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Colleagues,

While driving into work this morning, I listened to a local radio station playing clips from the ¡°Butterball Hotline”.??They recounted a variety of turkey preparation tips ranging from thawing a frozen bird (1 day of thawing for every 4 pounds) to cooking it (about 4 hours for a 20-lb bird at 325 degrees. This assumes, of course, that your turkey is fully thawed!) We are clearly very close to Thanksgiving next week.

Thanksgiving remains my favorite holiday and as is the case with many of our staff, I am excited to have my family under one roof again for the first time since August.

If you are in the area on Thursday and want to observe the oldest high school football rivalry in the country, come to the Hunnewell Stadium on Thursday morning and cheer for our Raiders as they take on Needham for the 132^nd time.? (For the record, ÎÞ¾¡×ÊÔ´²É¼¯ retains a two-game winning advantage across all of these years!)?? And don¡¯t forget to travel to Needham on Wednesday afternoon to cheer for our senior girls in the annual Powder Puff Game!

One quick request:? We are in the process of writing our annual progress report for 2018-19.? If you have any stories, awards, events, etc., that you wish to be included, please submit those to progressreport@wellesleyps.org or include it at .? (If you have a high-quality photo to go along with your story, even better!)

Finally, we just learned this morning that WMS French Teacher Rebecca Blouwolff was named the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) National Teacher of the Year.? What a well-deserved honor for this amazing educator!

Enjoy the weekend and have a safe and restful Thanksgiving next week.?

Best regards,

David

Calendar
11/26/19 – School Committee Meeting – Town Hall – 6:30 pm
11/27/19 – Thanksgiving Break Begins? – Half Day
12/2/19 – Professional Day – No School
12/3/19 – School Committee Meeting – Town Hall?– 6:30 pm
12/11/19 – School Committee Meeting – Town Hall?– 5:30?pm

Congratulations to ?Sarah Williams?(Bates Special Educator) on her marriage to Ryan Boudreau on?November 16, 2019.

Condolences?to?Kelly O’Sullivan?(Fiske Gr 5 Teacher) on the loss of her grandmother, Lillian Sullivan, on?November 15, 2019.

WTP Performances – Complimentary Tickets Available for WPS Staff –?Upcoming Performance:? Frozen Jr.
The ÎÞ¾¡×ÊÔ´²É¼¯?Theatre?Project?would like to offer?ÎÞ¾¡×ÊÔ´²É¼¯?Public School employees up to two complimentary tickets to?performances throughout the year!? Seats have?been set?aside for all?performances. Please email?info@wellesleytheatreproject.org?or call 781-235-1550 to let them?know which performance you would like to attend. We hope to see you at a show!

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program

Please to view BU Wheelock’s?reinvigorated EdD program conducted by school and district practitioners and designed for working professionals.?

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2020 WEF Grant Applications?
Deadline:??Monday, January 6th? ??Decision Notifications:? Early April?