Plymouth Student Wins at National Science Fair for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

A Plymouth resident who attends Bristol-Plymouth Technical School placed second in the science fair held at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.

Tricia Delph, a student at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School, won second place at the RIT National Science Fair for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students for her project, "Lily the Robot." More than 50 contestants from across the country brought their exhibits to Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, N.Y., during the competition, held March 22–24. The goal of the Science Fair, in its eighth year, is to promote interest in technology, science, engineering and math among 6th through 12th graders who are deaf or hard of hearing. First-, second- and third-place cash prizes were awarded to middle school students, high school students and in team divisions. First place winners in each …

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Rising Tide Accepting Applications for Next Year

Rising Tide Charter School is accepting enrollment applications for grades 5-10 for the 2013 school year.

Rising Tide Charter School is accepting applications for grades 5-10 for the upcoming school year.  Applicants, including siblings of current students, will be entered in an enrollment lottery. Applications must be submitted by Monday, Feb. 4 in order to be included in the lottery. Applications are available at the front office of either building, on Rising Tide's website, and here. Families of eighth graders must complete an Intent to Continue form by Jan. 30. The form was given out during the conferences in November, and is also available on the Family Resources page of the website and here: 8th Grade Intent to Continue Form. Rising Tide High School has a waiting list for next year's grade nine as well as new applicants for the upcoming …

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: Jan. 2

Here's some things you ought to know today.

1. The kids are back at school again, please watch out for kids and school buses this morning. 2. The Friends of Myles Standish State Forest is hosting a meeting at 7 p.m. tonight in the conference room at Myles Standish headquarters in Carver.  3. Boy Scout Troops 47 of Plymouth will collect your clean Christmas tree and recycle it for a donation of $8. Tree pickup will be New Year’s Day starting at 8 a.m. This service is for Plymouth residents only. Call Simon at 508-746-7349 or send email to trees@troop47plymouth.org. Boy Scout Troop 64 will pick up and recycle Christmas trees Jan. 5 for $8 per tree. Call or text Jonathan Edson at 508-728-5282 or email imjedson@aol.com and leave your name, address and phone number.  For a donation of $…

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Christy Kendrick

6:15 am on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

How about attending today's Work It Wednesday meeting at the Waterfront Bar & Grill? Free to attend- just pay for your lunch if you wish to order. Meeting begins at 12:30 though people start gathering any time after 12 noon. This is a 4 year old group consisting of a variety of business people gathering together to network and share info . Contact Christy Kendrick, Acme Glass, for more info.   more ›

Nathaniel Morton Students Write Holiday Cards to Students Around the World

Second grade students at Nathaniel Morton Elementary participated in a holiday card exchange project to celebrate the December holidays.

Each classroom was teamed up with 29 other classrooms around the world to exchange cards. Students created original cards within their classrooms and mailed them out at the beginning of December. When the classrooms began to receive cards, students were very excited to learn about similarities and differences between themselves and their partner classes. This year's card theme was snow globes.   All of the cards received were collected for a display which included a map with stickers showing the senders' locations. Cards have been received from over twenty-nine states and Canada! Students utilized Google Earth to explore locations and one class was able to Skype with a partner class in Prince Rupert, BC Canada. It was a memorable project …

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Plymouth North A Capella Group is Driven

Tracy Chevrolet Cadillac’s Driven Student program recognizes Plymouth high school students for their performance and achievements in and out of the classroom.

For several years, Tracy Chevrolet Cadillac conducted a “Driven Student” program recognizing the achievements of local high school students inside and outside the classroom. The Plymouth dealership recently jumpstarted the program, honoring the 20 Plymouth North High School students that make up the a cappella singing group Northern Lights. Directed by David Grossman, a music teacher in his first full year at Plymouth North, Northern Lights formed at the beginning of the school year and has already performed at the PNHS Pep Rally, Festival of Trees, and PNHS Winter Concert. “For a group that just started together in September, the kids have come a long way in a very short amount of time,” said Grossman. “That comes from a combination of …

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PCIS is All A Twitter

Plymouth teachers and administrators are jumping on Twitter.

PCIS Principal Brian Palladino is on Twitter. Throughout the year Palladino will be tweeting information regarding the building, including updates, pictures, and informational articles for families and teachers. Follow him at @BrianPalladino1 or search keyword #pcis. Here are some of Palladino's most recent tweets:   The falcon showed up to tonight's Back to School Night. #pcis pic.twitter.com/eMKx8Eqb Gemini 7th grade teacher Mr. Wolf's interactive lesson incorporating movement to teach coordinates. Nice job! #pcispic.twitter.com/QdsA9ik3 Thanks to Horace Mann for donating 2 bikes for deserving students term 2. pic.twitter.com/mN3xvPCs Planning a teacher self care program. Will be an exciting adventure. #pcis

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Casey Meserve

2:36 pm on Monday, October 1, 2012

I don't think the intention of Twitter is to convey very important information, no more than Facebook is a good medium for important information; however, both are good platforms for conveying information that may not be vital, but adds something to the discussion. Mr. Palladino's Twitter feed is mainly comprised of photos and quick tweets about teachers and students and activities he'd like to …   more ›

Rockin' at the Museum

South Elementary School shares what's been happening lately.

Students in Ms. Debra Carter's first grade class shared their beach treasures with fellow students during a pebble museum on September 21. "To prepare for the event, children were assigned a scavenger hunt over the weekend to find ocean or beach treasures," says Ms. Carter. "They searched for a small rock on the beach that reminded them of something - a tree, a shoe, a cupcake or a worm, for instance. They named their rock and wrote it down on a piece of paper." The beach collection was displayed in a pebble museum for third graders in Mrs. Trombly's and Mrs. Caldwell's classes. The program kicked off with a reading of Leo Lionni's book On My Beach There are Many Pebbles, followed by a showing of the unique beach treasures. Discovering the…

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Community Colleges Receive $4 Million in State Grants

Cape Cod, Massasoit, and Bristol community colleges are among the 15 state schools to receive grants to improve skill training, workforce alignment and continue efforts to develop unified and strengthened the community college system.

From a release from Gov. Deval Patrick's Office Governor Deval Patrick Tuesday announced $4 million in grants to support increased skill training and workforce alignment, improved student learning outcomes and efficiency measures at community colleges across the Commonwealth. These grants deliver on the goals of the Governor’s community college initiative to put more people in Massachusetts back to work and to strengthen the connections between community colleges, employers and the workforce. "A stronger community college system is good for students, employers and the whole Commonwealth," said Governor Patrick. "These additional resources will further accelerate this transformation, and help get people to work.” Included among the awards …

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Five Things You Need to Know Today: Sept. 10

A golf tourney benefiting the Friends of the COA is just one of the things you ought to know about today.

1. The Friends of the COA annual golf tournament will be held Monday, Sept. 10, at Southers Marsh Golf Club in Plymouth. Registration is at 7:30 a.m. and shotgun start at 8 a.m. Fee is $125 per golfer and includes greens fees, golf cart, golfer bags and banquet. For details call Kristin Muratore at 508-728-9751 or email kvm@plymouthlaw.com. 2. South Shore Conservatory celebrates 15 years of partnership with the José Mateo Ballet Theatre Young Dancers Program by offering a week of free ballet classes Sept. 8-14 for new students in its Elementary Division, which focuses on developing coordination, motor skills, listening skills and creative voice, while introducing the elements of classical ballet. Free placement classes are also offered for…

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