Coffee Break Escape!
Principal Knowles and the Outreach Class Ambassadors at Veterans Park School served up a Coffee Break Escape today for Veterans Park staff. The delicious treats included flavored coffees, cookies and donut holes.
BMS Principal Invited to Capital Hill
In recognition of National Principals Month.Baird Middle School Principal, Stacy Monette, was invited to spend today on Capital Hill with principals from across the country. Her journey gave her the opportunity to meet with representatives from the offices of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Representative Richard Neal and Senator Edward J. Markey.to advocate on behalf of public education.
LHS Represented at MIAA Fall Huddle
Sofia and Mike representing Ludlow High School, and joining over 160 MIAA student ambassadors from across the state at today's Fall Huddle- sharing, listening and learning.
Mindfulness Space- Leaving a Legacy
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! So proud of Jeni Sanchez and Lizette Mendez two former BMS students & now LHS freshmen- who, with a vision and a few paint brushes in hand, volunteered to transform a dark, underused room at BMS into an inviting, calm, tranquil mindfulness space, for students and staff. Click here to read the full article.
Kind Gesture in Honor of Breast Cancer Month
This will melt you heart... In honor of October being Breast Cancer Month, before a recent game, Landon, a 3rd grade student/hockey player, wrapped his hockey stick in pink and on the stick blade wrote the name Jennifer McNeely, a breast cancer fighter and the sister of his teacher, Wendi Lawson. Ms. Lawson and her sister had no words to express how touched they were when Landon's mother shared her son's very kind, sweet gesture.
Principal Reed's Positive Pause
CONGRATULATIONS Tyler & Mateus! Principal Reed is so PROUD of you both for arriving to school with a smile and positive attitude to make your day at Chapin Street School the best it can be!
Veterans Park October Students of the Month
PROUD to share the Veterans Park School October Students of the Month! CONGRATULATIONS Karina, Molly, Alaina, Leila, Brady, Ned, Brielle, Jade, Robert, Hayden, Jayla, Gabriella, Christian, Liberty, Fabiola, Jayden & Lilly for being recognized as Superheroes of OPENNESS! We welcome you to view the slide presentation below to learn more about these amazing Superheroes! Click here to learn more about these amazing Superheroes!
Kindergarten Fall Field Trip
East Street School kindergartners enjoyed a fun-tastic fall day of decorating cookies & pumpkins, barrel train adventures, tractor rides, exploring the corn maze, and ringing the silver bell! Sending our thank you to the LES PTO for helping to fund this trip. Additional photos can be found on the LPS Facebook page.
First Grade Fall Field Trip
Sharing some pics of 1st grade students enjoying their apple picking adventure to Cold Spring Orchard in Belchertown. Sending our thanks to the LES PTO for their support in helping to fund this trip. Additional photos can be found on the LPS Facebook page.
CTEC Walter E. Quigley Jr. Students of the Month Award
Join us in sending congratulations to LHS students- Wyatt Chambers (Machine Technology II), Justin Costa (Graphic & Visual Design), Hayleigh Paine (Culinary II) & Jared Provost (Information Support Services & Networking II) who were recently recognized as September students of the month at the Lower Pioneer Valley Career and Technical Education Center Program (CTEC). Click here for the full article.
Principal Reed's Positive Pause
CONGRATULATIONS Camryn, Xavier & Violett! Principal Reed was PROUD to learn you helped a classmate having a difficult time arriving to school by offering him encouraging words to help him relax, feel welcomed & start his day on a positive note.
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What an amazing collaboration LHS & Wilbraham & Monson Academy Girls Volleyball Teams- raising $1,470 to be donated to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Click here for the full story.
Custodial Workers Recognition Day THANK YOU!
On Custodial Workers Recognition Day we want to give a shout out to our hardworking team- they are the BEST! THANK YOU for all you do to keep our schools running smoothly.
What is Your Superpower?
CONGRATULATIONS to 1st grade students in room 222 at East Street School for receiving Superpower Awards from Principal Welch -Cameron for courage & Aaliyah for love and compassion- both supporting classmates with kindness and acceptance.
National Principals Month- THANK YOU!
October is NationalPrincipalsMonth so we are proudly sharing this pic of our rock star Admin Team from the recent Future Ready Schools conference. Principals- Stacy Monette (BMS), Melissa Knowles (Veterans Park) Tom Welch, (East Street), Nikki Reed (Chapin Street), Lisa Nemeth (LHS) and our Director of Information Communication Technology, Mike Assaf. Thank you for your leadership and dedication to ensure the success and well-being of each student and staff member in our schools.
Spike It For Life
The Ludlow Girls Varsity Volleyball Team will play Wilbraham & Monson Academy in the Ludlow High School gym on October 4th at 7 PM. All proceeds from this event will be donated to The Jimmy Fund which raises money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Click here to learn more.
Seeing Double, Times NINE, at East Street School!
Western Mass News reporter Sabrina Reilley visited East Street School this morning to meet our NINE sets of twins- Nessa. & Nora, Aiden & Cameron, Liam & Sloan, Julia & Samson, Vivian & Lucas, Sarah & Hannah, Guliana & Lucas, Josh & Ella, and we can't forget Teddy and Freddy! Click here to view the WMN video.
Veterans Park Staff Receive Special Delivery
The Ambassador's of Hospitality- AKA Veterans Park School Outreach students- surprised staff with a special delivery of apples and apple cider this week. How sweet! #LPSGrowtheGood #kindnessmatters
1st Grader Shares Friendship Cards with Classmates
THIS WILL MELT YOUR HEART!! 1st grader, Caitlyn Sylvestre, made the sweetest friendship cards for each of her classmates in Grace Dolan's classroom at East Street School as part of the #StartwithHELLO campaign this week.
Thank you Caitlyn for spreading so much joy and making all of your classmates feel special- you are AMAZING!
Author Fair Features LHS English Teacher/Author
Our very own LHS English teacher/published author, Eric Johnson, will be at the Springfield Public Library Author Fair this Saturday, September 28 from 12:30-3:30PM. A total of 11 local authors - fiction, non-fiction, memoir, poetry, and children's books- will be represented. Click here to learn more.
LHS Girls XC Team Shines at Amherst Invitational
The LHS Girls XC Team had a great showing at yesterday's Amherst Invitational with a 5th place overall finish against some of the best teams in Massachusetts. Click here to read the full article.
LHS Band Marches in Big E Parade
The LHS Band marched in the Massachusetts Day parade at the Big E along with many other high school bands from our area. Band Director Kevin McAvoy reports -the weather was perfect and the students had a great time entertaining the crowd during the parade and seeing friends from other schools. Click here to view the Western Mass News video!
Morgan Foye, LHS Class of 2016, Returns as Trainer
The LHS Football Team is getting some help in the weight room from Morgan Foye - LHS Class of 2016 graduate and current Springfield College senior majoring in Movement and Sports Studies. Foye has returned as a trainer helping the players not only get physically stronger, but translating their hard work in the weight room onto the field. Click here to view the Western Mass News video.
LHS Junior, Kendyl Vermette, Sets New School XC Record
CONGRATULATIONS to LHS Class of 2021 student/athlete Kendyl Vermette for recently breaking the school XC record with a time of 19:39.The record was previously set in 2012 by Deaven Theriault (LHS 2013 grad.) with a time of 19:47. Click here for the full article.
Kindness Ripples Spread at East Street School
East Street School 1st grade teacher, Greg Bertsch, shared his Kindness Ripples Ceremony with his students- teaching them the importance of taking care of one another and those around them!
Principal Reed's Positive Pause
This year Chapin Street SchoolPrincipal Nikki Reed will pause to highlight positive social interactions that happen during the course of a school day. Congratulations to each of these students for making Mrs. Reed proud! To learn more about these students, and what they did to earn the positive pause photo please check out the school website.
New LHS Senior Class Tradition Begins
A new graduation tradition started at Ludlow High School this year. Members of the LHS Class of 2020 signed this gown which will be displayed in the senior section of the cafeteria all year. In the spring seniors will vote to decide which teacher will wear the gown at their graduation in May. Wonder who it will be?????
Gym Doors Receive a ROAR Makeover
Elizabeth Rodio, a 2017 LHS graduate, entering her junior year at MCLA (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts) with a Fine and Performing Arts major for transformed the gym doors at Veterans Park School into a work of art. To read the full article click here.
Kindergarten Student Confident on First Day
“Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” (Anonymous)
With her parents by her side, Emilie started Kindergarten confident it will be a great year in Mrs. Ortyl's class.
Why....because after the kindergarten screening her mom said- "I think you're going to like Mrs. Ortyl!"
Emilie responded, "I already do. She's a nice person."
We agree 100% Emilie!
One Word Describes Return to School
We stopped by Veterans Park School asked a few 5th graders to tell us how they felt about being back in school using just one word and we loved their answers! To view all of the answers click here.
Students Begin Year with Positive Assignment
To start their year in 2nd grade students in Room 3 at Chapin Street School were given a pretty cool assignment by their teachers- Ms. Anderson and Mrs. Rhodes. "On a piece of paper write a positive word you want others to feel when they think of our classroom this year, and then construct it."
Here are some of their very sweet, positive responses...
Twenty-five New Staff Members Attend Two Day Orientation
In preparation for the 2019-20 school year, twenty-five new staff members to the Ludlow Public School district attended a two day orientation program as part of the district wide mentoring program. First implemented at the start of the 2000-2001 school year affords teachers new to the district (protégés) the opportunity to regularly meet with veteran teachers (mentors) for advice, guidance, and support. Click here to read the full article.
Nolan Ayers and Sara Ketchale Attend 2019 HOBY Seminar
Recently, Nolan Ayers and Sara Ketchale, LHS Class of 2021, attended the Hugh O'Brian Youth (HOBY) State Leadership Seminar at Bentley University in Waltham, MA. Ayers and Ketchale were joined by 224 other high school leaders from across the state of Massachusetts. Click here to read the full article.
When A Wish Comes True
Thanks to Make-A-Wish America,Chapin Street 3rd grader Joana Afonso's dream of meeting her favorite actor/singer, Cameron Boyce, came true this spring when they met at Dave and Buster's in NYC for a day filled with ice cream sundaes, dance moves and sharing secrets! Click here to learn more about this special memory making day.
Baird Family Mural
During their last formal faculty meeting of the year- Baird Middle School staff gathered in the library to create a mural that represents their Baird Family. Many thanks to the creative vision of BMS art teacher extraordinaire, Rob Nummy, for sharing his talents- the result is AMAZING! Click here to learn more.
CONGRATULATIONS LHS Class of 2019
2019 LPS Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award Recipients
Our favorite time of the year-- drum roll please --- introducing our 2019 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award recipients. Join us in congratulating...
Chris Rea- Ludlow High
David Galvin- Baird Middle School (1st year)
Katie Leary- Veterans Park
Deb Donovan- East Street
CONGRATULATIONS to each of these hardworking, dedicated and passionate educators who make a positive difference for the students of Ludlow. Click the recipients names to learn more about these amazing teachers!
The Ludlow Public Schools Mission
The mission of the Ludlow Public Schools is to provide a quality education for every student by working in partnership with parents and community to assist each student in reaching his/her full potential.
