Thank you to everyone who joined us for Cozy Craft Night, hosted by the 8th grade Leadership Club! Students and families enjoyed making friendship bracelets, self portraits, slime, collages, and more! Students were even able to tie dye their own t-shirts to wear for Tie Dye Day at WMS during spirit week! Thank you to everyone who donated supplies in order to make WMS's first Cozy Craft Night a huge success, we greatly appreciate you!

COMPOSTING INITIATIVE

Earlier this month, our students started to compost their lunches in the cafeteria! Our students helped one another with separating their lunches and learning how to compost. We are the 4th school in Watertown to compost! Our city and district use Black Earth Compost and we encourage all residents to sign up to begin composting in their homes. It's completely free and helps our earth! You can sign up here.

CHAMPIONS!

Over the weekend, our hockey team won the VMHL Championship, defeating Billerica 8-2! The team had an extremely successful season with a 12-1 record. Shoutout to Coach Dayton for leading our team to victory!

RAIDER UPDATE

We can't help but share this adorable photo of Carter and Raider!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

UCHICAGO 5E'S SURVEY

Earlier this week, Superintendent Galdston sent out this newsletter about the 5E's Parent/Caregiver Survey.

Students, teachers, and families have the opportunity to share their thoughts on the important elements of school effectiveness as part of this survey about our school. We would greatly appreciate any feedback you have to offer!

Click here for the Parent/Caregiver Survey and here for the Student Survey (students will need their student ID which can be found in PowerSchool)

It is critical that we hear the voices of our families, and this is a great way we do that.

FAMILY-TEACHER CONFERENCES

Spring family-teacher conferences will be held on March 20th and 25th. Students will be dismissed at 11:45 AM both days.

March 20:

Virtual: 12:15 - 2:15 PM
In-person: 5:00 - 7:00 PM

March 25:

In-person: 12:15 - 2:15 PM
Virtual: 5:00 - 7:00 PM

We will now be using ParentSquare to facilitate conference sign-ups. Sign ups will be available starting on Monday, March 10th and will be posted by each individual teacher on ParentSquare. Please see the attached image for further instructions.

PROGRAM OF STUDIES NIGHT

Please join us on Wednesday, March 12th, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM in the WMS Auditorium for our high school's annual Program of Studies Night. They will be presenting the WHS 2025 - 2026 course offerings.

ATTENTION GRADE 8!

Please take note of the following 8th grade transition to high school events coming up:

March 7: WHS Assembly/Panel
March 10: Introduction to WHS Program of Studies and guidance counselors
March 12: Program of Studies Night
March 14: 8th grade teacher course recommendations deadline
April 3: Individual student course selection meetings with WHS guidance counselors

SPRING ATHLETICS!

Don't forget to register your student athlete for their spring sport! There is an information meeting next Tuesday, March 4th at 6:00 PM in the WMS Auditorium and the registration deadline is Monday, March 10th. Here is the newsletter from our Athletics Department with full information.

THIS WEEKEND!

Come see our highly anticipated WHS spring musical production, Anything Goes, this weekend at the Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts! Tickets ($10) can be purchased at the door. Watertown students receive free admission with their student ID.

Friday & Saturday: 7:00 PM

Sunday: 2:00 PM

MUSIC-FILLED MARCH

We have three exciting performances in March, the Bandarama, String Spectacular, and Chorus Concert! Make sure to save these dates so you don't miss a beat.

Bandarama: March 11th, 7:00 PM, WMS Gym
String Spectacular: March 13th, 7:00 PM, WMS Gym
Chorus Concert: March 18th, 7:00 PM, WMS Auditorium

See you there!

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WATERTOWN COMMUNITY NEWS

MUSICFEST

Friends of Watertown Music invites student musicians, friends, and families to perform in their annual MusicFest on Friday, April 11th! If you'd like to perform, please register here by March 26th.

They are also seeking additional volunteers to help during the event. If you'd like to volunteer, please register here.

Checkout the flyer for full information about the event.