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Archive for June, 2012
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Opportunities Available for Volunteers During Summer
The summer months are a great time to earn some extra cash or to accumulate community service hours. Whether helping people, teaching swimming lessons, or shelving books, many options exist to keep busy. YMCA The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) has openings for volunteers to help with maintenance, or the sports programs and day camps [...] -
Wa-Hi Dress Code Reflects Workforce
At the beginning of the year, one of the first things students watch is a PowerPoint on the dress code. According to this PowerPoint, the purpose of a dress code is to “reduce disruptions to educational process,” “promote a healthy and safe learning environment,” and “develop school to work transitional skills.” Most students seem to [...] -
New School in College Place: Step Forward or Setback?
Pro by Taylor Anady: The voters have decided: College Place is getting its own high school. College Place citizens have finally sighted the long-awaited College Place High School on the horizon, and anticipation is thrumming through parents and students alike. This development will revamp both school districts by shortening lines at lunch, giving more athletes [...] -
Proposed Skills Center to Provide Specialized Opportunities
Graduating seniors, looking out over a sea of royal blue caps, seemingly feel a sense of expectation. Their futures lie ahead of them, vast and shining like the expanse of smiling faces stretched out in all directions, here to celebrate their achievements. Whole educational preparations leading up to this day, this diploma. But there is [...] -
Three Dedicated Staff Members say Goodbye to Wa-Hi
Mary Matau History/AVID Elective Teacher 20 years in the district 40 years teaching “I chose to study art to become an interior decorator, but I changed my mind because: one, I am a farm girl [and] not a city girl, and two, I realized I like kids,” Matau said. In November, Matau will turn 65 [...] -
Students to Read more than Facebook Over the Summer
All students who attend Wa-Hi next year are required to read at least two books over the summer. Before school begins, a recommendation card must be filled out by the reader, for each book, and brought back to school. These assignments will then be recorded in the grade book. “We want this to be for [...] -
College Place Voters Pass School Bond
The College Place School bond passed on April 17 with 61 percent of College Place voters voicing yes. The bond is for rebuilding Davis Elementary School and building a new high school. The next step in the process is planning for the new school buildings. First, will be renovations to Davis Elementary, according to College [...] -
Movie Review: The Avengers
Most modern action flicks come equipped with four basic elements wrought into a vaguely unique fashion: explosions, guns, burly men and more explosions. Joss Whedon’s “The Avengers” certainly contains all four, making it an archetypal action movie, but what sets it apart from the rest is its characters. Like any superhero movie, “The Avengers” is [...] -
Graduation Photo Gallery
Graduation for the class of 2012 took place on June 1. Valedictorians Greggory Heller, Kyle Jameson and Emily Schueller gave a speech along with Salutatorian Kayla Leinweber. -
Elementary Teacher Finishes International Class Race
Pound pound pound go thousands of feet. There’s Framingham Train Depot, after six solid miles of running. People are beginning to drop out. There’s Wellesley College, halfway there. Running, more running. There’s the Newton fire station, and it’s on to Commonwealth Ave. Just over 9 miles to go. It’s getting hotter. Hundreds of runners surrounding [...]
