Ten members of the Class of 2014 at Old Rochester Regional High School will be attending the Boys’/Girls’ State Convention sponsored by the American Legion’s Florence Eastman Post 280, June 15-21, at Stonehill College in North Easton. The Mattapoisett Lions’ Club will sponsor Michael J. Wyman, Colin D. Knapton, Callie Gomes, and Ruhi Raje. Lawrence […] Read more »
On April 30, Old Rochester Regional High School’s Class of 2014 was inducted into the National Honor Society. The new advisor, Sarabeth Fleming Morrell, held practices for the new inductees and current members for the night’s events. Current members assist Morrell with the very specific induction ceremony, following in the tradition of the years past. […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional Junior High Principal Kevin Brogioli announced the school’s Students of the Month for March: Celeste Hartley, Matthew Merlo, Kelly Fox, Caleb Jagoda, Elizabeth Baroa, Christopher Savino, Mackenzie Drew, Owen Foster, Julia Hall and Colin Flynn. Read more »
One of Old Rochester Regional High School’s biggest fundraisers, Mr. ORR, has been cancelled for this school year. In the past, the fundraiser has gone toward the Senior Class’s bank account. This year, the juniors obtained the fundraiser due to a new distribution of fundraisers. When there weren’t enough junior boys who signed up for […] Read more »
A new club has surfaced at ORRHS after 30 students attended a Leadership Against Bullying conference at Bridgewater State University. Inspired by the conference, the students took the initiative to form ORCA, the Old Rochester Committee for Action. Paired with advisors Mr. Jenkins and Mrs. Perry, the club aims to stop bullying in the school […] Read more »
We congratulate senior, Karen Gonneville (left photo) of Rochester for being selected by the Old Rochester Regional High School faculty and staff as Student of the Month for April. Karen does not let someone else’s perceived limitations define her. Karen is one of the hardest working students I have ever come to know. She is […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Road Race Scholarships Award applications for the Mattapoisett Road Race are due by April 26. Applicants must be seniors at Old Rochester Regional High School who are involved in running and have been accepted at a post-secondary school. Applications are available online at www.mattapoisettroadrace.com or at the ORRHS guidance office. The 43rd […] Read more »
On April 4, the Old Rochester Regional High School journalism class, aka the Paw Prints staff, took a field trip to Suffolk University in Boston for the Greater Boston High School Journalism Awards. Hosted by Suffolk University’s Department of Communications and Journalism, the competition and award ceremony is a program for high school students involved […] Read more »
ORRHS’s Journalism class was selected to attend a journalism conference in Boston on Thursday, April 4. On the Suffolk University campus, the conference takes applications from high school newspapers to attend the conference and compete to win a number of awards. ORRHS’s Journalism class, the Paw Prints staff, applied in December. By sending in a […] Read more »
Old Colony student Josh Cunha, grade 12 of Rochester in the House/Mill Carpentry Shop, was recognized as School Council “Students of the Month” for April 2013. The criteria for the Student of the Month Program are based on a student’s improvement, service, attitude and shop projects. The Program is intended to raise self-esteem in the […] Read more »