RANDOLPH 2009 TOWN REPORT ARTICLE ON BLUE HILLS REGIONAL
The Blue Hills Regional District School Committee is pleased to submit its Annual Report to the residents of the Town of Randolph.
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Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical School continues its commitment to provide high caliber academic and vocational instruction to district students in grades nine through twelve, and to others through postgraduate training. The nine towns in the district include Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, and Westwood.
Richard Riman serves as the Randolph representative on the Blue Hills Regional District School Committee. The Committee meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the William T. Buckley District School Committee Meeting Room (Room 207A) at the school at 800 Randolph St., Canton. The public is invited to attend.~ The following members comprised the 2008-2009 / 2009-2010 School Committee:
AVON:~ Francis J. Fistori, Chairman
BRAINTREE:~ Robert P. Kimball
CANTON:~ Aidan G. Maguire, Jr., Secretary
DEDHAM:~ Joseph A. Pascarella, Vice Chairman
HOLBROOK:~~ Robert S. Austin
MILTON:~~ Festus Joyce
NORWOOD:~ Kevin L. Connolly
RANDOLPH:~~ Richard Riman
WESTWOOD:~~ Charles W. Flahive
Late in 2004, Gov. Mitt Romney announced the inception of the John and Abigail Adams Scholarships, which are given to high school students in recognition of their outstanding MCAS scores. The scholarships entitle the recipients to four years of free tuition at any University of Massachusetts campus or any participating state or community college in Massachusetts. ~Forty-three members of the Class of 2009 were named Adams Scholars, including Randolph seniors Sean Bertoni, Mary Bickford, Atory Davis-Hinds, Kayla Fernandez, Derek Lagasse, Christopher Lomax, Deirdre Pio, Jonathan Putnam, Ashanti Roberts, Rachel Tabor, Anthony Tyler Jr., Zachary Vaswani, and John Weeks.
Eighteen juniors and two seniors in the Health Occupations program were awarded Certified Nursing Assistant credentials in June.~ Among them were Randolph students: senior Francisco Barba and juniors Shelby Bascom, April Hollis, Kirsten Lawson, Mindy Mofford, Sandra Nguyen, Ashley Niles, Asia Taylor, Victoria Tempone, Chelsea Walker, and Jacquelyn Young.
Blue Hills Regional students participated in SkillsUSA District Competition at the J.P. Keefe Regional Vocational Technical School in Framingham and won 23 medals.~ Randolph students earned several medals including silver in Carpentry (Alfredo DePina), bronze in Collision Repair Technology (Devon Stanley), silver in Cosmetology under 500 hours (Jill Tragno), silver in Electronics Application (Derek Lagasse), gold in Preschool Teaching Assistant (Kayla Fernandez), silver in Preschool Teaching Assistant (Iyesha Muhammad).~ Chelsea Walker was a state officer candidate.
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The Annual National Honor Society (NHS) Induction was held on February 25, 2009. Twenty-three new members were welcomed, and 15 second- and third-year members participated in the ceremony.~ Secretary Rolanda Bernard and Treasurer Kayla Fernandez gave speeches.~ New inductees from the Class of 2011 included students Lynsey Prosper and Allison Sansone.~ New inductees from the Class of 2010 included students Katlyn McSweeney, Sandra Nguyen and Jete Thames.~
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Senior Derek Lagasse, an Electronics program student, was on Channel 5 (WCVB-TV) March 18 on the “A+” segment that spotlights exceptional local high school seniors.~ Lagasse was also chosen as Blue Hills’ Outstanding Vocational-Technical Student of 2009.
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The Engineering Program successfully entered its sixth year at Blue Hills Regional. In 2009, the program earned Chapter 74 status from the Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education signifying that it is recognized as a full-fledged technical program.
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On November 19, 2009, Blue Hills Regional hosted its annual Open House.
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As of October 1, 2009, the total high school enrollment was 845~students, 321 were from Randolph.
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Five adult students from Randolph graduated from the post-secondary Practical Nursing Program on June 24, 2009. The Practical Nursing Program is a full-time, ten-month program of study provided on a tuition and fee basis.
As much as possible within confines of the curriculum, Blue Hills Regional offers Cosmetology, Culinary, Early Education and Care, Construction Technology, Graphics and Automotive services to district residents – and in some cases, local government, non- profits and the general public at well below commercial cost.~~This practice allows students to gain experience in practical, hands-on situations in conjunction with their classroom work. Over the years, residents, civic and municipal groups in the Town have saved considerable money by having Blue Hills Regional students perform work for them.
Respectfully submitted,
Mr. Richard Riman
Randolph Representative
Blue Hills Regional Technical School District
December 31, 2009
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