Schools

Junior high schoolers giddy up at bike rodeo

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional Junior High School students rode outside their school on bright green bikes, wearing both helmets and smiles at a bike rodeo on May 2. The event is part of a new bike safety curriculum at the school, and...

Tri-town employees make group donation to TURF project

Old Rochester Regional High School’s field renovation project received a donation from Eastern Bank employee fundraising efforts. Employees from the bank voted to give $2,500 to the Tri-Town Unified Recreational Foundation, Inc, (T.U.R.F.). The...

ORRJHS showcases students’ hard work

MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional Junior High School students showed off their skills at the Showcase Night on April 24. In the school’s auditorium, teachers and students showed displays that shared their research, artwork, engineering projects...

Listen to ORRHS Music Department’s last ensemble concert

MATTAPOISETT — Following a successful trip to Festivals of Music in Nashville, Tennessee, Old Rochester Regional High School will perform their final concert May 8. In early April, the ORRHS Music Department performed in front of judges...

Elks Student of the Month knits community together

Old Rochester Regional High School faculty and staff helped the Elks of Wareham and the New Bedford Lodge No. 1548 to select Lily Govoni as their Student of the Month. Teachers describe Govoni as “self-motivated and very talented,” noting that she...

Old Colony considers expansion

ROCHESTER — As Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School looks to meet increasing nationwide demand for vocational programs it may look to add Freetown as a member school. But first it must update its district agreement. At the April 22...

Fielding questions on ORR field renovations

On the field at ORR, athletes risk tearing ACLs or twisting ankles. In the auditorium, stage techs manually move spotlights that “run hot” using oven mitts. It’s time for safer facilities, the school committee and other non-school groups say. The...

Eagle Scout builds Gaga pit for elementary school

MATTAPOISETT — Paul McLaughlin hopes that Center School students will go gaga over a new dodgeball-like game that they can now play at school, thanks to his Eagle Scout project. The 15-year-old, with the help of his Boy Scout Troop 53 and other...

Uxbridge educator selected for Sippican

MARION — Plainville resident Marla Sirois will take the reins as principal at Sippican School when current principal Evelyn Rivet retires in July. The selection of Sirois, principal of the Taft Early Learning Center in Uxbridge, was announced by the...

Tabor Boy to race to Bermuda

MARION — Tabor Academy’s 92 foot sail training schooner, called Tabor Boy, will sail in the Marion Bermuda Race for the first time this year, steered by a crew of current students and Tabor alumni and headed by a faculty member. The boat will be one...

Learn about Tabor Academy’s work on marine sciences

MARION — Tabor Academy faculty and students will present about the school’s work with the Marine and Oceanographic Technology Network on May 6 at 5:30 p.m. Director of Marine Sciences at Tabor Academy, Jay Cassista, will give an introduction on the...

Experts to present school renovation information

The School Committee Facilities Subcommittee will host an information session on the proposed high school athletic and auditorium renovation at Old Rochester Regional High School on Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m. On March 26, the ORR School Committee...

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