read moreFor many fall high school sports, the bittersweet goodbye to senior teammates has begun. While senior year lasts until May (mentally maybe April 1), these are the last games that will be played with these seniors. Last week, Varsity Golf honored its seniors. Many of the other sports follow this week, as they enter their last or second to last
Read moreFor those of you with students in one of our three cutely-named elementary schools (Country, Woodland and Field), you may want to sign in to zoom on Friday morning October 8 at 9 am to hear about plans for improvement. As was true for the middle school and high school presentations last Friday, this is an opportunity to hear from
Read moreSomehow I missed that School Improvement plans for the individual schools had been moved to fall discussion this year (spring was not so conducive for the obvious reasons). I have attended these whenever possible in the past, and I always learn something about the school my kids attend, or about a school to which they are moving in next years.
Read moreThe Weston Board of Health voted yesterday to keep the indoor mask mandate in place for all Weston K-12 schools through at least November 5. An email to the school community from District Superintendent Midge Connolly supported the decision. You can read that information here. Editorial comment to the schools administration: the quick and throrough write-up of the decision and
Read moreBeginning today, orders are being accepted for the Weston METCO Fruit Sale Fundraiser! Not only will you feel good for supporting this great program, but you get to eat too. And healthy! Well, don’t look at the cheesecakes also on the shopping list–or do: you only live once. Yes, you may also support cookies and popcorn sales for our local
Read moreWith Weston’s (American) football team away on Friday evening, it’s time for the other futebol (you know: the one you actually play with your feet) to take over Proctor Field. Thanks to some extra outreach from Athletic Director Mike McGrath, Boston Latin has agreed to push back the scheduled boys varsity soccer game to 6 pm on Friday night. This
Read moreThis afternoon at 4 pm, boys and girls Junior Varsity and Varsity soccer teams take on Acton-Boxborough–the boys are at home with Varsity on Field 1, Junior varsity on the middle school fields and girls are away at A-B High. If you’re around, come on out and cheer on the ‘cats. For game prep, I could not resist going over
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