🌱 Patch AM: How will Sheehan Elementary change after Principal Kristen Evans retires?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Sheehan Elementary change after Principal Kristen Evans retires?

Also on today's calendar: Winter Family Fun Day.

Today's riddle: After dinner, my parents asked if I could clear the table. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 47 and low of 25 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, temps: high: 48, low: 39.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, afternoon rain, with a high of 46 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Kristen Evans retires as Principal of Sheehan (hometownweekly.net) — Westwood families are seeing a big change at Sheehan Elementary as longtime principal Kristen Evans retires after 18 years leading the school and shaping its close-knit community. She reflects on building a welcoming environment where every child is known, while Westwood Public Schools leaders praise her impact. An interim principal, Donna Tobin, will now step in to guide Sheehan.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Westwood

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★ Featured events ★

Friday January 9

• Hopkinton vs Westwood
  Westwood High School, 200 Nahatan St, Westwood
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday January 10

• Winter Family Fun Day
  80 Carby Street
  10:00 am

Sunday January 11

• NEPC @ Westwood: Jim Brosnan, Jennifer L Freed, Alix Klingenberg
  Westwood Public Library , 660 High St , Westwood
  2:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday January 8

• Come Dance with Charles River Ballet Academy
  Library Community Room , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  10:00 am
• Music with Friends
  Main Library - Children's Room
  10:30 am
• Memory Cafe
  Main Library - Piano Space
  1:00 pm
• Yoga Mat Class with Cathy
  Ames Building (New Dedham Town Hall & Senior Center) , 450 Washington St , Dedham
  1:00 pm
• Young Adult Movie : The Hunger Games (PG-13, 2012)
  Library Community Room , 1139 Highland Avenue , Needham
  3:00 pm
• Decorated Journals Craft for Tweens and Teens
  Community Room Dover Town Library , 56 Dedham St. , Dover
  4:00 pm
• Local Author Book Talk
  Main Library - Piano Space
  6:30 pm
• Board of Selectmen
  Intern Gara​ge Repair Dover , 14 Springdale Ave , Dover
  6:30 pm
• Regional Winter Vocal Concert
  Dover Sherborn Middle School , 155 Farm St , Dover
  6:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Dedham

• The 1970s Fashion Store Every Dartmouth Guy Remembers (wbsm.com)
• Breaking: Three-Vehicle Crash on I-95 Southbound at East Street (thelegaladvocate.com)
• Sip Nebbiolo in Dedham (bostonchefs.com)

Needham

• Triumph for Needham High Robotics (hometownweekly.net)
• Needham historian Greis knows the way we were (needhamobserver.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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