Superintendent of Schools Derek Folan is pleased to announce that Paul McKnight has been selected as the new principal of the Hansen Elementary School. McKnight will begin his new position on July 1. He was selected following a comprehensive search and interview process that included multiple rounds of engagement with all stakeholders, including Hansen staff, […]
Canton Public Schools PreK-12 World Languages Coordinator Heidi Olson told the School Committee last week that she plans to cautiously move forward in planning for an elementary language curriculum and is also planning to develop the program at the middle school level for the next school year and beyond. Regarding the future of the elementary […]
It’s been an eventful past few weeks for Canton’s talented student musicians at the middle and high schools. In early May, the Galvin Middle School and Canton High School orchestras had the pleasure of performing at the Massachusetts State House, and the following week, 20 students from the GMS chorus serenaded residents in enhanced living […]
The Canton School Committee has endorsed the efforts of PreK-12 wellness coordinator Adam Hughes in bringing the Bandana Project to the students of Canton High School. Billed as a “simple mental health awareness and suicide prevention program,” the program empowers students to become resources and allies for those who are struggling with mental health challenges. […]
With an official thumbs-up from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), Canton school leaders are excited to move forward with Massachusetts-based firm LeftField as the owner’s project manager for the Galvin Middle School building project. The selection was approved by the MSBA board at its meeting on Monday, March 6, with School Superintendent Derek Folan […]
Canton School Committee members unanimously and enthusiastically signed off on a new labor agreement with the district’s teachers and educational support professionals at their meeting last Thursday, signaling the start of what Supt. Derek Folan called a “new
Seven CHS students were recently recognized as part of the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, presented by the Boston Globe and the School of the Museum of
A 17-member committee headed by Canton Public Schools’ Technology Director Julie Shore has embarked on a search for a new state-of-the-art Student Information System (SIS) with an emphasis on efficiency, usability, and equitable access for all CPS families. The plan is to have a new system selected and a multi-year agreement in place by the […]
After more than a full year of negotiations, the Canton School Committee and Superintendent Derek Folan are pleased to announce that they have reached a tentative agreement with the Canton Teachers Association (CTA) on a new employment contract for bargaining units A and E. The process reached a successful conclusion after a third mediation meeting […]
Works by two talented CHS student artists, senior Olivia Schnock and sophomore Caroline Ye, have been selected for inclusion in this year’s highly competitive Emerging Young Artists (EYA) Juried Exhibition presented by the College of Visual and Performing Arts at UMass Dartmouth. Schnock’s digital art piece, “Stress,” and Ye’s clay and wire sculpture, “Cherry Blossoms,” […]
