If students at Blue Hills Regional Technical School thought that smoking, vaping and JUULING were just harmless pastimes, they got quite a wake-up call on January 27 from guest speaker Dr. Lester Hartman, who made the potential health risks of such behavior very clear to them.
“I hope Dr. Hartman convinced at least one or more students not to start vaping,” said Blue Hills Superintendent Jill Rossetti. “In follow-up sessions in their programs, students and teachers were discussing things they learned…
BHR graduate Matthew Hurley, Class of 1993, now Executive Chef at CUT, Las Vegas
Imagine having the same boss for 26 years – and loving it. Matthew Hurley, the accomplished executive chef at CUT, a restaurant located at the Palazzo Las Vegas that food critic and commentator John Curtas lauded as “one of the world’s greatest steakhouses…one of the best restaurants in America,” has had the enviable opportunity to work for renowned Chef Wolfgang Puck for more than two and a half decades, and still rhapsodizes about him.
That connection, plus Hurley’s expertise and innovative flair,…
Left to right: Adult Basic Education Site Coordinator Tammy MacDonald, Director Susan Haberstroh, Supt. Jill Rosset, and District School Committee Vice Chair Eric Erskine of Braintree celebrate grant from Dedham Savings Community Foundation.
The Adult Basic Education (ABE) program administered by Blue Hills Regional Technical School has been awarded an $11,750 grant from the Dedham Savings Community Foundation. The grant was presented to administrators from the program and the school on January 9 at the former Capen School at 322 Sprague Street in Dedham where the program now holds classes.
The money will be used for an ABE sign for the building, new shades for classrooms and offices, and document readers for the classrooms.
Blue Hills…
Dear Blue Hills Community:
This letter is to notify our school community that a freshman student brought a pellet gun and a live round of ammunition to school Tuesday.
At this time, there is no danger to the school community, and no threats have been made. Both items have been placed in custody of the Canton Police Department.
At approximately 1:10 p.m., a school official was notified by multiple students that a male student may possibly be in possession of a firearm. The Canton Police Department…
DSC Chair Thomas R. Polito, Jr., of Dedham presents past DSC Chair Marybeth Nearen of Randolph with a plaque at the Dec. 9, 2019 meeting.
Marybeth Nearen of Randolph was recognized for her distinguished service to the Blue Hills Regional District School Committee (DSC) as its chair for two consecutive school years at its meeting on December 3, 2019.
Chair Thomas R. Polito, Jr. of Dedham presented her with a handsome plaque adored with a gavel.
Mrs. Nearen was DSC chair during the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 school years. She was only the third woman to be on the DSC in Blue Hills Regional’s fifty-plus-year history, and she was just the…
