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Powderpuff game ‘always a good time’ for Wareham

WAREHAM — While the score didn’t go Wareham High School’s way in the annual powderpuff football game played Wednesday, Nov. 27 against Old Rochester Regional High School, players and coaches agreed that fun was still had. Old Rochester defeated the...

Mini mastercraftsmen make their own Macy's Day Parade

The hallways of Wareham Elementary School played host to their own version of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as second graders became engineers and designed and built their own parade floats in the fourth annual Wareham Elementary School...
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A smoothly done and student run craft fair

On Nov. 23, Wareham High School student Kailee Rose donned a wireless headset to communicate from across the gym with fellow student Priscilla Ross and other DECA members as they organized the clubs annual craft fair. DECA, which stands for...

High School interns take empowered next steps

Like most teenagers, Malachi Samuels was excited to graduate Wareham High School in 2024 and felt more than prepared to “leave the bubble” of his hometown thanks to a unique internship. The 19-year-old Samuels became a Community Youth Empowerment...

Wareham High School announces October awards winner

Madison Doucette was the Wareham High School October student of the month and the recipient of the Scotty Monteiro Jr. Foundation Scotty Award. The Scotty Monteiro Jr. Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing violence by...

School district faces potential cuts based on proposed budget

The proposed school district budget is nearly $900,000 more than what town officials have said is available for school spending next year, meaning the district will once again need to make cuts. Town officials have proposed an almost $36 million...

Merit based state scholarship awarded to 20 students

Twenty Wareham High School students met the requirements to receive the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship. The students are now eligible to receive between $720 and $1,714 for tuition at Massachusetts public universities. To receive the scholarship...

Wareham resident elected into prestigious collegiate honor society

Megan Tumlin of Wareham and student at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences was recently elected into the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. Tumlin is one of 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be elected this year...

High School names Term 1 Honor Roll students

Wareham High School has announced its High Honor Roll and Honor Roll students for Term 1 of the 2024-25 school year: High Honor Roll Twelfth graders: Andrade-Rose, Bean Araydia Andrews, Zora Gwendolynn Annadale,...

Middle School names students of the month for October

The Middle School has awarded Student of the Month to three students for the month of October. 7th grader Jared Salamone was commended by the 7th grade staff for his great attitude in the classroom. “Jared is a genuinely kind and respectful young...

Special Education Department demonstrates it meets many of its students needs

A state report has determined special education in Wareham is meeting most of the needs of its students, though the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education did find areas for the school district to improve on. During the Oct. 17 Wareham...

Wareham High School announces September award winners

Wareham High School has announced its awards recipients for the month of September. Jacob Lincoln has received the September Student of the Month award and Dorian Sims is the September Scotty Monteiro Jr. Foundation Scotty award winner.

Middle School names students of the month for September

The Middle School has awarded the Student of the Month honor to three students for the month of September. Declan Neely is the Student of the Month for the fifth grade. One teacher said Neely has been a "role model to his peers: by not only working...

Wareham Public Schools to receive $250,000 for pre-K education

Wareham Public Schools have received a $250,000 grant from the state to partner with local early education programs. Preschool Department Chair Wendy Owens explained the school district is still in the planning phase of figuring out how to use the...

School principals assess MCAS results

This years MCAS scores demonstrated growth among the school district as well as strengths in mathematics and science but English language arts remains an area of concern. The principals of the high school, middle school and elementary school...

How to ace that college application

As many high school seniors start their college applications this fall, Wareham High School will host a panel of educators to help answer questions about the process. The event will be on Tuesday, Oct. 8 and is open to anyone who wants to attend...

Donations help Middle School start year on the right foot

The Wareham Middle School has a little extra spending money thanks to a $3,000 donation from Atlantic Subaru and several $500 donations from AdoptAClassroom.org, a non-profit organization that helps classrooms in need of extra supplies. The $3,000...

School Committee member honored for ‘commitment,’ ‘advocacy’

Wareham School Committee member Apryl Rossi was “shocked” when she found out at a Sept. 19 School Committee meeting that she was being honored by the Massachusetts Association of School Committees for her service to the district. The Association...

Middle School roof replacement nears completion, roughly $4.5 million under budget

Two years of repairs to the Middle School roof will cost the town under $4.5 million in total, roughly half the $8.9 million in funding the school requested for the project. Facilities Director Eric Trahan told the School Committee the estimator for...

Oak Grove selects two for Mary V. Rose scholarship

The Oak Grove Cape Verdean Cultural Center has awarded two Mary V. Rose scholarships, each in the amount of $1,000, to deserving Wareham High School students. Stoney Ferry from Onset has her educational career to start at Babson College in Wellsbey...

Former Vikings receive Dean’s List recognition

Wareham residents have continued to achieve academic success as they have gone off into the wider world, with their achievements recognized through inclusion on Dean’s Lists. Riley Niederberger was named to the Plymouth State University President's...

Middle School names students to Term 4 honor roll

Wareham Middle School has announced its High Honor Roll and Honor Roll students for Term 3 of the 2023-24 school year: High Honor Roll Seventh Graders Acerra, Jacoby Anthony Cabe, Jackson David Carlson, Jalayla Linnea Colon, Caileen Gloria DeJesus,...

Free summer food program returns for kids and teens

The Wareham Public Schools summer food program will once again provide free meals to children under the age of 18 starting Tuesday, June 25. Different from last year, regulations associated with the program require that all meals be eaten at their...

Students traversed a ‘long and winding road’ towards graduation

Graduation marked the end of a “long and winding road,” according to Wareham Cooperative Alternative High School student Layla Maxim. Maxim and nine other graduates marked the end of their journeys on the road towards a high school diploma on...

Aloha means goodbye at Wareham Elementary School

Nearly 100 people stood outside the entrance of Wareham Elementary school, excitedly waiting for its doors to open on Thursday, June 13. Why the crowd? Over 50 students graduated in a luau-themed ceremony filled with songs and smiles as youngsters...

Rod and gun club scholarship funds students’ environmental endeavors

MIDDLEBORO – The Wankinquoah Rod and Gun Club Scholarship Committee is helping to build the next generation of “responsible and ethical sportspersons” by awarding $6,000 in scholarships to local high school seniors this year. The committee gave a...

Middle School names students of the month for May

The Middle School has awarded the Student of the Month honor to three students for the month of May. Rajon Frye is the Student of the Month for the fifth grade. Teachers praised Frye’s “positive attitude,” “motivational level” and “great sense of...

Wareham residents feature on college Dean’s Lists

A number of Wareham residents have been honored for their academic success in the Spring 2024 semester with inclusion in their colleges’ Dean’s Lists. Adrienne Padden made the Dean’s List at the University of Vermont in the College of Agriculture...

Dr. Thomas Gleason Scholarships awarded

Sophia Gay and Olivia Powers have been announced as the 2024 recipients of the Dr. Thomas Gleason Scholarships. Gay recently graduated from Sturgis Charter Public School, West Campus, and will be attending Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT in...

Congratulations, graduates! Wareham High School students ‘flip the page’ on their senior year

Standing on the grass of Spillane Field behind the bricks of the Middle School buildings, the Wareham High School Class of 2024 entered their adult lives on Friday, June 7 surrounded by teachers, families and friends, celebrating the perseverance...