Schools
by Robert Stewart
The Select Board approved the use of federal emergency funds to assist the Groton Dunstable Regional School District in meeting the costs of establishing COVID-19 safety protocols when schools open next fall. The town helped the school district last year with emergency...
Groton School student Michelle Kim has won an honorable mention in C-SPAN’s Student-Cam competition, which challenges students in grades six through twelve to create short documentaries on issues of political and societal importance.
Michelle and a partner answered this year’s challenge—“...
• School District Plans to Welcome All Students Back to Classrooms in April;
• District Hopes to Resume End of Year Activities In Person Despite Recent Cases of COVID-19 on Football Team
by Robert Stewart
The Groton-Dunstable Regional School District has approved a plan that will...
• STEM Teachers at Swallow Union School Don’t Miss a Beat; Creative Exercises Continue Despite COVID Restricted Enrichment Activities
by Robert Stewart
When the Groton-Dunstable School District closed their schools more than a year ago and made a massive shift from in-person learning...
by Faye Raynor, GDRSD Building Committee Chair
www.florencerocheproject.org
This is the second installment of the Florence Roche Elementary Building Project – Key History and Information. The first installment appeared in the February 26 edition of the Groton Herald.
The first...
The Nashoba Valley Technical High School District has announced plans for a phased reopening for in-student learning, in keeping with recommendations of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), which requests that school districts continue to prioritize as much in-person...
Artist's rendering of the new Florence Roach Elementary School (where the middle school track is now, behind the existing school building), and the new campus track (approximately where current soccer and baseball fields are). Some of the houses and back yards on Champney Street can be seen in lower right.
The Groton Civil Discourse Project will be hosting a virtual dialogue on Thursday, April 8, at 7 p.m. to discuss the question of replacing the Florence Roche Elementary School. We would like to extend an invitation to members of the community to participate in the dialogue.
At Groton...
Mount Wachusett Community College announces the launch of its Computer Science degree for fall 2021 enrollment. In addition, MWCC Computer Information Systems and Computer Science students will be guaranteed admission to Fitchburg State University under a new agreement signed by the presidents of...
by Connie Sartini
Chairman of the Groton Dunstable Regional School District Marlena Gilbert presented the Select Board with an update on the progress of the Florence Roche Elementary School construction project. The school building construction project approval is slated for a town vote at...
Abigail Cullip
Each year, 351 towns across the Commonwealth select one eighth-grade student to represent their town in the Project 351 Ambassador Program. This year, Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School educators nominated 19 potential leaders. Of these, one from each of our towns was selected to represent ...