Burncoat High School

Class of 2025 high school graduation dates for Worcester Public Schools (WPS) are officially set. Please mark your calendars for the following dates: Tuesday, May 27, 6:00 PM...

Burncoat High School senior Jayden Bordes is competing to participate in "Next On Stage," Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students. The h...

Welcome to Burncoat High School! We serve more than 1,100 students in grades 9-12. Known for our arts magnet program, athletics, and nationally-recognized Spirit Team, Bu...

Worcester Public Schools Named Declarant in Federal Lawsuit to Stop Dismantling of U.S. Department of Education Growing List of Districts and Organizations Ask Courts to Preserve ...

WORCESTER – Thursday, March 20, 2025 – Worcester Public Schools (WPS) and Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) have announced a groundbreaking partnership ensuring that all WPS...

Taxpayers in 25 states, including Massachusetts, are eligible to use IRS Direct File, a free and secure online tool that launched on January 27. The IRS Direct File is completely...

WORCESTER, Monday, March 10, 2025 – Worcester Public Schools (WPS) has been selected to receive a grant from USA Pickleball’s inaugural “Grow the Game” program . The grant is des...

Photo Caption: Employees in the WPS Nutrition Department. (By Anca Tughin, WPS Communications Specialist) WORCESTER – Thursday, March 6, 2025 – Increasing percentages of staf...

Dear Worcester Public School Families, Teachers, and Community Members, In celebration of the holy month of Ramadan , the Worcester Public Schools Nutrition Department is please...

The Worcester Public Schools is excited to announce that our annual culture and climate survey is now open until March 23. Take the survey online . (English, Spanish, Portugu...

Quarter 2 honor roll listings for the 2024-25 school year are now posted! Congratulations to the many scholars who are being acknowledged for their academic achievements. Visit t...

The City of Worcester Cultural Development Division, in partnership with Mass Poetry and The White Room , will host the second annual Worcester Preliminary Teen Poetry Slam for y...

Story Note: Bill Murphy recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa alongside his two adult children, reaching the mountain's summit on January 19. Antarctica is nea...

Burncoat High School seniors Daniel Parke and Jayden Bordes were recently accepted into the prestigious NAfME All Eastern Mixed Choir, which is set to perform at the All Easter...

Dear Worcester Public Schools Community, We are writing to clarify that there have been no sightings of immigration officials or ICE at bus stops or at schools in Worcester Publ...

Grafton Street School Singers perform while being conducted by teacher Shah Salmi in the photo above. Many Worcester Public Schools students participated in the 31 st annual D...

Worcester Public Schools (WPS) principals, assistant principals and district-based staff recently participated in an intensive safety training session led by The I Love U Guys Fou...

(Pictured above: Mrs. Stephanie Trainor’s Grade 6 Class, Francis J. McGrath Elementary School.) WORCESTER - The City of Worcester Department of Public Works & Parks (DPW&P), in...

If you are enrolling your child in the Worcester Public Schools for the 2025-26 school year, registration opens on January 2, 2025. The Parent Information Center will begin sched...

Dear Worcester Public Schools Families, This message is a reminder that state law requires students enrolled in the Worcester Public Schools (WPS) to have proof of vaccination as...