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Memorial Elementary School staff jump into action for choking child

May 18, 2022 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

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.

Memorial Elementary School, Natick


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Filed Under: Health, Schools

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Virtual Coffee Hour with Natick School Committee members

May 10, 2022 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

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.

Meeting Zoom link here.

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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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Town seeks input on what to do with shuttered South Natick school

April 21, 2022 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

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 St., former Eliot School, Natick

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.

Public meetings:

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

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Virtual Coffee Hour with Natick School Committee members

March 9, 2022 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

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.

Natick High School

Additional spring 2022 School Committee coffee hours:

  • Thursday, April 14th, 6pm-6:45pm—Profile of a Graduate
  • Tuesday, May 17th, 8:30am-9:15am—Dismantling Systemic Barriers for Equitable Access to Opportunity
  • Wednesday, June 15th, TBD—Social Emotional Learning and Healthy Living

Who’s on the Natick School Committee?

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:

  • Julie McDonough, Chair
  • Cathi Collins, Vice Chair
  • Dr. Donna McKenzie, Clerk
  • Hayley Sonneborn
  • Dr. Shai Fuxman
  • Catherine Brunell
  • Elise Gorseth

You can email a committee member at schoolcommittee@natickps.org


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Natick High School principal accepts job in Worcester area

February 4, 2022 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Francis Parker Charter School in Devens, MA, near Worcester, has selected Natick High School principal Brian Harrigan as its next Head of School from a group of three finalists for the job. The public school educates 400 students in grades 7 – 12 on part of the expansive grounds of the former Fort Devens, which was inactivated as an Army base in 1996.

Natick High School Class of 2020 graduation

Natick Superintendent Anna Nolin in an announcement said, “I am personally and professionally sad to lose this leader from our ranks, but we always support and grow our staff knowing they may leave us one day.”

Harrigan was quoted in Nolin’s weekly newsletter saying, “it is the pull of the charter school and its mission and 400 students that pulls me, not a push away from Natick.”

Harrigan has been principal of Natick High School since 2015.

At Memorial School…

The Natick Public School system is moving closer to hiring a new Memorial Elementary School principal. 12 applicants for the job have been interviewed; seven of that group will then be interviewed by a panel of parents, teachers, support staff, a school committee member, and central office staff in preparation for a final round made up of several candidates.


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