West Bridgewater Public Schools

ATTENTION ALL WILDCAT FANS! It’s time to order your Thanksgiving Commemorative T-Shirt! This is a collaborative effort with the WB and EB Gridiron Clubs working together. Orders are accepted through Sunday, 11/3, at 11:59 PM! Once shirts are received in WB, pickup will be arranged with those who have ordered! Use the Google form link below. If you can not order through the link send your order or direct any questions via email to vikingsportsparents@gmail.com https://forms.gle/GMTkujrSK7gM1ZMz7

It's so awesome to see reading happening everywhere in our schools! Mrs. Ellis, Spring Street School secretary, takes time to read to some of our Kindergarten students in the office area!

Attention Parents/Guardians - Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out the Trunk or Treat at the MSHS on Saturday, October 26th from 2-4 pm in the main parking lot. The West Bridgewater National Honor Society sponsors this event. The students do an outstanding job! Suggested $5 per child donation and all proceeds go to the NHS Scholarship Fund.

Message from the West Bridgewater SEPAC Board of Directors Dear SEPAC Families, We are excited to invite you to our upcoming Special Education Basic Rights & Strategies workshop, which will take place virtually on Tuesday, 10/29 from 6 - 7:30 PM. This workshop, presented by Christine Riley of Cape Cod Advocate, is a valuable resource for parents and guardians to understand the special education process and your rights within it. While the workshop itself is virtual, we’re organizing a group viewing at the MSHS Learning Commons! Join us for an in-person opportunity to watch together, and support each other in understanding these important topics! Doors open at 5:45 PM. To Register: email Christine@capecodadvocate.com

Lunch with the Kindergarten Students—Mr. Bodwell is continuing the tradition of having lunch with the Kindergarten students. He has groups of 5-6 students down throughout the school year. It is the best part of the day!!

West Bridgewater Athletics - Congratulations to our student-athletes and coaches who are having a great Fall season. Check out the MIAA Power Rankings. So much fun watching them compete! https://www.miaa.net/tournaments/tournament-central/power-rankings

WB District Newsletter - I wanted to share the October District Newsletter with you. https://secure.smore.com/n/8dtbs There is A LOT of information included in this newsletter. I know how busy all of you are but I do hope that you will find some time to take a look at everything that is going on in our school district. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend

Fun Run - Great to see all of the excitement and fun at the Fun Run Fundraiser held at the MSHS for the Howard School students and our Kindergarten students. They also had a great time at the RLM for students in grades 1-3. Thank you to all those who participated and came out to cheer on our students! Thank you to the PTO for all of their hard work and dedication!

West Bridgewater Athletic Boosters Meeting - tomorrow (October 9th) at 7pm in the MSHS Learning Commons. All are welcome

Check out the upcoming information from the West Bridgewater SEPAC!

The West Bridgewater Fun Run fundraising has started. We’re raising funds for classroom enrichment and programming and we need YOUR help 🙏— it just takes a minute to sign up! ✅ Sign up at MyBooster.com ✅Share your page to friends & family with just a click. 🙌That’s it! It’s that easy to help your school!

Superintendent Coffee Hours for October - There will be an evening and morning option to join Mr. Bodwell for this month's Coffee Hour meetings. Thursday, October 10th at 5:00 pm or Friday, October 11th at 9:15 am. The same topics will be discussed at both meetings but hopefully, the times will allow for more participation. In-person is encouraged but there will also be a Google Meet option. Later this week an email will be sent to all families with a tentative agenda and sign-in information.

Superintendent Coffee Hour - Save the Date - Friday, October 11th starting at 9:15 am at the Spring Street School. More information will be sent out the week of the meeting including a Google Meet link.

College and Career Fair - So wonderful to see students in grades 10-12 participating in the fair in the gym this afternoon. Thank you to the colleges, universities, businesses, public safety, and military branches for coming today. There were over 55 tables for the students to visit. Thank you to the Guidance Department for their hard work and dedication. For pictures of the event check out the MSHS Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/wbmshs/

Check out the NEW Mud Kitchen at the Spring Street School - Preschool had so much fun playing and exploring in the new mud kitchen! Thank you to Mr. Keeley for building it!!! One amazing feature of the mud kitchen is the 2 working spouts! Teachers can fill the white buckets with water and the children can turn the spout on and off to get water!

Reminder about the upcoming WB SEPAC meeting on Tuesday, September 17th at 6:00 pm

The 1st Superintendent Coffee Hour with Mr. Bodwell will be on Friday, September 13th at 9:15 am at the Spring Street School. Please check in at the office. We hope to see you there but if you are not able to attend you can attend virtually through a Google Meet. The link was shared this week in an email.

If you did not see the District and School newsletters last week here they are: District Newsletter https://secure.smore.com/n/b940z-west-bridgewater-wildcat-pride Middle/Senior High School Newsletter https://secure.smore.com/n/kz7wt Howard School Newsletter https://secure.smore.com/n/ya6pus Rose L MacDonald Newsletter https://secure.smore.com/n/0cj7xq Spring Street School Newsletter https://secure.smore.com/n/u6ar3

WB District Newsletter for September https://secure.smore.com/n/b940z-west-bridgewater-wildcat-pride

This afternoon we were notified by the WB DPW that they were not able to finish paving North Elm Street due to possible weather conditions later today. The project was scheduled to be finished today. We know that this will affect traffic (bus and car) for the Rose L MacDonald School and we assume it will have a ripple effect on all schools. We apologize for any inconveniences or delays this may cause. We will continue to be in contact with Lucini Bus Company and the DPW and it is our collective goal to minimize delays. We know that over the first few days of school, there are always some delays with the new routes. We also know that drop off/pick up can take some time. We ask for your patience during this time and as in prior years route times and drop off/pick up times will improve after the first few days. The DPW has informed us that the paving will be completed tomorrow (Tuesday, August 27th)