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District’s principals unveil School Improvement Plans
READING -The district’s building administrators presented a number of school improvement plans at the latest School Committee meeting, where the principals revealed the need for social-emotional learning (SEL) supports and high academic expectations. Barrows Principal Alissa Gallegos said the elementary schools are putting a large emphasis on Tier 2...
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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Patriot Ledger
Super 10 South Shore high school football rankings: Playoff time
The MIAA high school football playoffs are here. To get there, the last week of the regular season featured plenty of drama. Plymouth South survived a pair of North Quincy-recovered onside kicks to secure a playoff spot. Canton defeated Oliver Ames in a de facto playoff game for both sides in a thriller. Weymouth narrowly edged out Newton North for the final spot in the Division 1 playoffs. Scituate finished the season as the area's lone undefeated team (only 13 teams finished unblemished in the state). The Sailors were one of three local teams to earn the No. 1 seed in their bracket (Div. 4), along with Norwell (Div. 6) and Cohasset (Div. 7). WHERE WE LEFT OFF: South Shore Super 10 football rankings: One undefeated remains On the bubble: Blue Hills (5-2), Canton (3-5), Hingham (5-3), Hull (6-2), Plymouth South (3-5), Randolph (6-2), Weymouth (5-3) 10. Quincy (5-3, NR) The Presidents had their fair share of ups and downs during a 2-2 October, but earned the No. 10 seed in Div. 2. A trip to Westford Academy is a tough matchup, but it's a winnable game. More: Senior lineman 'lays it all on the line' for Quincy football in
Dorchester Reporter
BPS to close Charlestown High, move BINcA to Fields Corner
Pictured: The former Grover Cleveland School building on Charles Street in Dorchester. File photo. Copyright © 2026 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. This content may not be re-published or re-used without written permission. In an ongoing effort to whittle down the city’s portfolio of school buildings to “approximately 95” by...
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A Principal Gets Called to the Students Office
As headmaster of Lowell High School, Bill Samaras (LHS ’59) could be stubborn, relentless, exhausting, and, as he readily admits, “difficult to work with.” He gave every superintendent he worked under a run for their money. But it was always for the same reason: he was looking...
Wilmington Apple
Wilmington Middle School Wins At Math Competition
WILMINGTON, MA — The Wilmington Middle School math team won the Ramanujan division at the first meet of the Intermediate Math League of Eastern Massachusetts (IMLEM) season. The team scored 134 points, its highest opening-meet score in league records, which for the school go back to 2016. It finished 52 points ahead of second-place Saugus Middle School. Its score was 28 points higher than at the same meet last year.
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Boston-area high school football team misses playoffs after clerical error
A clerical error for a Massachusetts high school football program has led to the team missing out on the postseason despite ending the year with a winning record. Boston English/New Mission (MA) scheduled a game with O'Bryant (MA) to close out the 2026 regular season. However, that game was not marked as an official game on Boston English's schedule , according to a report from the Boston Globe. The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association now uses a system, Arbiter Live, to track team schedules and all games must be added to the platform before the Sept. 18 deadline. A week prior, another member school alerted the MIAA about a discrepancy on Boston English's schedule. The game against O'Bryant was not added in by the Sept. 18 deadline, and while the Bulldogs won 12-6, it was counted as a scrimmage instead of an official game. The players and coaches went from winning the program's first Boston City League title since 2021 to finding out the next day that they would missing the postseason. As the contest was counted as a scrimmage, the Bulldogs fell to 4-2 on the year and fell one game short of the state's seven-game minimum for qualifying for
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thesuffolkjournal.com
Israeli death penalty conversation intends to inform on unreported aspects of the Israel-Hamas war
Suffolk University will welcome human rights lawyer and author Sari Bashi to lead a discussion titled “Justice or Vengeance?” surrounding Israel’s contested death penalty law applying only to Palestinians convicted of terrorism Nov. 5. The discussion will be held in Smith Commons on the fifth floor of Sargent Hall from 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
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Boston
‘A broken and failed system’: Parents and city councilors admonish Boston Public Schools for bus issues
Boston Public Schools fined bus contractor Transdev $10,500 for blown trips, adding to more than $400,000 in fines assessed last school year. Parents at a Boston City Council education committee hearing began to grow restless and murmur to one another just after 3 p.m. Monday. One parent’s child didn’t get...
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Wilmington Apple
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Wilmington’s Cara DiGiovanni Enrolls At College Of The Holy Cross
WORCESTER, MA — The College of the Holy Cross is excited to welcome Cara DiGiovanni of Wilmington as a member of the College’s Class of 2030. At 860 students, the Class of 2030 includes students from 39 U.S. states and territories and 5 different countries. This incoming class represents one of the most academically accomplished classes in the College’s history.