Valedictory/Salutatory address! Great job Claire & Hailey! Way to go Class of 2024! #seniors #graduation #WHS
WRVC High Achievement, Sharpman Muhirwa! #trades #graduation #2024
Teachers matter, friends matter...let us go back to 5th grade! Relationships matter! #friends #memories #seniors
It's happening! What a great performance by the senior ensemble! #2024 #seniors #Westbrook #graduation
And so it begins! Commencement of the Class of 2024! Merrill is filling up! #2024 #seniors #graduation
Class Night 2024 is underway! #seniors #BlueBlazes
Thank you author Hana Khan and the students and families who attended the special event at WMS last evening. Ms.Khan also spent time at our elementary schools and had lunch with 5th graders at WMS during the day. She offered advice on reading and writing and reaffirmed the importance of telling stories that help us to see people like ourselves in literature.
Reminder: All K-8 students and families are invited to a presentation by renowned children's and young adult author Hena Khan this evening at 5:30 at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center. There will be refreshments, discounted book sales with books signed by the author, free books and learning activities, and fresh food for take home provided by the Locker Project. Hope to see you there!
Be sure to read this month's Teaching and Learning newsletter!
https://westbrooksdme.edurooms.com/engage/westbrook-school-department/newsletters/teaching-and-learning-newsletter-may-2024
There was a fuel spill on Main Street this morning that impacted power in the center of the city. WHS, WRVC, WMS, and Canal, and Central Office were without power for about 15 minutes but it has just been restored. If the situation changes, we will be in touch. Thank you,
Hello Westbrook Friends and Family,
Just a friendly reminder that the Westbrook High School Art Show is happening this week! April 29th- May 3rd, 3- 5 PM @ WHS (3rd Floor Art Suite). Prepare to be amazed by the breadth of talent on display from our creative high school artists. Congratulations to all the students who have participated in this exhibit!
Congratulations to Westbrook High School's SMAA Citizenship Award winners for 2024. Brooklyn T. and Owen P. were recently recognized at the Italian Heritage Center with a banquet honoring all 17 schools in the SMAA. It is a well-deserved honor for both of them.
Just a reminder… come to the Mad Science event this evening at 5:30pm at the Westbrook High School Auditorium. The presentation is about Space Science. There will be free books for all! This is a free event for families!
It’s Culture Week at Westbrook Middle School! Today, Namory Keita, Master Village Drummer from Sangbaralla, Guinea, performed for all students at an assembly. Throughout the week, there will be performances by the 7th and 8th grade Jazz Band, a Culture Museum hosted by 6th graders, the annual Heritage Potluck Dinner hosted by our 5th graders, and a Multilingual Team Dessert Buffet with a recipe book to be published. Culture Week is supported by Passport Club, Student Equity Leaders and Student Council.Thank you to Assistant Principal Ms. DiMaria, French and Spanish Teachers Ms. Nash and Senora Alvaraz, and Student Council advisor and Grade 6 teacher Mrs. Kuczewski for organizing the events.
Congratulations to Westbrook High School's SMAA Citizenship Award winners for 2024.
Brooklyn Thayer and Owen Pilsbury were recognized on Monday, April 8th at the Italian Heritage Center with a banquet honoring all 17 schools in the SMAA. It is a well-deserved honor for both of them. Congratulations again!!
Please read this month's Teaching and Learning Newsletter. Click on this link:
https://westbrooksdme.edurooms.com/engage/westbrook-school-department/newsletters/teaching-and-learning-newsletter-april-2024
We received information today that a man in a silver sedan, possibly a Chevrolet, with tinted windows followed and verbally accosted a high school student yesterday after school on Monroe Avenue, following her down Stroudwater Street to Vocational Drive. This was recorded on our security cameras. The student is safe and reported the incident to the School Resource Officer today. The Westbrook Police are investigating the incident and are providing additional presence in the area. Please contact the Westbrook Police at 207-854-0644 if you have any information about this concerning situation.
Please take a moment to respond to this very brief survey. We'd like your feedback on the Remote Learning Days as well as how the next school year will begin. Thank you!
Link to the survey: https://forms.gle/VN4cJM89MzzRbSpH9
We are all set to have school tomorrow as all schools have power, and I hope you do as well at your homes. This will be an unusual week with schedules. Remember that on Monday, we will have a one hour early release due to the Total Eclipse. Students will be dismissed one hour before the usual dismissal time. We have our regular one hour Early Release on Wednesday. On Thursday, we have an Early Dismissal due to School/Family Conferences. WHS and WRVC will be dismissed at 10:25, WMS at 10:15, and the elementary schools at 11:30. There will be no school on Friday or all of next week for April vacation. Please call your schools if you have any questions. Let’s all hope for warm weather whether you are traveling or staying at home! Take care!
All Westbrook Schools will be closed tomorrow, Friday April 5 due to power outages in much of the city, including Congin, staff unable to commute to school, and unsafe road and sidewalk conditions. It will be a traditional snow day with no remote learning. While we had planned for the possibility of two days of remote learning in advance, there were many challenges for students and staff today due to power and internet outages to make a second day feasible. Thank you to our staff, students, and families for doing their best to make the most of a remote learning day. And thank you to our custodians who have been working since early this morning to keep up with the snow. All before and after school activities are canceled on Friday as well. Be safe as this messy spring storm clears out.
