Dear Families,
I hope you enjoyed a refreshing Labor Day Weekend. We are excited to see students in person this week at Wayland Middle School. As a reminder here is the Meet and Greet Schedule.
If you can’t pick up materials at your scheduled time, please reach out to Nicole Cadman to arrange an alternate pick up time. Here are the procedures for the Meet and Greet:
-Your student will exit the car in the drop off circle by the gymnasium with a mask and backpack on and wait six feet apart from others before entering gym. Staff will be present to support this.
-In turn, we will welcome your student into the gym and collect the
Health Form you signed.
-Your student will sanitize hands and put on a name tag.
-We will show your student where their Chromebook, schedule, and school materials are, and they will put them in their backpack.
-Your student will re-sanitize hands as they exit.
-A staff member will escort your student to their Meet and Greet tent for welcome activities.
-One hour later, you will pick up your student at the front of the building. We will show your student to your car when you arrive.
-Please have your student post their school day schedule in a memorable place when you return home.
* Note - If there are thunderstorms on Meet and Greet days, students will pick up materials, wave to teachers, and leave immediately. We will not hold activities under tents if there is thunder or lightning.
Here you can find the WMS Reopening Plan that I sent last week, in case you missed it. Our Family Information sessions will be held tonight. Zoom links will be sent in an email today:
-6th Grade Family Information Night - Tuesday, 9/8 - 6:00 - 7:00 PM
-7th & 8th Grade Family Information Night - Tuesday, 9/8 - 7:30 - 8:30
Our companion plan for the WRAP program will also be emailed home today. The WRAP family information session will be held via Zoom Thursday, 9/10 from 6 - 7 PM. WRAP materials pick up will take place on Thursday, 9/10 from 3:00 - 3:30 PM. Knowing that families chose WRAP as they were not yet comfortable with in-person learning, we will place materials for WRAP families directly into trunks when you arrive. Please have your student’s name and grade written boldly on paper that is visible through the car window. If you reside in Boston, and are unable to attend a materials pick up, please contact us to make other arrangements.
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our new staff at WMS:
Danuta Bujak - 6th Grade Spanish and French - Ms. Bujak joins our team as a polyglot, who speaks five different languages. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Education from The School of Pedagogy in Czestochowa, Poland. Additionally, she earned two master degrees from the School of Pedagogy and Boston College. Most recently Ms. Bujak taught elementary Spanish and middle school French in Weston, MA.
Aleksandra Gosz - Building Based Substitute - We were lucky to have Ms. Gosz fill in as a long-term substitute last winter, and we are thrilled to have her join our team full-time this year. Ms.Gosz just completed her Bachelor Degree in Liberal Studies from Framingham University, with a minor in Mathematics. She comes with experience as a teaching assistant, after-school counselor, and summer camp counselor.
Chloe Kolbet - Latin & French - We are thrilled to have Ms. Kolbet join our Latin and French teams at Wayland Middle School. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College in Classics and French. Additionally, she has recently completed her Master of Arts and Teaching in Classics and Classical Humanities at UMass, Amherst. Ms. Kolbet is passionate about the proficiency model of language teaching and is a welcome addition to our team. Ms. Kolbet will be teaching one section of Latin and a section of French and Latin in our WRAP program.
Megan Prebensen - 6th Grade Special Education Liaison - Ms. Prebensen is an experienced special educator, who joins us after five years of teaching in Natick Public Schools. Ms. Prebensen did her undergraduate work at Framingham State University in History and then went on to earn a Master of Education Degree in Special Education from Northeastern University. She has experience co-teaching, teaching small group classes, testing, and developing and implementing Individual Educational Plans (IEPs).
Arlene Silva - 7th grade Psychologist and Counselor - Dr. Silva holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Amherst College and she earned her Doctorate at the University of Maryland. Dr. Silva worked as a school psychologist in Nashua, NH and Boston, MA before transitioning to work at Williams James College. There she has trained graduate students for the last ten years, most recently chairing the Psychology Department. Dr. Silva takes over Dr. Stephen Farina’s role as a grade level counselor and Dr. Farina will focus his energies on testing and training the interns who work with us.
Dalia Stewart - 6th & 7th Grade Social Studies - Ms. Stewart is a veteran social studies teacher who has spent the last 22 years teaching in Framingham’s Two-Way Bilingual Program. Ms. Stewart holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Literature from Worcester State and a Master Degree of Education from Boston College. We are excited for her to bring her expertise to our 6th and 7th grade social studies program.
Luanne Waldsmith - Teaching Assistant - Ms. Waldsmith joins us with nine years of experience as an ABA technician, working with children on the autism spectrum. Ms. Waldsmith earned her associate degree from Becker College.
We hope you will extend a warm welcome to our new staff members. Thank you for your partnership in the year ahead.
Respectfully,
Betsy Gavron
