Essex Westford School District

Join the EHS Athletic Leadership Council's Hope Happen Here Chapter for a viewing of the film Our Turn to Talk by Beth Murphy and Patrice Howard on Wednesday, March 13 at 6 p.m. in the EHS library. This event is for students, guardians of teens, and anyone who works with teens. After the movie, there will be a panel discussion.

EHS sophomore, Gabrielle Stevenson, was recently accepted to the Harvard Summer School's Secondary School Program for the summer of 2024. The Secondary School Program is a 4- or 7-week academic program for motivated high school students ready to excel in academically rigorous college courses for college credit.

The 2024 EWSD annual meeting will take place on Monday, April 8 at 7 p.m. in the EHS auditorium. The following day, polls will be open from 7 a.m. through 7 p.m. View the annual meeting warning online (https://bit.ly/ewsd2024annualmeeting) and visit www.ewsd.org/budget for detailed information on the budget!

The Child Nutrition Team will be putting a spotlight on school breakfast by encouraging all students to participate in the EWSD Breakfast Participation Challenge for the entire month of March. The rules of the challenge are simple - start each day by accessing FREE school breakfast! The school that increases their breakfast participation the most, by the end of the month, will win an all school recognition prize. Only one breakfast per student will be counted, so make sure to encourage your students who don’t typically eat breakfast to access it! 🍌🍊🥯🥞

We hope you had a restful winter break! See you tomorrow, EWSD! 😊😊

EHS STEM faculty member Shane Heath invited the Vermont Institute of Natural Science to bring some raptors to EHS for a demonstration in his Wildlife Ecology class! 🦅🦉

Hiawatha students looked for heart-shaped objects for their 'caring is thinking with your heart' collage! 💚💙

EHS Plant Club hosted their annual plant swap and giveaway! 🌱🪴🌼

Summit first graders have been learning about the patterns of the sun, moon, and sky. They have been observing the world around them and gathering information from both the illustrations and the text in nonfiction books to build their understanding of the pattern of day and night. Students have loved modeling the way the Earth rotates on its axis, causing the sun to shine on different parts of the Earth. ☀️🌙⭐

Earlier this month, Hiawatha students and faculty came together to learn about and celebrate Black History Month. After, students were able to share with their peers what they learned from the presentation.

We know it's winter break, but there are only 20 more days until Spring!

Have you heard the expression 'Common Level of Appraisal' and wondered what that was? Find out in this short video! https://bit.ly/ewsdcla Learn more about the proposed #EWSD budget by visiting: www.ewsd.org/budget

The EHS/CTE Library hosted a book tasting for students in celebration of Black History Month.

Hiawatha held its annual Cardboard Challenge! Students and families used creativity and problem-solving skills to build robots, forts, dog houses, hamster wheels, football fields, skeeball, and much more! 📐🔨🔨

Essex Has Talent was a lot of fun this year! 🎶🎤

ADL hosted its 2nd Annual Unified Sports Basketball Tournament! They welcomed teams from Essex Middle School, The Bellcate School, Edmunds Middle School, and Shelburne Community School - congratulations to all the teams! 🏆🏆

Seventh and eighth grade students at Westford participated in a civil rights symposium. Parents, teachers, and administrators heard students explain what they learned about topics such as Brown V Board, Emmett Till, The Little Rock Nine, and The Birmingham Campaign, to name a few. 👍👍

Did you know that the EWSD budget site has a Q&A? Answers to some of the most commonly asked questions can be found in this section on www.ewsd.org/budget

There will be no school on Monday, February 26 through Tuesday, March 5 for Winter Break. ❄️❄️ School will resume on Wednesday, March 6.

🎶 In case you missed the EHS Choir Pops Concert: Divas Through the Decades, watch the full recorded event on the EHS Hornets Vimeo page! 👉 https://bit.ly/49q5RpK 👍👍