🎉 Welcome to the 2024-2025 School Year! 🎥 This is the #EWSD!🌿👏https://bit.ly/4cr8V5V
Tomorrow is the first day of school for students! 😊🎉
🎉 Our EMS and EES staff are all set and excited to welcome students back! 📚✨
We are so excited to welcome everyone back to school starting Monday, August 26! Share your first day of school photos with us by emailing them to communications@ewsd.org 📸😁
The Heavenly Food Pantry, located at the First Congregational Church on Main Street in Essex Junction will be open to families residing in Essex, Essex Junction, and Westford on Thursday, August 22, from 3-6 p.m. Beginning at 3 p.m., families arriving will be given a number and asked to wait in the sanctuary until their number is called. They will then complete their registration. A volunteer will greet and escort them around the pantry, allowing them to make food selections of their choosing. After the food is gathered, it will be weighed (information for pantry use only) and another volunteer will bring the food to the family’s vehicle.
Shopping carts will be made available for those within walking distance of the pantry.
The pantry asks for proof of residence for each household in the form of a current utility bill with a physical address listed. In lieu of this, families may provide current correspondence from a government agency or other official mail. Identification for each household member may consist of a driver’s license, hospital card, insurance card, school-issued ID, social security ID, or birth certificate.
As usual, there are no income requirements to visit the food pantry and a variety of food is available to everyone; however, additional food is provided by the USDA to eligible families once a month who fall below federally mandated guidelines. Families not able to attend the pantry may call the Church office at 878-5745 between 9:00
a.m. and noon today through Thursday to leave contact information (name, address, number of people in the family, and phone number) so arrangements for delivery can be made. A follow-up call to complete registration will take place on Thursday morning.
Families are currently able to visit the pantry each time it is open on the 2nd Monday of the month from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and the 4th Thursday of the month from 3-6 p.m. (except for November and December when it is the 3rd Thursday). The next food pantry distribution will occur on Monday, September 9, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Let's give a warm welcome to the new teachers joining the EWSD this school year! 🎉👍
🌟Our new EWSD Support Staff came together for an orientation. Welcome to the team!🎉
The Vermont Department of Health’s Asthma-Friendly Schools Program recently recognized Hiawatha as a gold-level Asthma-friendly school for 2023-24, while Founders earned silver status. Hiawatha school nurse Reyna Maher and FMS school nurse Alicia Goodkind were both singled out for their efforts in helping their respective schools earn this honor. Hiawatha and FMS were two of only 23 schools in the state that were recognized for demonstrating the highest commitment to improving and maintaining asthma-friendly policies and practices and promoting good asthma management among their students! 👏👏💙💚
The #EWSD Board will next meet on Tue., August 20 starting at 6:30 p.m. The full meeting will be available to watch on Facebook Live thanks to the Media Factory (https://www.facebook.com/BTVMediaFactory).
Agenda items for the meeting include:
* Open Meeting Law Requirements
* FY26 Budget Landscape
* Brown Dog Consulting Policy Governance Training
To learn more about the EWSD Board, please visit: http://www.ewsd.org/page/schoolboard
✨ The CTE Dental Assisting Program gained a new Lab Supervisor this school year. Welcome to the EWSD, Dixie! Dixie says "I am excited to share my knowledge and expertise in dentistry with the CTE dental assisting students this school year!"
Our EWSD Leadership team came together to prepare for the upcoming school year! Excited for what's ahead!
🚌 If your EWSD student will need bus transportation this year, please sign up online through PowerSchool! https://bit.ly/3MfivOJ. If you have any issues logging into PowerSchool, please reach out to the EWSD HelpDesk: helpdesk@ewsd.org
Hiawatha and FMS have been honored by the Vermont Department of Health for being asthma-friendly schools! Learn more: https://www.ewsd.org/article/1710966
The EWSD has a mobile app to help students, parents, and community members stay up to date on what is happening in our schools from your phone! On the app, you can read the latest announcements, view lunch menus, and review upcoming events. The EWSD app is available to download for free - https://bit.ly/3q8ZBAY
The Heavenly Food Pantry, located at the First Congregational Church on Main Street in Essex Junction, will be open to families residing in Essex, Essex Junction, and Westford on Monday, August 12, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
As usual, there are no income requirements to visit the food pantry and a variety of food is
available to everyone; however, additional food is provided by the USDA to eligible once a
month to families who fall below federally mandated guidelines. Families not able to attend the pantry may call the Church office at 878-5745 Ext. 102 between 9-12 p.m. to leave contact information so arrangements for delivery can be made.
The next food pantry distribution will occur on Thursday, August 22 from 3-6 p.m.
The EWSD is pleased to present the updated handbook for Essex Westford School District. This handbook serves as a guide to our school policies, procedures, and expectations and is a valuable resource for both students and their families. 👉 Visit www.ewsd.org/handbook to review it online.
📅✨ Take a look at the upcoming school year! Check out the 2024-2025 family calendar for all the planned school closures. Stay informed and plan ahead! 📚🏫
Congratulations to CTE’s Julia Morton who took home first-place honors with a gold medal in Dental Assisting at the National SkillsUSA Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. CTE sent 13 students to the annual conference to compete, which was held June 24-29, and had a total of six students place in the top 10 in the nation in their respective categories.
👏 As we gear up for a new school year, we want to extend our deepest gratitude to the incredible facilities staff who have been working tirelessly all summer long. Your dedication and hard work in preparing our schools have not gone unnoticed. You've ensured that our students and staff will start the year in a safe and welcoming environment. Thank you for all you do! 👏
