Aidan Pollard May 12, 2021
The return to full in-person learning at the Old Rochester Regional High School went off “without a hitch,” Principal Silas Coellner said.
The principals of ORRHS and ORRJS gave the ORR School Committee updates on school operations following the return to full in-person school last month.
“It’s been a great month,” ORRHS Principal Michael Devoll said.
He said it’s “been awesome” to be back to school in person, with sports and clubs operating.
“It feels like we’re back to normal,” Devoll said.
Despide some changes, like altered lunch schedules and seating arrangements, that had to be made in order to bring junior high and high school students to the classroom full time, both principals said students have adapted well.
May 12, 2021
MATTAPOISETT The Mattapoisett Lions Club has announced the 2021 Peter Hodges Memorial Scholarship awardees. The two $2,500 scholarships are sponsored by the Lions Club.
This year’s recipients are Colin Mackin of Rochester, a senior at Old Rochester Regional High School, and Bridget Farias also of Rochester, a senior at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School.
Mackin will be attending UMass Amherst, where his education will focus on Environmental Studies. Working within COVID restrictions, Mackin is recognized for community work with the Rochester Council on Aging for delivering Meals on Wheels, spearheading a drive for sanitary supplies, volunteering at Damien’s Pantry and delivering books for the Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library. Mackin’s Eagle Scout project culminated from many hours of work designing and building the Little Hundred Acre Woods, a reading garden in the wooded area on the library grounds in Rochester.
Aidan Pollard May 10, 2021
Eddie Gonet placed seventh in the world at the DECA International Competition. Photos Courtesy: Old Rochester Regional School District
Teddy Carroll poses with his trophy.
When Old Rochester Regional High School students Teddy Carroll and Eddie Gonet made the DECA International Competition last year, it wound up being cancelled by covid.
This year, they were able to compete and place in the international business competition.
Gonet placed seventh overall in the world at the competition, and Carroll placed in the top 20.
“It’s a dream come true,” Gonet said. “Because the past two years it’s kind of what we’ve been working toward.”
‘Macbeth - A Night at the Drive-In’ on Old Rochester Regional High grounds May 21, 22
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MATTAPOISETT – Macbeth - A Night at the Drive-In will be screened on Friday, May 21, and Saturday, May 22, on the Old Rochester Regional High School grounds. The venue opens at 7:30 p.m. with the show at 8:30 p.m.
The Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club film based on Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth stars Tyler Trudeau, Chloe Bean, Isabel Friedrichs, Lee Grondin, Jimmy Harrington, Bessie Pierre, Jessica Vance, Max Tucker.
Directed by Beth Trout and Matthew P. Houde. Set construction by John Ashley.