Category: Schools & Education

  • MassBay Massage for Haiti: 2-Day Massage Marathon

    MassBay Massage for Haiti: 2-Day Massage Marathon

    Massbay Massage Marathon, Rebuild Haiti Fundraiser
    Fundraiser at MassBay Framingham Campus

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Students from the MassBay Community College Therapeutic Massage Program have organized local Massage Therapists to raise money for rebuilding a school in Haiti.

    The two-day massage event will take place at MassBay Community College Student Massage Clinic, Framingham Campus, 19 Flagg Drive, Framingham, MA 01702, Friday June 11 from noon to 8 p.m. and Saturday June 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    More than 200 hours of service, both 1-hour relaxation massages and 15-minute seated/clothed neck and shoulder massages, will be available. All proceeds from the event will go to the MassBay Community College Rebuilding Haiti Task Force, which has partnered with the S.O.S. Enfants D’Haiti School in Cyvadier, Jacmel, Haiti.

    The massage event is open to the public and people may (more…)

  • FHS Dominates High School Quiz Show

    FHS Dominates High School Quiz Show

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – On Monday, May 17, 2010, four students from Framingham High School delivered a painful 425 to 25 defeat to Boston Collegiate on WGBH TV’s “High School Quiz Show”.

    FHS v. Boston Collegiate on WGBH's High School Quiz Show, May 17, 2010

    The four FHS students; David Kruger, Indiana Jones, Benjamin Rosen and Steve Lessard had alternates Michelle Cunningham and Jason Harding waiting in the wings, ready if (more…)

  • Chartering Schools

    The school reorganization plan suggests the town seek Horace Mann charter school distinction for the Wilson and Barbieri schools.

    If Wilson and Barbieri were Horace Mann schools, they would have their own governing bodies, but still be “district schools funded by the district budget,” said School Committee Chairman Adam Blumer.

    How will they be different from the McAuliffe Regional Charter School? Does anyone know?

    If they have their own governing bodies, will they pay rent for the buildings? Will the teachers and other staff work for the governing bodies and not for the Town of Framingham?

    What do you think about the reorganization plan?

  • FHS Drama Company presents The Caucasian Chalk Circle

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Framingham High School Drama Company will present their 2010 entry into the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild this Friday.

    They will be performing Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle. This forty minute cutting of the classic play is a beautiful journey of motherhood in the midst of chaos and Communism. The show features performances and design work with a cast and crew of 60 students.

    The FHS Drama Company has had great success in the competition in years past, making it to the state finals in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and receiving the title of State Champions for their production of Tales of Trickery in 2006.

    The show will take place at the FHS Theatre on Friday, February 26th. TIckets are $10 and are available online at www.ticketstage.com. All proceeds benefit the FHS Drama Company and their trip to the Edinbugh Fringe Festiva this summer.

  • Today’s Storm Prediction Means Early School Dismissal

    Snow Emergency in Effect

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — Today, Wednesday, February 10th,2010, will be an early dismissal day. Due to inclement weather,with several inches of snow predicted, students will be released at the school’s early dismissal times. Please call your students’ schools for details.

    The Framingham Police Department has advised residents of a snow emergency in effect through Thursday.

    Parking is prohibited on all major arteries as designated by red and white signage.

    Reminder: The Winter Parking Ban prohibits parking on the odd numbered side of the street.

  • Unique Showcase for Framingham High Talent on February 12

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – There has never been a show at Framingham High School like the one coming up on Friday, February 12th at 7pm. Called F-Cubed (short for Finding Framingham’s Forte), the performance is billed as a showcase for artistic expression in three dimensions. It is a student-created and student-run production featuring original and cover music performed by three bands and some acoustic acts drawing from (more…)

  • FHS Students to Compete in WGBH Quiz Show

    Framingham, MA – Framingham High School is one of 20 schools invited to send teams to compete in a WGBH-TV pilot serioes, “High School Quiz Show.”

    Six seniors, Michelle Cunningham,Jason Harding, Indiana Jones, David Kruger, Steve Lessard, and Ben Rosen were nominated by their teachers.

    The students have been practicing weekly and will be up against Boston Collegiate Charter School on February 6th.

    The show will be on weekly beginning on March 22nd with the series wrapping up with the finals in June.

    Go Flyer Quiz Team!

  • Framingham School Reorganization Initiative Discussion

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham’s School Superintendent, Dr. Steven Hiersche and School Committee Chairman Adam Blumer; and Townwide PTO President Kristin Romine will appear on The Audrey Hall Show discussing the School Reorganization Initiative in Framingham.

    The discussion centers around the thinking behind the proposal and the strategic approach to change.

    Tune into the Audrey Hall Show

    The program airs on Framingham Public Access TV (FPAC-TV):

    • Monday, 1/25/2010 at 7:00 p.m.
    • Tuesday, 1/26/10 at 9:00 a.m.
    • Wednesday, 1/27/10 at 9:00 a.m. on:

    Comcast: Channel 9
    RCN: Channel 3
    Verizon: Channel 43

    Input for future discussions is welcome at Ms.AudreyHall@gmail.com

  • Safe Prom Video Contest

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Dance. Don’t Chance. is a program of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) that aims to make the 2009 prom/graduation season safer for teens on Massachusetts roads.
    Here’s How: Write and produce a 60-second video on safe driving which may be used as a public service announcement to help keep you, your friends, and other teens in Massachusetts safer on the road during prom/graduation season and year round. You must include the tagline: “Dance. Don’t Chance.”

    Videos must also include these key messages:
    • Underage drinking/impaired driving are illegal and dangerous
    • Buckle up
    • Don’t speed or drag race
    • Avoid distracted driving, i.e. texting

    You can find all the safe driving information you need to help produce your video, including statistics on teenage motor vehicle fatalities and injuries and safe driving tips, as well as last year’s winning video at the Dance. Don’t Chance. website www.mass.gov/safety/promshorts.

    Each school can submit up to five entries. So get creative and let yours be one of them! Contact your principal, SADD advisor or class advisor to find out if your school is registered.

    Submission Rules: An authorized representative, such as the school principal or his/her designee, must send an e-mail to Ethan Tavan at ethan.tavan@state.ma.us by 5:00 p.m. February 13, 2009 indicating that the school and its students would like to participate in the contest. The e-mail must include the name, title, address, telephone number, e-mail address and fax number of the authorized representative whom the school has designated to coordinate its participation in the contest.

    Students may submit individual entries or may work as a group with up to five students in each group. Each school can submit up to five (5) entries, but each participating student/team of students may only submit one entry. Each submission must be attributed to an author(s) or else it will be assigned to the entire school.

    All submissions must be screened by the authorized representative and be submitted to Dance. Don’t Chance. c/o Argus, 280 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210 by 5:00 p.m. March 13, 2009. All entries should be in QuickTime or WindowsMedia and burned onto a CD. No other formats will be accepted. Entrants must include their script in .doc format if a script is being used in the video.

    Selection of Winner: Once all videos are submitted, students will be able to go online to the Dance. Don’t Chance. YouTube Channel, accessible through www.mass.gov/safety/promshorts, and rate their favorite videos.

    The highest rated videos will be judged by JAM’N radio personalities who will select the winner on or about March 27, 2009. Winners will be notified by phone through the entrant’s school.

    Prizes: The top video will be available through www.mass.gov/safety/promshorts and possibly on other websites and on community television stations. The winning entrant’s school, through its authorized representative (see above), will receive prizes listed below as determined by the EOPSS, including but not limited to:

    • A JAM’N 94.5 DJ will play the tunes at the prom
    • $1,000 cash prize for entrants’ prom committee from AAA Southern New England
    • A 10-person limo to and from the prom, from Boston Limo
    • Five tuxedo rentals from Men’s Wearhouse and Tux
    • $100 Macy’s gift cards to be used for prom, for up to five people
    • Hair styling services provided by Dellaria Salons for the prom, for up to five people
    • Beverages from glacéau smartwater®

    Eligibility: All entrants must be fully registered juniors or seniors at the high school from which the entry is submitted at the time of submission.

    Other Rules and Regulations: The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material, including television programs, videos and music. Anyone who uses copyrighted material without a license or the copyright holder’s permission may be held liable for copyright infringement. In order to ensure that your video does not infringe on someone else’s copyright, all Dance. Don’t Chance video submissions must be the original work of the entrant, including,
    but not limited to, any music used, videos shown, photographs displayed or skits performed. Submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines may be disqualified from the contest.

    EOPSS reserves the right to change or cancel any or all of these prize elements with good cause. Further, EOPSS reserves the right to edit or even reject the winning entrants’ video. All entrants agree that by submitting their entries in the contest they give up the right to any compensation for their possible use as public service announcements. The winning entrants further agree to be available for media interviews, including having their images used by media outlets, which may result from publicity surrounding the contest.

    By submitting an entry (ies) the school representative agrees that they have complied with the school’s privacy and media appearance policy for students and staff.

    http://www.mass.gov/safety/promshorts

  • School Move?

    The Framingham School Committee is reviewing a plan for organizing the elementary schools.

    Parents are paying attention and discussing the plan online on Facebook and on an email listserve, frambors as well as attending the open public forums.

    I hope that the school committee and the media get input from the communities such as Southborough, that have implemented a similar plan.

    Somehow having children changing schools every three years doesn’t seem like a way to go. 

    One side issue is that it may result in a reduction in parental and student loyalty.  It’s hard enough to engage parents in the PTO and school activities and the less time they have to become attached to a school, the less involved they may be.