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Schools January 25th, 2008
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School Department to ask for $160,000 for repairs
By Ken Powers Community Reporter
      Westborough - At Town Meeting in May, the School Department will present an article requesting the allocation of $160,000 for repairs to four schools in town. Superintendent Anne Towle presented the proposal, part of the Capital Improvement Plan for the district, to the School Committee at its J...
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Students get to see birds of prey
      Shrewsbury - Spring Street School secondgraders get a chance to meet a screech owl during a presentation last month. Jim Parks, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator from Wingmasters, brought four owls to the school for his presentation about birds of prey.
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Fencing instructor brings medieval sport to 21st-century students
By Melissa Muntz Community Reporter
      Shrewsbury - The Advanced Math and Science Academy (AMSA) opened its doors in 2005 with the goal of providing students the mathematical, scientific and technological information and skills they need to be successful in an ever-changing world.
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Injured soldier thanks students for support
By Melissa Muntz Community Reporter
      Shrewsbury - Army Sgt. Jillian Hayes visited with students at Paton Elementary School Jan. 3, thanking them for the cards they sent her while she was in the hospital being treated for wounds sustained in Iraq. Her husband, Brian Hayes, accompanied her to the school.
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Poet works with students at Zeh School
      Northborough - Third-graders (at left, l to r) Andrew Laurence, Bryce Finnegan, (at right, l to r) LeeAnn Pozz and Erik Coupe get some tips from local poet Andrew Green during a classroom workshop Jan. 3 at Zeh School.
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Coolidge hosts 'Snowflake Festival'
      Shrewsbury - Calvin Coolidge School second-graders Connor Ross, Ananya Jain, Miranda Ciejek, David Beaudoin and Victoria Pescaro work on a reindeer craft during the school's Snowflake Festival last month. The students are in Cheryl Mongeon's class.
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'March Madness Raffle' to be held for 'Dollars for Scholars'
      Marlborough - Members of Citizen's Scholarship Foundation (CSF) of Marlborough are selling "March Madness" calendars. This year the calendars will raffle off four Red Sox tickets, four Patriots tickets and two Celtics tickets, a Wii, as well as many cash prizes.
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Team kicks off 2008 FIRST robotics season
      Marlborough - Sean and Ryan Horman, both Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School AVRTHS) graduates from Marlborough (Class of 2007 and 2002, respectively), watch intently as this year's FIRST robotics challenge is revealed. The brothers attended the AVRTHS team's Jan. 6 kick-off event for ...
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Marlborough Public Schools holding preschool registration
      Marlborough - Preschool registration for Marlborough Public Schools Early Childhood Center will be Wednesday and Thursday Feb. 6 and 7 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the District Education Center, 17 Washington St. To register a child, you must be a resident of Marlborough. To register a child for...
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