Wednesday, May 16, 2012
29 Hampden Meadows School students dance Tuesday night on the Providence Performing Arts Center stage.
More than two dozen Hampden Meadows School students got a chance to dance at PPAC (Providence Performing Arts Center) Tuesday night. The opportunity came through the program called Chance to Dance, said Sarah O’Brien, a parent. “You can check out their website for information on their mission,” she said. In short, Chance to Dance is a 26-year-old project operated by the Rhode Island Dance Alliance that brings dance and live accompaniment into Hampden Meadows and other schools in the state on a weekly basis throughout the year, O’Brien said. “The early-morning enrichment program is an opportunity for kids who wouldn't necessarily be in typical dance classes,” she said. There are no tights and special shoes required. Anyone can join for the …
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Barrington High School students could start taking online courses next year offered by The VHS Collaborative -- a nonprofit that offers courses and teachers from around the world.
Up to five Barrington High School students will be able to learn virtually next fall. They might be studying with students from around the world. Their teacher could be in California or Canada or China. The school district has been approved to become part of the Virtual High School Global Consortium -- an educational nonprofit that changed its name to The VHS Collaborative about a week ago. It offers hundreds of high school and middle schools that offers a catalog of hundreds of courses for students to take online. The collaborative started in 1996 in Maynard, Mass., with a federal education grant. See a story in Seen Magazine on the consortium's history and development. Click here for the collaborative's blog. Barrington has been approved…
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Barrington High School
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Barrington Middle School welcomes sixth-graders to the school with 'One Amazing Night' of information and entertainment.
Consider this a reminder if you have a sixth-grader enrolling at Barrington Middle School next fall. “One Amazing Night,” the annual event that welcomes next year’s sixth-graders to the school, runs Thursday from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. The night will include “The Amazing Race”; a chuck wagon serving food; informational tables and displays about programs at the school, including French, enrichment, robotics, art, and hero posters; listening to the jazz band and the chorus; playing some games in the gym, and bull riding. Yes, for $2, you can ride a mechanical bull – or at least give it a shot. Amazing!
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Barrington Middle School
261 Middle Hwy, Barrington, RI
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Thursday, May 17, is the annual "One Amazing Night" at Barrington Middle School, which includes the second "Amazing Race" around town.
“One Amazing Night” will include “The Amazing Race” this year. And some bull-riding, too. The annual Barrington Middle School event to welcome next year’s sixth-graders to the school runs Thursday from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. A definite highlight of the PTO-sponsored evening will be Barrington’s version of the CBS reality-TV game show in which teams race around the world competing against other teams for prize money. The middle school’s “Amazing Race” involves teams of four students and a driver age 21 or older. “Team uniforms are expected,” said Deb Sullivan, race coordinator. See the photo of winners from the previous race, the Green Hornets. The race teams must collaborate to solve clues, complete tasks, face roadblocks, think creatively and …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
The first "Kidlympics' of Red Brick School attracts children from ages 3-14 to a track and field event that was much more about having fun than winning.
Dozens of children ages 3-14 ran dashes and relays, tossed softballs and Frisbees, and jumped as far as they could late Saturday afternoon at the Barrington High School track. It was the first “Kidlympics” track and field event sponsored by Red Brick School in Barrington. The Olympics-style competition was really much more about having fun under sunny skies and in 75-degree temperatures than it was about winning. Events included 50-yard and 100-yard dashes, a 400-yard relay, softball and Frisbee tosses, and a long jump – although mostly short jumps. Some of the “partners” with the Red Brick School were the Bayside YMCA, the high school track team, and Fitness Together, whose owner, Matt Gagliano, led warm-ups. A portion of the money raised…
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Red Brick School
50 Middle Hwy, Barrington, RI
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Barrington High School
220 Lincoln Ave, Barrington, RI
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
The Barrington Boosters recognize 25 student-athletes at the high school who plan to continue competing in their sports in college or prep school.
Elizabeth Palko provided this information and a photo. The Barrington Boosters recognized on Wednesday evening 25 student-athletes from the high school who plan to continue their commitment to sports in college or prep school next fall. Of the seniors, 23 will compete on teams from the Division I to club levels in college. Two seniors will play in a post-graduate program. The recognition event was held in the high school library. The students, their colleges and their sports:
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Barrington High School
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Friday, May 11, 2012
The Barrington School Commitee will shelve its "pilot program" for recruiting 10 out-of-district students for next year if tuition won't cover all costs for them.
Barrington will shelve its idea for a “pilot program” that recruits 10 out-of-district students to its top-ranked schools next year unless the tuition it charges covers the cost of educating those kids. That may be the most definite decision made about the pilot program so far, said School Committee Chairman Patrick Guida. The only other solid decisions made so far, said Guida, is that “we will not exceed 10 students at this point in time” and “we set the tuition at exactly our per-pupil expenditure, $12,800.” Other than that, Guida said: “All we’ve really said is that we want to do a pilot program. I don’t know yet where it will go.” “We have no criteria established,” he said. “We just know that we would like to test the waters to see if …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Are you willing to pay a bit more in taxes to save wood shop at the Barrington Middle School?
The School Committee's elimination of a teacher for wood shop at the Barrington Middle School caused a bit of consternation at the annual budget hearing on Wednesday evening. A middle school student, Calvin Banas, actually submitted a petition to the School Committee at its most recent meeting to save wood shop. It had more than 450 signatures. Now there is a possibility that an amendment will be made to the proposed school budget to put up to $100,000 back into the spending plan at the Financial Town Meeting on May 23. Are you willing to pay a bit more in taxes -- about 5 cents more per $1,000 of assessed value -- to save wood shop? Complete the Patch Poll and please use the comment box.
The proposed Barrington school budget shows a new source of revenue -- tuition for up to 10 out-of-district students.
Barrington is actively recruiting up to 10 students – one in each grade except fourth- and fifth-grades – to attend its highly regarded schools. At a cost of almost $12,800 each for tuition. “We never had seats before,” said Superintendent Robert McIntyre before the annual budget hearing hosted by the Committee on Appropriations at the middle school on Wednesday evening. “It’s something new," he said. "We’re trying it to see if it will attract students.” The proposed $44.6 million dollar school budget shows an actual revenue line item of almost $127,000 for tuition for out-of-district students. It’s a line item that could come up short if the district does not find 10 students to fill the seats. McIntyre said he isn’t overly concerned. …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The Barrington High School girls' lacrosse team plays Thursday evening in a game to benefit the Relay For Life.
Be aware of their purple socks. The girls’ lacrosse team will wear the special socks on Thursday, May 10, when it plays Moses Brown in a rematch at 7 pm at the Barrington High School field. The purple socks aren’t being worn for additional inspiration to play the only team that has beaten them this year, though. The socks will remind spectators that the game will benefit the American Cancer Society. “We are calling it a ‘Play for Life’ game, and it will benefit the American Cancer Society through the Barrington Relay For Life,” said Liz Teitz, captain of the team and a member of the Relay For Life planning team. “Donations will be collected for the ACS, and information and registration forms will also be available,” said Liz, who also is …
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220 Lincoln Ave, Barrington, RI
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Manifold Witness
10:29 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012
So which lawyer will be drafting the contracts for these 10 students? Because now this is a contractual relationship for the Barrington school district to provide certain educational services to these 10 purchasers. How much will it cost to draft these individualized contracts? This legal expense is not in the $12,800. What happens if one of these kids gets suspended? Do the parents stop paying … more ›