Recently I wrote a piece titled “Always say Goodbye” about the closing of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. My wife Darcy (aka The Baseball Widow) shared her feeling on the matter as well and asked me to post on her behalf. Hope you enjoy. On Saturday afternoon, I took my girls to church not realizing that this particular Saturday would be the last time I sat in the pews of this beautiful church we have called our parish (for myself…
Always say goodbye, because you never know if you will get the chance. That happened to me this past weekend. I used to travel a lot and in the spring my baseball umpiring duties force me to miss or reschedule some things, including attending mass. On average I would say I attend mass 45 out of 52 weeks of the year. I was a parishioner at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. I did not get to say goodbye to the…
Burncoat Middle robotics team seeks $ to compete in world meet WORCESTER – A handful of Burncoat Middle School students are readying for the challenge of their young lives, but first they must raise the money to follow their dream.Five eighth-graders will board a bus bound for the 2016 VEX Robotics World Competition, being held April 20-23 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Tonight: Worcester school board set to vote on next superintendent WORCESTER – Faced with one of the board’s biggest decisions in seven years, most School Committee members have seen enough. They’re ready to vote for a new superintendent Monday night. Board members said Friday they’re confident the next school chief is among the four candidates they’re considering for the job: Norrback Avenue School Principal Karrie J.
Worcester City Council opposes higher cap on charter schools WORCESTER – The City Council has joined the School Committee in going on record in strong opposition to raising the cap on charter schools.By a 10-1 vote, the council Tuesday night adopted a resolution requesting Gov. Charles D. Baker Jr.
Safety equipment upgrades, more police officers recommended for Worcester schools WORCESTER – The district’s school safety liaison and a special advisory committee advises implementing several recommendations from a recent independent audit of the district’s safety systems, including upgrading school security hardware and adding two police liaison officers.Robert Pezzella also suggests changing the title of his current position from school safety liaison to director of school safety and communication.
John Monfredo, Worcester School Committee “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”…Ben Franklin That is sound advice from a great leader… Ben Franklin! Again it’s that time of the year that the community needs to be involved in the school budget and look what we, as a city, are allocating for our schools. The past few weeks the School Committee and Administration have met with our Local Legislator Delegation to discuss the educational needs of our school system. …
Forming a new ‘family’ at Worcester’s Burncoat Prep WORCESTER – The sign hanging on the wall behind Deborah Catamero’s desk offers a persuasive bit of advice: “Save time, see it my way.””It’s really our way,” the Burncoat Street Preparatory School principal said Friday, laughing off what is meant to be a joke.
Are kindergartners being over-tested? Worcester school board to take a look WORCESTER – The School Committee will look at whether kindergarten students are being made to take too many tests, despite the interim superintendent’s argument that assessments are critical at that age. “I’ll proceed very cautiously before we start interfering” with the district’s testing schedule, said Mayor Joseph Petty, who agreed to send the issue to the board’s Teaching, Learning and Student Supports Standing Committee for further study.
The annual tradition of watching the Academy Awards Nominations by the baseball (election) widow and me is complete and this year I am going to take a different approach. Each year I normally try to predict the winner. Since I truly feel that this year is set up so “The Revenant” will win, there is no sense in me predicting a winner, because I will just be flat out wrong. Although, I do think “Spotlight” will give “The Revenant” a…