Special Education parents received official endorsement from the all-Island school committee at last Thursday's meeting, opening the door for the group to take a more active role in school matters.

Regional high school freshman Ben DeBettencourt took home the grand prize Monday morning in the 17th annual linguini bridge contest. His project withstood 1,500 pounds of weight without showing so much as a crack, outlasting 98 entrants in the contest.

Talented and hardworking, the eighth grade girls travel team has been turning heads this year with its superior skills and teamwork. Next stop: high school basketball team.

The Oak Bluffs School hosts its annual talent show on Friday, March 28, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Visits to the guidance office at the high school are up, and guidance counselors at the middle schools say anxiety and depression is affecting kids younger than previously observed.

Tisbury School students completed a project that wove together historical women with theatre. The eighth and sixth graders reenacted the lives of women in history.