Due to technical issues, our Facebook page was temporarily unavailable a couple of times last week. Working with Facebook, we concluded that we needed to set up a NEW Facebook page.

October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. The Worcester Public Schools are committed to providing all students with a safe learning environment that is free from in-person bullying and cyber-bullying.

Registration for the Burncoat UNITES (Unifying New Instrumentalists Through El Sistema) after school program is now open to all WPS student instrumentalists in grades 4-9.

The Worcester Pubic Schools is once again participating in the USDA funded Summer Food Program.

The Worcester Public Library’s One City, One Library Branches will have new hours for the summer of 2016.

Photo: The Orocho family with Goddard Principal Yuisa Perez Chionchio and Wrap Around Coordinator Elsa Rivera.

At an event at the State House on May 5th, the Eos Foundation proudly recognized eleven Worcester Public Schools along with other partners from 92 schools across 19 Massachusetts districts with $56,000 in grants for their commitment to support universal free, after the bell, breakfast in the classroom (BIC) as a powerful tool to fight childhood hunger, and boost academic achievement in our high-need communities. Over 41,000 students in high need schools benefit from these schools’ breakfast programs each school day.

The WPS All-City Summer Music Program is a free instrumental music program consisting of a Concert Band and String Ensemble.

Worcester Public Schools students published in It’s Lit! were honored on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the Durkin Administration Building. It's Lit! is an annual celebration of student writing and all students in preschool through Grade 12 were encouraged to submit original, not previously published creative works such as poems, memoirs, and short stories.

The 39th Annual Mini Olympics was held June 1, 2016 at Commerce Bank Field at Foley Stadium.