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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28

Early Release Day

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FRIDAY, MARCH 30

Good Friday: No school

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11

Early Release Day

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WESTWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS MARCH 28, 2018

District Bulletin

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Extra Innings Equipment Drive 

Donate your gently used and like new Baseball and Softball Equipment

Between Friday March 23rd and Saturday March 31st

 Westwood Little League is collecting like-new and clean baseball equipment to benefit the Red Sox Foundation’s RBI program

for inner city youth so that every kid can play America’s pastime.

Drop off location: Westwood Roche Bros

338 Washington Street  Collection Bin -Inside near the cash registers

Items accepted: Bats (metal only) and fielding gloves

Cleats (metal and plastic) Baseball and softballs (new)

Catcher’s equipment (chest protectors, shin guards, gloves)

Girl Scout State Fair

 Where: Thurston Middle School 

When: Thursday March 29 th 6:30-8:00pm Come Join us to Tour the United States 

All are welcome, but please note this is not a drop-off event 

The Westwood Public Schools and Westwood SEPAC

Is pleased to welcome

Charlie AppelsteinCharlie Appelstein Tuesday, April 3, 2018

7:00 p.m.

WPS - District Administration

Professional Development Room

Understanding and Responding to Kids with Emotional & Behavioral

Challenges using a Positive, Strength-Based Approach

Written primarily for professionals, volunteers and parents who guide kids with emotional and behavioral challenges, the revised edition of No Such Thing As a Bad Kid is packed with positive, trauma-informed, strength-based principles and techniques that help child-guiders to develop powerful and transforming relationships with the kids they guide. This empowering handbook opens by portraying misbehavior as a call for help. It then guides the reader through “decoding” the message and, via hundreds of hands-on tips, sample dialogues, and inspiring anecdotes into research-backed approaches for revolutionizing interactions with kids at risk. The book is all about changing the negative mindsets many kids harbor and giving them hope for better days. Even parents of children not at risk will benefit from this book.

Please join SEPAC for this free event. For more information about Charlie Appelstein and “No Such Thing as a Bad

Kid" visit www.charliea.com

Thurston Middle School Presents 

 

  

Thursday April 5th at 7pm  

Friday April 6th at 7pm 

Saturday April 7th at 2pm 

 

$15 Adults $10 Students/Senior Citizens 

 

Westwood High School Auditorium 

 

https://tmsdrama.brownpapertickets.com 

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The Sheehan School

Please contact Liz Goodwin with any questions:liz.goodwin@gmail.com

The Sheehan School549 Pond St., Westwood, MA

Saturday, April 7th

9am – 1pm

WESTWOOD LIBRARY

*Ways of Color: Mosaic Workshop: Ages 8-10 are welcome to make mosaic suncatchers in this hour long tutorial with Leslie from Ways of Color.  Tuesday, April 17th @ 2:00PM            *Registration Required

APRIL VACATION           KIDS PROGRAMS

Spring Sing-along: All ages. Families are welcome to join us for a special sing along program where we will sing and tell stories that celebrate all things spring and more!  Tuesday, April 17th @ 10:30AM

*Spring Plantings: Ages 5 and up are welcome listen to garden themed story and then  decorate planters and plant sunflowers in celebration of spring! Wednesday, April 18th @ 10:30AM *Registration Required

Picture Book Movies: Young children ages 1-5 are welcome to enjoy favorite picture books movies on Friday April 20th @ 10:30am.

 PJ Storytime & Family Fort Night:  Come and build a blanket fort at the Branch! Wear your favorite PJs and bring a blanket and a flashlight to family fort night. Wednesday April 18th  6:30 PM  @ Islington Branch

Animal World Experience: Meet a variety of exotic animals from around the world!  Children get to truly "experience" mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates like never before.  Thursday April 19th  9:30am  @ Islington Branch

All Library Programs are Free and are generously supported by the Friends of Westwood Library. For additional programs and further information, please call the Main Library Children’s

Department at 781-320-1042, the Main Library Adult Services Department at 781-320-1045, or the Islington Branch at 781-326-5914 or visit the web site at www.westwoodlibrary.org

RoboDay! @Saturday, April 7, 2018

• Meet & Greet Other Robotic & STEM Enthusiasts• See Robotic Project Demonstrations• Enjoy Raffles, Giveaways, Product Specials and more!

No registration needed. Just stop by anytime during scheduled hours!

Have a Robotic Project you would like to Showcase?Contact melissa@youdoitelectronics.com to reserve a table at our event.

Come Celebrate with us! from 11am to 4pm

Winsor WildbotsThe Winsor Wildbots is a first-year, FTC team. We are from The Winsor School, an all-girls school in Boston, MA. We are a group of individuals invested in STEM, building robots, and competing in competitions. Aside from the engineering aspect of our team, we are excited about team-building and communi-ty-building, meeting other teams, and learning more about outreach, business, and marketing. For more info https://winsorrobotics.wordpress.com

Featured Exhibitors

Empow StudiosIt’s a known belief that the need for specialized skills in technology and computer science are ever-growing. Our goal is to empower kids to create projects that they are proud to share with family & friends. Empow Studios teaches kids to design, build, and code STEM projects in summer camp, after school, classes, and parties with computer science and engineering. To learn more about Empow Studios programs, please visit www.empow.me.

iRobotiRobot is committed to building a future for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education in the United States. Our multi-faceted outreach program is a resource for students, parents and educators to share in our excitement for the robotics industry and get an inside look at what we do here. iRobot is also, the leading global consumer robot company, designs and builds robots that empower people to do more both inside and outside of the home. Learn more at http://www.irobot.com/

Inspire | Create | Educate

National Robotics WeekNational Robotics Week(RoboWeek), organized by iRobot with the support of an Advisory Council, established by Congress in 2010, is designed to raise awareness about the importance of STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), and how these subjects play a role in shaping the future of education, industry and the U.S. economy. As part of this exciting week, we will be hosting RoboDay Saturday, April 7, 2018 from 11am to 4pm.

Featured Brands

YOU’VE SEE THE SIGN A ZILLION TIMES! Have You Ever Wondered What’s Inside?

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