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CHS math team continues its winning ways; looks for new fundraising avenues

~ Will host Magic and More March 20 ~ By Kathy Anderson They’re brilliant yet unassuming. Indomitable, yet humble. They have won more championship competitions than any other team at Canton High School. They are the CHS math team, and they are on their way to the Massachusetts State Finals meet April 9 at Shrewsbury […]

CAPE ‘Las Vegas Night’ to benefit Canton schools

Gamble on an excellent evening at Las Vegas Night, hosted by the Canton Alliance for Public Education on Friday, March 19, from 7 p.m. to midnight at Lombardo’s in Randolph. “Relax, enjoy yourself and have a fun night out for a good cause,” said co-chair Courtney Stubelis. Fifty dollars per person includes dinner, DJ, and […]

Deteriorating Canton High School tennis courts in need of some love

~ Meanwhile, proposed Brown/Billone Tennis Center delayed ~ The tennis court beside the playground at Canton High School has a crack splitting the service box, going from one end of the court to the other. This crack forms a perpendicular angle with another crack that runs up and down the sideline of the same court. […]

Schools’ FY11 deficit decreases, but cuts still loom

The Canton Public Schools’ budget shortfall in fiscal year 2011 has decreased slightly from its worst-case forecast of $1.5 million and could be reduced even further, Superintendent Dr. John D’Auria announced last week; however, D’Auria said officials still face some “ugly choices,” including whether to bring back bus fees and raise athletic fees in the […]

Nitro Fever: Canton’s newest sport a finalist in national PE contest

With a volleyball, a net, and a group of enthusiastic participants, Canton Public Schools’ Wellness Coordinator Peter Boucher just might have stumbled upon, quite literally, the “best new activity idea in America.” The game, a form of “inverted volleyball” that Boucher has dubbed “nitroball,” is among a group of ten finalists currently vying for that […]

D’Auria paints ‘grim picture’ of cuts, fee hikes

Saddled with a potential shortfall as high as $1.5 million in the coming fiscal year, School Superintendent Dr. John D’Auria informed School Committee members last week that he had no choice but to insert a “bunch of bad ideas” into his recommendations for the FY2011 operating budget — lowlighted by the elimination of more than […]

Sons of the American Legion helps schools

Three Canton elementary schools will benefit from the generosity of the Sons of the American Legion (SAL), who recently presented digital cameras, photo printers and paper to the principals of the Luce, Kennedy, and Hansen elementary schools. Dick Lane, Dave Milligan and Barry Schneider made the official donation to Kennedy principal Jen Henderson, Luce principal […]

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CAPE’s 4th annual Spelling Bee a rousing success

Nick Maffeo, vice president of the Canton Cooperative Bank moderates the event. CPS Principals: John Maxwell, Tom LaLiberte, Robie Peter, Doug Dias and Jennifer Henderson

Rising SPED costs at the heart of school budget crisis

While the recent pledge by Governor Deval Patrick to maintain local aid at current levels in 2011 was welcome news to be sure, school officials in Canton still have a million reasons to be worried about their FY2011 operating budget, beginning — and seemingly ending — with a million-dollar shortfall tied to out-of-district special education […]

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