The sun refused to cooperate but the 196 seniors in the Canton High School Class of 2010 shined anyway in a moving commencement ceremony held in the CHS Morse Auditorium — an initially disappointing but ultimately memorable, and “rather unique,” end to their four-year high school careers. Thursday’s graduation was the first since 2006 to […]
As a researcher whose bread and butter is educational leadership, Dr. John D’Auria came to Canton in 2007 realizing he had the perfect laboratory to test one of his long-held hypotheses: that a superintendent can impact the culture and climate of a school system as much as a principal can impact a school or a […]
In a gesture of goodwill to their fellow town officials, members of the School Committee last week unanimously agreed to give $205,000 in additional state aid back to the town to help replenish its free cash reserves in the wake of town meeting. The funds, announced by state Senator Brian Joyce shortly after the close […]
Galvin Middle School earth science teacher Katie Birtwell said that while there is nothing wrong with reading a textbook, being able to have a hands-on learning experience can add that extra element of “excitement” for her science students. With this in mind, Birtwell leads the Canton chapter of the Blue Hill Observatory Science Center’s Women […]
For this year at least, town meeting had a solution to the $1.37 million school deficit for the coming fiscal year, with 89 percent of that attributed to mandated special education costs. A vast majority of town meeting voters in the last session on Wednesday, April 28, authorized $440,000 in reserve funds to be put […]
Donation to fund a new fitness center Thanks to an incredibly generous and unexpected donation in honor of the late Scott Herr, the Canton High School community will soon have a new fitness center that staff and students can be proud of. Superintendent Dr. John D’Auria made the surprise announcement at the School Committee meeting […]
For the ninth year, the Luce School CAPT will sponsor its annual fun run and 5K road race. This year’s event will be held on Sunday, May 2. Teachers Maura Hershman, Erin DeYoung, and parent volunteer Bob Ciccketti conceptualized the event as a fun way to bring the entire community together. The fun run has […]
It was a bittersweet return to the School Committee for John Bonnanzio last week as the former two-term member who won election on April 6 was happy to be back serving the children of Canton, yet admittedly saddened by the state of the school budget. During a brief ceremony at the start of Thursday’s meeting […]
In describing his day job as an infectious diseases scientist at Genzyme Corp., one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, Dr. Robert Barker opted for the phrase, “hugely rewarding, but extremely challenging.” Yet he could have just as easily been talking about his nine-year stint on the Canton School Committee, which officially ended Tuesday with […]
By Kathy Anderson For a mother of three, a full-time veterinarian, and a dedicated volunteer with the Canton Public Schools, Sue Harrington seems like the kind of person who barely has time to take a breath, but she loves every minute of her professional and personal work. In addition to owning and operating Randolph Animal […]
