Billerica Adventure Series announces grant recipients
The Billerica Adventure Series Corporation released the names of the recipients of their five annual grants. Grant recipients include the following community members: Deborah Carpenter, Locke Middle...
View ArticleBillerica Memorial High School announces Students Of The Term
The following students at Billerica Memorial High School received Student Of The Term recognition, which is based on a student’s performance in the following categories: vigorous effort, continuous...
View ArticleBedford’s Aspen Tech hosts STEM Day for Burlington, Billerica students
Aspen Technology Inc., provider of software and services to process industries, hosted the company’s first STEM Day on Nov. 29 at AspenTech’s headquarters in Bedford. During the event, 60 students from...
View ArticleShawsheen Tech announces honor roll
The following Billerica students were named to the honor roll at Shawsheen Valley Technical High School for the first marking period of the 2016-17 school year.High honorsGrade 9: Brooke Bicknell,...
View ArticleBillerica Memorial High School names scholarship recipients
Billerica Memorial High School announced the class of 2017 recipients of the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship. RecipientsMeghan Ahern, Adam Alves, Gaurang Amonkar, Ashley Argerake, Henri Behaeghel,...
View ArticleBillerica education achievers
The following students, of Billerica, were named to the honor roll at Arlington Catholic High School for the first marking term: Patrick Browne, Ryan Browne, Abigail Lane and Kieran Mullen, earned...
View ArticleCollege enrollment declining in Massachusetts
Since hitting a peak in 2013, enrollment at Massachusetts public colleges and universities has decreased for the third consecutive year, posing challenges that education leaders are working to address.
View ArticleBillerica teacher teaches poverty awareness
Every year during the holiday season, upper-elementary students at Lexington Montessori School participate in an Oxfam Hunger Banquet, a process led by Meg Sullivan, of Billerica, along with her...
View Article2016 Beacon Santa Telethon takes off
“I mean everybody deserves to have a present at Christmas time,” said senior student, Karima Haddouch, who could be found swarming Maynard High School (MHS) hallways Friday night kicking off the WAVM...
View ArticleBeacon Santa Telethon: Keeping the telethon running
It’s time for dinner, as the 34th annual Beacon Santa Telethon continues Dec. 10, at Maynard High School. The cafeteria is packed with students and adult volunteers who have stopped for a few minutes...
View ArticleBeacon Santa Telethon takes off
“I mean everybody deserves to have a present at Christmas time,” said senior student, Karima Haddouch, who could be found swarming Maynard High School (MHS) hallways Friday night kicking off the WAVM...
View ArticleDA Ryan co-hosts Empowering Girls conferences
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Middlesex Partnerships for Youth Inc. hosted the two-day Empowering Girls Conferences for middle and high school girls at the Broad Institute in Cambridge....
View ArticleBillerica floor hockey league seeks new home in Pinehurst
With a decades old Pinehurst youth floor hockey league facing a move across town, the Billerica School Committee called an emergency meeting, hoping to rectify the situation before the league begins in...
View ArticleReport details declining funding for public higher ed
Students have borne the financial brunt of more than a decade of cuts to public higher education funding, a new study has found.
View ArticleBillerica education achievers
Greg Sousa, of Billerica, earned a Bachelor of Science in management from Roger Williams University.
View ArticleShawsheen Tech hosts basketball event
Shawsheen Valley Technical High School hosted a Special Olympics Basketball Community Event on Dec. 11, where students participated in a character-building exercise that illustrated the importance of...
View ArticleTemple Shalom Emeth tackles childhood hunger
When the seventh-graders in Burlington’s Temple Shalom Emeth religious school were planning their project for the annual Hanukkah celebration, Wensley Lipman, of Billerica, told his teacher the...
View ArticleBillerica education achievers
The following students, of Billerica, were named to the honor roll at Abundant Life Christian School for the first trimester: Jacob Metivier and Nicole Metivier, high honors; and Margaret Allinder,...
View ArticleBMHS senior journeys to Standing Rock to raise awareness
A Standing Rock Indian Reservation camp near Cannon Ball, North Dakota was nearly empty when Liam Henderson and his father arrived on a frigid December day.A blizzard sent many protesters packing and...
View ArticleLocke Middle School in Billerica announces honor roll
The following students were named to the first trimester honor roll at Locke Middle School in Billerica.High honorsGrade 6: Brooke Allen, Olivia Battcock, Olivia Bento, Kerry Brown, John Colby, Arsion...
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