Out of over 120 parochial PK-8 schools in the Archdiocese of Boston, the students of St. John the Evangelist School in Canton earned the highest overall scores on the Stanford 10 Achievement tests in 2012. The Stanford, or SAT-10 as it is known, is administered to students nationwide in both public and private schools to […]
Police Chief Ken Berkowitz told the School Committee last week that the implementation of a new school safety protocol for violent intruders will be a collaborative effort between both parties and not a rushed one as he educates the public and the Canton school community about the ALICE program. The acronym stands for Alert, Lockdown, […]
Canton students of all ages – from elementary to high school to alumni – are pitching in to help the less fortunate. Below are just a few examples of recent charitable acts: * Griffin Lincoln, a fifth grader at the Kennedy School, held his second annual candy drive for the patients at Dana Farber Cancer […]
It was a morning of solemn reflection but also one of redemption and hope as a small group of community leaders gathered at St. Mary’s Cemetery last Thursday to honor the life and legacy of Shaun Ouillette, the young man who was brutally murdered by a fellow Canton High School classmate 26 years ago. Held […]
After sending home a letter to parents about each school’s MCAS scores, school administrators presented a plan to the School Committee last week with the goal of unifying the district curriculum and improving all student scores this spring. Superintendent Jeff Granatino reported that last year’s scores as a whole were above average, adding that there […]
Beginning this winter season, the Canton High gymnastics team will move its practices and home meets to a private gym facility, Metro South Gymnasium, located in a small industrial park on Revere Street. The move was approved by the School Committee Thursday night following a strong recommendation from CHS Athletic Director Danny Erickson. The new […]
A new school safety protocol being piloted in the Canton Public Schools and a handful of other school districts throughout Massachusetts will teach students and staff to be proactive — and possibly even use aggression — in the event that they are confronted by an armed intruder. The new protocol, which is being spearheaded by […]
Preliminary data from the latest round of MCAS testing revealed many positive findings for Canton; however, there is still room for improvement, according to School Superintendent Jeff Granatino. “In many areas we shined, and in many areas we were above the state standard,” Granatino said at last week’s School Committee meeting. “But we are now […]
National and local experts on school safety issues — ranging from violent intruder defense strategies and protecting schools from explosives to the more subtle violence of bullying in cyberspace and in middle school — came together with more than 150 local educators and police at Norfolk County District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey’s 2012 School Security […]
Blue Hills Regional Technical School, located at 800 Randolph Street in Canton, will have its annual open house on Tuesday, November 13, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. for all interested members of the public, especially prospective students and their families. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet faculty, administrators and students; see the state-of-the-art equipment […]
