The Old Rochester Regional High School Class of 1988 announces they will be holding their 25th Reunion celebration on Saturday, August 10. All classmates are invited to bring their families to the Mattapoisett Town Wharf, near the gazebo, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm for an informal gathering. A cocktail party for adults only will be […] Read more »
Henry Blanchette of Marion graduated from Tufts University with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Ryan Muther, a Computer Science and History major from Marion, was named to the Dean’s List at Union College for the 2012-13 academic year. Read more »
Old Colony’s Metal Fabrication and Joining teacher, Kris Garcia, attended the first-ever ASM Materials Science camp at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston during the second week of July. Twenty-two teachers, mainly science teachers or technical-education teachers, attended the 5-day workshop. They learned the basics of Materials Science and its applications, and conducted many labs […] Read more »
Emily Blachly of Mattapoisett graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a Master of Science degree in secondary education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing from RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf in the spring 2013 quarter. Katherine Jean Delaney and Lilli V. Paknis of Marion qualified for the University of […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Doug White announced this week that Derek Medeiros will succeed Moira Rodgers as Principal at Rochester Memorial School. Rodgers resigned short of one year on the job. Medeiros offered his own resignation from the ORR School Committee soon after his election in order to apply for the RMS principal […] Read more »
Berklee College of Music announces that Benjamin Burns of Mattapoisett has earned placement on the Dean’s List for the spring semester of the 2013 academic year. The following Tri-Town residents were named to the Dean’s List during the spring 2013 semester at Salve Regina University: Allison LaCrosse of Mattapoisett, a junior majoring in Nursing, and […] Read more »
Dana Resmini of Rochester, a junior in mining engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Mo., has been named to the honor list for the 2013 spring semester. Read more »
The following students have been recognized as achieving honors for the fourth term at Old Rochester Regional High School. Grade 12 Highest Honors: Melissa Bassett, Grady Branagan, Adam Costa, Edward Costa, Katelyn Cummings, Colby Garstang, Douglas Gifford, Timothy Gonsalves, Abigail Hiller, Nicholas Johnson, Luke Mattar, Abigail Offringa, Marisa Parker, Chandra PerezGill, Jillian Reichert, Caroline Reusch, […] Read more »
The Distribution Committee of the Old Rochester Tri-Town Education Foundation announced its 2013 Grant Award Recommendations last week, and the group is set to divide its nearly $10,000 Lighthouse Fund among multiple projects. Old Hammondtown School teacher Kevin Tavares will receive $634 for his proposal, the “OHS Courtyard Garden Edible Schoolyard Project.” Courtney Aarsheim and […] Read more »
Kristyn A. Avila, daughter of Brian and Margaret Avila, graduated Magna Cum Laude in the Occupational Therapy Assistant program at Bristol Community College. Greg Sethares, Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bristol Community College, has announced the Vice President’s List for Spring 2013. Area students named are: Marion: Kristyn A. Avila, Diane S. Battaglia, […] Read more »