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Extended Day New Student Registration Opens May 1st

New student registration for the 2025-2026 K-5 Before School & PreK -5 Extended Day Programs opens on May 1st!

New student registration for the 2025-2026 K-5 Before School Program and PreK-5 Extended Day Program opens at 8:00 AM on Thursday, May 1, 2025 and closes at 11:59 PM on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. There will be a lottery for enrollment. Watertown Community Education's Smore Newsletter for full details including the registration process, lottery details, and links to the online registration forms. Direct Smore Link: https://secure.smore.com/n/ux7sb

 

If you have any questions regarding Watertown Community Education's Before School and/or Extended Day Programs, please contact Debi Cornelius at debora.cornelius@watertown.k12.ma.us and Jeff Bodner at jeffrey.bodner@watertown.k12.ma.us or visit the Watertown Community Education webpage at https://www.watertown.k12.ma.us/communityed.

PreK & Kindergarten: NO SCHOOL June 6th

Incoming kindergarten screening

Field Day Parent Volunteer Sign-Ups

Volunteer Sign-Up for Field Day

Dear Families,                                                                

 On Wednesday May 28th, the Lowell Physical Education teachers, Ms.Donahue and Ms. Loguidice, will be holding a Field Day for the school. The Lowell Field Day will be held at Victory Field. Lowell students will walk with their class to the field. Field Day is a day for the school to get together for a number of physical events and friendly competition. Grades K-2 will be participating in events such as water activities, running races, cooperative challenges, etc. Grades 3-5 will participate in a track meet as well as several group and water activities. This will be an all day event. Students will need to bring a bag lunch. We invite families to come and cheer on the students in the stands. The Volunteers will be the only ones allowed on the field.  If you are interested in volunteering to help with these events, please fill out the this google form. The deadline for the Volunteer sign-up is May 21thCori forms must be submitted no later than May 21th. Thank you for your help! 

When: Wednesday May 28th  (Rain date: May 29th, June 3rd and 4th)

Where: Victory Field  (PreK-2 Turf and 3-5 Track and Oval)

Arrival time for Volunteers: 8:00am

**All volunteers need to complete a Cori check. **

CORI must be completed in full, with a copy of the driver's license (copies can be made at Watertown Public Library if needed), and must be verified in person. Please hand deliver to the Lowell main office. 

CLICK HERE FOR THE CORI FORMS

About Our School

Administration

Principal: Stacy Phelan
stacy.phelan@watertown.k12.ma.us

Assistant Principal: Tara Rufo
tara.rufo@watertown.k12.ma.us

Administrative Assistant: Kara Flynn
kara.flynn@watertown.k12.ma.us

Nurse: Kristen Thibodeau  kristen.thibodeau@watertown.k12.ma.us

J.R. Lowell Elementary School
123 Lowell Ave.
Watertown, MA 02472

Phone: 1.617.926.7770

Fax: 1.617.926.2676

Hours: 8:15 am- 2:30 pm
 

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The Lowell School serves approximately 420 students in grades preK through grade 5. We are proud to serve a diverse population that represents cultures from all over the world. Our children come from homes that speak 28 different native languages.

The school has four or five grade-level classes in K-2, and three or four grade-level classrooms in grades 3-5.  In addition to the classroom teachers, we have specialists in art, music, physical education, library/media, Spanish, EL, reading, math, and special education staff based on the number of students needing services. The school has five co-taught classrooms for students receiving inclusion support. Lowell has a strong student support team comprised of a guidance counselor, a school psychologist, a team special education chairperson, a behavior specialist, a speech and language pathologist, an occupational therapist, and a physical therapist. The school offers extended day care for all students before and after school. The school has on-site cafeteria services for breakfast and lunch.

 Lowell Mission 

The Lowell School, with the active involvement of its families and neighbors, seeks to provide a supportive learning environment, that fosters academic excellence, encourages individual and collaborative endeavors, and promotes social responsibility and respect for diversity. We seek to support students in developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will serve them well in their lifetime. This requires all the abilities to effectively engage and contribute to society as they know it, and the imagination and sense of activism to change it for the better.

EXCELLENCE * EQUITY * COMMUNITY

Resolution on Affirmation of Support for Staff, Students, and Community Members of Color

Whereas, People of Color face greater discrimination, structural discipline, lack of social support both in schools and in society at large;

Whereas, children, adolescents and adults in the Black community face higher rates of social and structural violence and racial discrimination,

Whereas, students’ and staff’s well-being is a fundamental concern of the Watertown School Committee and school boards across the country.

Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Watertown School Committee affirms its immediate support to promote the needs and safety of all staff and students who identify as a person of color,

And Be It Resolved that the School Committee of Watertown, Massachusetts urges state and federal policymakers to support laws and regulations that:

  • Provide appropriate and necessary safety measures for People of Color during a period of unrest in this nation, and guarantee the rights and safety of all those protesting for their lives.

     

  • Hold accountable all public officials, police officers, and all those who serve their community for their responsibility to equitably represent and protect the public, and also hold accountable any individuals and organizations that take racist actions or in any other way do harm to the Black Community and People of Color.

     

  • Enhance programming to provide schools with the structure and guidance needed to provide an anti-racist curricula and professional development for all staff to build understanding and awareness of the beautiful history and the challenges of being a person of color, and of the structural and endemic racism in the United States.

The School Committee gives its support to responsible civic actions by students, educators and others who are raising the visibility of this issue and seeking changes in public policy.