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 Superintendent's Office Go to PTO page (www.westonpto.org), hit Join/Renew and follow prompts. Once payment is confirmed (PayPal or check made out to Weston PTO), we will coordinate getting a calendar/directory to you. Questions? Please email Lisa Williams at lisacwilliams@c Superintendent's Office Student Information Form and Information for School Nurses Form will be sent electronically to parents by early next week. This is in addition to individual school mailings being sent out throughout this week. Click above for more information. Superintendent's Office The Weston schools will be sending an email Thurs. 6/9 to verify home address, home phone, and primary email address, which will be provided to the PTO for publication in the PTO School Calendar/Directory. Click above for more info. School Committee WEEFC will celebrate 25 years this fall, having raised $5.6million for the Weston Public Schools and granted some 2,888 programs to benefit students Pre-K through 12th grade. Superintendent's Office The high school science lab project is moving forward with a community charrette - or design concept discussion - scheduled for Saturday morning, May 22 in the high school cafeteria from 9:00AM to 1:00PM. | Woodland Outdoor Classroom
We are pleased to announce the official opening of our Outdoor Classroom. The goal of an Outdoor Classroom is to optimize a natural setting as a learning enviroment. No Child Left Indoors, as it is affectionately referred, is the practice of opening the school doors and providing instruction beyond the classrooms: "Nature is not a destination. It is not a season. It's not just the rainforest. It is here, with us, all day, all night, every day of the year. It only takes a few seconds to see it, understand it, appreciate it, benefit from it, and care for it. We need only to open our eyes." (Audubon Society)
Woodland's Outdoor Classroom is located in our front courtyard and will be added to and enhanced throughout this year. We started with our Children's Garden, thanks to Michelle Schuckel and Allison Barlow who provided us with beautiful indigenous plantings and those that attract butterflies, hummingbirds, etc. Also funded by WEEFC, is our newest addition... a child-size nest designed by sculptor Kim Radochia and delivered to us in April. It is our job to weave vines, twigs, and soft-wooden brances to make the sculpture into a real nest and maintain it throughout the years ahead! Photos show our Nest sculpture as it was delivered and then with preliminary weaving before children left in June. Over the summer, thanks to the weekend efforts of both Matt Schulman and Chip Williams and their children, the Woodland Nest was beautifully transformed in time for the first day of school - ready for children and teachers to use as an instructional setting (see photos above).
Next up in our plans for our Outdoor Classroom...an amphitheater made of log benches, bird houses /sundials made by children, etc. The teachers and I will keep you posted of our use of the Outdoor Classroom and various projects in which you can become involved. In the meantime, any evening or weekend, bring your children with twigs, vines, and soft brances to weave in our Woodland Nest. Enjoy!
Best wishes for a wonderful year ahead, Debra Dunn, Principal
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