A recent Globe article discussed the issue of high school student rankings and noted that some schools on the south shore have dispensed with them entirely. Dedham will stop giving rankings next year and will be joining Canton, Hingham, Cohasset, and Westwood as districts that view rankings as having no advantages. Paula Giroud McCann, Principal of Hingham High is quoted, “We found it did not help the kids, and sometimes hurt them.” And what about Milton?
News
3 Curry skaters still in hospital; Among 28 felled by fumes at rink
from Fire Engineering
Three Curry College hockey players remain under observation at Milton Hospital, more than three days after health officials believe the team was exposed to toxic nitrous dioxide at a Rhode Island rink.
Health officials believe the students fell ill from toxic fumes given off by a Zamboni at the team’s Thursday night game against Johnson & Wales University. (Read the full story here.)
Brief notes: Warrant Committee review of department budgets
This is a busy time of year for the Warrant Committee. This part Saturday they convened an all day meeting in which they reviewed the FY12 budgets for all town departments with those department heads. The heads of department can voice their concerns and opinions about where their needs are greatest, the members of the WC can ask for clarification,
Parish high schoolers S.T.E.A.M. off to New Orleans
A group of socially conscious high schoolers from the parishes of St. Elizabeth’s, St. Agatha’s, and St.Mary’s of the Hills left yesterday for on a service trip to New Orleans, a city still in recovery from a devastating natural disaster. They left in two groups.
Quarantine Lifted After Curry Team’s Mystery Illness Identified
from WCVB.com
An entire college sports team was quarantined for a time after a number of students developed symptoms including shortness of breath, dizziness and coughing up blood, Curry College said Friday. (Read the sull story here.)
MPS publish FY12 fees, Cut list, Math curriculum presos
MyTownMatters sits down with library officials
We had the privilege of sitting down and discussing the library with several people intimately involved with that institution: Janet Evans, Chair of the Trustees, Gene Boylan of the Library Foundation, Connie Spiros of the Friends of the library, and Phil McNulty, the Library’s director. The conversation airs tonight on MATV at 7:30 and repeats Saturday and Sunday. See MATV’s full programming guide here.
Trailside Museum and Friends of Milton Crew benefit from DCR grant program
The Trailside Museum and The Friends of Milton Crew were two Milton organizations awarded grants through the DCR’s Partnership Matching Funds Program.
Fontbonne student finalist for social justice scholarship
Betsy O'Brien
Milton native and Fontbonne Academy senior, Betsy O’Brien ’11, is a scholarship finalist in John Carroll University’s Arrupe Scholars Program. John Carroll, Cleveland’s Jesuit University, offers this scholarship to admitted students with a demonstrated commitment to social justice.
Blue Hills Summer Camp 2011
Summer Nature Explorations is an educational nature day camp operated by Mass Audubon’s Blue Hills Trailside Museum and the DCR. The camp is located atop scenic Chickatawbut Hill, the second highest peak in the Blue Hills Reservation.