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'The best day of every school year': Brockton athletes shine at Special Olympics
BROCKTON - Many residents who attended the Brockton Public Schools Special Olympics on June 11 at Marciano Stadium agreed the event is the best day of every school year. The sun shined down on the Brockton High School track while roughly 500 Brockton Public School students with disabilities from every school in the district competed in multiple events from sprints and throws to the long jump. Parents grinned from the stands as they watched their kids participate in the action.
Taunton elementary school to be dedicated to fallen Marine
TAUNTON, Mass. (WLNE) — East Taunton Elementary School will be dedicated to Lance Cpl. Raymond R. LaPointe, a Taunton resident killed in action in Vietnam in 1967. Lettering honoring LaPointe will be unveiled on the front of the school as part of a dedication ceremony on June 14. The...
Principal Courtney Sheppeck from the Murphy School is leaving for the Blackstone Elementary School in the South End
Dorchester’s loss is the South End’s gain. For more than 20 years, Courtney Sheppeck has been part of the Richard J. Murphy School family. Ten years as the principal and thirteen years in the classroom teaching sixth and seventh grade! Sheppeck, a South Boston native and BLS graduate, will be leaving the school and taking on a new leadership position as principal at the Blackstone Elementary School in the South End.
'An unbelievable feeling': Taunton softball headed to fourth straight state title game
WORCESTER— All season long, Taunton coach Michelle Raposo has stressed the importance to her team of scoring early, both to give some reassurance to senior pitcher Sam Lincoln and put the pressure on their opponent. In the top of the first during Tuesday's Division 1 Final Four game against...
Caps off to WHS Class of 2024
On a spectacularly beautiful early June Sunday, the 150th Walpole High School (WHS) commencement ceremony took place on the grounds of the Common Street school. Hundreds converged upon Turco Field to celebrate this year’s graduating class, the same class that began their high school experience during a worldwide pandemic.
Westwood graduates the Class of 2024
Westwood celebrated the Class of 2024 on June 2nd with music, cheers, speeches, applause, green caps and gowns, and lots of smiling faces. The warm words of school officials and fellow students set the graduating seniors on the path to confident, exciting futures. The seniors processed into the stadium to...
Quincy High School holds commencement for Class of 2024
Ali Kamal Abdulameer, Daniel I. Adams, Manuel Aguayo, Ryan Ayman Aitsaid, Mina Al Tikriti, Fatema Radhi Al-Janabi, Wajeeha Al-khatib, Carmen Joyce Albert, Eduarda Oliveira Albino, Stephany Rodrigues Alcantara, Maniya Alexander, Fatma Alkinani, Heloisa Almeida de Souza Barbosa, Tayf Hazim Alsaad, Ana Alves Miranda, Artur Amado Da Moura, Amina Amimer, Francisca Eduviges Amo Baduya, Anisha Eleonis Baez, Joaquim Baiense, Aiva Bailey, Jalaynah Sarai Barbosa, Katherine Elizabeth Bardwell, Bryan Christopher Barrera, Aniyah Barros-Johnson, Kyla Rose Barter, Emma Mae Bateman, Makayla Rose Batson, Jaiden Bauzo, Gaetano John Belfort, Francesco Bellomo.
Tri-County’s Class of 2024 praised for their courage at commencement
The Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School Class of 2024 graduated in an energetic ceremony under a cloudy sky. The ceremony, held on Thursday, June 6, began with the students walking through lines of cheering parents and the faculty that had seen them grow throughout their four years at the school. As the cheering subsided, the students took their seats. The music in the opening of the ceremony was provided by Seth Curran, a Tri-County English and music teacher.
Sole HHS principal finalist interviewed: ‘There has to be trust’
Alan Strauss, superintendent of the Freetown Lakeville Regional School District since July 2022 — was interviewed during a Hingham Public Schools virtual community forum Tuesday night as the only remaining finalist in the search for a new Hingham High School principal to replace Rick Swanson, who recently announced his plan to resign.
High school basketball: NBA Finals loaded with MaxPreps award winners
Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum was the MaxPreps National Sophomore and Junior of the year in 2014 and 2015 at Chaminade (St. Louis, Mo.). As a senior he was a MaxPreps All-America first team selection. Tatum is joined by Jaden Springer and Greg Brown III as players in the 2024...
Opinion: Hingham Middle School Civics Project
June 11, 2024 By Maya Hobson, Hingham Middle School 8th Grader. We are students who attend Hingham Middle School. We are currently working on our Civics Project! A civics project is a project that targets making change in our community. Our class comprised some topics we thought needed to be changed in our town.
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