Children Across America is a non-profit organization that provides underserved children in the Blackstone Valley region with affordable health care and educational services. The organization provides the children with free immunizations, preventive health care services, a free prescription drug program, Mass Health assistance and community outreach programs. Educational services include tutoring in reading, writing and math, MCAS camp for third and fourth graders and TESOL classes for kindergarten through fifth grade. All services are provided in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
In a town such as Westwood, it's no surprise that a premium is placed on education. To judge from standardized testing, the investment the town makes in infrastructure (the high school is brand new) and staffing pays off handsomely as students in the town consistently score above the 95th percentile in MCAS testing (in both math and English). The school boasts equally impressive sports facilities, including a newly refurbished indoor pool and gymnasium and a new multipurpose outdoor field and synthetic track.