Somerville Public Schools

Our incredible SPS principals are ready and eager to welcome students back for the 2024-2025 school year! The first day of school for grades 1-12 is Wednesday, August 28th. The first day for PK and K students is Tuesday, September 3. Welcome back, SPS!

This week we officially welcomed new educators to SPS during New Educator Orientation. We are thrilled to introduce 80 new educators to our school communities next week. Welcome to our team!

Our Adult Education Department, SCALE, is offering an informational meeting on Tuesday, August 20 at 10:00 a.m. for anyone interested in taking the FREE para educator program. Enroll at this link: https://lnkd.in/eMun8Tgg

Come work with us! Somerville Public Schools is hiring for a number of great positions in our district. Just some of our available roles include: Teachers, Substitute Teachers, Paraprofessionals, Girls' Volleyball and Boys' Soccer Coaches, and Chief Financial Officer. Visit this link for a full listing and to apply: https://lnkd.in/gpeUNXjB

SPS is seeking bilingual or multilingual speakers to join our pool of interpreters. We welcome speakers of English and at least one other language to apply, but currently have a specific need for Arabic speakers. Please see the flier below for details and contacts.

Train to become a Somerville Public Schools paraprofessional! SCALE (our adult learning department) is offering a free Para Educator training course. SCALE is hosting information sessions on August 5th and August 20th. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eMun8Tgg Requirements: must be 18 years and older, have a high school degree or passed the equivalency test, get a CORI, and speak English at "level 6" or higher. Visit the SCALE webpages to learn more about other adult education programming: https://lnkd.in/eyWiMn-W

Please join our team! We are pleased to announce that we are looking for a Chief Financial Officer. Read the responsibilities, qualifications, and salary on the link below, then apply! This position reports directly to the superintendent and plays a vital role supporting our staff and our district. https://lnkd.in/e7SFXcmp

Congratulations to Tara Beardsley Murphy, Grade 7 and 8 teacher at Winter Hill Community Innovation School. She teaches the Newcomers Academy for students just starting their English language learning journey. Ms. Beardsley Murphy wrote a successful Tufts Community grant that will fund robotics and engineering projects to support learning and demonstrating climate change. Pictured are Ms. Beardsley Murphy and several students, who attended a breakfast on Tufts campus to received the award.

Congratulations to World Language Supervisor Dr. Lisa Machnik, who has just been awarded “Teacher of the Year” by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP).  The AATSP writes that they were “particularly impressed by your service to the Communication Review Panel for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education World Language Frameworks, your commitment to equitable access to all students, your administrative work in the areas of student certification and assessment, your support of the less commonly taught languages, especially Portuguese. Also noteworthy is your teaching of Portuguese to Spanish speakers, and the Growth Mindset that drives all your classroom work.”  Great job, Ms. Machnik!

Interested in volunteering with your best friend? Now’s your chance! Somerville Public School’s is partnering with Dog B.O.N.E.S. of Massachusetts to offer screening and certification workshops for interested dog owners. Workshops will be held on the first three Saturdays in June (June 1, 8, 15) from 9:00am-10:30am at the Arthur D. Healey School. Signup is through Dog B.O.N.E.S. and workshops are limited to 8 teams. Visit https://lnkd.in/eWhJKSyr for more information.