Teacher leads bodily exercises to increase mental strength
By Melissa Muntz Community Reporter
      Southborough - Exercise isn't just for keeping physically fit anymore. Research shows that exercise can help to increase brain function and memory while decreasing stress levels in children, and Jennie Bogaert is making sure that the students at Woodward Elementary School in Southborough are gett...
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Holocaust survivor visits Melican Middle School
By Mary Pritchard Contributing Writer
      Northborough - Holocaust survivor Janet Singer Applefield visited Melican Middle School Jan. 17 and presented "Combating Hate and Prejudice" to all eighth-grade students at the school. Applefield told students about her childhood and how she went from being a typical happy child in Poland to sud...
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Ready for the ball
      Shrewsbury - (l to r) Shrewsbury High School (SHS) students Ixander Garfinkel, Kaylee Rodriguez and Sherylynn Sealy arrive at the SHS Winter Ball Jan. 12. Six hundred tickets were sold for the ball, which was held at the school.
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School Committee considering adding Mandarin
By Ken Powers Community Reporter
      Westborough - The School Committee's Foreign Language Subcommittee has sharpened its focus on adding Mandarin as a foreign language option for Westborough High School students. School Superintendent Anne Towle said, however, that the national language of China has a long way to go before it beco...
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Students, teachers prep for MCAS
By Melissa Muntz Community Reporter
      Shrewsbury - There are few things that can strike fear and panic in the hearts of middle school students quite like the MCAS tests can. Pressure to perform well can be very intense, which is why Sherwood Middle School is holding mock MCAS testing to give kids a chance to practice the MCAS format ...
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Showing their spirit
      Southborough - Staff and students at Woodward Elementary School show their Super Bowl spirit outside the school Feb. 2, including Lisa Guccione's third-grade class, along with administrators, office staff and Principal James Randell.
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Hudson students learn about communications from guest speakers
      By Angela Greiner Community Reporter Hudson - Six guests from various colleges were invited to Hudson High School Jan. 30 to participate in a guest speaker day for students involved in the Communications Media and Arts (CMA) cluster.
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Rotary Club gives dictionaries to every third-grader in city
      Marlborough - (back, l to r) Rotarian Dave Walton, teacher Michelle Murphy, Rotarian and School Committee member Robert Seymour, Rotarian Christine Seymour, Rotarian Marilyn Perry, (middle, l to r) third-grader Julia Brooks, teacher Stephanie Tesorero, teacher Faye Lessner, and (front, l to r) thi...
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Marlborough to be reviewed by state education department
      By Doug Grindle Community Reporter Marlborough - The Massachusetts Department of Education (DOE) will be inspecting several education programs run by the Marlborough School District, with on-site meetings taking place in early March. Parents are being invited to speak with visiting state off...
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