We are excited to share the first edition of the SPS Weekly Newsletter with our families, students, staff, and community members! A new edition will be sent each Friday when school is in session, sharing updates, previewing upcoming events, and showcasing the amazing work being done in our schools.

Welcome to the 2023-2024 school year!

The first three days have been very positive and students returned full of energy. This week I was at all of our schools during drop off, during the school day, or at pick up. It was great to start to get to know faculty, staff, parents/guardians, and students.

I look forward to providing you with further updates in the coming days and weeks ahead.

Joseph F. Baeta, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools

Stoughton Public Schools

Dr. Baeta is pictured here visiting a first grade classroom at the Hansen Elementary School.

It was great to be able to visit all of our schools this week and capture the smiles as students arrived for the start of the school year! Students in grades 1-12 reported on Wednesday, September 6 and students in preschool and kindergarten started on Thursday, September 7. Links to photo galleries can be found below:

Stoughton High School

O'Donnell Middle School

Dawe School

Gibbons School

Hansen School

South School

Wilkins School

Kindergarten Photos

Preschool Photos

During the opening day staff convocation on Tuesday we recognized staff for reaching their 10th, 20th, and 30th year working for the Stoughton Public Schools! Congratulations!

The Stoughton High Marching Black Knights gave SPS teachers, staff, and administration a preview of their fall show, titled "Dawn to Dusk", at the start of the staff convocation Tuesday morning. The video below shows the final 2+ minutes of their performance featuring the songs Moondance and Moon River. The students received a well-deserved standing ovation when they finished!

The regular season has started for our fall sports teams at Stoughton High. Here some pictures from a busy Thursday night at SHS when the volleyball, field hockey, and girls soccer teams all had home contests. For more SHS sports content, follow the SHS Athletics Facebook page.

For updates throughout the week, be sure to follow Stoughton Public Schools on social media: