When Kripani Patel contacted the Mashpee Board of Health seeking to become a board member, they were immediately impressed with her credentials.
Ms. Patel is a Mashpee native and a graduate from Mashpee Middle-High School and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. At UMass, she graduated with a bachelorâs degree in psychology with a concentration in neuroscience. Following her undergraduate degree, Ms. Patel attended Kent State University in Ohio and earned her masterâs degree in public health with a social and behavioral science concentration. For work, she is a full-time substitute teacher at MMHS and also teaches a medical terminology course.
In a school year that has featured so many remote events and Zoom calls, there are two upcoming events for the seniors in the Class of 2021 at Mashpee Middle-High School that will not take place over the computer: graduation and prom.
On Saturday, May 29, members of the Class of 2021 will have an outdoor senior prom at the high school. One week later on Saturday, June 5, the class will gather together for the last time at the school for an outdoor in-person graduation.
âWe are trying to make sure we provide great experiences for our seniors; itâs been a challenging year for them. Itâs very important to me and to our team that we are bale to provide a prom,â Superintendent Patricia M. DeBoer said in a call this week.
Longsjo Middle School s Becky Colo named 2021 Massachusetts STEM Teacher of the Year May 05, 2021 at 11:59 AM Copied!
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Longsjo Middle School s (Fitchburg, Mass.) Becky Colo has been named the Patriots Hall of Fame presented by Raytheon Technologies Massachusetts STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) Teacher of the Year. Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft announced Colo as the STEM Teacher of the Year today, and her school will receive $5,000 to be used for STEM education. Colo will also serve for one year on the governor s STEM Council. Congratulations to Becky Colo, Kraft said in his announcement. She is doing outstanding work to inspire our next generation of STEM professionals. Congratulations to all the nominees and the other four finalists.
Under two tents on the Mashpee Middle-High School field, 436 voters at Mashpee Town Meeting on Monday, May 3 unanimously approved a $56 million wastewater treatment project to begin to correct decades of pollution.
In impassioned speeches before the vote, town officials and residents recalled a bygone era before nitrogen-laden effluent from septic systems caused rampant algae blooms in the townâs bays that overwhelm native plant life and create dead zones as decaying algae absorbs oxygen from the water column.
âIf youâre my age or older and youâve been in this town since the early 1980s, you know that under the blue-sky reflection in the Mashpee River, the upper reaches of Popponesset Bay, Santuit River, Waquoit Bayâunderneathâif you were to look underneath the water, you could see the bottom, you could see your feet on the bottom, you could see eelgrass and the habitat it provided,â said Selectman Andrew R. Gottlieb. âYou also know, if you l
Most high schools on the Cape will beat that state deadline.
Five schools Barnstable High School, Falmouth High School, Sturgis Charter Public School in Hyannis, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School in South Yarmouth and Monomoy Regional High School in Harwich plan to resume in-person classes five days a week starting Monday.
Two high schools Mashpee Middle High School and Bourne High School brought students back to the buildings full-time this past Monday.
And Nauset Regional High School in Eastham plans to have all students in their physical classrooms by May 10.
Only Sandwich High School, Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Bourne and Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Harwich are waiting to resume full-time, in-person classes until May 17.