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Officials debate using excess funds to reduce Lakeville schools tax impact
LAKEVILLE — Due to cuts from the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District’s original budget plan explained at the March 15 School Committee meeting, Lakeville’s proposed contribution to next year’s budget is currently projected to be a 3.02%...
Public learns about School Committee candidates
MIDDLEBORO — Candidates for School Committee educated the public about their viewpoints Thursday during the Candidates Night held at the Middleboro Senior Center. Voters will choose candidates in two School Committee races. Jessica Chartoff, Allin...
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Apponequet students volley for the freshmen
LAKEVILLE — “We love volleyball so much here at Apponequet,” said Apponequet Regional High School Principal Kahlan Dessert. “It’s almost like a joke.” In that case, it makes sense why the freshman class decided to hold a volleyball tournament...
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The Cranberry Educational Foundation is offering a scholarship to current college or technical school students, as well as high school seniors accepted into a college or technical school, who live in a cranberry-growing town. Students who are...
School budget set, with hike of about 5 percent
MIDDLEBORO — The Middleboro School Committee has unanimously supported an operating budget for next year of $38,887,702, an increase of about 5 percent over the current budget of $37,035,907. The bulk of the budget _ $32,284,063 _ covers salaries of...
State aid boost good news for Lakeville school budget
LAKEVILLE — With the state budget released, the requested percentage increase to Lakeville’s share of the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District fiscal year 24 budget has dropped from over 5% to 3.82%. The updated 3.82% increase is closer to...
No school Tuesday in Middleboro, Lakeville
School is cancelled in Middleboro and Lakeville Tuesday, Feb. 28 due to the incoming storm.
Local students named to honor roll
The following area students have been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 semester at their respective universities. Belmont University: Julia Bernaiche, Lakeville Southern New Hampshire University: From Middleboro: James Reardon; Taralin...
Middleboro High announces honor roll
MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro High School has announced the 380 students who earned High Honors or Honors during semester one. Students with High Honors achieve no grade less than an A-, and students named with Honors no grade less than a B-. High honors...
Substance abuse, vaping education focus of grant from Elks
MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro Elks #1274 has awarded a $4,000 Beacon Grant to Middleboro Matters toward raising awareness and providing a variety of resources regarding substance abuse and overdose prevention for families. Middleboro Matters and...
Members sought for new Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Task Force
MIDDLEBORO — In an effort to establish “a more inclusive community,’’ The Middleboro school community is seeking members for a Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Task Force. The purpose of the 15-member committee “is to develop and promote strategies...
Sunday school celebrates kindness with sweetness
MIDDLEBORO — For Sunday school students at North Congregational Church, kindness and sweetness go hand-in-hand. Students and cousins Nova Lomp and Cali Ieronimo teamed with congregation members to create and fill candy jars for residents at Nemasket...
New school counselor ‘a priority,’ 4th and 5th grade principal says
LAKEVILLE — Because of what Superintendent Alan Strauss called a “startling” increase in student visits to the school adjustment counselor, next year’s Freetown-Lakeville School District budget includes plans to hire a second counselor for George R...
Superintendent cites ‘uptick’ in racial slurs, seeks to form task force
MIDDLEBORO — A recent “uptick’’ in the use of racial slurs in the school community has prompted a call from Superintendent of Schools Carolyn Lyons to form a task force to seek possible solutions. “There’s no place for words of hate in our school...
Freetown-Lakeville school monitoring set week of March 23
During the week of March 23, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM) will conduct a tiered focus monitoring review of the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District. The Office of Public...
Students show love for first responders with valentines
MIDDLEBORO — Second graders at Mary K. Goode Elementary School have special valentines: The first responders in their town. The children created messages of love for the Middleboro Fire, Police, Brewster Ambulance team and the Massachusetts State...
A burning success story: Fire department, students team up
MIDDLEBORO — A collaboration between the Middleboro Fire Department and Middleboro High School provides students with first-hand experience in the science of firefighting. Students receive an inside glimpse into what it takes to be a firefighter as...
Middleboro students jump into Crocodile River programs, concert
MIDDLEBORO — Children sang and danced with enthusiasm when the Crocodile River Music group played a concert and ran workshops at Memorial Early Childhood Center. Students clapped along to the songs and stood up to dance to the rhythmic music; even...
Lakeville’s cut of school district budget rises 5%
LAKEVILLE — Lakeville residents will be asked to pay an additional $913,398 toward the Freetown-Lakeville School District budget in Fiscal Year 24, for an increase of 5.65 percent. The preliminary budget was discussed at a Freetown-Lakeville School...
Polishing their skills: Old Colony students give manicures to seniors
LAKEVILLE — Generations connected over nail polish at the Lakeville Council on Aging. Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School 10th-graders in the cosmetics program gave manicures to local seniors on Feb. 2 to build experience as they...
‘Little Shop of Horrors’ to be performed at Middleboro High
MIDDLEBORO — The doors to “Little Shop of Horrors’’ will open at the Middleboro High School auditorium at 7 p.m. Friday Feb. 10 and Saturday Feb. 11 and 2 p.m. Sunday Feb. 12. The production will be presented by the Middleboro High School Music...
Busy as bees, students create hives
LAKEVILLE — Students of Mullein Hill Christian Academy in Lakeville are buzzing with excitement about their latest project. The students have been enjoying a paint club led by Lauren Delaney of Creative Touches, which provides crafting classes for...
Busy as bees, students create hives
LAKEVILLE — Students of Mullein Hill Christian Academy in Lakeville are buzzing with excitement about their latest project. The students have been enjoying a paint club led by Lauren Delaney of Creative Touches, which provides crafting classes for...
‘Annie Jr.’ signals return of performances at Nichols Middle School
MIDDLEBORO — The sun will come out Jan. 27 and 28 when the Nichols Middle School Drama Club presents “Annie Jr.’’ at the school stage. Opening night is always special but this one will be especially exciting, said director Susan Schobel. “This is...
Lakeville schools to add signs in wake of security breach
LAKEVILLE — The Freetown-Lakeville School District will install improved signage and vestibules at its schools in the wake of a security breach in November. Signs will likely say ‘no trespassing from 7:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. or when students are using...
School board member Oakley resigns, wanting to spend more time with family
MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro School Committee member Richard Oakley has resigned his position, saying his work on the board has been “shortchanging [his] family life.’’ Oakley’s wife Chelsea had a stroke last August and required brain surgery. “We got...
Her job is to help school staff be their best selves
MIDDLEBORO — The last few years and their challenges related to the pandemic have been stressful for many students. Adults who work in the schools have not been immune either. Their whole world was rocked for a few years,’’ Katelyn McSweeney said...
Cost of Assawompset Elementary renovations lower than expected
LAKEVILLE — The Select Board received welcome financial news about the Assawompset Elementary School renovations at their Monday, Jan. 9 meeting. The total project cost to renovate doors and windows at the school will be nearly $4 million, which is...
Middleboro student makes presentation on Career Closet
Noelle Engrassia, a Lasell University student from Middleboro, presented at the institution's annual Career Readiness Symposium. Engrassia shared a presentation on the University's Career Closet, an initiative to have a permanent location on campus...
All aboard: Memorial Early Childhood Center’s Polar Express returns
MIDDLEBORO — Memorial Early Childhood Center students punched their tickets to the Polar Express to ring in the holidays. Rewarded with a pajama day to celebrate the season, kindergartners and pre-kindergartners lined up outside the auditorium with...
Middleboro student takes second place in theater tech competition
Middleboro — Middleboro High School Junior Kailey Almeida won second place in the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild Tech Theater Competition for her costume design for the school’s production of “She Kills Monsters”. Almeida was not in the...
Prince rules the school at Burkland
MIDDLEBORO — Some days you just need a hug. And as he roams the halls of Henry R. Burkland School, Prince, a three-year-old yellow Lab assistance dog, is happy to oblige. Children headed to their classroom first thing in the morning pass by Prince...
Old Colony Superintendent presents future plans to Select Board
Lakeville’s “largest ever capital expense” could be coming in the near future when the town pays its share of renovations or new construction for Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, according to Select Board Member Rich LaCamera...
Safety protocols strengthened after school security breach
LAKEVILLE — All visitors to Freetown-Lakeville school buildings must be escorted by a staff member, one of several protocols emphasized in the wake of a Nov. 17 school security breach, Superintendent of Schools Alan Strauss told members of the...
No horsing around for area art students
LAKEVILLE — These students learned some art skills straight from the horse’s mouth _ and the rest of its body. Eighth grade Students at Mullein Hill Christian Academy in Lakeville, recently sketched a live subject for art class. Holly, a horse from...
Goode School students in the running for new playground equipment
MIDDLEBORO — The weather was perfect for a run. Especially, when the run helps raise money for future outdoor fun. Students at Goode Elementary School ran laps Thursday, Nov. 3 during the Fun Run fund-raiser on the school grounds. Donors pledged...
Superintendent pleased with Freetown-Lakeville MCAS Scores
LAKEVILLE — Freetown-Lakeville School District’s Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test scores are “a delicious dessert after a good meal,” according to Superintendent Alan Strauss. The district mostly met and exceeded expectations on...
Students receive a full-bodied lesson in Latin
Middle school students at Mullein Hill Christian Academy, 25 Staples Shore Road, Lakeville, recently found a creative way to learn Latin. They drew themselves and then put the drawings up on the walls of the school. "Parts of the body will then be...
Lakeville students win gaming system
LAKEVILLE — Two students of Mullein Hill Christian Academy, 25 Staples Shore Road, Lakeville, are happy boys after winning a PS5 gaming system. First grader Levi Tavares and his brother, third grader Liam Tavares, won the drawing from the School...
Bristol-Plymouth Technical receives $1 million to expand culinary program
TAUNTON — Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School has been awarded a significant grant from the Baker-Polito Administration as part of the administration’s ongoing Skills Capital Grant program, Superintendent Alexandre Magalhaes has announced...
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