Communications Office

ParentSquare Information for Families
ParentSquare Tips for Staff

The Communications Office strives to continuously improve communication with students, families, and staff, with a focus on celebrating successes, and ensuring families of all backgrounds are effectively receiving important information in multiple languages.

The Communications Office handles the following responsibilities for the Worcester Public Schools:

  • Media Relations

  • Website

  • Social Media

  • District-Wide Announcements

  • Graphic Design (Official Fonts, Logos, Templates)

  • Crisis Communications

  • Video Coverage Through Worcester Educational Access Television (WEA-TV)

  • Digital Document (Copy) Center

  • ParentSquare

ParentSquare

ParentSquare is the district’s new two-way communications platform that provides instant translations in 100+ languages.

For more information, visit:

ParentSquare logo

WooStars!

Nominate a student or staff member to be a WooStar! This is our way of recognizing outstanding students and staff on social media. View an example post.

WooStars are students who demonstrate excellence and/or significant improvement in the areas of athletics, arts, academics, leadership, community building and kindness, along with staff members who go above and beyond to help students and colleagues.

A student smiling under text that says "WooStars"

Worcester Educational Access TV

Digital Document Center & Mailroom

Worcester Educational Access Television (WEA-TV) is the public educational cable access channel for the City of Worcester.

You can watch the station's livestream or on Spectrum Channel 191 in the City of Worcester.

WEA-TV regularly broadcasts Worcester School Committee meetings, school concerts, high school graduations, special events, and a monthly newscast featuring WPS high school students during the school year.

The Digital Document Center, located at the Durkin Administration Building (DAB), provides printing and copy services for schools and administration. This service is to help reduce the need for printing at the school level, and help free time for prep and instruction.

Print jobs can be submitter electronically on our online form, by our Documents Center email address, or via hard copy.

Staff

Dan O'Brien

Dan O'Brien

Chief Communications Officer

20 Irving Street
Worcester, MA 01609
774-525-1817
Email Dan

Kyle Prudhomme
Communications Specialist
774-670-0703
Email Kyle

Anca Tughin
Communications Specialist
774-530-1414
Email Anca

Worcester Educational Access TV

Christine Wilson
Station Manager/Media Specialist
508-889-5551
Email Christine

Stephanie Castano Flores
Production Assistant
Email Stephanie

Eric McKeon
Media and Application Specialist
Email Eric

Digital Document Center & Mailroom

Paul Melo
Document & Software Support Specialist
508-799-3086 
Email Paul

Linda Cicero
Production Clerk
Email Linda