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Gymnastics Wins Fourth Consecutive State Championship Congratulations to our Gymnastics Team on winning their fourth consecutive MIAA Championship last Saturday, March 4th, at Algonquin Regional High School.  The team came back from a full point deficit to win in the final rotation over NEC rival Danvers High School.  The final score for the state meetContinue reading “Superintendent’s Report to the School Committee, March 8, 2023”

Masconomet High School Students Recognized in 2023 Scholastic Art Awards Art Department Head Stacy Mannheim is proud to report that the 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Regional Awards were recently announced and Masconomet High School received the second largest number of awards of all public high school art programs in the state. Our students receivedContinue reading “Superintendent’s Report to the School Committee, February, 15, 2023”

Strategic Plan Update Our Strategic Planning Working Group will be meeting for the fourth time on February 14th.  For the past two weeks, the Working Group has been conducting a survey of the Communities of Boxford, Middleton and Topsfield and will be reviewing the results of this survey in a future meeting.  The survey linkContinue reading “Superintendent’s Report to the School Committee, February 1, 2023”

FY24 Superintendent’s Recommended Budget Presentation On January 18th, Assistant Superintendent Jeff Sands and I presented the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Superintendent’s Recommended Budget to the School Committee.  The Superintendent’s Recommended Budget represents a “Level Service” budget, or the funding required to continue all current positions, services and programs in the District.  The General Operating ExpenseContinue reading “Superintendent’s Report to the School Committee, 1/18/23”

Superintendent Michael Harvey and Social Studies Department Head Eva Urban Hughes are pleased to announce that Masconomet Regional School District was awarded a Genocide Education Grant. The school district received $20,000 in grant funds, which will allow for interdisciplinary opportunities within the humanities to enhance genocide studies across the middle school and high school curriculum.Continue reading “Masconomet Regional School District Receives Genocide Education Grant”

Masconomet Regional Middle School 8th Grade students Davis DeLuties of Middleton, Lydia Deal of Boxford, and Jonathan Pinelli of Topsfield were recently selected as 2023 Project 351 Ambassadors for their inspiring ethic of service and values of kindness, compassion, humility, and gratitude. Project 351 is a non-profit organization that empowers a youth-led movement for changeContinue reading “Masconomet Middle School Students Recognized for Service Leadership”

BOXFORD – Superintendent Michael Harvey and World Language Department Head Jeanne O’Hearn are pleased to announce that the Masconomet Regional School District has been awarded grant funding to support the purchase of language proficiency testing materials. The $8,473 Proficiency-based Outcomes in Languages Other than English Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will assistContinue reading “Masconomet Regional School District Receives Grant in Support of Language Proficiency Testing”

BOXFORD – Superintendent Michael Harvey and Principal Mary Jo Carabatsos are pleased to share that Masconomet Regional High School students recently organized a successful gift drive as part of the annual Masconomet Five Days of Giving event.  The drive, Which ran from Dec.16-22, resulted in 170 gifts and gift cards being collected for children ages 10 and up.  “It wasContinue reading “Masconomet Regional High School Organizes ‘Five Days of Giving’ Drive & Spirit Event”

The Masconomet High School Psychology Club had an opportunity to visit the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last month to learn about the innovative work being done in the field.  On Friday, Dec. 16, 28 seniors in the club traveled to the Broad Institute and the Koch Galleries at MIT to learn more about those organizations’Continue reading “Masconomet Psychology Club Visits MIT to Explore Research Work”

On Tuesday, Dec. 20, the Middle School Student Council completed its annual toy drive in support of Pathways for Children — a head start program based in Beverly. Through the generosity of students and families, the council donated more than $2,000 worth of toys and books to the organization.  The toy drive ran through mostContinue reading “Masconomet Middle School Students Organize Toy Drive to Benefit Pathways for Children in Beverly”