Emily Newell, a junior at Old Rochester Regional High School, has recently graduated from the National Youth Leadership Academy, a high-level leadership course. As a Sea Scout on Ship 40 from Falmouth, Massachusetts, Emily has been training to be a youth leader for quite some time. She had one year to complete five leadership goals […] Read more »
Marion resident and Azusa Pacific University student Shannon Smith made the academic Deans’ List at APU. Smith is honored for a spring semester 2015 academic standing of a 3.5 or better grade-point average. Smith is joined by 1,880 other students receiving the same honor. Read more »
Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation were the focuses of this year’s Graboys Leadership Symposium at Tabor Academy on October 20. This annual event, now in its third year, was kicked off by a presentation by Alan Harlam, a professor at Brown University. He founded Brown’s Social Innovation Initiative, which provides support and guidance to Brown students […] Read more »
With just under a month left until the final performances, Tabor Academy anticipates the showing of two drama productions. This year, the plays are Bang Bang You’re Dead, a controversial play about school shootings, and Human Geometry, an original play written by one of Tabor’s own English teachers, Mark Howland. While very different, both are […] Read more »
Faculty Symposium Chair Mel Bride has planned a wonderful blend of inspiring keynote speakers along with break out groups led by alumni and other local and national social entrepreneurs with the aim of flexing students’ innovation muscles and creating some new ideas to solve local or global problems. The symposium, named for George and Lois […] Read more »
Kevin T. Brogioli, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following Students of the Month for September 2015. Green Team: Hannah Johnson & Eric Tippins Orange Team: Alexa McLeod & Stephen Feeney Blue Team: Caitlin Simpson & Bennett Lynch Red Team: Erin Davis & Thomas Durocher Purple Team: Kiya Doberck & Benjamin […] Read more »
On any given school day, you can see Tabor Academy students hustling from class to class. Most walk – or run, if they’re late – but as the weather starts to get cooler, students face the walk to their dorms, the Marine Science Center, the auditorium, and Dunkin’ Donuts or Cumberland Farms with dread. With […] Read more »
For the students of Old Rochester, the dawn of a new school year also means the creation of an array of clubs, and this school year is no exception. A new club, with members taking on the title of AmbassadORs, is out to improve the environment of the school. News of this club was released […] 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 a student who excels in scholarship, citizenship, performing arts, fine arts, hobbies, athletics, church, school, community service, industry and […] Read more »
Six seniors from Falmouth Academy have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for testing within the top five percent of students, nation-wide, on PSAT exams. Commended students are Charles Colt-Simonds of Woods Hole, John “Samuel” Cox of Falmouth, Alexander Gottlieb of Mashpee, Gregory Pickart of Falmouth, Nicolas Pingal of Hatchville and Charlotte VanVoorhis […] Read more »