Category archives for: Schools

CAPE helps kickstart Garden’s Gate project

Imagine open and natural spaces within a school setting. Think big. Worktables and benches, chalkboards and stages. Flowers and artwork, music and sculpture. Dream bigger. Zen gardens and chess boards, glider swings and butterfly bushes. Let your imagination soar. Solar-powered waterfalls, apple trees, vegetable gardens, and a performance amphitheater. School adjustment counselor and clinical social […]

New breakfast program to debut at CHS next month

Starting in February, Canton High School will be offering a new “grab and go” breakfast program with the goal of helping students perform better academically. Breakfast will be offered prior to the start of school between 6:45 and 7:10 a.m. The cost will be $1.50, or 30 cents for students who qualify for the reduced […]

School officials back enhanced safety protocols

Many of the School Committee members and approximately 20 parents who attended a recent presentation by the Police Department on enhanced safety protocols came away impressed, but they would like the department to drop the use of the ALICE acronym, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate. Committee member Robert Golledge said the […]

School Committee submits preliminary budget

The School Committee last week submitted a preliminary operating budget for the next fiscal year that is $500,000 more than the figure they received from Finance Director Jim Murgia. The committee submitted the budget to the Finance Committee knowing it had to meet a mid-January deadline but also knowing that the town’s Revenue Committee has […]

Blue Hills seeking construction projects for 13-14

Blue Hills Regional Technical School is accepting applications for house construction or large addition projects for the next school year. Residents or land owners within the nine district towns are eligible to submit applications no later than February 15, 2013. Applicants must be a resident or land owner for a minimum of five years in […]

CHS Alumni Association releases new directory

The CHS Alumni Association was proud to present a copy of the 2012 edition of its alumni directory to CHS Principal Derek Folan, Canton Historical Society President Wally Gibbs, and Canton Public Library Director Mark Lague. Canton High School alumni are scattered across the country, and even around the world. But no matter where their […]

Supt. pleased with schools’ response to CT tragedy

Last week was a difficult one for Canton teachers and school administrators as they grappled with the best way to address the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. However, in searching for a silver lining, School Superintendent Jeff Granatino said he was very impressed with the collaborative effort of parents, administrators, […]

St. John’s ranked No. 1 in archdiocesan testing

Out of over 120 parochial PK-8 schools in the Archdiocese of Boston, the students of St. John the Evangelist School in Canton earned the highest overall scores on the Stanford 10 Achievement tests in 2012. The Stanford, or SAT-10 as it is known, is administered to students nationwide in both public and private schools to […]

Chief has no plans to rush ALICE program

Police Chief Ken Berkowitz told the School Committee last week that the implementation of a new school safety protocol for violent intruders will be a collaborative effort between both parties and not a rushed one as he educates the public and the Canton school community about the ALICE program. The acronym stands for Alert, Lockdown, […]

Canton students show charitable side

Canton students of all ages – from elementary to high school to alumni – are pitching in to help the less fortunate. Below are just a few examples of recent charitable acts: * Griffin Lincoln, a fifth grader at the Kennedy School, held his second annual candy drive for the patients at Dana Farber Cancer […]

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