High School/Middle School Campus Master Plan Study Update

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Dear Weston School Community,

Over the next few weeks, the Weston High School and Middle School Educational Visioning Group (EVG) – a group of Weston Public Schools, Weston Middle School, and Weston High School leadership, administrators, teachers, students, parents, and community partners will participate in three virtual Educational Visioning Workshops run by Lavallee Brensinger Architects and New Vista Design. Each workshop will be a collaborative session designed to identify high-level educational and architectural priorities that will inform the development of Weston’s High School/Middle School Campus Master Plan Study. Participants will be led through a step-by-step visioning process to capture their best thinking about WMS’s and WHS’s current and future academic goals and priorities and connect them to best practices and possibilities in innovative school facility design. 

We are looking for 8-10 parent and/or community volunteers to participate in these workshops. Workshops will build upon one and another and, while participants should attend all three workshops, attending two out of three is also possible. All workshops will be virtual and will take place in the evening to make it easier for people to attend. Each workshop will start and end on time. 

Outlines for each workshop are included below for your review. Interested participants are asked to submit a statement of interest to Derrek Joyce, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent, by Thursday, November 21, 2024. While all submissions are encouraged, the administration will prioritize parents and community members who have had direct experience with the WMS and WHS buildings. We will notify those selected to join on Friday, November 22.

Workshop One will take place on Monday, November 25, 2024, from 6:00-8:30 PM and will explore the following topics:  

  • Priority Goals for WMS and WHS educational programming and renovated and/or new school facilities
  • Future-Ready Teaching and Learning Practices that are important to WMS and WHS both now as envisioned for the future
  • Portrait of an WMS/WHS Graduate that distill the group’s best thinking about WPS’s current and future academic programming and priorities and their implications for design of renovated and/or new WMS and WHS facilities

Workshop Two will take place on Monday, December 9, 2024, from 6:00-8:30 PM and will explore the following topics:  

  • Strengths, Challenges, Opportunities, and Goals Analysis associated with WMS’s and WHS’s current educational programming as well as the district’s vision for its future
  • Architectural Design Patterns that WMS and WHS would like to put into practice within its renovated and/or new facilities

Workshop Three will take place on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, from 6:00-8:30 PM and will explore the following topics:  

  • Guiding Principles for the design of renovated and/or new WMS and WHS facilities
  • Blue Sky Aspirational Ideas for the design of renovated and/or new WMS and WHS facilities
  • Bubble Diagramming of conceptual design ideas for the design of renovated and/or new WMS and WHS facilities

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Derrek.

All my best,

 

Dr. Karen Zaleski