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Old Colony donates, makes personal protective equipment

ROCHESTER — With no one using any of the shops at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, its teachers realized they had an abundance of personal protective equipment, and decided to put it to good use amid the coronavirus pandemic...

Old Colony to move to a credit/non-credit system for the rest of the year

ROCHESTER — Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical School will cancel finals and move to a pass/fail system for the rest of the school year. The school has gradually revealed details of how it will continue operations in reaction to orders from...

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Tabor Academy shares more details of online learning model

MARION — As of March 26, school is still “in-session” for Tabor Academy, but a distance, as the school explores online learning. The Tabor learning model for online classes will include both scheduled class time and coursework completed outside of...

Old Rochester Regional High School cancels finals

For Old Rochester Regional High School, strategies to deal with the unexpected leave of at least a month and a half to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the community will include cancelling finals, modifying the term schedule and grading term...

Old Colony culinary teacher brings career from simmer to boil

ROCHESTER — Early days of baking carrot cake with her grandmother, have led to Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical School culinary arts teacher Samantha Clarke being named the 2019 Massachusetts Restaurant Association’s Educator of the Year...

Old Colony devises preliminary schedule for time away from school

ROCHESTER — After weeks of working on materials and a format for online learning during school coronavirus shutdowns, Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High school sent out a letter to community members on March 28, outlining some of the...

Old Rochester schools closed until May 4

The Old Rochester Regional School District posted new resources and information for parents, students and community members, as Governor Baker announced on March 25 that schools will be closed until May 4. The school’s website now displays a pop up...

ORR Superintendent provides online learning updates

On March 23, Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Doug White provided updates on the state’s progress of developing an online curriculum and discussed future resources for students at a joint school committee district meeting via...

Rochester Woman’s Club extends scholarship deadline

ROCHESTER — Because of the coronavirus crisis the Woman’s Club will extend its deadline for scholarships to May 1. Seniors should email rwomenclub@aol.com with applications, and include their phone number. “We realize being a senior in high school...

Old Colony moves toward distance learning

ROCHESTER — Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical School has provided a list of remote student activities for students to complete this week, while the school district works on developing a more formal approach for the week of March 30 to April 3...

Old Rochester Regional to review content with online learning

While students in the Old Rochester Regional School District have been out of school for a week already, with few expectations set on them by their schools, that’s about to change. While school can’t resume until at least April 7, per Governor...

Old Colony students take home scholarship money in business competition

NEW BEDFORD — Three Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School students took home second place out of 72 teams in the Junior Achievement Titan Business Challenge at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on March 10. Old Colony students...

Tabor Academy extends campus closure

MARION — As a precautionary measure against the new coronavirus, Tabor Academy has extended the date that it will allow students and faculty to return to campus until April 27. The school added that the April 27 date is “under constant review.”...

Old Rochester Regional makes sure its students are connected

On March 18, The Old Rochester Regional School District provided a number of wifi resources for students who may not have reliable access to wifi at home during the coronavirus school closures. The school used the coronavirus section of its website...

Old Rochester Regional Schools answer key closure questions

After the governor extended school closures due to coronavirus, the Old Rochester Regional School District answered some of the critical questions that parents may have with an FAQ sheet on March 16 that answered questions about learning, special...

Old Colony outlines plans, suggestions for governor’s closure

ROCHESTER — Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School outlined a plan on March 16, responding to Governor Charlie Baker’s orders on that shut down all schools in the state for at least three weeks. The school is officially closed to all...

Tabor Academy closes campus to the public

MARION — Tabor Academy Director of Communications Kerry Saltonstall announced on March 16 that its campus will be closed to the public until further notice. No one beyond those who live at Tabor Academy will be permitted into any buildings or make...

Choral students collaborate, learn through concert

Each spring, the ORR School District holds two large concerts in which music students and teachers from every school in the district perform separately first, then together for a large audience of family, friends and community. While the concert...

Tabor Academy cancels in-person classes until April 13

MARION — Tabor Academy announced on March 13 that it will delay students’ return to campus until April 13 to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Students will use distance learning tools to begin classes before returning to Marion. In a letter sent...

Old Rochester Regional School District cancels school for at least a week

In working with the towns, Boards of Health and other regional superintendents, Old Rochester Regional School District announced on March 13 that it will close all district schools and all school activities from Monday March 16 to at least Friday...

Old Colony cancels school from March 16 to 20

ROCHESTER — Old Colony Vocational Technical High School announced in a letter dated March 13 that school will be closed for the week of March 16 to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Old Colony will provide a status update to the school community...

Old Hammondtown postpones student versus staff basketball game

MATTAPOISETT — Old Hammondtown School has postponed its student versus staff game that was set to take place on Friday, March 13 at the Old Rochester Regional High School gymnasium due to coronavirus concerns. The school has not yet determined when...

Rochester School Committee talks more on rental policy

ROCHESTER — Members of the School Committee did more brainstorming on how Rochester should handle changes to the school’s rental policy, though it made no decisions. The Old Rochester Regional School district has been looking into the question of...

Kindergarten orientation to change slightly in Rochester

ROCHESTER — The Rochester School Committee heard an outline of a slightly modified process for Kindergarten orientation and had the chance to ask questions and give feedback on March 12. Doreen Lopes, the district’s coordinator for early childhood...

Rochester school committee approves budget

ROCHESTER — Rochester School Committee members approved a budget of $6,361,911 for Rochester Memorial School for the fiscal year 2021 on March 12. The new budget represents just a 0.98% increase from last year’s budget of 6,424,585. A large portion...

Old Colony culinary team wins state restaurant competition

ROCHESTER — In its second year of competing, Old Colony Regional Vocational High School placed first in the culinary competition at the The Massachusetts Restaurant Association ProStart Invitational on March 10. It will represent Massachusetts at...

ORR DECA club members qualify for international competition

In its first year as an official club, the Old Rochester Regional High School DECA club had two students qualify to compete at the International Career Development Conference in Nashville. alongside 21,000 other students from around the country. The...

Old Rochester Regional to promote assistant superintendent to top role

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional Assistant Superintendent Michael Nelson has been selected to succeed retiring Superintendent Doug White. At a Thursday, March 5 meeting, the Old Rochester Regional School Committee and representatives of the Tri...

ORR High School recommends coronavirus quarantine for Italy travelers

MARION — Old Rochester Regional Superintendent Douglas White and ORR High School Principal Michael Devoll asked a group of 18 students and staff to stay home for the remainder of this week after recently traveling to Italy because of March 4 changes...

Old Rochester Regional to streamline Kindergarten registration

MARION — To help ease the transition to Kindergarten, all three elementary schools in the Old Rochester district will have identical registration processes starting this fall. Marion School Committee members applauded the changes on Wednesday night...

Tri-Town UMass Dartmouth students get academic awards

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth named 44 Tri-Town students to its Chancellor’s List or Dean’s List Students named to the Chancellor's List in recognition of earning a semester grade point average of 3.8 or higher of a possible 4.0 include...

Old Colony beats own record at skills challenge

ROCHESTER — Old Colony improved on its medal count from last year at the Skills USA Challenge, a competition hosted by a technical student organization to allow students to showcase their skills. Last year, the school got nine gold medals, six...

Old Colony High School superintendent, nurse address coronavirus concerns

ROCHESTER — Parents with students who attend Old Colony Regional Vocational High School received a letter on March 2 from Superintendent-Director Aaron Polansky and School Nurse Debra Levesque that addressed the precautions that the school is taking...

Students read through the roaring twenties at Old Rochester High School

MATTAPOISETT — The glitz and glamour of the roaring twenties was on display at Old Rochester Regional High School’s library on March 2 as students and teachers participated in a read-a-thon of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” The first page...

Tabor Academy cancels trips to Beijing, Copenhagen amid virus concerns

MARION — Tabor Academy has canceled trips to Beijing and Copenhagen in response to the new coronavirus, and plans to modify its spring break schedule in March to encourage international students to stay on campus. The private school has asked that...

Old Rochester High School responds to coronavirus

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional High School is taking precautionary measures to prevent the potential spread of coronavirus in the Tri-Town, but did not quarantine students who were on a trip to Southern Italy during winter break because it...

Students learn about Elizabeth Taber

MARION – Ahead of Elizabeth Taber’s 229th birthday celebration and statue unveiling in August, the sixth graders at Sippican School learned about her life and importance to Marion in a lecture on Feb. 27. The lecture, given by Wendy Bidstrup and...

School Committees learn more on Superintendent candidates

Two of the candidates for superintendent of the Old Rochester Regional School District leaned heavily on their ties to the district in interviews on Feb. 29, while the third made a case that he may not have past experience with the school, but he...

Old Colony to take on business competition

Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School will participate in the Seventh Annual Junior Achievement Titan Business Challenge at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus on Tuesday, March 10. The Junior Achievement Titan Business...

Tabor sailors tell trials, triumphs of Tabor Boy

NEW BEDFORD — In a lecture at the New Bedford Whaling Museum on Feb. 27, the crew of the Tabor Boy for her inaugural Marion to Bermuda race described both the beauty of a voyage that one crew member described as “star hopping our way to paradise,”...

Old Rochester Regional to destroy past student records

In accordance with state regulations, Old Rochester Regional High School will begin to destroy the temporary records of students who have graduated or transferred from ORRHS in 2012 and 2013 on or after July 1, 2020. Temporary records include...

Prince Henry Society opens college scholarship applications

NEW BEDFORD — The Prince Henry Society of the Greater New Bedford Area has opened applications for a scholarship awarded to students who have an interest in Portuguese culture, live in the Greater New Bedford area, and will pursue an associate’s or...

Marion, district opinions divided on school choice students

MARION — When the Finance Committee, Selectmen and Old Rochester Regional budget subcommittee members met on Feb. 26 to discuss next year’s budget, opinions were divided about using funds from out-of-district students to pay for budget expenses. The...

Marion’s assessment from ORR up 4% this year

MARION — The total share of the regional school budget that Marion is expected to pay is $4,956,053, a 4.06% increase from last year. That’s one of the key points that came up at a joint meeting between school officials, the Finance Committee and...

Marion Finance Committee asks for more budget information

MARION — Tensions were high between Marion Finance Committee members and School Committee members, as Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Doug White presented the Sippican School budget on Feb. 26, and took questions from the...

‘Trees please:’ Old Hammontown students get creative

Mattapoisett — Fifth graders at Old Hammondtown School competed to see who could create the best tree-themed artwork, and on Wednesday, Feb. 26, two winners were acknowledged by the Mattapoisett Tree Committee at the Mattapoisett Library. Jodi Baur...

Oars become art in Woman’s Club fundraiser

MARION — The Sippican Woman’s Club will start a new fundraiser this summer. The effort is called Oars for Scholars. Students and local artists will paint oars or paddles to be auctioned off. In the summer, these oars will be displayed around Marion...

Tabor head of school to take leave of absence

MARION — Tabor Academy Head of School John Quirk will take a leave of absence for the rest of the school year, with the school’s Associate Head of School for Faculty and School Affairs Julie Salit taking over as acting head of school. Quirk was...

Old Colony targeted by hacker

ROCHESTER — Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School can access some but not all of the data in its network after a cybersecurity incident on Feb. 10. The school is still working to get access to the other part of its data. “At this time...

Mattapoisett Woman’s Club Scholarship deadline approaching

MATTAPOISETT — The Woman’s Club will offer three $2,500 scholarship awards to Mattapoisett residents who are high school seniors, graduating June 2020. In addition, there will be a $1,000 scholarship granted to a Mattapoisett resident who is re-...

ORR Community Service Club makes South Coast a better place

After honoring its standout students for community service at the end of last year, the Old Rochester Regional Community Service Learning Club jumped right in again this year with a variety of projects. In June 2019, the club honored students who...

Student of the Month chosen for helpfulness, acting talent

The Old Rochester Regional High School faculty and staff chose senior Luke Couto of Mattapoisett as Student of the Month for January. Teachers say that Couto has great character and consistently helps the students around him with tough material when...

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