Wayland All Schools News
December 11, 2024
This E-Blast is full of school news and school-related community announcements that are not building specific. All announcements that interest families of multiple schools are published here, allowing each individual school to focus their e-blasts on announcements that are specific to their families only.
Please email any submissions to All_SchoolsNews@WaylandPS.Org no later than end of day on Friday for distribution on the following Wednesday. All Schools News is published every other week during the summer.
🍎FROM OUR SCHOOLS & AFFILIATES🍎
School Committee
Dates To Remember
12/23-1/1 Holiday Recess - No School
1/20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School
1/29 Lunar New Year - No School
2/17 - 2/21 Winter Break
School Committee Meetings
December18, January 8, 27, 30, February 3, 5, 26
Public welcome! The agendas will be posted here. (Please note this information may change. Please check the website before attending)
WHS FINE ARTS
Art Exhibit
Please join us for the Winter Student Art Exhibit at Wayland High School starting Monday, December 16, 2024 at 6:30pm in the Commons. The Wayland High School Orchestra Concert will begin at 7:00pm in the Auditorium. Free and open to the public.
Wayland Schools Community Programs
Spring 2025 Enrichment Programs
WSCP is offering classes designed to inspire, engage, and support children beyond the school day. This season, WSCP is offering a variety of creative, STEM-focused, and skill-building activities tailored for students in grades K-5.
Loker - https://secure.smore.com/n/w9vqj
Claypit - https://secure.smore.com/n/wq8b2
Happy Hollow - https://secure.smore.com/n/5pbzd
LAST CHANCE!! Wayland Public Schools Foundation !!!
Hats Off Winter Campaign Winter Campaign ends TOMORROW, 12/12!! - LAST CHANCE!!!!!
Share a special THANK YOU with a teacher or staff member in appreciation of a great start to an amazing school year! The Wayland Public Schools Foundation HATS OFF! fundraiser is a perfect way to share your gratitude with our wonderful teachers and staff for all they do for our students and the Wayland schools.
🍎FROM OUR COMMUNITY🍎
Wayland Youth Soccer
Youth Soccer Registration
Registration for the Spring 2025 season for players in grades K through 12 is now open.
Wayland Town Center
Holiday Stroll and Tree/Menorah Lighting
Saturday, December 14 at the Wayland Town Center
Cocoa with a cop: 2p,-3pm
Santa's arrival: 3pm
Lighting ceremony: 4:45pm
Boston Ability Center
Tween and Teen Community Game Night
This winter, the Boston Ability Center will be hostincommunity groups for neurodivergent tweens and teens! The vision of this group is to provide a neurodiversity affirming alternative to traditional social skills groups, enabling youth to meet peers in a setting focused on fun and friendship. This winter, we'll be doing a series of Nintendo Switch video game nights as well as a movie and crafting night. If you have individuals in mind that you believe could benefit from a group like this, please help spread the word!
Arts Wayland
Check out the art exhibits, music, classes, performances and Community events currently being offered by ArtsWayland!!!
Wayland Public Library
December 7, January 18, February 8 2:00p.m. -3:00 Pp.m.
Spanish Storytime and Craft. Spanish vocabulary sheets will be provided to help learn new words! Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade are invited to attend with their caregivers.
Check out the many classes, events and enrichment opportunities at the Wayland Public Library this week by clicking the orange button below.
🍎COLLECTIONs and FUNDRAISERS🍎
Class of 2026 Class Fundraiser
Christmas Tree Pickup
The Junior Class is hosting a Christmas tree pickup fundraiser! We will be picking up trees and bringing them to the dump on January 4th from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. A big THANK YOU to Lynch Landscaping for generously donating their time to assist us
Simply click the button below and fill out the form
Place your tree out the night before or by 8:00 AM on January 4th.
Leave a cash or check donation (payable to Wayland High School) in an envelope in your mailbox:
$25 per tree
$20 for senior citizens
Please let us know if you are unable to get the tree out yourself, and we’ll assist!
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to any of the eboard officers at: benjamin_hammond@student.waylandps.org (president), kalena_imura@waylandps.org (vice president) , miriam_qureshi@waylandps.org (treasurer), or nathan_hartunian@waylandps.org (secretary)
Thank you for supporting the Junior Class!
Creative Arts Parent Association
Brunch, Beats and Artful Treats
Please join us for a Jazz Brunch Fundraiser at Bullfinchs Restaurant in Sudbury on January 5, 10:30am- 1:30pm. This event features WSH Honors Jazz Ensemble and String Quartet and will include a silent auction.
Project 351
Food Drive
December 2 -16th.
Help restock the shelves at My Bothers Table for the winter holiday by donating shelf stable foods. Donation bins are located at WMS, WHS, Wayland Public Library and Middlesex School
🍎REMINDERS🍎
WHS Tutoring Club
Free peer tutoring is offered all school year by qualified Wayland High School students through the Wayland Tutoring Club. Our tutors are flexible and available to hold tutoring sessions in person or over zoom. Email aman_kumar@student.waylandps.org with questions. Register at https://forms.gle/K86Djb4qcRgvCVi97
Town Center Survey
Please tell us what you would like to see for the future of the Wayland Town Center by filling out this survey https://forms.gle/CYvLgk7skAENBShf6
International Human Rights Day
International Human Rights Day is Tuesday, December 10, 6:30 - 7:30 pm in the Large Hearing Room at the Wayland Town Building. to honor International Human Rights Day. Community members, adults and students, will take turns reading aloud the Articles (1-2 sentences apiece) of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights that established the modern human rights movement. Participants will also have an opportunity to create a ‘Hands for Human Rights’ wreath for display. RSVP or send your questions to chair_hrdeic@wayland.ma.us
Wayland Youth Lacrosse
2025 Registration Is Now Open. Registration for grades 1-8 is open now through the end of January. Kindergarten and pre-K registration coming soon.
This program has focuses on the whole player and teamwork as well as character and skill development. Select teams offer players an additional competitive opportunity to take their lacrosse skills to the next level. The season begins in late February and continues through the beginning of June.
Please note, not all announcements included in the Wayland All Schools News are school sponsored, but are community based, non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political, and are included here as a service to the Wayland school community.