Dear Families,
Well, welcome to fall. The thermometer at my house read 33 degrees this morning and when it starts to get this cold in the fall we all know the engine of the new school year is up and running at full force.
I want to say thank you to so many of you for coming out for our Back to School Night last night. I got to experience the evening as an Advisor with my own students’ parents, a co-teacher with parents of students in my English class, and as a principal wandering the halls in and out of classrooms over the course of the evening. My interactions with you were filled with energy and positive reports, though I will always remind families one of the reasons we have this night is so you feel more comfortable reaching out to our teachers, counselors, and administrators if you do have any questions or concerns.
I need to take a moment to thank our student volunteers last night who made sure no one got terribly lost trying to find their classrooms. I want to thank Alice Goodrich and Cheryl Wheeler , two of our school social workers, for leading the organization of our Wellness Fair in the cafeteria last night. I hope families had the chance to stop by and get a deeper look into some of the supports we have for students in this community. I also have to thank all the teachers for bringing such thoughtful and positive energy to their presentations late last night after a long day at the office.
All in all, I left the building last night energized by the entire Wellesley High School community coming together last night in service of our kids.
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Homecoming Dance Safety
Wellesley High School’s Second Annual Homecoming Event will be held the weekend of October 24th and 25th. Our plan is to sell 600 tickets for the dance on Saturday night. For that event we are going to have two locations with half the students in the cafeteria and half in our gym. This is a lot of ground to cover and a lot of students to keep track of at a single dance. For these reasons we will be using breathalyzers for every student who attends the dance. We believe using breathalyzers is an essential tool for helping us keep the students as safe as possible at this event. We also used breathalyzers last year and we had a very successful event.
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Staff Safety Training will take place next Thursday 16 October.
Our staff will be participating in our annual safety training run by our colleagues at the Wellesley Police Department this coming Thursday afternoon. This is an intense training session that requires us not have any students in our building from 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm. Athletics and Performing Arts have both been made aware of this. Students should not plan to be in the building that afternoon for any reason during that hour. Thank you for your cooperation ahead of time.
