Founded in 1991, the Westwood Educational Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to encouraging learning beyond the traditional school curriculum and it champions initiatives that offer self-education opportunities for all members of the community.

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Important Dates

 

E4E

Entertaining for Education

October 24, 2009

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For information on proposed plans for a new Westwood Public Library

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E4E for WEFHat

October 24, 2009

 

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2009 WEF Spelling Bee

 

The 13th Annual Children's Spelling Bee was held March 4th and 5th at the Sheehan Elementary School. Congratulations to all of our winners, as well as our participants!

Third Grade Winners

Super Sonic Spellers

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Jaqueline DeLorey, Caroline Kremer, Courtney Platt and Evin Hazar

 

Fourth Grade Winners

 

Sonic Spellers

Jack Jordanides, Anusha Manglik, Jacob Morris and Sophie Medina

 

Fifth Grade Winners

Spectacular Spellers

Aisha Chandraker, Natalie Perlov and Shehla Chandraker

 

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Canoe Project Update

The Canoe Floats!
Members of the Flex Experiential Learning class have spent the year handcrafting a canoe. After weeks of work during school and on the weekends, they finally experienced the fruits of their labor when they launched the canoe and each took a turn piloting the boat on Buckmaster Pond.

Pictures – courtesy Westwood High School Principal’s May 2008 newsletter

Class Builds Canoe, Craftsmanship, and Confidence

By Monica Parker-James

For most of us, images of high school include pop quizzes and long essays. Lunch in a noisy cafeteria. Jammed lockers. Homework. But for a group of students at Westwood High School, the typical school day is anything but typical.

Westwood High School’s flex program is designed for students with unique academic and social needs. This year, these students are spending part of each school week building a canoe. Through this innovative project, they are building skills and self-confidence along the way.

The project is the brain child of flex teacher Paul Houston. He and school psychologist Todd Danforth saw canoe building as a perfect fit for the students’ experiential learning class.(continued...)

Paul Houston with the Flex program students and the "Canoe"

 

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Canoe Building at Westwood High School

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