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Assistant Supt. Alan Dewey stepping down after 8 productive years

Alan B. Dewey, Canton Public Schools’ head of student services for the past eight years, began his career as a special education teacher in Burlington and later Hanover, where he worked with autistic students – in the mornings at an elementary school and at the high school in the afternoon. “I was young and in […]

Hansen surprises past principal Joe Trovato with portrait unveiling

Last fall the Hansen School unveiled a portrait and learning center in honor of recently retired principal Bill Griffin. When Griffin’s portrait was added to a wall in the lobby, a group of veteran teachers realized the Hansen now had portraits honoring two of the school’s three past principals — Griffin and the school’s first […]

Veteran coach Tom Healy to leave the CHS diamond

The familiar windbreaker with the green CHS cap won’t be seen on a regular basis at the CHS baseball diamond next year as Tom Healy, who coached baseball at Canton High for 40 years as well as other boys’ and girls’ sports, has tendered his resignation as a CHS coach. A few years ago, Healy […]

School shakeup continues with 2 more unexpected departures

A shakeup in the Canton Public Schools’ leadership ranks continued last week when a School Committee member and a high ranking central office administrator both announced, within a span of two days, their plans to step down — albeit for unrelated and seemingly unavoidable reasons. Already set to lose Superintendent John D’Auria and Assistant Superintendent […]

Seniors celebrate uniqueness as CHS graduates Class of 2010 indoors

The sun refused to cooperate but the 196 seniors in the Canton High School Class of 2010 shined anyway in a moving commencement ceremony held in the CHS Morse Auditorium — an initially disappointing but ultimately memorable, and “rather unique,” end to their four-year high school careers. Thursday’s graduation was the first since 2006 to […]

Outgoing school super John D’Auria reflects on brief but memorable stint in Canton

As a researcher whose bread and butter is educational leadership, Dr. John D’Auria came to Canton in 2007 realizing he had the perfect laboratory to test one of his long-held hypotheses: that a superintendent can impact the culture and climate of a school system as much as a principal can impact a school or a […]

School officials say thank you to town with 205K gift

In a gesture of goodwill to their fellow town officials, members of the School Committee last week unanimously agreed to give $205,000 in additional state aid back to the town to help replenish its free cash reserves in the wake of town meeting. The funds, announced by state Senator Brian Joyce shortly after the close […]

Girls just want to have fun: WINS science group scores victory with latest field trip to Amherst

Galvin Middle School earth science teacher Katie Birtwell said that while there is nothing wrong with reading a textbook, being able to have a hands-on learning experience can add that extra element of “excitement” for her science students.  With this in mind, Birtwell leads the Canton chapter of the Blue Hill Observatory Science Center’s Women […]

To help solve school deficit,TM taps free cash — again

For this year at least, town meeting had a solution to the $1.37 million school deficit for the coming fiscal year, with 89 percent of that attributed to mandated special education costs. A vast majority of town meeting voters in the last session on Wednesday, April 28, authorized $440,000 in reserve funds to be put […]

Anonymous donor gives schools $50,000 in honor of Scott Herr

Donation to fund a new fitness center Thanks to an incredibly generous and unexpected donation in honor of the late Scott Herr, the Canton High School community will soon have a new fitness center that staff and students can be proud of. Superintendent Dr. John D’Auria made the surprise announcement at the School Committee meeting […]

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