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 […]
Jan 31 2013 | Posted in
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Ruth Weiner
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 […]
Jan 23 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
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 […]
Jan 10 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

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 […]
Jan 10 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
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 […]
Jan 10 2013 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
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 […]
Dec 27 2012 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
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, […]
Dec 27 2012 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen

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 […]
Dec 20 2012 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen
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 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 […]
Dec 6 2012 | Posted in
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Canton Citizen