http://woburnps.com/home  55 Locust St., Woburn, MA 01801   |   781-937-8233   |   info@woburnpublicschools.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:11:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wednesday, March 31 – 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Kennedy Middle School Auditorium Woburn Police School Resource Officer Division, Joyce and Kennedy PTO's are pleased to sponsor this free seminar for parents, teachers and other interested adults. It seems that not a day goes by without reading about bullying, cyber-bullying, incidents of sexting ... http://woburnps.com/home/2010/03/08/cyber-safety-texting-and-bullying-safety-conference/ This morning, I arrived at Woburn Memorial High School during the time that students were arriving. I witnessed an impressive team implementing the procedures for entering the building this morning. WMHS staff members worked alongside the Woburn Police Department and the regional School Threat Assessment Response System (STARS) to make ... http://woburnps.com/home/2010/03/04/3410-smooth-opening-at-wmhs/ TEXT OF A PHONE MESSAGE SENT OUT AT 8:15 THIS EVENING: Good evening, this is Woburn High School principal Finigan calling to inform you of a low level threat that was found on a girls’ bathroom stall today at WMHS. A custodian reported the writing to the main office and we ... http://woburnps.com/home/2010/03/03/attention-special-procedures-for-wmhs-students-for-thursday-march-4/ Woburn Memorial High School invites all parents (not limited to high school parents) to the 5th Annual Parent Forum Tuesday, March 9th from 6:30pm – 8:30 pm in the Flaherty auditorium sponsored by the student club, LEARN.  The forum will address signs of substance use, interventions, and treatment options with ... http://woburnps.com/home/2010/03/03/substance-abuse-forum-at-wmhs/ Elementary School Parent conferences scheduled for tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday, February 10) have been rescheduled because of the weather forecast. The new date for the conferences is Wednesday, February 24. http://woburnps.com/home/2010/02/09/elementary-parent-conferences-rescheduled/ The January, 2010 edition of the Woburn Public Schools newletter has been emailed to all subscribers. If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter or if you'd like to read previous newletters, go to the "WPS District Newsletters" section, found on the right sidebar of this website. http://woburnps.com/home/2010/02/01/january-newsletter-distributed/ [caption id="attachment_354" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The New Goodyear School: A View from the Entry Plaza (Tappe Associates)"][/caption] I'm pleased to report that the new Goodyear School Building Project is proceeding full-speed ahead. The project is on schedule, and all of the timelines are being met. Tappe Associates has provided us ... http://woburnps.com/home/2010/02/01/drawings-of-the-new-goodyear-school/ I'm sure that many of you are aware that Woburn's new mayor, Scott Galvin, took the oath of office during last night's inauguration ceremony. We look forward to working with Mayor Galvin, and we wish him much success as he takes on the challenges of his new position. In addition to ... http://woburnps.com/home/2010/01/05/inauguration-event-mayor-galvin-city-council-school-committee/ [caption id="attachment_316" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Dr. John Wells (R), outgoing chairman, passes the gavel to incoming chairman, Denis Russell."][/caption] At last night's organizational meeting of the Woburn School Committee, Denis Russell was selected as the Chairman of the School Committee for 2010. Here is the text of the speech he gave to ... http://woburnps.com/home/2010/01/05/denis-russell-chosen-as-school-committee-chairman/ On behalf of the Woburn Public Schools, I want to wish everyone a happy new year. The year ahead will no doubt provide us with a mixture of joys and challenges, but our community will remain strong. We look forward to seeing our staff and students return to school on ... http://woburnps.com/home/2010/01/01/happy-new-year/