Natick Town News

07/12/2024

✨🎄 Join us for a festive day at our Holiday Lighting & Holiday Stroll tomorrow, December 7th, 2024 from 2-6pm at the Town Common! 🎅✨

Bring your family and friends for a magical night filled with holiday cheer! 🎁✨

🎨 Enjoy fun face painting
🎉 Play exciting games
🎨 Get creative with crafts
🌟 Witness the beautiful holiday lights and so much more!

Don't miss out on this festive celebration! See you there for a day of joy and holiday magic! ✨🎄

05/12/2024

Check out our December Holiday Guide here!

See what is happening....

26/11/2024

✨ Join us for a magical afternoon at the Holiday Lighting on the town common! Come celebrate the season with us on Saturday, December 7th from 2-4:45pm! Enjoy a festive afternoon filled with holiday crafts, fun games, and special performances. 🎨🎶✨Bring your family and friends to experience the joy of the season and create memories to last a lifetime. See you there! 🎅🎄✨ We will have a Toys for Tots donation box to accept your new unused gifts for kids in need. Your contribution, no matter the size, will go a long way in bringing smiles and joy to children who need it most.

30/10/2024

Calendar reminders:

On Friday, Nov. 1, NPS schools are closed in observance of Diwali. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, schools are closed for our annual NILS PD Day as well as Election Day. On Monday, Nov. 11, schools are closed in observance of Veterans Day.

A pdf version of the '24-'25 School Year Calendar is located here: https://bit.ly/nps_calendar_2425. Online district calendar: https://www.natickps.org/calendar.

10/10/2024

Dear - We are in the process of creating our November and December special sections that will highlight any fall-themed or holiday-themed events that will take place between Nov. 1 and Jan. 2, 2025.

If you would like to share an activity, memory, old photo, family recipe, etc., with our readers, please forward it/them to **[email protected]** Items of specific interest are:

ACTIVITIES - Anything related to autumn, Thanksgiving, December holidays, New Year's Eve/Day - like craft fairs, community performances, festive lightings, etc.

FAVORITE HOLIDAY MEMORIES - If you (or someone in your family) have a favorite holiday memory you would like to share, please forward to me (aim for 100 words).

OLD PHOTOS - If you have any old holiday photos, we would LOVE to feature them in the December edition. Please include a photo caption (name, year, location, a few words about the event, etc).

RECIPES - Any recipe that relates to the holidays. Photos of the prepared dishes are also appreciated.

Watch for our Holidays Guides in our November AND December publications!

21/09/2024

28/08/2024

🎉It's finally here, Natick! Day One of the 2024-2025 school year! 🎉

Enjoy reuniting with friends and getting to know your teachers. We hope you realize how much you already know and that you keep diving into learning with a sense of wonder. May you have many memorable moments during these first weeks. Whether it's your first or last year at NPS, do make the most of it!

Pictured is Dr. Melissa Spash, Superintendent of Natick Public Schools. It's her first year celebrating the first day as Natick's Superintendent!

📸You are most welcome to share your first day of school photos in the comments below. 📸 Alternatively, you can share photos by using this form to upload them and we will consider placing the photos in our newsletter this week: https://bit.ly/1stDay_Photos. (Because the form requires uploading, you do need a Google Gmail Account to use the form.)

Thank you for counting down with us!

15/07/2024

The Town of Natick Emergency Management Team would like to make you aware of locations that can be used for cooling, if needed:

- Community Senior Center
- Morse Institute Library
- Natick Mall

For details, please visit - https://natickma.gov/AlertCenter.aspx?AID=Heat-Index-Cooling-Stations-Open-Now-135

30/04/2024

📢📢📢📢 Enter to win passes to Southwick's Zoo this season by entering our photo contest! Last day to enter is May 17! 📢📢📢📢
Click here to enter: https://m.shortstack.page/qJh5Z4

15/02/2024

UPDATE: Daeshon has been located. Thank you for your assistance.

Missing Juvenile

BOLO for Daeshon Lopes, 13 years old, who is missing out of Natick. He is possibly in Framingham in the Pelham area. Please contact Framingham Police Department at 508-872-1212 if you have information on his whereabouts.

12/02/2024

The district is monitoring the weather forecast for tomorrow and will inform families if the weather results in a school schedule change.

Please review this page for the cancellation and delay procedures: https://www.natickps.org/about/cancellations_delays.

Social media will NOT be the first place weather-related schedule information will be posted. You will receive an update via Email and/or Phone, based on the contact info you provided when you registered your student for school. SchoolMessenger Communicate is used by the district to send out phone and email messages.

On January 16th, the district sent out a weather-related message with the subject heading: "Afterschool activities canceled." If you did NOT receive that message last month, you may want to write [email protected] to ensure that we have your current info in our system. Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.

22/12/2023

15/12/2023

Natick is excited unveil a new Town logo, as part of a larger set of Brand Guidelines (incl: versatile logo suite, typography, color palette, & usage guides)!!

Town staff will work on the roll-out the town brand over the coming months, while leaning towards phasing out Town assets (eg. apparel) via an "end of life" strategy. ie. phase out the old logo/seal, as each asset warrants replacement.

👏🏻👏🏻 The Communications Dept. would like to thank all who provided input along the way - Town staff, residents, & others! AND especially the designer who led the work - Eve Lenson (NHS c/o '15)!!

Town staff is looking forward to "seeing" & "hearing" what everyone says as they live with the town brand over time.

note: the Brand Guidelines is a complete set of deliverables (beyond the logo itself), and all interested parties are encouraged all to read through the full Select Board presentation (Wed 12/13/23) - https://bit.ly/natick-brand-guidelines-select-board-version

05/10/2023