
Galvin Middle Schooler Avika Shukla proved that she knows how to S-P-E-L-L at the 39th annual Item Scripps National Spelling Bee Eastern Massachusetts Regional. The event took place at Lynn’s Veterans Memorial City Hall Auditorium, where Shukla
Mar 27 2025 | Posted in
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Reports of rising tariffs and utility costs are beginning to impact the cost of the new Galvin Middle School building project as planners and town officials are creating what School Superintendent Derek Folan is calling “healthy contingencies” into the budget
Mar 27 2025 | Posted in
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By Darcie Fisher Seven Canton Public Schools students have been recognized with 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. They competed against students from across New England at the regional level. Five of the students received awards in the art category, while two were honored in the writing category. Submissions were based on originality, technical skill, […]
Feb 20 2025 | Posted in
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Galvin Middle School eighth grader Grace Starr will join peers from across the state as Canton’s Project 351 ambassador. Founded 15 years ago, Project 351 is a statewide nonprofit organization that represents all 351 communities in the commonwealth and ignites leadership, development, enrichment and impact through youth service campaigns. Project 351 held its annual kickoff […]
Feb 14 2025 | Posted in
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Town Administrator Charles Doody and the Canton Select Board, with the support of local, county, state, and federal officials, are urging the commonwealth of Massachusetts to reconsider closing the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children in Canton. On Friday, January 31, Congressman Stephen Lynch was joined by state senators Paul Feeney and William Driscoll, state representatives […]
Feb 6 2025 | Posted in
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The Canton School Committee last week endorsed CHS Principal Jeff Sperling’s plan for the school’s 2025-26 program of studies, and while there are many new additions, there is a notable omission in the world languages offerings with the planned elimination of German. Without a German language course, it raised the question of whether the German […]
Jan 31 2025 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
Canton Public School administrators are still assessing the impact of a data breach reported recently by its student information system (SIS) provider, PowerSchool, a leading K-12 software firm that serves thousands of school districts across the country, including several in Massachusetts. The company reportedly became aware of the breach on December 28, when they learned […]
Jan 17 2025 | Posted in
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Canton School Superintendent Derek Folan made it clear to School Committee members last week that they are not messing around when it comes to school bus safety. Referencing an incident that occurred at the Pine Street railroad crossing on the afternoon of December 11, in which a substitute driver transporting students from the Galvin Middle […]
Dec 27 2024 | Posted in
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By a nearly 3-1 margin in Tuesday’s town-wide special election, Canton voters signed off on the proposed debt-exclusion measure to finance the construction of a brand-new Galvin Middle School that will serve students in grades 5-8. The final tally, with the ‘Yes’ votes outnumbering the ‘No’ votes 2,924 to 1,019, clears the last remaining hurdle […]
Dec 12 2024 | Posted in
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Jay Turner
Take the entire family to a delightful Craft Fun Fair and a wonderful Winter Concert at Canton High School on Tuesday, December 17. Both events are free! The craft fair
Dec 12 2024 | Posted in
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