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Construction Technology students build major addition on Canton home

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Photo shows the major addition being built at 20 Robbin Road in Canton by BHR Construction students
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On a recent Friday morning in early June, there was hardly a sound on Robbin Road in Canton, a leafy, bucolic street in Canton not far from the center of town. But something very exciting was quietly happening there. An open house was underway at 20 Robbin Road, which has been the home of Mark and Rose Matanes since 1975. (They are the original owners.) The public was invited that morning to view the ongoing construction at the Mataneses’ house being done by students in Construction Tech from Blue…

Class of 2019 graduates from BHR

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Left to right: Treasurer William Nee, Secretary Neissa Zamor, Vice President Angela Okoye, and President Robert O'Connell
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“There is no stopping the Class of 2019,” declared Class President Robert O’Connell of Dedham. On Wednesday, June 12, under glorious blue skies with soft, summery breezes and weather that could not have been more perfect, 207 members of the Class of 2019 at Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton bade farewell to their high school days at the school’s Commencement Exercises, wished their classmates good luck in the future, and expressed their abiding gratitude to Blue Hills for giving them…

Health Assisting students earn their Certified Nursing Assistant pins

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Student Anastacia Sampson waves excitedly to her classmates
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In a ceremony marked with laughter and nostalgia for special moments from the past eventful four years, 20 students in the Health Assisting program at Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton were awarded their Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) pins at the school on May 24, 2019 in front of an appreciative audience of family members and Blue Hills staff. “To earn a CNA in high school opens the door for so many other opportunities in college and careers,” said Principal Jill Rossetti. “These…

New members inducted into National Honor Society

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NHS President Isabel Davila-Lynch. Behind her is NHS Advisor Michelle Barley.
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On Wednesday, May 22, 2019, twenty-seven new members of the William A. Dwyer Chapter of the National Honor Society at Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton were inducted in a ceremony attended by family members and Blue Hills staff and administrators including Principal Jill Rossetti. “We are so proud of our NHS students and we really enjoy their community service projects, too,” Principal Rossetti said. The evening featured opening remarks from Dean of Students Thomas Cavanaugh, and the…

Class of 2019 honored at Senior Awards Night

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Left to right: Athletic Director Ed Catabia, Brianna Lynch, Rose Dacey, and Senator Walter Timilty
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Eighty-two outstanding students from the Class of 2019 at Blue Hills Regional Technical School were honored on May 15 during the school’s annual Senior Scholarship and Award Ceremony. Guidance Counselors Sarah Titus and Laura O’Reilly shared master of ceremonies duties for the event, which drew a capacity crowd of family members, civic and business leaders, distinguished guests, Blue Hills faculty, administrators and staff. Superintendent James P. Quaglia and Principal Jill Rossetti each addressed…