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Garden Club awards scholarships

The Wareham Garden Club has awarded three scholarships to Wareham students who will be studying biology or environmental science in college. Each recipient was awarded $1,000. Danielle Ansell, a graduate of Upper Cape, will be attending Westfield...

Schools set deadline for hybrid decision, bus applications

Parents of children attending Wareham schools have until 3 p.m. today, August 24, to decide whether their children will be going to school fully remotely or with two in-person sessions each week. The deadline for applications for transportation has...

Paraprofessionals, teachers speak out against proposed furlough

Wareham’s paraprofessionals are fighting a potential furlough. At Thursday night’s School Committee meeting, nearly 20 paraprofessionals, occupational therapy assistants, and teachers gathered to oppose the furlough, which would cover the...

School reopening plans include more nurses, fewer kids on buses

The reopening plans for Wareham Schools are slowly coming into focus, reported Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Shaver-Hood at Thursday night’s School Committee meeting. The district asked all parents to fill out a Google form with their intentions for...

Most parents opt for some in-person class time

A majority of parents chose to send their students back to school part-time this fall through the Wareham Schools’ hybrid model. A survey was sent out to all parents asking whether they planned to send their students to school for two four-hour days...

Schools, union release statement, ask parents to choose remote or hybrid

The Wareham Education Association, which is the teachers’ union, and school officials are deep in negotiations about how to safely return to school this fall, and are asking parents to share their plans for their students. The union initially...

Upper Cape Tech plans hybrid reopening

The Upper Cape Regional Technical High School has announced its plans for reopening school in the fall with a hybrid approach: Students will complete academic work at home through remote learning and will return to the school building for vocational...

Superintendent files discrimination complaint against School Committee

Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Shaver-Hood has filed a complaint against the Wareham School Committee through the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. The Commission works to adjudicate discrimination complaints filed by people in...

Mortarboards, masks, and sunflowers at Wareham High’s 2020 graduation ceremony

The Wareham High School Class of 2020 celebrated their graduation on Saturday afternoon, socially distanced but with all the community spirit that grads praised in their speeches. The ceremony was held on Spillane Field, with graduates and faculty...

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