Every year before the students' traditional march to the sea, Tisbury School teacher John Custer gives a lesson on Memorial Day - the holiday many people confuse with Veterans Day and associate with cookouts and sale shopping, long forgetting their own elementary school lessons on the subject.
High school class rankings yield one winner come graduation, and the competition to become valedictorian requires some strategy at Martha\'s Vineyard Regional High School. Taking a class called Stock Market or Sports Management could push you ahead. Architecture and Island Cooking don\'t help or harm, but Journalism or Introduction to Law could set you back.
Complicated Rank and Grading System Now Slated for a Possible Overhaul by Administrators and Students
By RACHEL NAVA ROHR
High school class rankings yield one winner come graduation, and the competition to become valedictorian requires some strategy at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School. Taking a class called Stock Market or Sports Management could push you ahead. Architecture and Island Cooking don't help or harm, but Journalism or Introduction to Law could set you back.
For the first time, this year the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School junior prom will require not just a ticket to enter, but a green light from a breathalyzer.
After alcohol use caused problems at last year's prom, high school principal Margaret (Peg) Regan considered cancelling this year's prom and revisiting the issue the next year, but at the students' request, Mrs. Regan instead collaborated with juniors to make prom safer.