Power has been restored to all Southborough K-8 schools, and Superintendent Charles Gobron said school will open on Wednesday as planned. Read the full article → from Breaking news: Southborough schools will open on Wednesday as planned
Southborough School News
Stories related to Southborough Public Schools, Algonquin Regional High School, and Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School.
Countdown to school: Calendar for the 2011-2012 school year
The school year in Southborough starts Wednesday, August 31, 2011 and runs through Friday, June 22, 2012. That’s 180 days of school plus vacations, holidays, and four professional development days. Read the full article → from Countdown to school: Calendar for the 2011-2012 school year
Countdown to school: Bus routes for 2011-2012
Bus routes for the 2011-2012 school year were recently announced. Read the full article → from Countdown to school: Bus routes for 2011-2012
Countdown to school: Back-to-school shopping
School starts two weeks from today. If that’s not sobering enough for you parents out there, the thought of buying all the supplies your kids need for the start of school surely will be. Read the full article → from Countdown to school: Back-to-school shopping
New school assistant superintendent named
With a month before the start of the new school year, the combined district school committees voted unanimously to appoint Christine Johnson as the new school assistant superintendent. Read the full article → from New school assistant superintendent named
St. Mark’s touts new faculty housing
In a post on their website earlier this year, St, Mark’s announced the construction of new faculty housing on campus. The school said the two new 4-bedroom housing units were made possible by the gift of an anonymous donor family. Read the full article → from St. Mark’s touts new faculty housing
College courses coming to Assabet
Last October Quinsigamond Community College announced that it was looking to set up a satellite campus in the Marlborough area. This week they unveiled a collection of college-level courses to to be offered at Assabet. Read the full article → from College courses coming to Assabet
Youth lacrosse on the rise in Southborough
Reader Chris pointed me to a profile in the Boston Globe last week on the Northborough-Southborough Youth Lacrosse Association. Participation in the program has been steadily increasing since it started 12 years ago, and it gets credit for training the athletes that took Algonquin all the way to the state finals this year for the first time ever. Read the full article → from Youth lacrosse on the rise in Southborough
Southborough baseball players make it to New England finals
My Southborough reader Mark sent in word that five Southborough baseball players finished their AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) season by making it all the way to the New England Finals in Rhode Island this month. Read the full article → from Southborough baseball players make it to New England finals
Gobron’s contract extended, Algonquin gets high marks, and other school news you may have missed
In honor of the last day of school, here’s some school news you may have missed. Read the full article → from Gobron’s contract extended, Algonquin gets high marks, and other school news you may have missed
It’s the last day of school in Southborough … sort of
Most public school kids in Southborough are celebrating the last day of school today, but not all of them. Trottier students will have to hang on one more day before their summer vacation starts thanks to an extra day off this winter. Read the full article → from It’s the last day of school in Southborough … sort of
Southborough Education Foundation awards $36K to fund innovative programs
When Finn students step out in their new snowshoes next winter, and Neary percussionists practice African drumming, and Trottier students make movies using Green Screen technology as part of their science curriculum, they’ll have the Southborough Education Foundation to thank. Read the full article → from Southborough Education Foundation awards $36K to fund innovative programs
Postseason update: Algonquin lacrosse falls short in state finals
The Algonquin boys lacrosse team made a habit of dramatic victories in the run-up to the state finals on Friday night, but sadly there was no late-game magic in the championship match. Read the full article → from Postseason update: Algonquin lacrosse falls short in state finals
Graduation wrap-up: Funny signs, silly string, and albino alligators
The class of 2011 is marching into the real world. On Sunday, Algonquin graduated 355 seniors in front of a packed crowd in the school’s gymnasium. On Friday, Assabet handed out diplomas to 210 grads, including four from Southborough. Read the full article → from Graduation wrap-up: Funny signs, silly string, and albino alligators