Essex Westford School District

EHS senior, Eli Pierce, recently competed in two National Tournaments as a Vermont Junior Archer. Pierce placed second in the USA Junior Olympic Archery Development Indoor Nationals and placed second in the 55th USA Archery Indoor National Tournament. 🏅🏅

Spend the night sleeping outside in solidarity with youth facing homelessness and raise money for Spectrum Youth and Family Services. Essex High School's Athletic Leadership Council is organizing a Sleep Out at EHS on March 28. The sleep out will end at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, March 29. You can be part of this event by joining their team or donating. All are invited to participate. Visit the Spectrum website to sign up. Thank you for your support.

🔵 Reminder: there will be no school for Family Conferences on Friday, March 22. 🔵

Multilingual Learner students at EHS started a unit on exploring the natural world. The students collaborated with the CTE Natural Resources Program and visited sugarbushes in Westford. Each student had the opportunity to learn about the tools and process of tapping trees. When they arrived, the CTE students had made a list of all the tools in each student's home language. It was a great opportunity to exchange culture, learn, and have fun together! 👏

On March 14, EHS 10th graders attended VSAC’s College & Career Pathways event at Saint Michael’s College. VSAC is also hosting a free event for families this Saturday, March 23 with options to participate in-person at UVM or virtually via Zoom. You can find out more and register at vsac.org/ccp.

Spring is here! 🌷🌼☀️🎉🌈

Mark your calendars: The 2024 EHS Graduation Ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 15th!

EHS students created a video discussing the significance of International Mother Language Day, which is observed on February 21. https://bit.ly/48GalHS

EHS teacher, Alexis Koch, recently wrote an article for the National High School Today Magazine titled The Impact of Popular Music Education at the All State Level in Vermont. Read the full article beginning on page 32: https://bit.ly/4bViue8

Senator Bernie Sanders announced the winners of the Fourteenth Annual State of the Union Essay Contest for Vermont students! EHS student, Leah Frisbie, won first place with her essay about the impacts of banning books from school libraries. EHS junior, Jack French, was also a finalist in this year's contest. Well done!

Brian Clark has been named Principal of EMS for the 2024-2025 school year. 🦅🦅

Several students from ADL's math club represented their school at the MathCounts chapter competition at the University of Vermont. These mathletes worked together and independently to solve a series of challenging math problems. 8th grade students Sebastian Bush, Jammie Bush, Roland Ekstrom, and Sujan Tamang also qualified as a team for the State MathCounts competition at UVM at the end of March!

EES second grade students visited their kindergarten buddies to solve math story problems together!

The EWSD Director of Learning & Instructional Impact invites you to attend an upcoming film viewing called The Right to Read on Monday, April 1 at 5:45 p.m. in the EHS Auditorium. This film shares the stories of an NAACP activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read. Literacy resources will be provided to those who attend. Please RSVP to this event: https://bit.ly/3TpTcN5

Good morning, This is a message from Essex Westford School District Superintendent Beth Cobb, informing you that all schools in the EWSD are closed today, Monday, March 11, due to weather and hazardous road conditions. This includes the following schools: Hiawatha, Summit Street, Essex Elementary, Thomas Fleming, Founders Memorial, The ARC Center, Albert D. Lawton, Essex Middle School, Westford Elementary, Essex High School, and the Center for Technology, Essex.

Senior Protocol Officer with the U.S. State Department's Office of the Chief of Protocol, Tyler Savoy, visited the EHS Global Leadership Program. Savoy spoke about his career, answered questions, and offered valuable advice to students!

⏰ Daylight Saving Time starts tomorrow! ⏰Don't forget to set your clocks ahead by one hour before going to bed tonight!

The Heavenly Food Pantry, located at the First Congregational Church on Main Street in Essex Junction, will be open to families residing in Essex, Essex Junction, and Westford on Monday, March 11, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Families arriving will be given a number when they enter through the front doors of the church and directed to the sanctuary where they will wait until their number is called for registration. They will then be sent into the Fellowship Hall for food. A volunteer will greet and escort them around the pantry, allowing them to make selections of their choosing. After food is gathered, it will be weighed (information for pantry use only) and another volunteer will bring the food to the family’s vehicle. Shopping carts will be made available for those within walking distance of the pantry. As usual, there are no income requirements to visit the food pantry and a variety of food is available to everyone; however, additional food is provided by the USDA once a month to eligible families who fall below federally mandated guidelines. Families not able to attend the pantry may call the Church office at 878-5745 Ext. 102 between 9:00 and noon today and Monday to leave contact information (name, address, phone number, and number of people in household) so delivery arrangements can be made. Calls to complete registration will be made Monday morning. Families are currently able to visit the pantry each time it is open the 2nd Monday of the month from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and the 4th Thursday of the month from 3-6 p.m. (except for November and December when it is the 3rd Thursday). The next food pantry distribution will occur on Thursday, March 28 from 3-5:30 p.m. The pantry will be closing early on this day only to accommodate Church services being held later that evening.

The EHS cheer team placed 3rd at the State Cheer Championship! 🏆🏆👏🐝

The #EWSD Board will next meet on Tue., March 12 starting at 6:30 p.m. in the EHS Library. The full meeting will be available to watch on Facebook Live thanks to the Media Factory (www.facebook.com/BTVMediaFactory). Agenda items for the meeting include: ● Center for Technology, Essex FY25 Budget Presentation ● 2nd Quarter Financial & Personnel Reporting Q and A ● 2.5. Emergency Superintendent Succession To learn more about the EWSD Board, please visit: www.ewsd.org/page/schoolboard You can also stay up to date with information on the FY25 budget by visiting: www.ewsd.org/budget