It wasn’t just Wellesley’s grown-ups taking part in Town Meeting this week, deciding on things such as funding for school renovations, North 40 landfill testing and the purchase of 900 Worcester St. /St. James the Great property. (Relive the thrills and spills via Wellesley Media’s coverage here and here.)
6th graders participated in the 2nd annual Wellesley Middle School Town Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 29th, 7:50 a.m. – 9:40 a.m., in the school auditorium. Groups within each homeroom were tasked with forming a recommendation for “A way to improve WMS.”
One group was selected from each homeroom to present in the WMS town meeting held in the auditorium this morning. Finalists were:
#1 Kids Rule: Creating a Student Council at WMS
#2 Banish the Binder: Online Textbooks
#3 Friendly Faces: Transition Program for Students Entering 6th Grade
#4 A New Elective: Fresh & Healthy Cooking with Local Chefs
#5 At Your Fingertips: A WMS App
#6 Solving the Stench: Dehumidifiers in Locker Rooms
#2 Banish the Binder: Online Textbooks
#3 Friendly Faces: Transition Program for Students Entering 6th Grade
#4 A New Elective: Fresh & Healthy Cooking with Local Chefs
#5 At Your Fingertips: A WMS App
#6 Solving the Stench: Dehumidifiers in Locker Rooms
A group of town residents played the role of advisory committee members and town meeting moderator. The advisory committee heard student presentations, offered feedback and made an advisory recommendation on each concept to the members of the student town meeting. The students later voted on the six finalists, using their iPads, allowing results to be tallied almost instantaneously.
The two winners were Kids Rule and A New Elective. Next up for those groups is to meet with our school administrators, including Principal Mark Ito, to share their ideas and discuss the feasibility of implementing them.
(Thanks to Town Meeting member Martha Collins and WMS Social Studies teacher Lisa Driver for the info.)
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