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Principles of Engineering232 viewsORRHS teacher Tom Norris’ Principles of Engineering class tested on March 29 to see if the robotic balsa wood cranes students designed could lift at least two pounds. Six groups of 2-3 students designed their own cranes, motors, and pulley systems using only a set limited supply of materials. Pictured left: Davis Mathieu (left) adds more weights while Norris (right) observes. Photos by Jean Perry
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Principles of Engineering232 viewsORRHS teacher Tom Norris’ Principles of Engineering class tested on March 29 to see if the robotic balsa wood cranes students designed could lift at least two pounds. Six groups of 2-3 students designed their own cranes, motors, and pulley systems using only a set limited supply of materials. Pictured left: Davis Mathieu (left) adds more weights while Norris (right) observes. Photos by Jean Perry
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Something new is brewing at ORR232 viewsThe transitional program for students age 18-22, which is in its pilot year, started up a café at ORR, with students learning life skills in customer service, money handling, and how to make a great cup of coffee. From left to right: Diana Setera, Becky Okolita, Christopher Hathaway, Grace Costa-Medeiros, Mark Pereira, and Dennis Reynolds. Not pictured, Elizabeth Hathaway. Photo by Jean Perry
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Sippican School Basketball232 viewsThe Sippican School gymnasium was lit up the night of Thursday, March 23, for the annual sixth grade versus staff and parents basketball game. The adult team seemed to have fun giving the students a consistently hard time throughout, but in the end, it was the students who triumphed 37-33. Photos by Colin Veitch
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“The Machine” Jesse Green232 viewsFamous chainsaw artist and star of the National Geographic Channel TV show American Chainsaw, “The Machine” Jesse Green presented the RMS students with a one-of-a-kind chainsaw sculpture of Bandit, the RMS mascot, on December 15. Bandit will stand firm and tall (much taller than most of the students) at the school from now on, thanks to the coordination of the RMS PTO. Photos by Jean Perry
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In the Heights232 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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Vocabulary Day Parade232 viewsThe third and fourth graders at RMS transformed the school into one collective living, breathing dictionary last Friday, February 16, for the annual Vocabulary Day parade. Students chose a word and personified it in costume for the rest of the school, and this year for parents as well. Photos by Jean Perry
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Stayin’ Alive 232 viewsSurvival Week at ORR Junior High kicked off on the early morning of Sunday, June 17, as the 7th-graders boarded the busses for Western Massachusetts for a week of roughing it in the wild. And for this generation, that simply means no electronic devices and no Dunkin’ Donuts. Survival is now in its 46th year and still going strong. Some, like Survival leader Kevin “KT the Kilt Man” Thompson, have attended Survival since they were 7th-graders 30 years ago. Photos by Jean Perry
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Project Empty Bowls232 viewsThe Ceramics and Art I students at ORRHS created these one-of-a-kind bowls to serve up hot soup during the school’s first ever Project Empty Bowls fundraiser on November 29. The Empty Bowls Project is an international grassroots effort to raise funds and awareness of hunger. Proceeds from the event will go towards helping local folks in need put food in their families’ bowls. Photo by Jean Perry
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You Can't Take It With You232 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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Sippican’s Got Talent231 viewsEighty-four students, thirty-seven performances, six acts, and two teachers add up to one great night of entertainment. The talents showed through at Sippican School’s “Sippican’s Got Talent” on June 6, 2013. There was dancing, there was singing, magic and even stand up comedy, they had it all. Photo by Paul Lopes
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Sippican’s Got Talent231 viewsEighty-four students, thirty-seven performances, six acts, and two teachers add up to one great night of entertainment. The talents showed through at Sippican School’s “Sippican’s Got Talent” on June 6, 2013. There was dancing, there was singing, magic and even stand up comedy, they had it all. Photo by Paul Lopes
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