Final Stretch for ORR Seniors

With the students of Old Rochester Regional High School returning to the classroom on Monday, April 23 after a week’s respite, the senior class has now entered its final stretch. Classes for seniors are scheduled to end on Friday, May 18, which leaves the graduating students with only one month left as the top Bulldogs […] Read more »

ORR Remembers

The first graduating class of Old Rochester in 1962 was made up of 75 students. We had a lot to accomplish during our senior year: i.e. decide what to do with our lives, decide on colleges, get our new yearbook (the Triad) off to its first issue, get our sports team off to a good […] Read more »

Tabor Academy Celebrates Spring

The cold, dark, and long winter has finally and completely ended. Tabor Academy, like the rest of the Tri-Town area, is welcoming the return of a warm spring. The change has been duly noted. Tabor boys begin wearing shorts in earnest as the weather warms up, although a small following has worn shorts since March […] Read more »

ORR Students Tackle Water Pollution

“You’re the solution to water pollution” was the mantra of the 16 students and four Old Rochester Regional High School faculty members on Friday, April 13, as they took a field trip to the Marion Watershed and Waste Water Treatment Plant. The majority of the students on the field trip are currently taking the Science […] Read more »

Sippican Lands Trust Scholarship

Sippican Lands Trust seeks applicants for its $1,000 “Helen A. Arthur Scholarship Award”, which will be awarded to a local high school senior and Marion resident graduating by June 30 from Bishop Stang High School, Old Rochester Regional High School and Tabor Academy pursuing an education in environmental studies or a related field. Helen Adams […] Read more »

Social Studies Civic Learning Round Table

A panel of K-12 teachers from the Old Rochester School District will share classroom practices and lessons that promote social studies and civic learning.  The teachers will show how they use technology, make connections with young people from other countries and cultures, engage students with debate and counterargument as well as teach the history of […] Read more »

Elks Club April Student of the Month

Old Rochester Regional High School Senior Colby Stabell has been selected by faculty and staff for the Elks Club’s April Student of the Month for April. Colby exemplifies the mission of Old Rochester Regional and does so with great enthusiasm.  In his junior year he organized the program, “Spread the Word to End the Word” […] Read more »

Sippican Students ‘Skip the Screen’

Sippican Elementary students are unplugging this week, forsaking television and computers for simpler pursuits as part of the school wide “Skip the Screen” campaign. To help families resist the temptation of the tube and monitor, the school’s PTA group, the Volunteers at Sippican Elementary (VASE), is hosting family friendly events all week – including Bingo […] Read more »

ORRJHS Students of the Month

Kevin T. Brogioli, Principal of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School, announces the following Students of the Month for March 2012. •Green Team: Skylynne Richards-Auld and Kameron Silvia •Blue Team: Katie Gifford and Jacob Spevack •Orange Team: Madeline Meyer and McIvin Vincent •Red Team: Madison Cristaldi and Becket Kiernan •Special Areas: Casey Allaire and Damon […] Read more »

Every 15 Minutes

The lecture trailed to an end in my Honors Economics class as the door swung inward and the Grim Reaper strode into the room. Walking purposefully to the back of the classroom, he placed a spare chair next to senior Ian Gray and gestured for Mr. Carroll to continue teaching, which he did. A minute […] Read more »