Boys and Girls Club Bus 2025-2026 Registration

Watertown Public Schools will offer transportation to the Boys & Girls Club as the Club restarts the drop-in programing in September 2025.  Students who register for the Boys & Girls Club bus are signed up for 5 days a week.

When the Boys & Girls Club is CLOSED, students who take the bus in the morning will be dropped off at their morning stop in the afternoon. Students who arrive to school as walkers will be dismissed as walkers in the afternoon.   WPS will not alert families of the Boys & Girls Club schedule, families must check with the Boys & Girls Club.

Students MUST be 7 years of age or older to be members of the Boys & Girls Club drop in Program.

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$0 if already on the Hosmer yellow bus route

*This a voluntary program and is not subject to discounts for free & reduced lunch, family caps, or any other discount or assistance*

Applications will not be considered complete until a payment is made (expect for those students who are already morning and afternoon bus riders)

Please make checks/ money orders payable to: City of Watertown. There is a black collection box on a post at the administration building – use lot off of Marshall St. and go to steps at right side of back of admin. building and leave your check there and CLEARLY write student’s name and BUS FEE on check memo line. You may also mail a check to:

WPS Transportation Office

Attn: Erikson Ramos 

30 Common St.

Watertown, MA 02472

 

After the payment deadline seats will be awarded to the next person on the list if payment is not received by 9/1. If we do not have a seat for all of the children, we will return checks to those families.  

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Please fill out the following form if your child is not planning returning to Lowell School in the fall.

Learn about the proposal we made to the Superintendent to support newly arrived English Learners!

Students can get community service hours and meet newly arrived students who speak their language.

Student ambassadors will

We will be working on creating our handbook for student ambassadors. We look forward to meeting you and hearing about more ideas we can implement so we can improve English Learner education in Watertown.

This is our last meeting of the year! We will also check in about a kick off event in August as well as learning more about being a family ambassador.

Information sent from the school through ParentSquare can automatically be translated to any of over 100 languages!

You can also communicate with teachers and administrators using a language other than English and ParentSquare will translate it into English for the school.

Parents who desire a language different from English can select their own language from their accounts page. It’s that easy!

You can use Parent Square to

Project Literacy can help you gather and fill out documents to prepare for your family in the event of an emergency, detention or deportation. All your information will be kept private. We can give you these documents.

TEXT: (617) 528-9297 to make an private appointment.

 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 21th. Cori 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

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. 

(Cori checks need to be completed every 2 years to volunteer in schools )

Watertown Cable News has released a mini-documentary on the WHS construction project, featuring brand-new footage from inside the building, including classroom space, the media center, the auditorium, the gym, and the four-story atrium in the heart of the school. The video includes interviews with the architects and construction workers who are bringing Watertown's dream new high school to life. 

When Watertown High School opens in April of 2026, it will be the first high school in the country to achieve both net-zero energy and LEED 4.1 Platinum standards, making it the most energy-efficient and sustainable high school in the United States. 

You don't want to miss this!