March 14: Spring Athletics - Physicals Due (see below)

March 15: WHS PTSO Workshop - Fostering Leadership and Self-Worth in Teens (see below); School Council

March 16: WHS PTSO In-Person Meeting (see below)

March 17: Deadline to Submit Course Verification Sheets (and, if applicable, Course Level Change Forms)

March 18: Power Up Graduation

March 21: Spring Athletics - First Day of Practice

March 22 & 23: 10th Grade MCAS Days (ELA)

March 24: Fine & Performing Arts Night (Anticipated)

March 25: Acastock A Capella

Please RSVP using this link to join us at our first in-person event this school year! On Tuesday, March 15 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm, the WHS PTSO is hosting an in-person workshop led by Evren Gunduz from Enjoy Life Education. This exciting event will take place in the WHS Library.

The focus will be on helping parents and guardians understand the teen mindset and sharing tools for fostering leadership and self-worth in their teens at home. Evren will also give a brief overview of the incredible Leadership Academy, a leadership and positive mindset summer experience for high school students hosted by Evren's organization at UMass Amherst.

The next WHS PTSO meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 16 from 9:00 to 10:30 am. We are excited to host this meeting in-person in the Faculty Dining Room at WHS with a presentation on managing student anxiety after two years of pandemic life, led by Dr. Allison Ertl (School Outreach - Human Relations Service), Alice Goodrich (School Social Worker) and Lindsey Yamaguchi (School Social Worker; Bridge Program Coordinator).

Here is a link to the meeting agenda. Here is a link to the February 16, 2022 meeting minutes, which will be discussed and voted on at this Wednesday's meeting.

Join the Wellesley Education Foundation on Thursday, March 31 at 7 pm for a virtual event on facilitating social recovery with Dr. Elizabeth Englander, the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC) at Bridgewater State University.

2022 is bringing new challenges for parents. Raising kids today may feel like a dizzying set of issues: managing screen use (especially during a pandemic); promoting healthy social relationships; and avoiding social problems like bullying and cyberbullying. This presentation will focus on concrete, down-to-earth approaches that emphasize ways that parents can help build their child's emotional resilience, improve social skills, reduce screen time use (without constant conflict), minimize fighting and bullying and help their child emerge successfully from a global pandemic. Research can give us clear guidance, and supporting families and communities can help everyone raise happier children.

This discussion is free and open to all members of the Wellesley community. Click here for the Zoom link.

Wellesley POPS is pleased to announce their "Dining for a Cause" Fundraiser! Fiorella's Express will donate 15% of total purchases to Wellesley POPs.

Link to Guidance Evening Materials: Student Athlete College Recruitment

On March 9, the Guidance Department hosted the latest installment in its Parent Evening Series. The topic was on the student athlete college recruitment process. Here is a link to a recording of the event. Here is a link to the slideshow presented at the event.

The Diversity Club at Wellesley High School is collecting toiletries to help a shelter that supports women and children. A bin has been placed in front of the main office at the school. Please donate from March 14 - 20!

Thursday - Saturday, March 17 - 19, Wellesley Middle School Drama is proud to present its winter musical, Frozen, Jr.! Featuring two casts of over 100 students, this hit show about the power of self-acceptance and love will be sure to warm you up this chilly winter! All four performances will be held in the WMS auditorium. Information about performance dates/times and ticket sales can be found here. Refreshments, roses and treats for the cast and crew will be sold at the performances!

All student athletes are required to have a current physical examination on file in the Nurse's Office BEFORE a student can try out, practice or participate in a sport as required by the MIAA guidelines.

The Athletic Office or individual coaches will not accept physical examination reports.

If your student has a current physical examination on file in the Nurse's Office and it is NOT due to expire, you do not need to provide another copy.

If your student's physical exam expires during the sports season, your student will no longer be able to participate until a new physical examination has been obtained and is on file in the Nurse's Office.

PLEASE NOTE: Late submission of physicals delays the student from any athletic activity until all the registration requirements are complete.

Thank you to everyone who has already donated snacks to the WHS Nurse's Office this semester! Please use this link to sign up to bring in a box (or two!) of snacks during the week of March 21 and any of the weeks in April so the Nursing Office may continue to offer snacks to students who visit the office during the school day.

Suggestions include granola bars, pretzels, gluten-free snacks, goldfish and crackers. Please put donations in the collection bin labeled "Nursing Office Donations" in the front vestibule at the high school next to the bookshelf.

Peter Knapp, a K-5 visual arts teacher at Hunnewell and Upham, will be running the Boston Marathon in April to raise funds for Wellesley Education Foundation! WEF is a non-profit organization that provides grants so teachers can learn, pilot and implement unique and emerging practices within their fields. WEF also organizes events, such as the WEF Spelling Bee and STEM Expo. Anything you can contribute to Peter's fundraising goals would go a long way toward supporting WEF and the amazing opportunities they afford our teachers and students. Here is a link to his fundraising page.