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For GLTHS Students, All the World’s a Stage
Superintendent-Director Jill Davis is pleased to share that Greater Lowell Technical High School students in the construction cluster recently completed construction on a new multipurpose stage for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell. In December 2023, the construction cluster was tasked with building a multipurpose indoor stage at...
Chelmsford Wears 2024 Knowledge Bowl Crown
CHELMSFORD – For the second year in a row, McCarthy Middle School’s Knowledge Bowl team hoisted the championship trophy during the Kendall M. Wallace Greater Lowell Regional Knowledge Bowl Tournament on May 6-7. This year, six districts – Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Lowell, Tewksbury and Tyngsboro – competed in the tournament, each sending one 10-member team of students in grades 5-8 to the preliminaries on May 6.
Harvard will no longer make public statements on political, social issues, administration says
A report by a working group found that while the university is not a neutral entity, making statements about political or social issues is likely to alienate students and go against the school's mission. After months of on-campus turmoil over the Israel-Hamas war, Harvard said Tuesday it would no longer...
Mass. teens named co-valedictorians at New York school
“It was nice for my parents to not have to clap for one person, feel a little bad for the other.”. Identical twins from Southborough, Massachusetts, now have more in common than just their DNA, college, sport of choice and major (which might seem impossible). Chloe and Olivia Chiota graduated...
3 Mass. children compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
Three Massachusetts children will be competing in the quarterfinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday. Overall, 245 children are in this year’s competition. They have to compete in four segments of competition before being declared the winner. The children will need to compete in both the vocabulary...
In Boston, schools test ways to target student absences with sports, raffles and Saturday schedules
At New Mission High in Hyde Park, many students jump into the school day by first hitting the gymnasium. Shawn Polk, the school's health and physical education teacher, typically opens the gym doors around 7 a.m., cranking up catchy pop music over a loudspeaker as kids trickle inside to play basketball or volleyball.
Faced with giving downturn, Harvard is in listening mode
Annual giving at Harvard University is down 16 percent year-over-year as donors voice criticism of the school’s handling of recent student protests and concerns over antisemitism on campus, the Harvard Crimson reports. The university is preparing for an extended downturn in giving with the school’s outreach strategy shifting into...
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