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Superintendent search committee releases survey, asks for volunteers

Interested in the search for a new Wareham Superintendent of Schools? The search committee has published a survey to collect community input, and is looking for volunteers to serve on the committee. The survey focuses on the qualities and skill sets...

Middle School Band shows musical chops at winter concert

The Wareham Middle School bands performed on Jan. 20 — their first winter concert in two years. Caitlin Francese, the band director, said the concert was “an amazing evening.” “It’s just amazing to be able to show off the skills that these students...

Students show off styles from athletic to formal at annual fashion show

The red carpets were rolled out, the lights were shining, and Wareham High School’s third annual fashion show was ready to start. On Thursday, Jan. 20, friends and families gathered in Wareham High School’s cafeteria to see the couture crafted by...

Wareham schools will not pursue preschool program expansion at Decas School

Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Shaver-Hood encouraged the School Committee not to pursue plans to expand the district’s preschool program into newly available space at the Decas School. The new preschool classes had been proposed as a potential source...

District will transition from ‘test and stay’ program to providing at-home tests

The school district will be changing its approach to testing teachers, staff and students for covid-19, Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Shaver-Hood announced during the Jan. 20 School Committee meeting. The Department of Elementary and Secondary...

School District offices to move to Wareham Middle School

The Wareham School District will be moving its central offices to the Wareham Middle School, located at 4 Viking Dr. The district initially announced it would move its administration offices in October, at the request of the town, which plans to...

Dear Wareham voters and homeowners...: Students say thank you for the new school

The new Wareham Elementary School opened on Jan. 4 for Wareham students in preschool through fourth grade. The students in Amanda Fitzgerald’s third grade class wrote heartfelt letters to the Wareham voters and homeowners to thank them for approving...

Select Board gives School Committee key to the new school

The Wareham Elementary School is now open, and the Select Board commemorated that accomplishment with a proclamation and the handing of a symbolic key to the school from Select Board Chair Judith Whiteside to School Committee Chair Joyce Bacchiocchi...

School Committee supports assistance dog coming to the district

Bentley, a friendly, well-trained and easy-going labrador retriever, attended the Jan. 6 Wareham Public School Committee meeting, and he stole the show. Bentley is an assistance dog that works in Mansfield public schools. Bentley is partnered with...

High school softball field named after former coach

The Wareham High School softball field joined the ranks thoughtfully-named sports venues on Thursday night. During the School Committee’s Jan. 6 meeting, the board voted unanimously to name the field in honor of the late Lance E. Howlett , who...

District gets crafty about coverage in wake of staff illnesses

Students and staff returned to school for the first time in 2022 on Tuesday, Jan. 4 — a day later than planned. The delayed return to the classroom — which also delayed the opening of the new Wareham Elementary School building — was the result of a...

Breaking: Wareham schools closed Monday due to staff illnesses

Wareham schools will be closed Monday because of the number of staff members who are ill, Superintendent of Schools Kimberly Shaver-Hood announced on the school district’s Web site. “It is my hope we return on Tuesday, Jan. 4,’’ she wrote in the...

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