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Fare Thee Well264 viewsDanni Kleimann led the school staff one last time on Wednesday, June 21, for the annual RMS student send-off. This year, the day marked Kleimann’s last day at RMS as she is retiring after 31 years. Kleimann is best known for directing the Shakespeare plays at RMS and for orchestrating the student send-off every summer. Kleimann passed her baton on to sixth grade teacher Tracy Forns to carry out the traditions. Photos by Jean Perry
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ORR Homecoming Pep Rally264 viewsFriday, October 20, was the annual Homecoming pep rally at Old Rochester Regional High School. Principal Mike Devoll said it best: “This has been the best Homecoming week ever, and this will be the best Homecoming ever!” Devoll was right on all accounts – whether it was skits or sports. Photos by Jean Perry
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Dorothy the chicken264 viewsDorothy the chicken visited the Project Grow students (pictured here) and the kindergarten kids on Monday, November 6, for a story time hosted by Evelyn Golden and Molly Vollmer of the Plymouth County Extension 4-H Office. This brief intro to embryology, along with Dorothy’s charming demeanor, was enough to excite the kids about the joys of keeping chickens. Photos by Jean Perry
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In the Heights264 viewsCome see the Tabor Academy winter production of “In the Heights” running February 15-17 at the Fireman Center for Performing Arts on Front Street. The production, written by famed “Hamilton” writer Lin-Manuel Miranda, is a “timeless story, but it’s also a modern play,” as Music Director John Horne described it. Tickets are free for all! Photos by Jean Perry
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Miss Massachusetts Jillian Zucco264 viewsAs part of the Read Across America Program, Miss Massachusetts Jillian Zucco will be visiting 15 elementary schools across the Commonwealth this week to read to 1000+ children. On Monday, Jillian read to nine classrooms at two different schools, including Sippican School in Marion. There, she read stories and discussed the enjoyment and importance of reading every day. She also offered an interactive session where she answered their questions and sang songs from the Disney musical, Moana. Photos courtesy
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The Scoop on S.C.O.P.E. 264 viewsORRJHS 7th-grade students participated in the annual S.C.O.P.E. cardboard boat race at the beach at the Mattapoisett YMCA last Wednesday, June 20. The students engineer and build their boats – some sink, some sail – and this year team “Funky Monkey” came in first place. There were 15 boats in all this year, all created by teams of four. Photos by Glenn C. Silva
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Classroom Donation264 viewsThe Mattapoisett Land Trust donated equipment to outfit an Outdoor Classroom, including a whiteboard and 24 colorful stools delivered to Old Hammondtown School by the Education Committee. Grade 5 students are working with Ben Squire, ORR District science coordinator, on an ongoing science compost project that analyzes the conditions needed for composting. The students have five pumpkins in different locations since last October and were looking at them for the first time last week. Photos by Ellen Flynn
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You Can't Take It With You264 viewsThe Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club recently held its production of “You Can't Take It With You.” Photos by Erin and Gregory Bednarczyk
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'A Christmas Carol' at ORR263 viewsORR’s production of “A Christmas Carol,” starts on Thursday, December 5th, at 7:30 p.m. This year’s cast includes Ian MacLellan as Ebenezer Scrooge, Sam Resendes as Jacob Marley, Troy Rood as Bob Cratchet, Anne Roseman as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Patrick McGraw as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Lucy Milde as the Ghost of Christmas Future. Photos by Felix Perez
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Students Teacher Basketball263 views Students and teachers did about as much playing around as they did playing basketball during the students versus teachers co-ed basketball game at Old Rochester Regional High the evening of March 7. The teams were neck and neck throughout the evening – students in white and teachers in black – and neither team seemed to have an advantage over the other at any point during the game. Photo by Jean Perry
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FORM Instrumental Concert263 viewsWith nearly 1,000 people under one roof, ORR’s FORM Instrumental Concert ‘rocked’ the house. Middle-school students from Rochester, Marion and Mattapoisett along with junior and senior high school students from ORR showed their audience just why music in public schools is important. The vocal FORM concert is scheduled for March 13, 2014 at ORR High School. Photo by Marilou Newell
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FORM Concert263 viewsORRHS Music Director, Michael Barnicle presented several awards to outstanding seniors in the music program. Those recipients were: Chorus Award/Justin Smilan; John Philip Sousa Band Award/Keren Satkin; Louis Armstrong Jazz Band Award/Matthew Pereira; and ORR Music Director’s Awards/ Brittany Hotte, and Paige Santos. Photo by Marilou Newell
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