Wellesley Public Schools

We are very excited to welcome students back into the school buildings for hybrid learning beginning October 1. In planning for our reopening, WPS will be implementing a number of safety protocols such as face coverings, physical distancing, frequent hand-washing/hand-sanitizing, enhanced cleaning protocols, and improved air filtration. In addition to these measures, we are asking families to sign up to participate in a one-time back-to-school COVID test in order to further ensure the safety of our school community. Click here to sign up for a time slot. This baseline testing of students, available September 26-28 at the MLP Garage at 4 Municipal Way, is one component of a COVID testing pilot program that will also include a one-time baseline test and weekly surveillance testing for teachers and staff.

Sign Up for a Time Slot

WPS Recommended School Reopening Plan:

• WPS Reopening Update 9/5/2020
• Memorandum of Agreement w/Wellesley Educators Association
• Revised WPS Academic Calendar 2020-21 – Voted 9/2/20
• Student Services Reopening Presentation 8/19/20
• WPS Remote Learning School FAQs – 8/17/2020
• WPS Reopening Update – 8/13/2020
• WPS Reopening Plan 2020-2021 – 9/15/2020 DRAFT
• School Committee Meeting Video – 8/13/2020
• WPS School Reopening Presentation – 8/6/2020
• School Committee Meeting Video – 8/6/2020 

• School Reopening Community Videos:
  • Safer Teachers, Safer Students: Back to School Testing Webinar 1 – 9/2/20
  • Live School Reopening Forum (PAWS) 8/18/20
  • Live School Reopening Forum (Elementary) 8/17/20
  • Live School Reopening Forum (WMS) 8/19/20
  • Live School Reopening Forum (WHS) 8/18/20

• WPS Community Updates:
  • WPS Community Update Presentation – 7/9/20
    • Video: Community Update on WPS Reopening 7/9/20
  • WPS Initial Return to School Survey Results 7/15/20
  • WPS Reopening Focus Group Themes 7/20/20
  • WPS Community Update Presentation – 7/23/20
    • Video: Community Update on WPS Reopening 7/23/20
  • Please feel free to send any questions or comments you have about reopening to reopening2020@wellesleyps.org.
• State & Federal Guidance:
  • DESE Initial Fall School Reopening Guidance – 6/25/20 (English)
    Guía inicial para la reapertura de las escuelas en el otoño – 6/25/20 (Spanish)
    秋季學校復課初步指南 – 6/25/20 (Chinese)
  • DESE Reopening Q&A 7/10/20
  • DESE Protocols for responding to COVID-19 scenarios 7/17/20
  • DESE Fall Reopening Transportation Guidance – 7/22/20
  • DESE Fall Reopening Facilities and Operations Guidance – 7/22/20
  • DESE Fall Remote Learning Guidance – 7/24/20
  • DESE Guidance for courses requiring additional safety considerations 7/24/20
  • CDC Guidance – updated 7/24/20
  • DESE Guidance on Interpreting DPH COVID-19 Metrics 8-11-20-20

To submit a Home Education Plan for approval, please contact the Director of Student Services:

Sarah Orlov, Director of Student Services
40 Kingsbury Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
781-446-6210 ;5629

orlovs@wellesleyps.org

Read more about Home School on the Student Services section of our website.

• VIDEO: Navigating Remote Learning for K-12 Families – 5/27/20 Webinar  (Closed Captioned version)
• A Message to Families from Denise Pope
• How to Talk to Your Child about the Coronavirus by Madeline Levine
• More Resources to Support Remote Learning
• Remote Learning Parent/Guardian and Student Survey Results – 5/12/20 Presentation

Grades 1-12:  For New Student Registrations:  Click for Registration Forms, Required Documents and More Information.

Kindergarten: For children 5 years of age on or before August 31, 2020.  Click for Registration Forms, Required Documents and More Information.

Child Find: Under federal and state special education regulations, the Wellesley Public Schools has a responsibility to locate, identify, refer, evaluation and if eligible, provide a free, appropriate, public education to students with disabilities who reside in the town of Wellesley. Click for more information.

WPS District Progress Report for the 2018-19 School Year (PDF)

WPS District Progress Report for the 2018-19 School Year (Accessible)

 

On February 25th, the School Committee voted to approve two future elementary redistricting maps to correspond with a building project at either the Hardy or Upham sites. These maps will now be included in the ongoing assessment of both sites by the School Building Committee as it prepares a recommended building project in partnership with the Massachusetts School Building Authority.

The earliest redistricting would occur is in the fall of 2024.

Approved Hardy Map

Approved Upham Map

Current Elementary Districts

WPS Elementary 6-School Map 1982-2002

 

Updated Wellesley Redistricting Slides – Feb 12 2020  (See slides 11 & 12 for new Upham Map 3A)

Wellesley Redistricting – School Committee Presentation Feb 11 2020

 

Click here to learn more about school and grade level reassignments for 2020-21.

Please click here for the final report.

Please click here for FutureThink’s Enrollment Presentation to the SBC and School Committee on January 16, 2020.

Please click on the title to view reports and presentations.

MCAS Spring 2019 Results – Presentation to School Committee 1/7/20

NEASC Accreditation Report for WHS – 2019
NEASC Findings Presentation to School Committee – 1/7/20

PISA Results for WHS Testing Period: May 2019 Report
PISA Results Presentation to School Committee – 1/7/20

Please click here to view the 2020-21 final WPS Academic Calendar, voted by the School Committee on September 2, 2020.

Explore the new SBC website for Hardy/Upham and Hunnewell Projects

Please click here to view the final draft of the WPS Profile of a Graduate.

 

WPS SCORE Analysis & Racial Climate Survey Report (PDF)

WPS SCORE Analysis & Racial Climate Survey Presentation (PDF)