Stoughton Public Schools

Upcoming days off from school: There will be no school for students on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Schools are closed for a staff professional development day. Students will return to school on Wednesday, November 6. And, there is also no school on Monday, November 11, 2024 in observance of Veterans Day. The District office and school offices are also closed on Veterans Day.

Breakfast and lunch menus for November have been posted on the website. You can view them here: https://www.stoughtonschools.org/page/menus

Massachusetts STEM Week post: Stoughton High students in a statistics class are pictured here calculating probability models using dice to learn about independent and mutually exclusive events.

The USBands State Marching Band Championships are being held at Stoughton High on Saturday, October 26 (at Veterans Memorial Stadium)! This is a great chance to see many high school marching bands perform, including our very own SHS Marching Black Knights! Stoughton's performance is scheduled for 6:30pm.

The Jones Early Childhood Center's PTO is hosting a "Touch a Truck" event this coming Saturday, October 26 from 10am-1pm at the Jones (rear parking lot via Park Ave.).

MassBioEd recently visited O'Donnell Middle School science classes to teach a nature of science lesson. 8th grade classes had an electrophoresis lab where students practiced using micropipettes to transfer precise amounts of liquids into their gel. After running the electrophoresis unit students were able to make claims about the particle size and particle charge of each liquid.

Thank you SFD firefighter Andy Kelly for visiting Gibbons kindergarten classes for Fire Prevention Week!

Here is a look at what Dawe School Artists have been working on recently in art class!

Fire Prevention Week was October 6-12 and Hansen School students enjoyed a visit from the Stoughton Fire Department for a lesson about fire safety. Fire safety assemblies will continue at our elementary schools throughout the month.

As part of the C.A.R.E.S. initiative at the Wilkins School, students learn about how to best exemplify the traits of Community, Acceptance, Responsibility, Empathy, and Self Control throughout the school year. The Wilkins focused on the importance of community first this school year. Congratulations to the Wilkins students pictured here for exemplifying community spirit!

Jones Early Childhood Center preschool students and staff are pictured here out on the school’s playground on what was bumblebee pride day (the Jones School mascot is the bumblebee).

Grade 5 artists at the South School had a choice to join an Artober Art Challenge and this week’s prompt was Hot Drink! They could use that idea to create art in any form and here are the results...

Massachusetts STEM Week takes place from October 21-25 this year. We will be highlighting examples of the great work being done in our classrooms throughout the Stoughton Public Schools focusing on areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. STEM Week is an annual statewide effort to boost the interest, awareness, and ability for all learners to envision themselves in STEM education and employment opportunities. The theme for STEM Week this year is “STEM starts now” – at any age you can learn about STEM, from our youngest learners to adult learners. SPS offers a wide variety of STEM opportunities from PreK-12. Every student in SPS takes technology and engineering each year from K-5, STEM class in grades 6-8, and then students can choose engineering or computer science pathways in addition to the many math, business, and science courses offered at SHS. All of these courses are designed to expose students to real life applications and opportunities as well as prepare them for higher education or career skills. Be sure to check our social media pages this week to see examples of STEM education right here in the Stoughton Public Schools!

Thursday, October 24, 2024 is an early release day for the Stoughton Public Schools.

Mrs. Horan, Mrs. Fiske, and Mr. DeFrias are visiting elementary schools to introduce the various instruments 4th and 5th grade students can play when they join their school's band. They are pictured here at the Wilkins School.

Click on the link to see pictures from the first day of preschool at the Jones Early Childhood Center: https://www.facebook.com/stoughtonpublicschools/posts/pfbid0TQ1E4K2WEy141hUXaeueCC7GQVkD7oApiRhoYr19c5LxPBjmq27nDba5stFiaYmwl

The Stoughton High boys cross country team started off the season with a win over North Attleboro on Tuesday! The 27-28 victory (lower score wins), was Stoughton's first since 2020. Valdimar DePIna finished third overall, followed by Jacob Marques in fourth, and Will Borges in fifth. Quentin Simon came in seventh, and captain James Bettencourt came in eighth cementing the Stoughton win. If James did not edge the North Attleboro runner who placed ninth, North would have won. Meanwhile, the Stoughton girls cross country team lost to North Attleboro on Tuesday. Leah McCarty led Stoughton, finishing third overall. Senior Angie Berry finished fifth and Kirsten Alexson placed eighth for the Black Knights.

The Stoughton High girls varsity soccer team is off to a 2-0 start this season! The season started off with a 2-1 win over Sharon last week, followed by a 4-0 win over North Attleboro on Tuesday. The Black Knights have been led by Emma Tran with 2 goals, Makenzie O'Connor with 2 goals, Morgan O'Connor with 1 goal, Bianca Casna with 1 goal, Lauren Mitchell with strong play on defense, and Morgan Cook with strong play in the midfield. Goalie Molly Fox has only allowed one goal and recorded her first shutout of the season against North Attleboro.

The Stoughton High varsity field hockey team traveled to Milford on Tuesday and came away with a hard-fought 2-1 victory! Raegan Costello and Lauren Price scored the Stoughton goals, both assisted by Neala Garrels. Coach Caitlin Jamiel credits Grace Weisenberger for excellent play in goal, while Lauren Price and Casey Groppi controlled the game offensively for the Black Knights. Stoughton is now 2-1 on the season.

Before the start of preschool, the Jones Early Childhood Center held an open house to give students and families a chance to visit the school and meet their teachers. Families could also stop by a table to find out about the new Jones Early Childhood Center PTO and pick up a Table Talks box from our friends at the Stoughton OASIS Coalition. More pictures are posted here: https://www.facebook.com/stoughtonpublicschools/posts/pfbid0ppvdC7JdrXnEqW8NhsQCnFGHpqU8PzxXoXuWij345u1LoGouihvGfJASPDan7AyKl