[Superintendent's Update] Superintendent's Update

[Needham Public Schools Superintendent's Update]

Dear Needham Public Schools Families:

Allow me to share the following brief updates and information:

*• Academic Accolades* Once again this year, Needham High School
seniors have been notified by the College Board that they are being
recognized for their performance on the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test:
<https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/interior.aspx?sid=1758&gid=2&pgid=405>
  *Semi Finalists:* Samuel Cooperman, Benjamin Fogler, Ryan McCarthy,
Lilly, Meyi, Anaya Sharma, and Arlan Zbarsky.

Also, kudos to Needham High School students who took part in this
year's National
History Day Competition <https://nhd.org/en/> in Washington DC in June. Dean
Mostafa, Lincoln Maxwell and Jacob Heckman finished in the top ten projects
nationally and won a Massachusetts Outstanding Entry Award for their
website on the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. Additionally,
Chloe Crable, Josephine Calzada and Emma Hua were interviewed by PBS
NewsHour about their documentary
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6gMDB5b-3I> on the Tuskegee Syphilis
Experiment.

*• 10 Minutes with...* One year after our first conversation, *Rabbi Jay
Perlman* & *Dr. Huma Farid*, both members of the Needham Clergy
Association, join me to discuss how we can continue to support our Muslim
and Jewish students & families during a time of war and unrest in the
Mideast. Watch the “10 Minutes with…” video here:
https://tinyurl.com/sns7ec2h or access the Podcast here:
https://tinyurl.com/568v5u5x

*• Needham School Committee*  I am often asked where one can learn more
about the role and responsibilities of the School Committee.  Please check
out the district's website for information: Needham School Committee FAQ
<https://www.needham.k12.ma.us/district_info/school_committee>

Finally, to our students, families, and staff celebrating Rosh Hashanah, *Shana
Tova! *

Respectfully,

Dan Gutekanst
Superintendent of Schools
Needham Public Schools
1330 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA 02492
*He/His/Him*
781-455-0400 x11203
dan_gutekanst at needham.k12.ma.us

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