A new club has surfaced at ORRHS after 30 students attended a Leadership Against Bullying conference at Bridgewater State University. Inspired by the conference, the students took the initiative to form ORCA, the Old Rochester Committee for Action. Paired with advisors Mr. Jenkins and Mrs. Perry, the club aims to stop bullying in the school [...] Read more »

We congratulate senior, Karen Gonneville (left photo) of Rochester for being selected by the Old Rochester Regional High School faculty and staff as Student of the Month for April. Karen does not let someone else’s perceived limitations define her. Karen is one of the hardest working students I have ever come to know.  She is [...] Read more »

Mattapoisett Road Race Scholarships             Award applications for the Mattapoisett Road Race are due by April 26. Applicants must be seniors at Old Rochester Regional High School who are involved in running and have been accepted at a post-secondary school. Applications are available online at www.mattapoisettroadrace.com or at the ORRHS guidance office.             The 43rd [...] Read more »

On April 4, the Old Rochester Regional High School journalism class, aka the Paw Prints staff, took a field trip to Suffolk University in Boston for the Greater Boston High School Journalism Awards. Hosted by Suffolk University’s Department of Communications and Journalism, the competition and award ceremony is a program for high school students involved [...] Read more »

ORRHS’s Journalism class was selected to attend a journalism conference in Boston on Thursday, April 4. On the Suffolk University campus, the conference takes applications from high school newspapers to attend the conference and compete to win a number of awards. ORRHS’s Journalism class, the Paw Prints staff, applied in December. By sending in a [...] Read more »

Old Colony student Josh Cunha, grade 12 of Rochester in the House/Mill Carpentry Shop, was recognized as School Council “Students of the Month” for April 2013. The criteria for the Student of the Month Program are based on a student’s improvement, service, attitude and shop projects. The Program is intended to raise self-esteem in the [...] Read more »

The Elks of Wareham Lodge No. 1648 sponsors the Elks Student of the Month and Student of the Year Awards for students enrolled in local area high schools.  The criteria used in nominating a student includes a student who excels in scholarship, citizenship, performing arts, fine arts, hobbies, athletics, church, school, club and community service, [...] Read more »

The results are in! Carly O’Connell, a sixth grade student at Old Hammondtown School, MA is the first place winner of the SIFMA Foundation’s InvestWrite® student essay competition, sponsored by the SIFMA Foundation and SIFMA member firms. O’Connell claims top prize for the middle school division of the Fall 2012 national competition. As a culminating [...] Read more »

Seven ORRHS students were acknowledged by the Boston Globe Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards this month, collectively pulling in two Gold Key Awards, two Silver Key awards and four Honorable Mentions. The two Gold Key Awards, the highest placing, were awarded to Kylie Faison for her charcoal drawing entitled “Stairway” and Marisa Paknis for her [...] Read more »

This past Friday, the ORR High School auditorium held the 4th Annual Bulldog Rhythm Showcase. The high school’s dance team worked with their new head coach, previous Bulldog Rhythm member Bethanie Bassett, to present 18 dance numbers to a crowd of peers, friends and family members.             The night opened at 7:00 pm with a [...] Read more »