Weston High School’s Quiz Show team will be back on air this March, taking on Mystic Valley Charter in the first round of this fun and challenging High School Quiz Show. For those unfamiliar with the show, local station WGBH’s High School Quiz Show® is a single-elimination academic team competition for all high school students in Massachusetts. This is not Jeopardy,
Read moreIt’s a Cinderella story…no, it’s not, people, because the Wildcat Girls aren’t waiting for a prince and there are absolutely no glass slippers allowed on the track at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. Saturday’s Division 5 MSTCA* Relay meet was won by Weston for the first time since 2013 and it all came down to the last race because
Read moreTwo weeks ago, the Boston Globe named Weston High School’s John Monz as Coach of the Year for the eighth time. For those of you who don’t know “Monz” (I am pretty sure that 80% of those who know him call him only by “Monz. “One Owlet was unaware he had a first name–or perhaps thought it was “coach”), he
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
Read moreNumbers published Thursday, January 13 by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) show Weston public schools with 67 students and 20 staff testing positive in the last 7 days (1/6-1/12). As you may recall, numbers published on January 5 by DESE showed 81 students and 35 staff testing positive over 14 days (12/23-1/5). So, are things getting
Read moreTonight’s School Committee meeting has the “usual” updates as well as the new normal which is Covid response discussion. As covered in the Owl, the cases of Covid in the public school system have jumped post-holiday break. A well-written and detailed communication yesterday from the district’s Director of Health Services, Jamy Gaynor, significantly allayed at least the Owl’s parental anxieties.
Read moreThe Weston Educational Enrichment Fundraising Committee announced this morning that the $80,000 fundraising goal for the fall had been met, and that the participation challenge was won by Country School. 35% of Country School families donated, while Field School came in a close second at 33% and will be provided with free pretzels. No, not really. The reward for Country
Read moreUpdate January 8: Weston Public Schools published district numbers for the week ending January 7. Numbers for the week are higher than those published by DESE, and for a shorter time period. Thursday must have been an ugly day in diagnostics. Weston’s numbers can be found here or by screenshot below: +++ Numbers published Wednesday January 5 by the Massachusetts
Read moreAfter a nailbiter of an afternoon, Weston Public Schools Superintendent Midge Connolly finally made everyone’s day by issuing an official “Snow Day Proclamation” after seemingly every single one of our neighboring towns called it earlier in the day. It reminds me of sitting in front of the radio as a kid listening…”Darien Parochial Schools closed today…Darien Public and Private Schools
Read moreThe seemingly-neverending pandemic has affected many aspects of everyday life as well as long-time special programs of the public school system. One of the programs most affected (though the Owl would say it was already on the rocks) is the high school foreign exchange program. Since 1961, students from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul High School in
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