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'Challenges at every turn.' Framingham High's Class of 2024 walks away proud, resilient
FRAMINGHAM — For many students, their first days of high school bring intense anticipation, nervousness and excitement. Those early days are spent seeing what their classes are going to be like, meeting new classmates who may have attended different middle schools, and finding out with whom they share lunch period. That's not how it went for the Class of 2024 at Framingham High School. Their initial days were spent on Zoom, learning in the same manner they...
Woburn school officials need more time on redistricing plans
WOBURN - With the whole redistricting exercise underpinned by outdated maps and erroneous school enrollment figures, the School Committee just shelved plans to assign 181 students to new elementary schools next September. In an unanimous vote taken during a special meeting in the Joyce Middle School, the School Committee on...
Brick by brick, walk to AHS future
Would you like to be part of Arlington High history while contributing to the new school? Consider donating a brick to the AHS Community Walkway. Those involved with the new Arlington High School building project invite you to become a part of our legacy. They are building a commemorative community walkway through the new athletic fields.
Framingham teachers will start 2025-26 school year with new three-year contract
FRAMINGHAM — For the first time in recent memory, Framingham Public Schools teachers will start a school year with a new contract ratified. The School Committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve a new three-year contract for the city's more than 1,100 public school educators. The new pact, which goes into effect July 1, includes a 2% cost of living adjustment for the upcoming school year, as well as 3% boost in 2025-26 and a 3.5% adjustment in 2026-27.
Dorchester charter school goes online-only after nearby 'shots-fired' incident
Dorchester’s Neighborhood House Charter School (NHCS) has moved to an online-only model after a shooting incident at the nearby Shawmut MBTA station May 31 in which a student is thought to have been the intended target. No one was hurt in the May “shots fired” incident, but it prompted...
GLTS Superintendent faces heat from committee over transparency
ANDOVER — The Greater Lawrence School Committee expressed frustration with Supt. John Lavoie at their meeting on Tuesday, complaining that they weren’t being advised on activities going on at the school while expressing dismay that they had to actually take a vote to force the superintendent to hand over his contract.
Lawrence basketball player graduates at top of his class, has Ivy League future
LAWRENCE - A basketball star on and off the court, Obbie Luciano graduated at the top of his class and has an Ivy League future ahead of him.Credits Boys & Girls Club for his love of basketballLuciano is not just a top player on Lawrence High School's basketball team, he's the Class of 2024's salutatorian and is headed to Yale University in the fall. A strong influence on his path to success came from spending afternoons at the Lawrence Boys and Girls Club."I had to be second grade, like 7 years old, around that time. Here at the Boys Club,...
Sisters at the top of their class head to Harvard University
WORCESTER, Mass. – Susan and Diana Luong are excited to have the unique experience of not only getting into Harvard, but attending as sisters who will also be joining their older sibling already in Cambridge. Susan and Diana are less than a year apart in age. They just graduated...
Lynn Classical graduates 342
Sidnee ShortLYNN — Manning Field was filled with pride and dark green robes on Monday morning as Lynn Classical High School celebrated the graduation of 342 students in the Class of 2024. Entertainment for the ceremony included the Lynn Classical Band’s performance of “Luminol,” the Concert Choir’s performance of “Hallelujah,” and the Dance Team’s performance of […] The post Lynn Classical graduates 342 appeared first on Itemlive.
McCarthy Middle School Welcomes Special Olympians
CHELMSFORD – Members of Special Olympics Massachusetts and the Final Leg Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) stopped by McCarthy Middle School on Tuesday, June 4, to help kick off Unified Game Day for Chelmsford Public Schools. This was the second year CPS has hosted a Special Olympics Massachusetts Unified...
Peabody graduates 320
Benjamin PiercePEABODY — The skies cleared over Veterans Memorial Stadium on Friday evening as Peabody Veterans Memorial High School’s Class of 2024 marched onto the field. The 320 graduates were met with thunderous applause and cheers from their families and friends as their entrance was complemented with the school concert band’s rendition of “Pomp and Circumstance.” […] The post Peabody graduates 320 appeared first on Itemlive.
KIPP graduates 120
Sophia HarrisLYNN — KIPP Academy Lynn High School celebrated 120 graduates on Saturday. The Valedictorian Address was presented by Alejandro Nina Duran and the Class-Elected Speaker was Alejandra Arrivillaga DeLeon. The Turning of the Tassel was led by Class President Saja Suliman. The class of 2024 was an academically strong class with students attending Harvard, Boston […] The post KIPP graduates 120 appeared first on Itemlive.
Woburn Memorial High School Class of 2024 holds graduation exercises
WOBURN - It’s said that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Having experienced the sting of separation from their peers and adult mentors while spending the final months of their middle school careers behind a computer screen, the Class of 2024 certainly learned what happens when community and personal connections are stripped away.
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