Stories related to Southborough Public Schools, Algonquin Regional High School, and Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School.
June 30th marked the end of Superintendent Charles Gobron’s 42 years working in the Southborough schools. As he prepared for his retirement, he sat down with Southborough Wicked Local to reflect on his career. Read the full article → from Goodbye to Superintendent Gobron: SWL interview
Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School asked me to share their “Notice of Destruction of Special Education Records”. Read the full article → from Assabet destroying old Special Ed records
I took a little stroll down memory lane through Susan’s blog post from 5 years ago. I came across some moments worth remembering. Read the full article → from 5 years ago: Town character, armed force, kindergarten pride, and Hollywood in Southborough
ARHS school newspaper, The Harbinger, followed up with coverage on the senior prank fallout. Read the full article → from Harbinger: Follow up on the senior prank that got the school’s goat
Each Southborough school has it’s own summer reading program. Here’s a look.
Read the full article → from School run summer reading programs
Recently, there’s been a lot of good press coming out of Algonquin. Read the full article → from Roundup of ARHS news: Student achievements, a service dog at school and the list of town graduates
ARHS moves to number 33 (up from 42) in GoLocalWorcester.com’s third annual rankings of high schools in the state. Read the full article → from ARHS moves up in the ranks of best high schools in the state
Algonquin Regional High School released the list of graduates who were awarded scholarships this year. Read the full article → from Algonquin graduates receive 123 scholarships
Southborough Education Foundation has announced the awarding of $44,000 in grants for the upcoming school year. Read the full article → from SEF awards $44,000 to supporting initiatives for students, including outdoor science classroom
This week’s news from the Boston Globe on Algonquin’s Class of 2013 post grad plans. Read the full article → from Boston Globe: Algonquin graduate plans (last year)
Chris Wraight was kind enough to share some wonderful photos from yesterday’s graduation. They include retiring Superintendent Charles Gobron receiving an honorary diploma for “graduating” from the Northborough-Southborough schools after 42 years. Read the full article → from Photo Gallery: Algonquin Class of 2014 graduates (Updated)
I was finally able to get the details on Algonquin Regional High School’s graduation ceremony. Looking at the program, I was impressed at the number of honors for Southborough students. Read the full article → from Algonquin Graduation will be teeming with Southborough talent
Students all over town are preparing to toss their caps to celebrate entry to “the real world”. And some have already collected diplomas. Read the full article → from Graduations: Congrats to AVRT; ARHS looks forward to Sunday
Assistant Superintendent Christine Johnson is set to move up to the top spot at the end of this month. On Friday, the administration has named the candidate they hope to replace her. Principal Gregory Martineau of Hopkinton’s Hopkins Elementary School is their “finalist”.
The week prior, Neary School’s new principal, Kathleen Valenti was announced. The news came one week after she was named the finalist. Read the full article → from School hiring announcements: Finalist for Assistant Superintendent, new Neary Principal