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Kindergarten registration underway in tri-town

Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester children who will reach the age of 5 before Sept. 1, 2025, are eligible to register to attend kindergarten at the elementary school in the town they reside in for the 2025-2026 school year, reports Michael Nelson...

Registration opens for district preschool program

Registration for the Old Rochester Regional School District's project GROW preschool program opens on Jan. 13 for the 2025-26 school year. The program provides a preschool learning experience for children in Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester,...

Tri-town students become leaders through Project 351

Students in grades 4-12 at Old Hammondtown School, Rochester Memorial School, Sippican Elementary School, Old Rochester Regional Junior High School and Old Rochester Regional High School are developing a variety of skills through their participation...

FoodCorps Brings sustainable gardening to Sippican Elementary School

The Sippican Elementary School Farm-to-School Program continues to thrive two years after federal agriculture grant funds were used to institute the initiative designed to teach children the fundamentals of good nutrition — from cultivating seeds to...

School fundraiser culminates in ‘Devoll on the Wall’

MATTAPOISETT — A spin on “Elf on the Shelf” closed out school in 2024 at Old Rochester Regional High School. As the day wrapped up before holiday vacation Friday, Dec. 20, Principal Mike Devoll stood on a chair as students applied tape across him...

New science curriculum paying off according to ORR educators

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional School District students tested comfortably above the state average in 2024 MCAS exams in all subjects, but student learning in one field is shining brightest. In science MCAS exams, fifth grade, eighth grade...

Global event has Rochester students coding

ROCHESTER — Millions of students across the world are spending an hour a day this week learning how to read and write code. About five hundred of them are at Rochester Memorial School, where the “Hour of Code,” a global computer science education...

Through rain, Rochester students sing ‘Let It Snow,’ light Christmas tree

ROCHESTER — As the kids sang “Let It Snow,” it rained. Dozens of Rochester Memorial School students caroled to a throng collected at town hall for the community’s annual Christmas tree lighting Monday, Dec. 9. A tent shielded the singers from the...

High school students drop pencils to take part in day of community service

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional High School students left the classroom and participated in community service activities on Wednesday, Nov. 27 during a half-day of school. It was the school district’s inaugural Community Service Learning Day,...

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