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Override failure has Franklin educators concerned going into 2024-25 school year
FRANKLIN — Educators are entering the new school year with a sense of trepidation after last month's failed override vote initially led to the slashing of 37 positions, including educators, administrators and other non-union personnel. In an interview with the Daily News, Franklin Education Association President Donna Grady said...
Jacob Hiatt Magnet adds STEAM lab with hopes to 'ignite curiosity' among students
WORCESTER — About 150 volunteers from Worcester Public Schools, AbbVie and Heart of America recently teamed up to refurbish Jacob Hiatt Magnet School's library into a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math lab. The day, June 26, was full of repainting walls, unloading supplies and assembling all necessary equipment.
Emily Fasteson and Shaeleigh Boynton Named Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the Class of 2024
Assumption University has announced that Emily Fasteson, a Theology and Mathematics double major, has been named Valedictorian, and Shaeleigh Boynton, a Psychology major, has been named Salutatorian for the Class of 2024. At the Commencement ceremony on May 12, Fasteson will deliver the Valedictory Address, and Boynton will introduce the...
Meet the T&G Hometeam high school girls' golf Super Team for spring 2024
The Central Mass. High School Sports Awards is proud to announce the player of the year nominees for girls' golf. The winners were announced during the live show that took place June 26 at the Hanover Theatre. The Central Mass. High School Sports Awards show is part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards, the largest high school sports recognition program in the country. ...
FAFSA and MassReconnect Help at QCC: Summer & Fall Sessions
Dr. Luis Pedraja, President of Quinsigamond Community College, says he knows full well how difficult feeling out the FAFSA forms can be for college students and/or their families. He says that just as with navigating MassReconnect the friendly folks at QCC are available to help. A reminder that the Summer Session II begins on July 8th and the Fall session starts classes on September 4th. You can pre-register at Super Saturday Sessions on July 20th and August 24th on the main campus and get help answering all your questions. Find out more at QCC.edu.
Avery West named to Spring 2024 Dean’s List at Presbyterian College
CLINTON, SC (07/01/2024)– Avery West of Holliston was named to Presbyterian College’s Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester for outstanding academic achievement. Inspired by the motto, “While We Live, We Serve,” Presbyterian College celebrates an enduring culture of academic rigor, honor, and service worthy of being “America’s Innovative Service College.”
Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey Excels Academically with 21 ECAC All-Academic Spots
21 Harvard women's ice hockey student-athletes have earned spots on the ECAC All-Academic Team, with a 95% percentage, the highest since at least 2010. Rose O'Connor was recognized as the team's top scholar-athlete, while Shannon Hollands and Eva Dorr each received their third ECAC honor. 21 Harvard women's ice hockey...
Northeastern University Student Projects Improve Government With AI
Six months ago, the commonwealth of Massachusetts recruited 12 Northeastern University students to work full time on applying artificial intelligence to improve life for Massachusetts residents. Through the InnovateMA program, the students spent their spring semester assisting on five projects for different government agencies, touching everything from transportation to health care to grant distribution, according to a news release last week.
Ridgewood Student Develops Artificial Intelligence Project at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – Ilana Whittaker, a Ridgewood native and a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), recently completed her senior thesis. Her project, ChordCraft: AI Chord Generator VST, was Ilana's Major Qualifying Project (MQP) that may help pave the way for the future of artificial intelligence. "It's inspiring to see the creativity and skills that our students bring to these projects, as well as the professionalism with which they present their research," says Arne Gericke, interim dean of undergraduate studies and director of the Office of Undergraduate Research. "Their experience managing a major project like this-including identifying a problem and researching all the...
Beloved Westborough educators live on in the names of the town’s elementary schools
WESTBOROUGH – While some of the town’s most beloved educators have been gone for decades, they live on in the elementary schools which bear their name. Opened in 1955 and located in the center of town on West Street, this elementary school was originally built to house Westborough’s burgeoning young students in the boom following the conclusion of WWII. The original building housed 12 classrooms of just 30 students each. With a working intercom system and an all-purpose gymnasium/cafeteria, the new hot lunch available at the school was very popular with the students. Starting in the 1970s, Armstrong was a school housing all of Westborough’s fifth graders until a large-scale renovation in 1998 helped the building function as a districted lower-level elementary school.
Countdown on for Wellesley’s Hardy Elementary School demolition
Wellesley’s 100-year-old Hardy Elementary School building is set to be demolished beginning later this month as the school system preps for the August opening of the new Hardy building adjacent to the old. Emily Sarazin, a project manager with Vertex, said during the June 27 Permanent Building Committee meeting...
Behind the Johnson School’s closing process; plus next steps
Natick’s school year ended a couple weeks ago, with the last day of classes held on June 14th. For Johnson Elementary School, though, the public school year wasn’t the only thing ending. Johnson, Natick’s smallest and oldest school, is now closed for good. We look back here...
School Committee lauds Sawyer’s 2023-2024 performance
SHREWSBURY – On June 13, the School Committee assessed the performance of Superintendent Joe Sawyer, who has led the district for the last 15 years. School Committee member Sandra Fryc, who assembled the evaluation, painted a positive and complimentary picture of Sawyer’s performance from May 2023 to April 2024.
State Officials To Host Public Meetings To Discuss Early Education And Childcare
BOURNE – On Tuesday, July 2, state officials announced a series of regional childcare listening sessions to assist in developing the Early Education and Child Care Task Force recently established under Executive Order by Governor Maura Healey, with a scheduled visit to the Upper Cape Cod Technical High School in Bourne on Thursday, July 18, 2024.
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