Students from the American College of Greece joined our 9th grade Interdisciplinary Program team this week to get to know one another, attend classes, study about infectious diseases & design and share PSAs. Great energy and new friends made!

Looking for inspiration & hope? Today NHS students in the Muslim Student Union & the Jewish Student Union held a bake sale benefiting families of Israeli hostages & Gazan families caught up in the war. They also distributed pins they designed.

Amazing young people lead us!

Wishing a peaceful holiday to our students, staff & families celebrating Passover!

Wishing a Happy Eid Al-Fitr for our Muslim students, families and staff celebrating the end of Ramadan!

Check out my latest brief video: “10 Minutes with AI” a conversation about education and the rise of Artificial Intelligence. Learn about how we are thinking about AI in the Needham Public Schools: YouTube.com/watch?v=dRsEL9…

My latest post, The MCAS: An Imperfect but Important Tool, is available here: npssuperintendent.blogspot.com

Happy Easter to our students, staff and family celebrating the holiday!

Best wishes to Joyce Wiggin, the Executive Assistant to the Superintendent, who retires today and has served in the Needham Public Schools for 45 years as a superb, dedicated, caring and gracious professional. Thanks for everything, Joyce!

Honored Sunday to be invited by Needham Muslim Neighbors to participate in an evening of prayer & enjoy Iftar, the meal eaten by Muslims to break their fast after sunset during Ramadan. Great to see & hear Needham students share their knowledge, faith & culture. Ramadan Mubarak!

Needham High Robotics competes in FIRST Tech State Championship today at Andover High School. Go Rockets!

I was honored to interview Needham grad and NASA astronaut, Sunita Williams at her namesake school, the Sunita L. Williams Elementary School. Catch the “10 Minutes with Suni” here and learn about her next launch aboard the new CST-100 Starliner spacecraft: tinyurl.com/4y3cnjhd

Yum! Here's a delicious way to support the NEF Trivia Bee fundraiser... Purchase a special, bee-adorned cupcake at Treat Cupcake Bar during the month of March and a percentage of proceeds will benefit the NEF as part of Treat Cupcake Bar's 'Treat Others Well' promotion.
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Congratulations to Needham High junior Vann Hotchkiss, on the left with Coach Cole, who was honored last night by the School Committee and Principal Sicotte for winning his 2nd MIAA Division 1 State Championship in diving! Let’s make it 3 in a row! Go Rockets!

High Rock 6th graders ponder special math challenge questions to keep them sharp and push their thinking!

Seriously? This is a snowstorm? The weather people (and at least one hapless superintendent) need to pull it together!

Due to the predicted snowfall, there will be no school tomorrow, Tuesday, February 13th.

Well, I’m relieved. If you look closely there appears to be a little no snow bubble over Needham. Phew!

Holocaust & Nazi concentration camp survivor Sami Steigmann shared his story with Needham High School students this afternoon & he encouraged all young people to call out bullying and not to be bystanders. Thanks to the Jewish Student Union for organizing this unique opportunity.

Want to learn how those snow day decisions really happen? Pollard students Sabine and Riley interview me on the latest edition of “10 Minutes with…” Check it out: youtube.com/watch?v=OqgByq…

My latest post, Resolutions for a New Year, is available here: npssuperintendent.blogspot.com