For students, summertime means going away to camp, fun at the beach, or simply hanging out with friends. It’s also an opportunity for them to keep their reading skills fresh and to prepare for the upcoming school year. The Galvin Middle School English Language Arts (ELA) Department has long had a summer reading requirement for […]
Canton Academy, the popular summer enrichment program offered by the Canton Public Schools, is now officially underway, and it is not too late to enroll for an upcoming session, according to program director Ed Amico. Offering a wide variety of fun and exciting courses geared toward students in grades K-5, this year’s program also includes […]
When Canton school superintendent Jeff Granatino announced the selection of Peter Boucher as the new interim principal of the Hansen Elementary School, everyone was thrilled but almost no one was surprised. With a list of initiatives and accomplishments that stretches a mile long, Boucher has done nothing but impress in the three short years he […]
It all started when Mrs. Hannigan showed pictures of the Japan disaster to her daughters, Michaela, a fourth grader, and Grace, a second grader at the John F. Kennedy Elementary School. They couldn’t believe what they saw. That afternoon they told their friends about the disaster. They all felt so badly about it and talked […]
The closed-door contract negotiations between the Canton Teachers Association and the School Committee spilled out into the public arena last Thursday, June 16, when an estimated 200 teachers packed the CHS Distance Learning Lab to protest the committee’s most recent contract offer while calling for an end to mediation and a return to face-to-face negotiations. […]
The School Committee plans to form an advisory panel to study whether high school graduation activities should be moved to another date and location. The advisory panel will be made up of school and town officials, teachers, former students and CHS alumni. The move comes after rain caused both this year’s and last year’s graduation […]
It wasn’t their first choice for a venue, but it was perfect nonetheless as the 197 members of the Canton High class of 2011 bid farewell to their younger selves in a moving and reflective graduation ceremony held last Thursday in the CHS Morse Auditorium. For the second straight year, the graduation had to be […]
Well over 90 percent of the CHS graduating class of 2011 will continue their education at a two- or four-year college in the fall. Here is a look at where the recent grads are headed: American University (DC): Robert Bronstein American International College: Bertrand Larose Bates College (ME): Ryan Conrad Bay State School: Alex Santiago […]
Repeating a refrain he made in a similar presentation earlier this year, Peter Boucher, the Canton school district’s wellness coordinator and chairman of the Bullying Prevention Committee, proudly informed the School Committee last week that Canton is “way ahead of the curve” regarding its anti-bullying policy — a new requirement under Massachusetts law. Widely hailed […]
With the funding firmly in place after last month’s annual town meeting, Canton school officials are now ready to move forward with several major capital projects over the next few months. One such project — a four-room, permanent addition to the John F. Kennedy Elementary School — will get underway in late June with an […]
