Schools

When skulls symbolize life

The halls of Wareham Middle School and Minot Forest are festooned with unusual decorations: skull paintings decorate the walls and pinata hang from the ceilings. The students celebrated Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, on Friday with...

School administrators talk improvement

The administrators from each school in Wareham took time at Thursday’s School Committee Meeting to discuss their goals for the school year, and their progress towards goals set during the last school year. Some goals and ideals are on the agenda at...
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Wareham Public Schools to conduct developmental screenings

The Wareham Public Schools will be conducting development screenings to identify possible learning or development delays in children between the ages of three and five. The screening quickly samples a child’s skills across speech and language,...

Elementary school’s name the subject of debate, heartache

The debate over the new elementary school’s name continued at Thursday night’s School Committee meeting, as a vote to name (or re-name) the school Wareham Elementary failed, a warrant article for the Spring Town Meeting passed, and Decas descendent...

Overburdened school nurses ask for help

The School Committee heard from the nurses at the four Wareham schools at Thursday night’s meeting. The nurses described a typical day on the job — although there is no typical day — and described the challenges, including extensive clerical work;...

Wareham High School Theater starts the year with One Acts

The high school student members of the Wareham Viking Theatre Company club presented a hilarious and, at times, heart-wrenching, show comprised of student-directed performances on Thursday night in the High School auditorium. “It’s like a variety...

Wareham Elks Lodge expands students' vocabulary

If words are a gateway to knowledge, then Wareham’s third-graders may have the ultimate guide when it comes to unlocking the world around them. On Wednesday, 150 third-graders from Minot Forest Elementary School received their own Webster...

September Scotty Award-winner announced

Julian Garcia has been named the Scotty Monteiro Jr. award-winner for September at the Wareham Middle School. School officials describe Garcia as a thoughtful and caring young man who warmly greets those he meets throughout the day, offers support...

September students of the month

The Wareham Middle School has announced its students of the month for September. Each month, one student from each grade is selected as student of the month. Teachers nominate students who are responsible, respectful, and thoughtful members of the...

MCAS results mixed for Wareham students

The state released the results of the Spring 2019 MCAS tests on September 24, and school officials are pleased. Dr. Andrea Schwamb, the assistant superintendent for Wareham Schools, said the schools are confident in their knowledge of students’...

New school to be named the Wareham Elementary School

The new elementary school will likely be named the Wareham Elementary School. At Thursday’s School Committee meeting, Superintendent Kimberly Shaver-Hood said that the School Building Committee had decided on the name because it was inclusive,...

What’s inside? Time Capsule opened to reveal treasures of 1994

Decas School alumni gathered on Monday night to celebrate the school's 50th anniversary and open a time capsule from the ancient, mysterious world of 1994. What did they find inside? Some dirt and roots that had broken through, but also artifacts of...

Schools prepare for year of learning, growing

The linoleum is gleaming and the buses are ready to roll as Wareham Schools prepare for the first day of school on Wednesday, August 28. This year, the schools will be celebrating a milestone anniversary, opening a time capsule, promoting good...