Underclassmen and their parents or guardians should be aware that the 2012-2013 Program of Studies for Old Rochester Regional High School is now available on the school’s website. For the second year, the multi-page document has been posted online in order to limit the school’s paper consumption. In prior times, the document was printed and […] Read more »

It’s the word that terrifies any experienced Tabor Academy student: mid-years. Mid-year exams are the one wrench in what should be an otherwise easy three weeks until Headmaster’s Holiday. This gauntlet of tests hangs over the head of some Tabor students from as early as Winter Break. Around this time, with only one-week left, even […] Read more »

The pace at Old Rochester Regional High School is picking up now that the students and staff have returned from their winter vacation. Unfortunately, the pace of school is faster than normal for the month of January; every week in the month has only four school days. Students have no school on January 13 and […] Read more »

Old Rochester Regional High School is home to a student organization known as SOLE, or Students Organizing Labor Equality. A division of the United Students Against Sweatshops guided by student president Sara DeMello and teacher advisor Colin Everett, SOLE meets on Wednesday afternoons in the school library to discuss and initiate ways of encouraging Old […] 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, club and community service, […] Read more »

About 100 students from Old Rochester Regional High School (a number that includes nearly all of the students from the Latin program of study in the foreign language department) took a field trip to the Museum of Science in Boston on Friday, December 16. The all-day field trip brought students to the new exhibit about […] Read more »

Neither the school committee nor the junior high or high school principals expressed interest in pursuing mandatory school uniforms or a strict dress code at the Old Rochester Regional campus. At the request of Marion resident Gary Powers, the ORR School Committee entertained an agenda item at its December 14 meeting to discuss a new […] Read more »

The funding of a new position for a technology director topped the wish list in a discussion of the fiscal year school budget for 2013, which geared up when the Mattapoisett School Committee met on Monday at Center School. Chairman Grace Knox asked each of the principals to prepare a list of weighted priorities for […] Read more »

Things at Old Rochester Regional High School have once again settled down, just as they always do just before the holiday vacation. There are, however, some important announcements for students. First, seniors should be aware that they are to bring a copy of all college correspondences to the registrar in the guidance office – this […] Read more »