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Superintendent of Schools in Needham, Massachusetts needham.k12.ma.us
Spending time with my Kindergarten friends talking about community and friendship! What great scholars!
22.10.2025 14:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy belated Diwali to our staff, families and students celebrating the Festival of Lights. Enjoy friends, family, happiness, health and peace!
22.10.2025 14:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A new school year means new possibilities! Check out my blog to learn how we are taking action to create new opportunities for students and our schools: npssuperintendent.blogspot.com
07.10.2025 14:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Portrait of a Needham Graduate competency “Creative Thinkers & Problem Solvers” evidenced today as 5th grade students explore the Eastman pond habitat as part of their study of ecosystems. They collected data about the pond and performed a macroinvertebrate survey.
26.09.2025 19:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The School Committee wants to hear from you! Please join us at these upcoming events to ask questions or chat with us in an informal setting.
Monday, September 29, 5:00-6:00pm
School Committee Office Hours
1330 Highland Ave.
Sunday, October 5, 11:00–3:00pm
Needham Harvest Fair
Greene’s Field
Happy New Year to our families and staff celebrating Rosh Hashanah!
23.09.2025 19:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to the Needham High School Best Buddies Chapter for being selected Outstanding Massachusetts Chapter of the Year!
17.09.2025 19:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bringing grades 6-8 together under one roof... Learn more about the Pollard Middle School Project in my latest 10 minute video: youtu.be/avVtbxw9GKo?...
12.09.2025 18:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A great morning of school in Needham! 5th graders assisting with drop off and buses rolling! Here’s to a great year of learning!
28.08.2025 20:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our faculty and staff welcome back meeting was a success, with music from the HighSchool Chorus and Elementary Choir. We heard from Student Rep Jack Arvedon, Chair O’Brien, and NEA President Paula Hartigan-Patey. Congratulations to our 20-year honorees!
26.08.2025 15:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
TONIGHT! We hope you can join us at tonight’s virtual community meeting for the Pollard Middle School Project. Log on at 6:30pm to learn more about the project and share your valuable input.
Meeting Zoom link: needham-k12-ma-us.zoom.us/j/87257487564
Learn more: tinyurl.com/NPSPollardPr...
Stay informed about the Pollard Middle School Project!
Sign up for our mailing list to be notified about upcoming meetings and important updates. You can sign up on the project website, where you will also find future meeting dates, FAQs, project documents and more:
tinyurl.com/NPSPollardProject
Hey, parents, what’s in your kid’s backpack this school year? How we will be managing cell phones and AI in the Needham Public Schools this year: npsSuperintendent.blogspot.com
13.08.2025 19:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The next community meeting for the Pollard Middle School Project will be Thursday, August 21 at 6:30pm on Zoom. We hope you can join us to learn more about the project and share your valuable input as we shape the future of our schools and community.
Visit the website: tinyurl.com/NPSPollardProject
“On holiday” in the UK this week! Karen & I toured London and Edinburgh and hiked the Cotswolds and Yorkshire. The people, weather, food and a pint (or two) all superb. Cheers!
01.08.2025 15:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Best wishes to Needham’s Kate Fitzpatrick who retired July 4th after serving the community for many years, the last 20 as Town Manager. Kate has been an exceptional leader & strong ally for the students, staff & families of the Needham Public Schools. Thanks for everything, Kate!
08.07.2025 19:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It’s time for Pollard! Staff and designers coming together today to envision what a renovated or new 6-8 building might look like. The community is invited to learn more and share ideas on July 9th. Details soon.
26.06.2025 17:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Happy last school day, Needham Public Schools! What a year it's been. Huge thanks to our students for their incredible growth, our families for their invaluable support, and our faculty and staff for their exceptional commitment. Enjoy a safe summer, everyone!
16.06.2025 17:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Members of the Needham High School Class of 2025 share advice, talk about favorite teachers & offer perspectives and laughs in “10 Minutes with the Class of ‘25”Check it out: tinyurl.com/bznzwje2
11.06.2025 12:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wishing our students, families and staff who are celebrating Eid al-Adha happiness, peace and prosperity!
07.06.2025 15:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A great send off yesterday on Memorial Field to the Needham High Class of ‘25!
02.06.2025 20:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Needham High School Class of ‘25 Senior Clap Out at each elementary school today!
28.05.2025 19:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What are we doing about cellphones in school? Watch the latest “10 Minutes with…” video to hear about our plans to limit phones & help students navigate social media in a healthy way: tinyurl.com/NPSPhones
23.05.2025 19:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to the Needham Public Schools retiring staff members we celebrated this week and whose service to our students and families represents a combined 587 years! We will miss you!
22.05.2025 18:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A wonderful homecoming to Astronaut Suni Williams who came home to Needham today to visit students at Sunita L. Williams Elementary School, Pollard Middle School, and Needham High! Go Rockets!
#NeedhamMA #SunitaWilliams #NASA
Lots of focus at Eliot today…2nd graders collaborating on text to understand inferences and 5th graders finishing up their creative clay house projects!
14.05.2025 20:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to Pollard Middle School METCO students who won 1st Place at this weekend’s annual Tenacity Challenge, an academic and creative competition!
12.05.2025 15:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, Needham teachers! Your passion and dedication inspire us every day. Tag a Needham teacher who has made a difference for you or your child and tell us what makes them special! 👇 #TeacherAppreciationWeek #Needhamma #ThankATeacher
06.05.2025 16:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Check out May Superintendent's Update secure.smore.com/n/14jsb
02.05.2025 19:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
April Break ‘25 means Needham High students are performing their music in Italy and helping to build a school in Guatemala! Go Rockets!
28.04.2025 12:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0