Kyle O’Leary speaks of her dear friend Susan Lipton with deep admiration. The two women met while working at the Hansen School, O’Leary as a teacher and Lipton as the school system’s physical therapist. Their friendship continued when they moved to the Luce School and finally to the Early Childhood Center at the Marilyn Rodman […]
With a goal of simpler administration and increasing student participation, the Canton School Committee voted last month to implement a one-time user fee for both extracurricular and performing arts programs at Canton High School and the Galvin Middle School. The fee will be $60 for extracurricular activities and $75 for performing arts programs and is […]
For Marilyn Roache, teaching has been a calling. The Canton High School English Department chairperson is retiring this month from a career that took her from education to journalism and back to education. Roache began to teach as a child, playing school with friends. As a teenager she taught swimming and senior lifesaving lessons to children ages 4-16 on […]
By Judy Bass One hundred eighty-seven members of the Class of 2013 graduated from Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton on Wednesday, June 12, under skies that were initially leaden, but brightened considerably as the ceremony went on, fittingly matching the jubilant mood of the occasion. The students are from throughout the Blue Hills […]
According to Fire Lt. Brian Marshall, the efforts of JFK School Nurse Susan Rogers saved the life of a male student who was choking on a water bottle cap that had become lodged in his throat. The incident was reported to the Fire Department on Friday, June 14, at 12:30 p.m. Rogers successfully performed the […]
The rains came fast and furious, but the mood indoors was one of pomp and circumstance and the tears were filled with joy as the 220 members of the Canton High School Class of 2013 celebrated the ultimate rite of passage in a touching and heartfelt commencement ceremony in the CHS Morse Auditorium. Friday’s graduation […]
On Saturday, May 11, the Hockomock Film Festival held its annual Awards Day at Stonehill College. WGBH documentary filmmaker and former BU professor Gino Del Guercio hosted the event, which offered awards in the genres of documentary, drama, music video, and PSA. To enter, one simply needs to be a resident of one of the […]
The Canton Public Schools are Boston Strong. That was the clear message sent by students, staff, and community supporters on Thursday, May 23, in the wake of an unprecedented fundraising campaign initiated by four Canton High School juniors in honor of the Boston Marathon bombing victims. On this day, all six of the district’s schools […]
“Team Hansen” is what it has been called since Peter Boucher stepped in as interim principal of the Lt. Peter M. Hansen School in September of 2011. The phrase “dream team” doesn’t begin to cover it. In the last year and a half, not only has Boucher created a team atmosphere among students, faculty and […]
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges has renewed Canton High School’s 10-year accreditation, although much of the work has only just begun, according to CHS Principal Derek Folan. Folan informed the School Committee on May 9 that NEASC has delivered its 79-page document and in the next 10 days will send a list […]
