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Free Summer Meals!

June 20, 2025

Please click on the headline for more information about the Summer Eats free summer meals program for kids and teens ages 18 and under.

Please click on the headline for a statement from Superintendent Luff about the results of the Student Services program review completed by Academic Discoveries this year, including a link to the full report.

Norwood School News

June 13, 2025

Check out the news and events from around your Norwood Public Schools community for the week ending 6.13.2025, including, NHS Step Up Day, CMS Literary Luncheon, Year End Celebrations and more! That's a wrap for this year's school news. Thank you to all of our student anchors who did an amazing job letting us know about the great things happening in our schools! A big thank you to Jack Tolman for producing the school news each week!

The majority of families WILL NOT NEED TO APPLY. Click the headline to see the NPS SUN Bucks website. There are also links to the DTA pages for SUN Bucks and FAQ (linked on the NPS SUN Bucks website). DTA SUN BUcks Hotline: 855-425-8770

The School Committee Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 05/28/2025, has been canceled. The next School Committee Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 06/04/2025.

Please click on the headline for the Superintendent's announcement naming Cynthia Derrane as the new Norwood High School principal beginning July 1, 2025. Ms. Derrane's appointment will be finalized at the upcoming School Committee meeting on May 14, 2025.

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Norwood Public Schools Fine Arts Department presents its 25th Annual Fine Arts Festival on May 2nd from 4-8 PM at Norwood High School in the Gymnasium and Auditorium. Click the headline for Program and more information.

Click the headline for the Public Budget Hearing Notice

Please click on the headline for the superintendent's announcement of the three finalists for Norwood's next Director of Student Services.

Ryan Quigley, grades 6-12 Wellness Department Chair for the Norwood Public Schools along with Connor Brosnan, Program Director for Impact Norwood, share some important insights from the MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey taken by student in grades 6-12 in 2023. Click on the link to view the video, learn about some of the trends found in the survey and action steps schools plan to take in response to the findings.

January 15, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Savage Center Room 219

This video is available for 30 days. Click the headline for the video. Password is: NorwoodCaregiver2024!

Hybrid Meeting. Public can access the meeting in person at the Cleveland Elementary School. NCM will record the Public Forum and it will be broadcast at a later date. For the cable channel guide, please visit: https://norwoodcommunitymedia.org . Public participation for the public comment period can be accessed in two ways: (1) In person at the meeting (sign up in advance through Superintendent’s Office by noon the day of the meeting to pre-register, or sign in at the meeting); and (2) Call the Superintendent’s Office at 781-762-6804 by noon on the day of the meeting to register and receive a meeting link that will be accessible for public comment only.

Please click on the headline for the draft policy for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex Under TItle IX Including Sex-Based Harassment. If you have any comment on this draft policy, please contact the Norwood Public Schools superintendent's office by emailing preardon@norwood.k12.ma.us.

Public can access the meeting in person at the Balch Cafeteria. NCM will record the Public Forum but it will not be live. It will be broadcast at a later date. For the cable channel guide please visit: https://norwoodcommunitymedia.org/. Public participation for the public comment period can be accessed in person at the meeting (sign up in advance through Superintendent’s Office at 781-762-6804 by noon the day of the meeting to pre-register, or sign in at the meeting).

NEW Aspen Log In Page

September 5, 2024

The Aspen Log In Page was updated Friday 9/6/2024. Click the headline for instructions for logging in on this new page. More handouts for families will be available soon.

If you have previously signed the Medicaid Consent, you may revoke consent at any time. Click the headline for the letter. For the consent see this link: https://www.norwood.k12.ma.us/about/files/documents/MassHealth%20Parent%20consent%20form.pdf

Norwood Public Schools Superintendent Tim Luff has released a video update welcoming the community back for the new school year as well as providing updates for the Elementary Study Project.   Click on the headline to watch the message.

Please join the Elementary Study Working Group and Partner, Sanborn Geospatial for a webinar on Monday, June 17th at 7:00pm. There will be a presentation of the working group process, potential redistricting scenarios, exploration of interactive story maps and a questions and answer period. Please click on the headline for more information.

Aspen Online Registration is available again. *---* التسجيل عبر الإنترنت في Aspen متاح مرة أخرى. *---* Enskripsyon sou entènèt Aspen disponib ankò. *---* O registro on-line da Aspen está disponível novamente. *---* El registro en línea de Aspen está disponible nuevamente.

Bus Registration is now open for the 2024-2025 school year. Bus registration is first-come, first-served. The only guaranteed bus seating is for those students in grades K-6 who live over 2 miles from their assigned school. Registration is online only on the norwood transportation website and can be reached by clicking on the headline.

Click on the link for the May 1st School Committee presentation on the 2024 school space optimization study. This study aims to optimize space, enhance instructional programming, and balance school-building capacities to better serve our students.

This video is available for 30 days. Click the headline for the video. Password is: SCS2024

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