LOCAL EDUCATION NEWS & EVENTS

Shrewsbury – Each year thousands of young men and women apply to one of the five United States military academies – the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Of those thousands, only 11 to 17 percent meet the requirements in order to be accepted. This year, five young men in the St. John's High School class of 2013 have joined that elite group.

By Susan Gonsalves, Contributing Writer Westborough – Spacing and pacing will play roles in daily life at Westborough High School after students return to a...

Region - The House and Senate have approved legislation providing expanded school breakfast options to Massachusetts students in low-income communities. State Rep. Hannah Kane (R-Shrewsbury),...

Families and loved ones cheered on Sunday as the Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS) Class of 2022 tossed their caps into the air. 

By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community reporter Shrewsbury – It’s been 10 years since Shrewsbury High School’s Performing Arts Department has presented “Seussical the Musical” and they...

Hudson - On Sept. 30, during a district half day, nearly 600 students, grades 5 to 7, and staff gathered in teams for a...

Westborough – The Westborough High School Spring Musical, "Curtains" will be performed at the school this Saturday, March 9 and Sunday, March 10. The show...

By Cindy Zomar, Contributing Writer Marlborough - Assabet Valley Regional Technical High has been awarded a Massachusetts Skills Capital Grant for $358,741 to be used...

Northborough/Southborough - Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS) thespians will be presenting Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple," a comedy in three acts, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 20, 21 and 22, at 7 p.m. each night. The show, which made its premiere on Broadway in 1965, was revived in a 1968 film as well as a 1970s television series. The plot revolves around two mismatched roommates: the fastidious, insufferably uptight and incredibly neat photographer, Felix Ungar, and the disheveled, easygoing and incredibly messy sportswriter, Oscar Madison.

For 14 years, former educator and philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein has divided $1 million among food pantries and agencies nationwide to raise awareness and funding for hunger. Northborough Food Pantry Co-Director Susan Seppa coordinates the event locally, and will tally the items donated in March and April.

Marlborough – Marlborough High School (MHS) vocal music teacher Shannon Phypers was named MHS Teacher of the Year June 6 during the school's Underclassmen...

By Debra Roberts, Contributing Writer Northborough/Southborough – On April 7 Northborough/Southborough Schools Superintendent Greg Martineau reached out via email to all parents and faculty in...

Marlborough - When Mikayla Bradford, a sophomore honors student, entered Assabet Valley Regional technical High School, she already knew that metal fabrication and welding...

Westborough – Susan W. Whitten, principal of Northborough's Marian E. Zeh School, Marlborough Savings Bank, and 22 local high school seniors were all honored at the March 27 Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce 2014 Scholastic and "Champion of Education" awards breakfast held at the Doubletree Hotel. Marlborough Savings Bank was named as a Champion of Education award recipient in the business category while Whitten was honored for Outstanding Volunteer Service.

Shrewsbury - Shrewsbury Montessori School has announced a new gardening program for all students as well as a makerspace in the STEAM program which...

Marlborough - Every morning at the Advanced Math and Science Academy (AMSA) in Marlborough, a rock ‘n’ roll “song of the day” blasts from loud speakers for three minutes when school starts at 8:05 a.m. Executive Director Dr. Anders Lewis and Principal Ellen Linzey are boosting this charter’s school spirit by bringing back this tradition, as well as others, and instituting new ones for the 467 students in middle school and 525 in high school.

Shrewsbury - What does an elementary student working on an important project do to create a shrunken giant? She contacts the Shrewsbury Public Library to use their state-of-the-art 3D printer. Recently, a student on an elementary-level Destination Imagination (DI) team was in need of a way to illustrate a plot point in the performance component at a recent competition. She needed to show her character, a giant, who drinks a magic shrinking potion during the team's performance skit, in shrunken form.

Northborough/Southborough - At the suggestion of teacher Patricia Riley, Algonquin Regional High School (ARHS) seniors Nic Zanghi, Giles Ober and Sam Huddart created a "lip dub" video for their senior marketing research project. Titled "The Algonquin Lip Dub," the Youtube sensation, which garnered more than 7,000 hits in 12 hours, was created to promote school spirit and showcase the camaraderie of the student body at "The Gonk."

More than 30 members of the senior class at Westborough High School staged the 13th annual Mr. WHS talent show.

By Melanie Petrucci, Senior Community reporter Shrewsbury - Patrick Collins, assistant superintendent for finance & operations, gave a brief report to the School Committee Nov....