Boston Weston METCO Parent Organization (BWMPO) and PTO Meeting

Please join the BWMPO and PTO on Thursday, October 19 from 6:30-8pm via Zoom as we host a meeting for all parents and guardians with students in the Weston Public Schools. Meet Weston’s new DEI Coordinator, Shannon Sheldon. Hear updates from Interim Superintendent Karen Zaleski, School Committee Chair Ken Newberg, and leaders from METCO, BWMPO, and PTO. Access the meeting using this Zoom link.

Meeting ID: 874 0412 1106

Passcode: 850122

Dial by phone: +1 309 205 3325 US

Third Annual “Meet Me Halfway” BWMPO/PTO Parent Social

Please join us for the third annual “Meet Me Halfway” BWMPO/PTO Parent Social on Saturday, October 21 from 7-9pm at Jake N JOEs in Norwood. We hope to see you there. Please rsvp here: Meet Me Halfway Parents Night Out

METCO BSU Fundraiser – Starting October 11, 2023, to November 17, 2023

Meadow Farms

The WESTON METCO Fundraiser that supports the Weston High School METCO Student Activities Group is beginning. This year the BSU (Black Student Union) has decided to try a different vendor – Meadow Farms. They offer a variety of things from candles to candy to Stonewall Kitchen items. 100% of the proceeds raised go to help support and assist the High School METCO students. In the past with other fundraisers, we have been able to assist with field trips and AP exam fees as well as host METCO student celebrations and community building events. We would love to expand our efforts and include supporting our Global Student Travel Funds, which offers scholarships to assist METCO Student participation in educational travel opportunities. Your orders will help make this possible.

For your convenience we are accepting online orders that will be shipped directly to your home. Just click the link below to log on to our group Meadow Farms Fundraising. We will be accepting orders until November 17, 2023. If you have any questions please contact Nancy Fournier at 781-786-5851 or fourneirn@weston.org

MEADOWFARMS

Dear Weston School Community,

The Dismissal Notepad Fundraiser is back! Simplify your morning with these personalized notepads. Only your child’s name will be printed on each pad so you can use it year after year.

Please click the link to order METCO Dismissal notepads from this fundraiser benefit Weston METCO Family Friends. The deadline for ordering is October 20, 2023. One order includes 4 (50 sheets per pad) notepads. Cost is $20. For questions, please contact Nancy Fournier, fourniern@weston.org

About Weston METCO

Since 1967, Weston has participated in METCO, (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity), a voluntary, desegregation, program which brings approximately 167 students, grades K-12, from Boston to Weston’s schools.

The Weston METCO program supported students through this past year of immense challenges. Our students are still working hard to achieve the academic goals that parents and the program have developed for them. Our METCO Academic Liaisons are working with our Boston students supporting them in their pursuit of academic and lifelong success.

Elementary students in Kindergarten through grade three are working under the guidance of Riola Lazo, METCO Liaison (Country and Woodland Schools). At Field School, Weston METCO Director and Elementary Liaison, Theresa Dryden is working directly with our fourth and fifth grade students. Cyril Kakulu is the METCO Liaison at the Middle School, and he works with our sixth, seventh and eighth graders. The High School Liaison Tanaja Jordan, works with students in grades nine through twelve.

The Boston Weston METCO Parent Organization (BWMPO), the Family Friends program, and the Community Coordinating Committee (CCC) are examples of the diverse groups of students, parents, teachers, administrators and members of the Boston and Weston communities who are working together to make our METCO program the best ever!

We have many events throughout the year where we bring the Boston and Weston communities together. Some of these events include the Family Friends Ice Cream Social in September (this year at the Country School, the METCO Gospel Jubilee In January at the Weston High School and the Annual Pot Luck Supper in March in Weston. Everyone from both the Weston and Boston communities are welcome to attend these events. To learn more about the program’s achievements, please read the most recent annual report to the School Committee.

METCO WHS Class of 2023

MEtCO 2023