Six students from McCall Middle School won the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority’s annual writing and poster contests.Four students won the writing contest: Luke Macannuco placed first; Nirantheri Vithiananthan won second place; Qixuan Eric Chen and Varun Swaminathan both received won honorable mention.Two students placed in the poster contest: Milana Bellantuono and Jasmine Sun won honorable mention.Students across the MWRA service area were challenged to write essays [...]
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McCall Middle School students win awards for posters, writing
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Winchester student awarded VFW scholarship
Victoria Vozzella, of Winchester, was awarded the Pro Connors VFW Scholarship by Veterans of Foreign Wars Aberjona Post No. 3719.The scholarship is awarded annually by the VFW post to a child or grandchild of a member. Victoria is the daughter of comrade Michael Vozzella, an Iraq War veteran and current lieutenant in the Winchester Fire Department.In applying for the scholarship, Vozzella reflected on her father’s service to the country during the Iraq War and his current duties [...]
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Winchester elementary schools recognized for environmentalism
Students from 66 schools in Massachusetts have received special recognition for outstanding environmental actions as members of the Green Team, a statewide environmental education program promoted by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, MassdDEP.The two Winchester schools recognized were Ambrose Elementary School with teacher Laura Turenne and Lincoln Elementary School and teacher Lisa Cormier.“I [...]
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Winchester education achievers
Sunghoon Yoon, of Winchester, graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute on May 14.John Farnum, Daniel Lynch and Maria Miller, of Winchester, graduated during commencement ceremonies at Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School on June 4.
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Oak Meadow School of Littleton teams compete at Destination Imagination Globals
After achieving top honors at both the local and state levels in March, two Destination Imagination teams from Oak Meadow School of Littleton competed at Globals, the final level of competition held in Knoxville, Tennessee, with over 17,000 people and 1,464 teams from 20 countries. The Girl Power team competed in the Get a Clue Challenge, one of seven open-ended challenges that require students to apply science, technology, engineering and math skills, in addition to improvisation, teamwork [...]
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Winchester Girl Scouts recognized at Statehouse
Girl Scouts Kayla Bell, Mollie O’Connor and Emma Sullivan, of Winchester, earned the Girl Scout Gold Award and were honored along with more than 90 Gold awardees from Massachusetts at a ceremony attended by Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito on June 13 at the Massachusetts Statehouse.Baker proclaimed June 13 the official day of 100 Years of Changing the World to celebrate the centennial of the highest achievement in Girl Scouting, now called the Gold Award. Since 1916, more [...]
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St. Mary’s School collects gifts for homeless children
Students at St. Mary’s School of Winchester organized a drive at the school to collect donations for the nonprofit Birthday Wishes.The Massachusetts organization provides birthday parties for homeless children.The fifth-grade students and teacher Jennifer Lawhorn participated in the event. Families at St. Mary’s sent in boxes full of assorted birthday gifts and party supplies.Birthday Wishes said the drive will help provide more than 34,000 children with birthday [...]
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Winchester Acera School hosts new STEM lab
Singing paintings, digital origami, programmable projections, solar-powered jewelry, drawing robots and interactive instruments made of fruit: These are some of the projects students can now dream up and make in the SEEDS Studio Lab, a science, technology, engineering and math design space launching this week at the progressive Winchester-based Acera School.SEEDS stands for “Science, Engineering, Esthetics, Design and Storytelling,” and for an interdisciplinary space where [...]
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Middlesex college awards women’s rights scholarships
The Middlesex Community College Foundation recently awarded a total of $36,500 in Mavis Leno Scholarships to 53 deserving students for the 2015-2016 academic year.The Mavis Leno Scholarship was established by the JDM Foundation for the purpose of providing financial assistance to a deserving female student whose goals include working for the advancement of women’s rights.Since 2008, more than 200 MCC students have received Mavis Leno Scholarships, totaling more than $250,000 in [...]
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Winchester education achievers
Courtney Bell and Hebaallah Abumohamed, of Winchester, earned master’s degrees in education from American International College in May.Michele Guyette and Andrew Laugharn, of Winchester, graduated from Union College.Melanie Roy, of Winchester, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Endicott College on May 21.The following students, of Winchester, were named to the spring dean’s list at Merrimack College: Claire Aalerud, Tayla Cucinatti, Jacqueline Nigro, [...]
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Winchester teen developing product to decrease obesity and diabetes
Imagine if there was a way to turn the time adolescents spend thumbing away on their cellphones into physical activity.With her product VirtualFoot, Emma Boyd, 13, thinks she has found a solution that could play a major role in decreasing rates of childhood obesity and diabetes, which according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention affect 12.7 million American adolescents.Using a shoe insole with accelerometers and pressure sensors to detect motion, VirtualFoot [...]
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court derails Common Core ballot question
A citizens-backed initiative petition that sought to end the state's use of Common Core learning standards was improperly certified by Attorney General Maura Healey and is now ineligible for the November ballot, according to a Supreme Judicial Court ruling July 1.The decision "will prevent the proposed measure in the petition from being placed on the 2016 statewide ballot," the court stated in a ruling written by Judge Margot Botsford.The petition sought to roll back the 2010 [...]
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Lexington Christian Academy students unveil research projects
Over the course of their final year at Lexington Christian Academy, three graduating seniors completed capstone projects through the Advanced Senior Research program.Michael Burrowes, of Woburn, Noah Parker, of Arlington, and Drew Pelusi, of Winchester, chose subjects they held deep passions for among the fields of academics, arts and service. The results were presented during a special celebratory exposition May 24 in front of the ASR committee, faculty and parents.Burrowes, Parker and [...]
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Winchester education achievers
Erin Alice Gill and Emily Ann Surabian, of Winchester, were named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Endicott College.Alissa McGeehan, of Winchester, was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Roger Williams University.
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Towns deal with lost funding for full-day kindergarten
Some local officials saw the trouble on the horizon.The state budget signed by Gov. Charlie Baker July 8 eliminated the $18.6 million kindergarten expansion grant program, but Maynard Superintendent of Schools Robert Gerardi said the town recognized the possibility early in the budget cycle, so it took a proactive approach in filling the $51,200 gap.“We’ve had full-day kindergarten for a long time,” Gerardi said. “When the governor’s [...]
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Schools readying for new MCAS
Beginning next spring, Winchester students will join their compatriots across the state as they take a revamped version of the state’s standardized exams, which are being designed to be given online. Dr. Judith Evans, superintendent of Winchester Public Schools, says the district will be ready to administer computer-based versions of MCAS 2.0. The administration has put infrastructure in place to support wireless access and increased bandwith at all schools, has [...]
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Winchester education achievers
John Costello, of Winchester, was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Summer Ford, of Winchester, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in media and culture from Miami University on May 14.John O’Donnell, of Winchester, graduated from Boston College High School and won special awards at a senior assembly. O’Donnell delivered the senior address at graduation, was named a National Merit Program Commended Student and won the Donaher [...]
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Minuteman Community Education to offer summer programs
Minuteman Community Education, at Minuteman High School in Lexington, will host diverse programs and activities for a wide range of ages this summer.“We offer a variety of programs from academics to enrichment, sports, art, technology and more,” said Minuteman director of community education, Jill Asser. “We are able to offer programs like cake decorating and woodworking that other places can’t offer. Wicked Cool Med School, Minecraft Mania and more are on our [...]
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Winchester student earns IB diploma
Maximilian Bizanek, of Winchester, earned an international baccalaureate diploma from the Newman School, a private high school located in Back Bay, Boston. He will be attending Northeastern University.The IB Diploma Program is widely regarded as one of the most rigorous high school diploma programs in the world and is highly respected by colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. To graduate with an IB Diploma, a student must complete a demanding two-year curriculum that culminates [...]
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Winchester education achievers
John Costello, of Winchester, was named to the spring 2016 dean’s list at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Summer Ford, of Winchester, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in media and culture from Miami University on May 14.John O’Donnell, of Winchester, graduated from Boston College High School and won special awards at a senior assembly. O’Donnell delivered the senior address at graduation, was named a National Merit Program Commended Student and won the Donaher [...]
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