Schools
Cherilla (Coco) Brown still remembers feeling ecstatic when, six years ago, she won the lottery to attend the charter school. She hated elementary school, to the point of locking herself in the car each morning so her mother wouldn’t be able to drive her. But she found a love of learning at the charter school, an education she likens to homeschooling.
“Today is the happiest day of my life,” Ms. Brown said Sunday afternoon as she donned a blue flower wreath and prepared to graduate from high school.
Everybody knows Celeste Ewing. That’s one of the things her teachers and her family have to say about her — when you walk down the street or down the halls of the high school with Celeste, everyone says hi to the friendly 22 year old.
For the last eight years, Celeste, who has Down Syndrome, has captivated her teachers and classmates alike with her winning personality, leadership abilities and openness to others.
Let the texting begin.
The high school is relaxing a ban on cell phone use next year, allowing students to use their mobile phones in limited times during the school day.
The regional high school committee Monday voted unanimously in favor of a new pilot policy that allows for students to use cell phones and iPods “within reasonable limits” during passing periods and at lunch time, and during class and at the library at the teacher’s discretion.
The girls' tennis team is locked in a semifinals showdown against Cohasset, as play continues well into the evening. The winner of the match advances to the finals of the MIAA Division 3 South Section tournament. As of 6:40 p.m., the score was tied 1-1 with three matches yet to finish.
Both doubles matches went to three sets and lasted over three and a half hours, with Julia Cooper and Annabelle Hackney winning 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 and Alyssa Adler and Dylan Brockmeyer falling in three sets, 7-5, 3-6, 1-6.
When Dan Seklecki was a young special education teacher in 1975, education for all students was a new concept. There was a new federal law, a “zero reject” policy that entitled all children, regardless of their needs, to a free public education.
Scholar.
Athlete.
Entrepreneur.
Volunteer.
Fisherman.
Chef.
Pianist.
Wait, that last one hasn’t happened yet.
But regional high school senior William Stewart has been thinking about teaching himself to play the piano for a while now, and this summer, before he packs his bags and heads off to Harvard in the fall, might be the perfect time to learn.