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Schools April 11th, 2008
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Teacher promotes reading through sports teams
By Melissa Muntz Community Reporter
      Shrewsbury - There's something on earth that has the power to transport you back to Colonial America, bearing witness to the birth of a new country, or take you racing across the open seas pillaging for gold and taking no prisoners, or show you what it's like to look down on the Earth 240,000 mil...
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Fire chief visits school on Community Reader Day
      Shrewsbury - Shrewsbury Fire Chief Gerald LaFlamme reads to first-graders during Spring Street School Community Reader Day in March. Community members visited each classroom to read a favorite story to students.
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Once upon a time' at Fales
      Westborough - (l to r) Fales Elementary School secondgraders Jake Clancy, Isaac Bruce and Matthew Buffo show off their costumes April 3 after the Fairy Tale Parade.
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Proctor School goes Hawaiian
      Northborough - Proctor School first-grader Akshaya Sathya plays the "Coconut Shell-ter" game with the help of parent volunteer Jamie Loizeaux during the Proctor Goes Hawaiian Celebration March 29. The annual spring fair included inflatables, games, activities, entertainment, food, raffles and a si...
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An open invitation to a trip through Africa
      Westborough - It's not often that one finds Nelson Mandela, Antonio Monteiro, Maria Mutola, Sayyid Ismail Al-Azhari and Ramses III in the same room, sharing stories of their lives. These influential African people, along with many others, will do exactly that Thursday April 17 in the Mill Pond Sc...
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Library helps celebrate Indian festival of colors
By Mary Pritchard Contributing Writer
      Shrewsbury - The Shrewsbury Public Library Children's Room was bustling on the morning of March 21 as children dropped in to participate in a celebration of Holi, the Indian festival of colors. The celebration included several stories as well as crafts and activities all relating to color.
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'Art is part of the earth'
      Marlborough - Evan Plank, a second-grader at Jaworek School, shows off his mixed media "Dragon" to his mother, Jackie Prank, during the all-city art show known as "eARTh: ART is part of the earth.
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Scholarship applications available from Rotary Club
      Marlborough - Each year the Marlborough Rotary Club awards scholarships to several area high school seniors to further their educations at institutions of higher learning.
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Faculty holds recital at Hudson High School
      Hudson - Kasey Galligan, elementary school band instructor, greets the audience, saxophone in hand, at the April 2 Hudson Faculty Recital in the Hudson High minitheater. The free recital, open to all, was a realized opportunity for students to enjoy their instructors' performances on stage and eve...
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Students test their taste buds at international food festival
By Becki Harrington-Davis Contributing Writer
      Marlborough - For one night, six classrooms became a worldwide campus for the students and parents of the New Covenant Christian School. Parent volunteers with roots in Nigeria, Brazil, France, Italy, Mexico and Asia brought in samples of their native cuisine April 4, which diners purchased with...
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