School Superintendent Jeff Granatino has opened a search for a new Kennedy School principal to replace Kimberly Sefrino, who has accepted another principal position in the Lakeville school system. Granatino announced the departure at last week’s School Committee meeting. He said Sefrino’s decision to leave was based on her wishes to be closer to her […]
Aug 29 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger
The Canton School Committee recently reaffirmed plans to restructure the fee schedule for extracurricular activities and performing arts at Canton High School and the Galvin Middle School. The new one-time $60 fee at CHS will cover participation in foreign exchanges, debate team and mock trial, math team, school newspaper and literary magazine (editors), chess club, […]
Aug 15 2013 | Posted in
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Mike Berger

A group of 13 children from the Hansen Elementary School and the Canton Community Kindergarten recently gathered at the headquarters of School on Wheels of Massachusetts (SOWMA) in Brockton to help fill backpacks for children who are impacted by homelessness. During a time of extreme instability, School on Wheels kids are given a backpack to […]
Aug 8 2013 | Posted in
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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 […]
Jul 3 2013 | Posted in
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Mary Ann Price
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 […]
Jul 3 2013 | Posted in
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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 […]
Jun 27 2013 | Posted in
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Mary Ann Price

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 […]
Jun 20 2013 | Posted in
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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 […]
Jun 13 2013 | Posted in
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Jay Turner

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 […]
Jun 7 2013 | Posted in
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