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For Marlborough teen, volunteering is a way of life
MARLBOROUGH - From running park cleanups to working with refugees, Poorvi Mohanakrishnan is passionate about volunteerism.Â
“Whenever I’m not in school doing work, I’m working...
Assabet Valley receives $250,000 skills capital grant
Superintendent Ernest F. Houle has announced that Assabet has been awarded a $250,000 grant as part of the Skills Capital Grant program.
Assabet students qualify for state competition
By Cindy Zomar, Education Coordinator
Region - Annual SkillsUSA competitions among technical and vocational high schools across the country have begun with some modifications due...
Marlborough celebrates effort to increase early college program participation
MARLBOROUGH - Marlborough has joined a statewide coalition to encourage more students to enter into early college programs.Â
The Massachusetts Alliance for Early College (MEAC)...
Assabet students help develop Shrewsbury 9/11 memorial
MARLBOROUGH/SHREWSBURY - Preserving history in such a way as to keep it interesting and relevant is a challenge.Â
Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School metal...
Marlborough’s Early Childhood Center hosts ‘touch-a-truck’ event
By Jesse Kucewicz, Contributing Writer
MARLBOROUGH - A choir of honking horns could be heard from the Marlborough Early Childhood Center (ECC) parking lot on...
Marlborough schools increase pay rates for substitutes
Substitutes in the Marlborough Public Schools will now make more money following a unanimous vote by the School Committee last week.Â
Marlborough Public Schools continue pandemic-era expanded food service
By Cindy Zomar, Education Coordinator
MARLBOROUGH - An extension of the measures taken to provide food continuity during the height of the pandemic, the Summer...
Massachusetts art exhibit to include piece by MHS junior
By Cindy Zomar, Education Coordinator
Marlborough – Marlborough High School Student Aiden Grocki has secured a spot for his artwork, titled ‘Self Identities,’ in the 2021...
Marlborough’s New England Innovation Academy to be featured on CBS
If you haven’t watched America ByDesign, tune in on Dec. 10 when Marlborough’s the New England Innovation Academy, will be featured.
Wet weather shuts down classes at Hastings, Assabet
Heavy rain and wind overnight on Tuesday, Jan. 9, into Wednesday, Jan. 10, turned last weekend’s winter wonderland into a swamp.
Assabet celebrates $249,000 state grant
A nearly $250,000 grant will let Assabet buy new equipment to strengthen its metal fabrication and welding programming.Â
AMSA breaks ground for new building in Marlborough
AMSA held a groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 14. to celebrate the start of construction for a new academic building.
Marlborough student ‘steps up’ to collect new sneakers
This summer, Ladas is staging Stepping Up, a sneaker donation program through the Marlborough Community Cupboard, which is part of the United Way of Tri-County Inc. His goal: 300 pairs of brand-new sneakers that will be donated to the cupboard for distribution.
AMSA students celebrate their next chapter during graduation
Families and loved ones of AMSA graduates gathered on the field of the Fore Kicks Sports Complex on Friday for this year’s graduation.Â
Marlborough Public Schools begin search for new finance director
Marlborough Public Schools is searching for a new director of finance and operations after Douglas Dias leaves at the end of the school year.
Goodnow Elementary introduces Girls on the Run to 5th-graders
By Cindy Zomar, Education Coordinator
MARLBOROUGH - After a particularly challenging school year everywhere, Amy Fitzgibbon, an Adjustment Counselor at the new Goodnow Brothers Elementary...
Marlborough school programs to address chronic absenteeism
According to MPS Superintendent Mary Murphy, 30.7% of all students were absent from classes for more than 18 days, or “chronically absent."
Assabet School Committee votes to extend superintendent’s contract
At the end of a meeting in which the union announced a vote of no confidence, the committee voted to extend Ernest Houle’s contract.Â
Spike in first-grade enrollment may prompt new hire next year, Marlborough Superintendent says
By Stuart Foster, Contributing Writer
MARLBOROUGH – A larger than expected class of first-grade students entering the Marlborough Public Schools this year could necessitate an...