A community collaboration sponsored by the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod and the Bourne Substance Free Coalition will be held at Upper Cape Tech, which is located at 220 Sandwich Road in Bourne, on Tuesday, May 24 at 6:00 pm. The training will be conducted at no cost by the AIDS Support Group of […] Read more »
Congratulations to Alexis Sweeney and Jane Kassabian, recipients of the Mattapoisett Town Scholarships for 2016. Each of these young scholars will receive $1,000 to help defray expenses: Alexis at Salem State and Jane at Notre Dame. We congratulate them and wish them well in their future endeavors. The committee would like to remind everyone that […] Read more »
Deborah Bacciocchi’s kindergarten class at RMS celebrated a wedding of “Q” and “U” on May 16. The bride (a wooden letter “Q”) wore a gown sewn with pieces from Bacchiocchi’s wedding gown and the groom wore mixed media/Sharpie formalwear. The gift registry yielded essentials like quarters, quilts, queens, and quartz, all elaborately wrapped by the […] Read more »
Across the United States from May 2-14, hundreds of thousands of anxious students waited to take some of the most important standardized tests of the year – the Advanced Placement exams. Advanced Placement (AP) courses provide students with opportunities to show colleges what they know and possibly receive credit for those classes. This ultimately leads […] Read more »
Evan Gillis of Marion was named to Emerson College’s Dean’s List for the spring 2016 semester. Gillis is majoring in Marketing Communications. The requirement to make Emerson’s Dean’s List is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher. On Sunday, May 8, Isabel Grover of Marion graduated from Emerson College. Grover earned a BA in […] Read more »
The following students have achieved honors for the third term at Old Rochester Regional High School: Highest Honors, Grade 9: Elsie Buckley, Julia Cabral, Sara Campopiano, Alexandra Fluegel, Ian Friedrichs, Adrian Gleasure, Amelia Isabelle, Nolan LaRochelle, Rosemary Loer, Michaela Mattson, Claire Noble Shriver, Avery O’Brien-Nichols, Vanessa Ortega, Harrison Riley, Geneva Smith, Gates Tenerowicz, Lily Youngberg; […] Read more »
Megan E. Pierce of Rochester represented Fitchburg State University when the state Department of Higher Education saluted 29 Who Shine on Monday, May 9 at the Statehouse. The ceremony paid tribute to one graduating senior from each of the state’s 29 campuses of public higher education. An interdisciplinary studies major, Pierce has been a standout […] Read more »
On Tuesday, May 3, the National Honor Society (NHS) held its annual induction ceremony at Old Rochester Regional, where 54 new members were inducted into the NHS. The ceremony was named in the memory of Dana Dourdeville, an Old Rochester alumnus who graduated in 2011 and began college at Brown University. He passed away in […] Read more »
The Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences graduated 88 new veterinarians at Gallagher Iba Arena on May 6. Among those earning a DVM degree was Stasia Sullivan, a research scholar from Mattapoisett. Sullivan is the daughter of Jeffrey Sullivan of Mattapoisett and Jeanne Furlani-Sullivan of Fairhaven. Read more »
The end of the school year marks many goodbyes, including the loss of Mr. Muther, Tabor’s director of athletics. Dick Muther’s choice to leave Tabor after living and working here since 1984 is no doubt a sad one, but the future of Tabor athletics remains secure in the capable hands of Conan Leary. Numerous candidates […] Read more »