Education

Be a buddy not a bully

Be a buddy, not a bully! That's the mantra of the peer mediators from Lunenburg's Turkey Hill Middle School. On November 29, four 7th grade mediators, Jameson Maillet, Raegan Hill, Taylor Jones and Mike Tenie represented THMS at the Stand Up! rally at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell.

Lunenburg PTO looking for volunteers

Lunenburg High School and the Lunenburg PTO will be hosting a Career Fair for all students on Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 7:30 to 10:55 a.m.

Women’s Club offering scholarships for 2013

The General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts, of which the Lunenburg Women's Club is a member, is offering the following scholarships for 2013.

LHS art students get revved up over partnership with North End Subaru

What do you get when you combine the new 2013 Subaru Crosstrek with a group of talented Lunenburg art students? A 60-foot long mural, depicting the "life of a Subaru," to be installed in June 2013!

Holiday Ceramics Sale at the LPL on December 10

Join the staff of the Lunenburg Public Library and students of the Lunenburg High School art department at the LPL on Monday, Dec. 10 from 5 to 8 p.m. for the first annual Holiday Ceramics Sale.

Bus fees on the table for Early Learning students

At last Wednesday's School Committee meeting, Superintendent Loxi-Jo Calmes expressed interest in keeping a bus fee in place for the Early Learning program at TC Passios. The Early Learning program is open to children aged 4 and older and to those enrolled in preschool.

Young Lunenburg engineers bring home four trophies from Robotics Competition


On Saturday, Dec. 1, three teams of young people from Lunenburg participated in the FIRST Lego League robotics tournament held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

THMS offers new social skills, anti-bullying programs

Navigating the stormy waters of middle school isn’t easy. At the same time that their hormones are raging and their bodies changing, adolescents are just beginning to discover who they are and are searching for ways to be accepted.

Coordinated Program Review will be taking place this school year

Superintendent Loxi-Jo Calmes of the Lunenburg Public Schools was informed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education of an upcoming Coordinated Program Review that will be taking place this school year.

Horticulture is in, but will need more green to continue

The Lunenburg High School's Horticulture program was a near victim of the town's recent budget cuts. Following the announcement at last May's senior awards ceremony that the program was being cut from the curriculum, there was a flurry of activity during which LHS Horticulture Teacher Dawn Gearin applied to both statewide and New England-based entities for grant money but came up empty handed.