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Finn preschool now scheduling screenings for prospective students

December 22, 2011 03:23:58 PM

The Northborough-Southborough Public Schools’ Integrated Preschool Program is inviting neighborhood children who will be three years old by June 15, 2012 for a screening for possible enrollment. The screening date is Friday, February 3, 2012.

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K-8 school committee approves new union contract for secretaries

December 19, 2011 11:37:05 AM

At their meeting on Wednesday, the K-8 School Committee unanimously ratified a new 3-year contract for secretaries and support professionals after several months of negotiation. The details of the contract are similar to those approved by other school unions earlier this year.

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Gobron: Reducing budget by 1% would result in loss of up to 11 teachers

December 16, 2011 02:41:57 PM

At the request of town officials, Superintendent Charles Gobron this week outlined how a 1% budget cut would impact Southborough schools. In a presentation to the K-8 School Committee, Gobron said the reduction could mean the loss of as many as 11 teaching positions.

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Red Apple Awards: The holiday gift that honors teachers and helps students

December 14, 2011 02:06:25 PM
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Are you looking for a creative teacher gift? Instead of yet another mug or Christmas ornament, why not give Southborough teachers the resources they need to be creative and innovative through the Southborough Education Foundation’s Red Apple Program.

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Ten miles of toilet paper: St. Mark’s tries to break mathematical record

December 12, 2011 10:11:21 AM
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Try this experiment. Go get yourself a length of toilet paper. Now fold it in half crosswise. Fold it in half again and again. It won’t take long – maybe three or four folds – before the paper won’t stay folded anymore. Now try taking 53,000 feet of toilet paper and folding it in half over and over. That’s exactly what a group of students from St. Mark’s did last week.

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Assabet holds annual Aztec Wishes Holiday Gift Drive

November 29, 2011 07:22:55 AM
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Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School is organizing their annual Aztec Wishes holiday gift drive which benefits the children and their families served by the South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC) in Marlborough.

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Gobron agrees to show town what funding cut would mean

November 17, 2011 11:29:00 AM

At a meeting earlier this month to set budget priorities for the upcoming year, the K-8 school committee was noncommittal about the town’s request to submit a budget that is reduced by 1% over the current year, saying only that they would “present what is reasonable for the schools.” For his part, Superintendent Charles Gobron said this week he is willing to fullfill the town’s request.

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Algonquin girls field hockey wins division championships

November 11, 2011 06:22:18 PM
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For the second year in a row, the Algonquin field hockey team has captured the Central Division 1 championship, with a narrow 1-0 win over Wachusett this afternoon. The game was scoreless until sophomore Maggie Wraight from Southborough scored with just over a minute left to play.

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School committee sets priorities for upcoming budget debate

November 9, 2011 11:16:08 AM

Each year the K-8 school committee defines a set of priorities to help guide them as they put together a budget for the upcoming year. At a meeting last night, the school committee said their top priorities for this budget season are to focus on personnel and improve the student-teacher ratio.

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Breaking news: The Bus Stop Witches strike again!

November 4, 2011 02:20:19 PM

Southborough may have postponed Halloween this year, but that did nothing to throw off the Bus Stop Witches. In fact, they were out in force this year.

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Southborough K-8 schools OPEN on Wednesday, Algonquin CLOSED

November 1, 2011 05:46:13 PM

Most Southborough students will head back to school tomorrow, but for others it will be another snow day. Superintendent Charles Gobron said in a message to parents that all K-8 schools in Southborough will open tomorrow – including Finn, Woodward, Neary, and Trottier – but Algonquin will remain closed due to continuing difficult from the weekend storm.

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Holiday pies make for a tasty fundraiser for Woodward SOS

October 28, 2011 01:07:54 PM
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Here’s a scrumptious fundraiser if there ever was one. Woodward SOS is offering pies for sale just in time for Thanksgiving: delicious pecan, pumpkin and apple pies, or a sweet, juicy peach fruit crisp. Pies cost $10 each and will be made by students in the Assabet Valley Culinary Arts/Hospitality program.

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Neary students raise money for the Jimmy Fund

October 26, 2011 03:02:43 PM
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Two Neary students will be the first to tell you that sometimes making a difference doesn’t take anything more than some spare change and a little bit of initiative.

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Algonquin students recognized for academic achievement

October 26, 2011 01:11:33 PM
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It’s been good news on the academic front for Algonquin lately. The school’s tenth graders scored well on their MCAS tests last year, meeting the state’s recently-raised performance expectations, and 20 Algonquin students were recently honored by the National Merit program.

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