More than you really want to know about Natick, Mass.
Come one, come all to the biggest event of the school year! The Lilja Elementary School Carnival is back for the first time since 2019, and there’ll be rides, games, prizes, raffles, acrobat shows, a reptile show, airbrush tattoos, a balloon twister, food and drink for sale, and more! Bring the whole family down for an afternoon of fun at this town-wide event.
Local news crews visited Memorial Elementary School in Natick to interview school employees who performed the Heimlich maneuver on a child who was choking on food in the cafeteria. Head custodian Mark Plant, and Emily DeOliveira, a cafeteria worker, were able to dislodge food from the student’s throat, and were lauded by school administration for taking action so quickly.
The student is fine and was expected to return to school on Wednesday, according to the reports.
WBZ-TV and WCVB-TV have the details and interviews.
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The Natick School Committee will hold a Virtual Coffee Hour on Tuesday, May 17, 6pm-6:45pm to provide the community with the opportunity for engagement with SC members. The topic, Dismantling Systemic Barriers for Equitable Access to Opportunity, is aligned to the district strategic plan.
The final School Committee virtual coffee hour for the 2021-2022 school year will be held on Wednesday, June 15th, time to be determined. The topic will be Social Emotional Learning and Healthy Living.
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Be heard about the future of the 5 Auburn Street parcel in South Natick at two upcoming meetings.
The 5 Auburn Street Request for Proposal (RFP) Committee—the nine-member group tasked with figuring out what to do with the former Eliot School building and its 2.8 acre parcel in South Natick—is seeking input from Natick residents regarding the future of the 3-floor, 10,600 square-foot structure that dates from 1938. The Committee wants feedback from the community in order to develop an RFP for the potential sale of the building/parcel.
5 Auburn Street most recently served as a Montessori school, but that operation completed a major renovation in 2020 to its campus across the street, giving it the space it needed to keep to one side of Route 16 only. The private school, which still educates toddlers – grade 8 using the Montessori model, is now known as Riverbend.
Going further back, 5 Auburn Street was a public school building into the 1970s.
The historic structure needs lots of work. The boiler has failed, it has inefficient single-pane windows, and it isn’t ADA-compliant. Upgrading it could cost upward of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
DATE: April 27, 2022
TIME: 6:30pm
LOCATION: via Zoom. Meeting ID 873 0126 2933
DATE: April 30, 2022
TIME: 3pm
LOCATION: 5 Auburn Street
And/or express your thoughts on the matter via email at 5auburn@natickma.org
The Natick School Committee will hold a Virtual Coffee Hour on Thur., April 14, 6pm-6:45pm to provide the community with the opportunity for engagement with SC members. The topic, Profile of a Graduate, is aligned to the district strategic plan.
The Natick School Committee is made up of seven elected officials, each of whom serve a 3-year term. The current School Committee members are:
You can email a committee member at schoolcommittee@natickps.org
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