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ORR Drama Stages 'Beast'764 viewsMembers of the Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club, under the direction of Paul Sardinha, are busy rehearsing for their upcoming production of Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast,' to be presented in the high school auditorium March 29, 30, and 31 at 7:30 pm and on Sunday, April 1 at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. For more information, please call 508-763-4727. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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Alice at Center School763 viewsMembers of the talented New Bedford Youth Ballet troupe dropped by Center School in Mattapoisett on Tuesday morning, March 13 to perform their version of “Alice in Wonderland” for both students and members of the Mattapoisett Council on Aging (COA). The show featured all the well-loved characters from the classic story dancing up a storm including the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the elusive White Rabbit. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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ORRJH Survival763 viewsSeventh graders from Old Rochester Regional Junior High School prepare to head off to Northfield, MA for the annual ORR Survival Program. There were 110 students from Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester who headed up last weekend for the week-long rigorous outdoor program which has become an annual tradition in the tri-towns. Pictured (l. to r.) Nathaniel and Walker Fuchs, Terry Sinnott, Jake Jaskolka, Hayden Viera and Ian McLean. (Photo by Laura McLean).
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ORR Meets Matchmaker761 viewsThe ORR Drama Club rehearses for "The Matchmaker," a play by Thornton Wilder that inspired the musical "Hello Dolly." The show will be staged November 16, 17 and 18 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, November 19 at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors and will be available at the door. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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MASC Honors Andrews760 viewsMaurice Hancock (left), Immediate Past President of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC), and Ellen Furtado (right), President-Elect of the MASC, present the MASC's annual “Community Leader for Public Education Award” to Mattapoisett Selectman Raymond H. Andrews (center) for his efforts with the Center School and Old Hammondtown School Building Projects. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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Tie-Dyed at ORR760 viewsStudents in Ms. Gauvin’s eighth grade science class at Old Rochester Regional Junior High School learned about chemical reactions and colors during a tie-dye shirt-making session held this past week. UMass Dartmouth Chemistry Professor Tobey Dills (right background) and members of the UMass Dartmouth Chemistry Club were on hand to supervise the proceedings. Each student made their own cotton tie-dyed shirt which they will wear to school as part of a planned “Tie-Dyed Day.” (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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Aida at ORR760 viewsPast and present members of the Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club came together under the direction of Paul Sardinha for a remarkable three-day summer production of Aida, the acclaimed Broadway show from Tim Rice and Elton John, which was staged at the high school last weekend. The show offered great performances, lavish musical numbers, and eye-popping costumes and set design that thrilled the packed-house audiences each night. (Photo by Robert Chiarito).
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Church Donates Books759 viewsThe steering committee of the Mattapoisett Congregational Church recently made a donation of books to first graders of the Hayden-McFadden Elementary School in New Bedford. The members of the church sought to give the gift of a book to each child in a single class at the north-side New Bedford school in an effort to promote the school’s literacy program.
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Big Band, Big Finish759 viewsThe Old Rochester Regional High School Big Band and Jazz Combo, both under the direction of Stan Ellis, recently competed at the Berklee College of Music's 39th Annual High School Jazz Competition on Saturday, March 17. The Jazz Combo took fourth place and the ORR Big Band finished first in their division. (Photo courtesy of Stan Ellis).
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ORR Bomb Scare758 viewsORR District School Superintendent Dr. William Cooper makes a statement to the media regarding the bomb threat which forced the evacuation of ORR High School on Monday morning, April 9. The source of the threat remains under investigation by the Mattapoisett Police Department. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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Students Sowing Seeds757 viewsSecond graders at Rochester Memorial School received a grant of 200 bulbs from the North American Flowerbulb Wholesales Association, and small groups of students set the 178 bulbs around the school’s sign and on either side of the front door earlier this week. Remaining bulbs will be cultivated and studied in the classroom. Students are now eagerly looking forward to April when their plantings will begin to bloom. (Photo courtesy of Linda Medeiros).
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ORR Bomb Scare755 viewsA unit from the Mattapoisett Fire Department guards the main entrance to Old Rochester Regional High School during a bomb threat which forced the evacuation of the school on Monday morning, April 9. Students were bused to Tabor Academy in nearby Marion while the threat was investigated. (Photo by Kenneth J. Souza).
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