Mashpee students scored generally lower on the statewide Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS, test in spring 2021 than in the most recent test in 2019. However, most grade levels
Parents of Mashpee Public School students attended a Mashpee School Committee meeting Wednesday, August 25, to voice their concerns about the newly instated mask mandate in Massachusetts schools.
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.
Edwin D. Rivera, 27, of Onset was arraigned in Falmouth District Court on Tuesday, April 6, on charges of threatening to commit a crime and disturbing a school assembly after allegedly making threats aimed at Kenneth C. Coombs School staff.
The Mashpee Police Department said in court documents that the Coombs schoolâs assistant principal around 1:30 PM on Tuesday, March 23, reported a phone call to police in which Mr. Rivera, who is the father of a student, said he was coming to the school to âhurt the staff.â
Police said the threats led the assistant principal to send an email to school staff advising them to keep students in their classrooms with doors and windows shut and that some teachers felt compelled to barricade their doors to keep students safe.