Schools
Keith Dodge walked swiftly and confidently down the halls of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School to his tidy classroom, where he welcomed first-year teacher Emma Mushnick.
The two English teachers — one retiring, one beginning — sat down with the Gazette to talk about the challenges, joys and journey of teaching.
While most of the regional high school’s sports teams have been busy contending with league play and thinking ahead toward their final games of the season, the golf team was quietly securing a place in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association tournament. The team’s season ended Wednesday with a 38-18 match play victory over Cape Cod Regional Tech, but they locked up a tournament spot last Thursday, defeating Falmouth for their 10th win. The golfers finish the regular season with an 11-9 record.
Football takes on undefeated Somerset tonight at home at 6:30 p.m. for the team’s first Eastern Athletic Conference game of the season.
On Saturday, field hockey and both soccer teams travel to Nantucket for an day of inter-Island rivalry.
Boys’ soccer plays Barnstable at home on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
For their school trip this year, the Oak Bluffs School eighth graders are headed to Philadelphia. Declaration of Independence, Ben Franklin, the Liberty Bell, maybe a couple of laps up the stairs to visit the Rocky statue; the city of brotherly love awaits them all. But they need your help.
On Friday, Nov. 2, beginning at 6 p.m. there will be a fundraiser at Dreamland in Oak Bluffs with door prizes, a light harvest supper provided by the Chowder Company, silent and live auctions (with Carlin Hart as auctioneer) and a lottery tree.
The Vineyard field hockey and golf teams have both qualified for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association state tournament.
Paul Brissette, the accomplished and longtime art teacher at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, will receive the prestigious Creative Livi