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Freetown-Lakeville welcomes new Director of Student Services
LAKEVILLE – As the Freetown-Lakeville school district’s new Director of Student Services, Kelly Steele plans to apply her philosophy of putting students first — day in and day out. Steele, who started in her new position on July 1, will be...
Improving staff retention, added family communication among school superintendent goals
MIDDLEBORO — Retaining teachers and staff and creating a regular communication system to address issues with families are two of the goals Middleboro School Committee members set for Superintendent of Schools Carolyn Lyons for the upcoming school...
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Summer may be in full swing but some recent graduates from Lakeville are already planning ahead for the start of college in the fall – securing $1,500 scholarships on behalf of three Southcoast Health Hospitals. Out of 141 applicants, two Lakeville...
Middleboro Elks celebrate honor students, Star Spangled Banner
The Middleboro Elks took a moment to remember the symbol of our nation at its annual Flag Day service ceremony last month. The ceremony described the history of the flag and showed all versions of the flag, to date. Afterwards, the Middleboro Elks...
Class president captures media's attention with graduation speech
LAKEVILLE — Apponequet graduate Mason Macuch never imagined he’d get a call from the Washington Post after his graduation speech. Or one from the Associated Press or NBC News for that matter. But Macuch’s unique ending to his graduation speech as...
Anchored in knowledge: Students return from schooner STEAM program
BOURNE — In the middle of Buzzards Bay in the pitch black of night, students aboard the Ernestina-Morrissey sailing vessel studied the constellations, learning about the North Star, as they sat still in the water. “It was so quiet,” said Aurora...
Middleboro schools consider adding human resources department
MIDDLEBORO —The Middleboro School Committee is exploring the creation of a human resources department for the district, in part due to questions about the number of staff resignations in recent years. Committee members at the June 27 meeting...
Freetown Lakevillle Middle School welcomes new principal
LAKEVILLE — As of Monday, July 1, the principal’s office at Freetown Lakeville Middle School will have a new occupant: Jackie Francisco. Francisco will take the place of Jack Higgins, who was recently hired as Director of Finance Operations of the...
School Committee seeks public input on superintendent evaluation
LAKEVILLE — A survey will be sent out to members of the community asking for feedback on superintendent Alan Strauss’ performance, members of the Freetown Lakevillle School Committee decided in a meeting on Monday, July 1. The survey responses will...
To sixth grade and beyond, fifth graders celebrate last day of school
LAKEVILLE — Fifth graders at George R. Austin Elementary School are excited to make the jump to sixth grade, but not quite as excited as they are about summer. Students celebrated the last day of school on Thursday, June 20 with outdoor games and...
Audit is "going to be a lot of work", finance committee says
LAKEVILLE — While School and Town officials have approved an audit for the Freetown Lakeville school budget, the real work is just beginning. At its Tuesday, June 18 meeting, the Freetown Lakeville Regional Finance Subcommittee discussed a plan to...
FreeLake Superintendent interviews as finalist for principal role
LAKEVILLE — The Freetown-Lakeville school district may be looking to hire a new superintendent. The Freetown-Lakeville School Committee met to “discuss strategies for possible superintendent transition,” in an executive session meeting on Monday,...
Middleboro elementary schools celebrate last day with annual sendoff
MIDDLEBORO — Excitement buzzed all through the parking lot of the Henry B. Burkland and Mary K. Goode Elementary School as students celebrated their last day of school on Friday, June 14. The spirit of summer was in the air as music blasted and...
Freetown-Lakeville Superintendent opens up about cancer battle
LAKEVILLE — Freetown-Lakeville Superintendent Alan Strauss has cancer, he announced at a June 12 School Committee Meeting. It was the first time he had shared his diagnosis publicly. The announcement was delivered to address comments made during...
Residents urge summer school for school committee
LAKEVILLE — A plea that the school committee not take a summer recess in the midst of the budget crisis it faces was echoed by many Lakeville residents at the school committee’s meeting on Wednesday, June 12. Resident Noelle Rilleau stated that,...
Appeals court sides with school in ‘two genders’ shirt case
MIDDLEBORO – A ruling by the United States First District Court of Appeals on Sunday, June 9, upheld an earlier district court decision that Middleboro Public Schools did not violate a student’s rights when asking him to remove a shirt stating “...
Rod and gun club scholarship funds students’ environmental endeavors
MIDDLEBORO — The Wankinquoah Rod and Gun Club Scholarship Committee is helping to build the next generation of “responsible and ethical sportspersons” by awarding $6,000 in scholarships to local high school seniors this year. The committee gave...
Lower-than-expected health insurance costs could reduce school budget deficit
LAKEVILLE — The Freetown-Lakeville School District identified an overestimate of budgeted health insurance costs that will significantly reduce an overall budget deficit that has ignited much debate. At the Freetown-Lakeville School Committee’s...
‘Leave a legacy’: Old Colony class of 2024 graduates
ROCHESTER — The principal of Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School told graduating seniors they had the world in front of them and exemplified what it meant to be an Old Colony student. The graduation ceremony for the class of 2024 at...
Apponequet seniors throw caps to future
LAKEVILLE — Class president Mason Macuch summed up the bittersweet mix of emotions that were surely shared amongst his peers during the Apponequet Regional High School graduation ceremony on June 7, with fitting lyrics from the rapper Macklemore. “...
Top of their class: Apponequet names top 10 students
LAKEVILLE – While the graduating class of Apponequet Regional High School suited up in their caps and gowns, 10 students went above and beyond and were named the top in the class of 2024. At the top of her class is Morgan Hayward. In addition to...
Apponequet seniors given 82 awards, $114,000 in scholarship
LAKEVILLE— The Apponequet Class of 2024 has certainly left a mark. At the Apponequet Regional High School Awards Night on June 4, 82 awards were given out to those who are about to step into the next chapter in their lives. Additionally, the senior...
Speaker urges students to prepare for emergencies
LAKEVILLE — Doug Forbes, a retired local coordinator of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, recently conducted an emergency preparedness workshop at the Mullein Hill Christian Academy in Lakeville. The class studied the importance of...
Middleboro resident receives scholarship from accounting organization
MIDDLEBORO — Manpreet Dhaliwal-Pagliuca of Middleboro was awarded the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants Silver Alliance Scholarship through the group’s Educational Foundation’s 2024 Scholarship Program. Dhaliwal-Pagliuca, a...
Oak Point donates $61,000 to Middleboro high school graduates
MIDDLEBORO — Residents of the Middleboro housing community Oak Point showed their support for the town’s high school seniors. The Oak Point Homeowners Scholarship Fund recently awarded 19 scholarships to Middleboro High School seniors. The group...
Carnival day makes a splash with soak games, popcorn throwing
MIDDLEBORO — From hot-dog tag to potato sack races, popcorn toss and corn-hole, the carnival-themed field day at Memorial Early Childhood Center in Middleboro gave kindergarteners plenty of opportunities to enjoy the sunshine on Wednesday, May 29...
‘You did it:’ Middleboro High grads move on to next journey
MIDDLEBORO — Sometimes students teach their educators lessons that can’t be read in a book but will always remain in the heart. That was the case with the Middleboro High School Class of 2024, who entered the high school field Saturday, June 1 as...
Freeze on new hires, other cuts mulled to offset school budget shortfall
LAKEVILLE — Making no new hires, freezing salary increases of non-union personnel and not replacing retirees are among options that the Freetown Lakeville Regional School Committee asked school officials to consider to offset most of the $791,295...
Forensic audit requested for Freelake school budget
LAKEVILLE — In response to a nearly $800,000 deficit in the Freetown-Lakeville School budget, a regional finance subcommittee has met and is pushing for a forensic audit of the school district’s budget. The Freetown-Lakeville Regional Finance...
Bristol-Plymouth students provide support to Middleboro community in need
MIDDLEBORO — Students in the senior electrical class at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School recently completed an in-community project to support a population in need in Middleboro. The students collaborated with the Town of Middleboro to...
Middleboro career fair unveils next generation of professionals
MIDDLEBORO — Although they were only fifth graders, those who presented at the Elementary Future’s Fair at the Henry B. Burkland School on Thursday, May 23 already saw themselves as young professionals. The fair was the culmination of a six-week...
Lakeville senior receives Taunton Civic Chorus scholarship
LAKEVILLE — The Taunton Civic Chorus has awarded its 2024 Bob Keith Memorial Scholarship to Apponoquet High School Senior Peyton Parent of Lakeville. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a graduating senior from a greater Taunton area high school...
Only one slot opened for school choice in Middleboro
MIDDLEBORO — Only one slot, in kindergarten, will be available next year through school choice, Middleboro School Committee members agreed at their May 9 meeting. The position was selected because the family of a current school choice student has...
Assawompset beautification project seeks donations, volunteers
LAKEVILLE — Community support is being sought to help beautify the exterior of Assawompset School. The work follows the recently completed installation of new doors and windows at the building. The beautification project includes purchasing mulch...
Nichols Middle School to present ‘Alice in Wonderland’
MIDDLEBORO — The Nichols Middle School Drama Club will present “Alice in Wonderland’’ at 7 p.m. Friday, May 17 and 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at the school. Admission is $10.
Grant to bolster welding program at Bristol-Plymouth technical school
Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School, which serves Middleboro students, has been granted $106,000 through an Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development’s Career Technical Initiative to support training and placement services for...
Students go from couch to 5K to prepare for Mother’s Day run
LAKEVILLE — Students at Mullein Hill Christian Academy, 25 Staples Shore Road, Lakeville are working out in preparation for the upcoming 5K, "Honor Thy Mother.’’ The after-school group is called, "Couch to 5K.’’ Led by Donna and Paul Tosi and Shari...
They mean business: Apponequet students top competition
LAKEVILLE — Students from Apponequet Regional High School placed first in the recent JA Titan Business Challenge at UMass Dartmouth. More than 150 students from seven high schools throughout southern Massachusetts competed. The JA Titan Business...
Middleboro High honored for marathon volunteering effort
MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro High School students have been honored as “Volunteers of the Year” for their efforts in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, which was held in October 2023. More than 8,400 walkers and 700 volunteers participated in the event...
Middleboro school superintendent contract extended through 2028
MIDDLEBORO — The contract of Superintendent of Schools Carolyn Lyons has been extended through 2028, School Committee members voted at the April 4 meeting. Lyons will receive a 2 ½ percent pay increase starting July 1, bringing her salary to $197,...
Apponequet students clean classrooms, learn life lessons
LAKEVILLE – One of Aiden King’s favorite parts of working as a custodian at Apponequet High School is the sense of gratification he gets from a clean space. “I love walking into the building the next morning and thinking, ‘I did this,’” said King, a...
Kindergarten student cops a cool prize, a ride in a cruiser
MIDDLEBORO – Two students from Memorial Early Childhood Center arrived fashionably late to school Thursday morning — and in quite the sleek ride. Kindergarten student Hope Whiteside was escorted to school in a police cruiser as a prize for having...
READS Collaboraitve names new Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Director
MIDDLEBORO — READS Collaborative, a member of the Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives (MOEC), has announced that Rebekah Marchilena has been appointed as the collaborative's new Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Director. "MOEC...
Open house sheds light on new windows, doors at Assawompset
LAKEVILLE — Visitors received a window into the new look at Assawompset Elementary School at an open house at the facility March 16. The school recently completed a renovation that included installing new windows and doors. The open house gave the...
Superintendent: Lakeville won’t face override
LAKEVILLE — Lakeville residents will not be faced with an override vote to accommodate the Lakeville-Freetown Regional school budget, Superintendent of Schools Alan Strauss has assured the community. An override “would not be fair to this community...
From land surveyor to agricultural extension educator: Fair teaches students about job possibilities
MIDDLEBORO – Mary K. Goode fifth graders Adeline Carter and Sarah Streiff had no idea that a job called a land surveyor existed. They learned about it at the Elementary Career Fair that took place Thursday, March 7, at Middleboro High School. The...
Assawompsett School hosts public open house to showcase improvements
LAKEVILLE — The public is invited to visit Assawompsett Elementary School, 232 Main St. in Lakeville from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 16 to view the newly installed windows and doors at the school, which have helped transform the school into...
Penguins help build playground at Middleboro school
MIDDLEBORO — Children from all over the Middleboro area gathered at Burkland Elementary School to learn how to paint penguins and help build a playground. The Penguin Paint Night event, held Thursday, Feb. 29, was organized by the Playground...
Middleboro Superintendent proposes $45 million dollar budget
MIDDLEBORO — Middleboro School District Superintendent Carolyn Lyons is “very proud of the effort that went into working together with the town” to present a balanced school department budget for the coming fiscal year. “We were talking about an 11...
Young Middleboro filmmaker headed in creative direction
MIDDLEBORO — “What if this could be a film?’’ Danielle Duggan, long-time Middleboro High School fine arts teacher and drama department chair, asked that question several years ago after reading a poem, “10:13,’’ written by student Savannah Byrne...
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