Rapper and youth culture expert Juma Inniss shares his advice for being safe on social media and using it responsibly
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On September 26, the cafeteria at Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton resounded with the lively sounds of rap music and the high-energy presentation of Juma Inniss, an accomplished musician and founder / director of The Message, an organization that helps students more fully understand and appreciate the value of “media literacy, critical thinking and healthy decision-making,” according to its website themessagemovement.com.
When he spoke to the Blue Hills students, Inniss’s theme was…
Left to right: Brandon Holbert, Joe Fagan, Matt McCarthy, Shawn Vasquez, Brendan Donovan
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The boys’ rugby team from Blue Hills Regional Technical School in Canton was presented with an award for exemplary sportsmanship from the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) at the State MIAA Rugby Tournament at Curry College in Milton on June 22.
The plaque that was given to Blue Hills states that it was awarded for “outstanding demonstration of sportsmanship and respect during the [2019] Rugby season.”
Accepting the award on behalf of the team and the school were Athletic…
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…
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…
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…
