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 »
On Wednesday, March 6, the ORRHS Media Room held a triple meet Honor Bowl for Old Rochester, Fairhaven, and Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical high schools. The Honor Bowl is an academic trivia competition where teams are asked a series of questions anywhere from literature to math to sizes of the planets. The teams [...] Read more »
Kevin Brogioli, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following Students of the Month for February: • Green Team: Lillian Healy and Jacob Cafarella • Orange Team: Krishna Patel and Tucker Hrasky • Blue Team: Millicent Finch and Freemin Bauer • Red Team: Madisen Martin and Ethan Mort • Special Areas: Alexandra [...] Read more »
This week, students at Old Rochester Regional High School participated in a three-on-three basketball tournament with the community service cause of international aid in mind. The tournament was held on Wednesday, March 6 in the high school gymnasium. All proceeds went directly to an orphanage in Trinidad, with the money going towards rebuilding the orphanage [...] Read more »
Students at Sippican School recently completed their annual Winter Reading Challenge. Each year, the school attempts to meet a specific goal set by the school librarian. This year, students in grades K-6 participated in a 17,844 mile “Reading Road Trip” through all fifty states. For every 30 minutes that students spent reading outside of school [...] Read more »
From February 21 to 23, the Tabor wrestling program paid a visit to Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Penn. for the Nationals Wrestling Tournament. It proved to be a solid success for Tabor, as they finished 20th out of 121 schools, racking up a total of 35 points in the process, which is a pretty big [...] Read more »
Principal Kevin Brogioli announces that the following students have received honors for the second quarter at Old Rochester Regional Junior High School: High Honor Roll: Johanna Appleton, Samantha Ball, Julia Barrett, Alice Bednarczyk, John Breault, Gabrielle Brightman, Erin Burke, Tessa Camboia, Joanna Caynon, Erin Costa, Mari Daly, Mason DaSilva, James DeMailly, Stephanie Dondyk, Campbell [...] Read more »
The Elks of Wareham Lodge No. 1548 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 excellence in scholarship, citizenship, performing arts, fine arts, hobbies, athletics, church, school, club and community service, industry and farming. [...] Read more »
Over the course of winter break, students of ORRHS (with the exception of seniors) are encouraged to look through the Program of Studies in preparation for choosing next year’s classes. There are a few additions and adjustments to the program, beginning with a few new classes. The pre-existing “History of Old Rochester” class has changed [...] Read more »
