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.
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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…
Fifty-two recipients of the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship in the Class of 2020 at Blue Hills Regional Technical School were honored recently at a ceremony at the school attended by administrators, staff, friends and family members, Blue Hills Regional District School Committee Chair Thomas R. Polito, Jr., of Dedham, and legislators from Blue Hills’ nine-town district which is comprised of Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph and Westwood.
The distinguished guests…
Decades ago, author Thomas Wolfe wrote a classic novel titled “You Can’t Go Home Again.” For Marc O’Brien, however, that sentiment doesn’t quite ring true.
A 2004 graduate of Blue Hills Regional Technical School who studied Construction Technology, Mr. O’Brien, 34, now an experienced professional carpenter employed by Consigli Construction, which proclaims itself “one of the largest general contractors in the Northeast,” came back to the high school alma mater he still holds dear in July to work…
Left to right: Students Christopher Alcimbert and Domenic Schiavo, with Auto Collision Repair and Refinishing Teacher Dwight Seaman
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Blue Hills Regional Technical School recently held its Fall 2019 Advisory Board dinner and meetings, both of which were well-attended by faculty, administrators and dozens of enthusiastic professionals eager to pitch in and use their years of training and expertise to help the school and its students.
In the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 74, which governs vocational technical education in the Commonwealth, Chapter 6 states: “Each school district, county agricultural school, collaborative or…
Criminal Justice student Allyson demonstrates how to dust for fingerprints at the school's recent Open House. It was one of the many demonstrations of Blue Hills students' technical skills that were held during this event.
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Blue Hills Regional Technical School was abuzz with excitement on Nov. 6 when its annual Open House was held, drawing hundreds of enthusiastic prospective students and their families for an up-close look at the outstanding academic and career education the school offers.
By all accounts, the night was a smash hit across the board.
“Our current students and master instructors showcased their program spaces, technical equipment, sample projects, led interactive experiences, demonstrations and answered…
