Editor’s note: Below is the first in a series of occasional articles examining recent trends in education and their impact on Canton students. Coming soon will be a look at the new Common Core State Standards and what they might mean for MCAS. In an effort to service more special education students while also saving […]
School Superintendent Jeff Granatino will be forming a study group of teachers, students, and parents to discuss the possibility of later start times at Canton High School. Addressing the issue at Monday night’s School Committee meeting, Granatino acknowledged that a time change would impact start times at other schools and practice times for athletics. However, […]
With the aid of a $500 grant from the Paul Matthews Foundation and an enthusiastic endorsement from the Canton School Committee, CHS adjustment counselor Donna Bauman is moving forward with plans to beautify the high school’s five courtyards. Bauman, who presented the idea to the School Committee last week, learned of the grant award on […]
From a child’s viewpoint, the new playground behind the Luce School is a sight to behold, a colorful array of twists and turns just begging to be climbed and explored. To the adults who had a hand in building it, however, the structure is special for a different reason — standing as a kind of […]
The Canton School Committee has reported some progress in its talks with the teachers’ union as both sides have agreed to return to face-to-face contract negotiations without the aid of a mediator, beginning August 30. The committee also announced at its meeting on July 28 that it has reached a one-year settlement with the custodial […]
The School Committee last week agreed on a $780 family cap on athletic user fees for the 2011-2012 school year, which begins on September 6. Earlier this year, committee members had voted to increase the user fee from $125 to $195 per student, which enabled them to save a handful of programs that had been […]
For students, summertime means going away to camp, fun at the beach, or simply hanging out with friends. It’s also an opportunity for them to keep their reading skills fresh and to prepare for the upcoming school year. The Galvin Middle School English Language Arts (ELA) Department has long had a summer reading requirement for […]
Canton Academy, the popular summer enrichment program offered by the Canton Public Schools, is now officially underway, and it is not too late to enroll for an upcoming session, according to program director Ed Amico. Offering a wide variety of fun and exciting courses geared toward students in grades K-5, this year’s program also includes […]
When Canton school superintendent Jeff Granatino announced the selection of Peter Boucher as the new interim principal of the Hansen Elementary School, everyone was thrilled but almost no one was surprised. With a list of initiatives and accomplishments that stretches a mile long, Boucher has done nothing but impress in the three short years he […]
It all started when Mrs. Hannigan showed pictures of the Japan disaster to her daughters, Michaela, a fourth grader, and Grace, a second grader at the John F. Kennedy Elementary School. They couldn’t believe what they saw. That afternoon they told their friends about the disaster. They all felt so badly about it and talked […]
