Dear Colleagues,

I hope you each had a productive week. The fall seems to be flying by as we head into the final week of October with darker mornings and earlier sunsets.

This week at our School Committee meeting, school leaders from PAWS and our elementary schools shared their school improvement plans for SY2025-26. This year these plans are focused on instructional goals in ELA, Math, and Science. While having clear goals is important, it’s our practice that changes outcomes for students and our data are only as valuable as this information helps us target supports for students. Thanks to all of our building leaders and staff for your collective efforts to breathe life into our school improvement efforts.  

This is homecoming weekend in Wellesley! Things will kick off tonight with a home football game vs. Natick under the lights at 6PM. On Saturday, we host a Community Day from 11AM-2PM at the Hunnewell Fields with a number of activities for kids, run by our clubs and sports teams. Finally, the festivities will conclude on Saturday evening with a Homecoming Dance at WHS from 6:30PM-9:00PM. (Please note that this is a ticketed event.) Many thanks to our staff and parent volunteers who will be busy throughout the weekend to run and support these events.  

Finally, I want to give a shout-out to WMS 8th Grade ELA teacher, Abby Wasserman, who was recently published in the New York Times, “Tiny Love Story” column for her short piece about her son turning five. Parents, I’m guessing this reflection will resonate with you as much as it did for me. Thank you for this gift, Abby!

Thanks for what you each do for our students every day and have a great weekend! 

Best, David

November 5 – School Committee Meeting

November 11 – Veterans’ Day (Schools & Offices Closed)

November 18 – School Committee Meeting

November 19 – WEF Spelling Bee

November 27-28 – Thanksgiving Recess (Schools & Offices Closed)

One more week to complete both the ArxEd/Litix HR training and the CyberSecurity/KnowBe4 training. Both are due by October 31.

The Lane Change Intention Form must be submitted by November 1st to indicate an intent to change lanes at the start of the following school year. You will receive a notification confirming the submission of your form. Please keep this for your records. The list does not carry over from year to year, so you must submit a new intention form each year until you successfully change lanes.

The WHS Child Lab is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 school year. Children who will be three years old or four years old by September 1st, 2026 are eligible to apply. Please contact Heidi Marquedant at marquedanth@wellesleyps.org for an application. All applications are due by November 14th.

The Town of Wellesley offers an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support employees and their families.  Effective July 1, 2025, CMG Associates is the new EAP provider (see announcement). Employees may want to access the EAP because of emotional difficulties, life stress, family difficulties, concerns about substance abuse or other addictive behavior, legal or financial problems, or other personal issues. The EAP is completely free, confidential, and available at all times (day or night, weekdays, weekends, and holidays). Employees may call CMG Associates at 888-851-7032, or they may visit www.cmgassociates.com, click on the link entitled EAP Log-In, and use the User ID: WELL.

SMART Plan (457 Voluntary Retirement Savings) 

May make changes throughout the year through the company.

Work directly through US Omni and the SMART Plan.

Email AskHR@Wellesleyps.org. The Human Resources Department is happy to assist you.  

For all Internal Job Postings, please go to “Internal Job Postings” under the Faculty tab of the District’s website. How to Apply for WPS Internal Job Postings as a New Internal Applicant