Continuing its mission to promote “innovative and productive” programming in the Canton Public Schools, the Canton Alliance for Public Education recently awarded $15,000 in grants to six applicants from its 2010 fall grant cycle. The grants, which have been awarded every year since 2004, are made possible through individual and corporate donations and through the […]
By Catherine Hunter Special to the Citizen Last Friday night, local teen pop/R&B group the Varsity Girls brought their unique sound and versatile musical talents to Canton High School for a special benefit concert sponsored by Britta Reissfelder of Coldwell Banker on behalf of the Luce School CAPT. The Boston-based quartet is considered by many […]
If you have kids in elementary school, chances are you’ve heard of the Varsity Girls, a Boston-based all-girl pop group. The quartet rose to prominence after the release of their single “Be You” this summer. In the last few months, the group has opened for James Taylor, sang the national anthem at Fenway Park and […]
Superintendent of Schools Jeff Granatino is pleased to announce the 2010 recipients of the Paul R. Matthews Foundation Grant, established in honor of longtime School Committee member and youth sports coach Paul Matthews. A total of $5,000 came from the foundation and went toward projects that were assessed by the grant committee and the Canton […]
Already recognized as a leader in the field of bullying prevention and well on its way to complying with the state’s new anti-bullying law, the Canton Public Schools is taking a similarly proactive approach with another hot-button topic — that of sports-related concussions and the resulting new state legislation that took effect in September. The […]
The winless Canton Bulldogs made it interesting on a blustery, cold Thanksgiving Day at Stoughton High, trailing only 7-0 at halftime and surprising everyone on the first play from scrimmage with a 35-yard halfback pass from Dexter Green to Elias Camacho. But Canton coughed the ball up on the very next play — the first […]
The Galvin Middle School, still riding high off the smashing success of its new football program, will now have a couple of hoops teams to root for this winter after School Committee members, following a lengthy deliberation Thursday night, talked themselves into funding both a girls’ and boys’ basketball team on a one-year trial basis. […]
Canton High School’s field hockey team shut out ninth-seeded Medway 2-0 on Saturday at Taunton High School to become the south sectional champion for the second consecutive year. The unbeaten Bulldogs (20-0-1) are seeded second and have yet to be scored upon in the state tournament. Coach Fior Griffin said her team knew the championship […]
The Canton Public Schools may soon be on the verge of a dramatic and exciting computer network overhaul, one that would change the face of computing for all CPS users while generating substantial annual savings for the district for years to come. However, as the School Committee learned earlier this week, such a system would […]
The Canton School Committee received some very positive yet surprising fiscal news Thursday night when school business manager Ken Leon announced a projected surplus of more than $450,000 in the schools’ FY11 operating budget — the same budget that received a $440,000 boost at annual town meeting to help address rising special education costs. The […]
