🌟Gold medals across the district! Westfield Public Schools is proud to announce that all eight elementary and intermediate schools have earned Safe Routes to School Gold recognition for their ongoing commitment to student pedestrian and bicycle safety. 👟🚲
First graders are learning how to select books and build independent reading stamina during readers workshop.
McKinley students and families gathered for Family Pizza Night. Thank you to our PTO for hosting this community-building event to kick off the new school year.
McKinley students celebrated the International Day of Peace with a special morning announcement by our school counselor and an invitation to create kind and peaceful chalk drawings and messages during recess.
Scenes from around the district. From therapy dogs 🐾 and butterfly releases 🦋 to sidewalk kindness notes 🌈 and friendly visits 👮♂️, it’s always a great week to learn, grow, and connect acrossWestfield Public Schools! 📚✨
Join us on Tuesday, September 22, at Edison Intermediate School for our dedicated Special Education Back to School Night!
We wish a meaningful Yom Kippur to all in our Westfield Public Schools community observing. May the year ahead bring love, peace, and reflection. 🕯️🕊️
Just a quick reminder that school will be closed on Monday, September 21, 2026. We’ll see everyone back in class on Tuesday!
Second graders were so excited to release their butterflies after observing the life cycle of an insect over the past two weeks. Throughout this Life Science Unit, students will be able to describe how living things grow and change.
Science is all around us! Fifth graders are learning about the connection between their shadows and the changing position of the sun throughout the day. Students traced a partner's shadow in the morning and the afternoon, and they observed that the shadows changed size and shifted positions.
As we move into the third week of the school year, students are learning classroom routines and building strong work habits.
Join us in celebrating Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! 🌎✨ From September 15 to October 15, we honor the rich history, culture, and contributions of the Hispanic and Latino communities.
Back to School Night was a success! It was wonderful to see so my families at this event. We kicked off the evening with a PTO Meeting and continued with classroom presentations and the opportunity to paint our community mural. It was a great start to the 26-27 school year.
Wishing our entire Westfield Public Schools community a happy, healthy, and sweet new year as Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on September 11, 2026, and concludes at sundown on September 13, 2026.
Shanah Tovah! 🍎🍯
Shanah Tovah! 🍎🍯
💻🔧 A peek behind the scenes of our Technology Team working device by device to safely restore access for staff across the district. Grateful for their care, persistence, and long hours as we continue moving toward full restoration. 🙏👏
Today, we join together to remember the twenty-fifth anniversary of September 11, 2001.
We honor the nearly 3,000 lives taken from us, the courage of the first responders, the resilience of our communities, and the spirit that rose up during that time.
We honor the nearly 3,000 lives taken from us, the courage of the first responders, the resilience of our communities, and the spirit that rose up during that time.
Our wonderful custodians created a school bus-themed sanitation station for the students to use during lunch.
Lunch and recess are important times of the school day. Students are practicing social skills, problem solving strategies and decision making.
Our students are off to a great start- listening, reading, learning new routines and getting to know their classmates.
The McKinley Staff is excited for the 26–27 school year!
