Committee for Special Education holds annual recognition night in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — Eleven members of the community were honored when the East Providence Local Advisory Committee (EPLAC) for Special Education held its fifth annual Recognition Program Reception Thursday night, May 9, in the Martin Middle School cafeteria. The Local Advisory Committee for Special Ed is comprised of parents of children with disabilities along with [...]
Read More →Barrington school officials differ on when to add full-day kindergarten
Just about everyone who attended the Barrington School Committee meeting Thursday night, May 9, supported the implementation of full-day kindergarten in Barrington, but not all people could agree on when the program should be added. Barrington Schools Superintendent Mike Messore said his recommendation was to add full-day kindergarten next year, not this fall. School [...]
Read More →Key Barrington School Committee meeting is tonight at 7:30
The Barrington School Committee will hold a meeting tonight, May 9, to discuss the creation of a full-day kindergarten program and the proposed school budget. The meeting will be held in the school committee room at 7:30 p.m. Full-day kindergarten has been a hot topic in town. School officials initially put a $141,000 placeholder in [...]
Read More →Barrington budget committee fields questions from local moms
Three Barrington moms spoke out during the budget hearing on Wednesday night, asking questions about class sizes at the schools, projected student enrollment and technology. Jen Gill told the committee on appropriations that her daughter was in a first grade classroom at Sowams School that had 26 students. She said the two other first grade [...]
Read More →East Providence Tech Center students win state automotive competition
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Career and Tech Center students Michael Pierce and Noel Fournier were recently the winners of the 2013 state Ford AAA Automotive Student Skills Competition held at Warwick Mall on Thursday, May 2. Both juniors, Messrs. Pierce and Fournier comprised a two-person team, which competed against seven other pairs of 11th [...]
Read More →Two Barrington students win National Merit Scholarships
Barrington High School seniors Karl Aspelund and Sofia Serrano recently learned they had both won $2,500 National Merit Scholarships. They were among only seven students in the state to win the awards. The 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding finalists in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship [...]
Read More →Hennessey School students hit their target in support of local cancer patients
EAST PROVIDENCE — Area cancer patients were recently the beneficiaries of some kindness on the part of students at the Hennessey Elementary School in city, who raised $2,500 through the “Pennies for Patients” program. The youngsters collected pennies during the winter and the class that raised the most money, Kerri Vermette’s third graders, collected [...]
Read More →Barrington teacher wins contest and $500 gift card
Primrose Hill School teacher Cheryl August recently won the Celebrate Teachers contest, which was sponsored by the Providence Place Mall. Ms. August, who garnered the most online support in the contest, received a $500 gift card. She has taught at Primrose Hill School for 17 years and previously at Nayatt for seven years. “This was [...]
Read More →Dog bites Barrington school crossing guard in the face
A dog previously thought to be friendly acted anything but with a Nayatt School crossing guard on Friday, May 3. According to police, the station received a phone call at about 9 a.m. on May 3, alerting officers to the situation. The caller told police that the crossing guard, a 54-year-old man, bent over to [...]
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