Old Colony

The administration at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School is pleased to announce the slate of officers leading the school’s Student Council for 2006-2007. The Old Colony Student Council is affiliated with the Massachusetts Association of Student Councils. Elected to lead the organization were: Yahaira Robles-Ferro (Rochester) – President Victoria Fernandes (Freetown) – Vice […]

Three Old Colony students and Peer Leadership Advisor, Jeanne DiOrio, recently participated in the International Student Leadership Institute held as UMASS Dartmouth. The philosophy of this program includes five essential objectives – support, awareness, self-confidence, positive thinking, and values. The process of teaching the philosophy is through five connecting reinforcers, including group process, communication, motivation,

A member of the student body at Old Colony was recently selected for the 2006 MSSAA Student Achievement Award. This award is presented to one student at each high school in the Commonwealth by the Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators’ Association. Computer Office Technology student Janelle Gifford, a resident of Acushnet, was selected by members of

The following Old Colony student-athletes have been selected to the Softball Mayflower League All-Star Team for this past season: Yahaira Robles-Ferro (Rochester) Mari Mitchell (Lakeville) The following Old Colony student-athletes have been selected to the Mayflower League Baseball All-Star Team for this past season: Nathan Deree (Acushnet) Alexander Mitchell (Lakeville) Christopher Faustino (Rochester) All-Star selections

The Scholarship Committee at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School has selected senior Kerrie Rousseau (Acushnet) as the 2006 recipient of the Bristol Stars AAU Scholarship. Kerrie received her scholarship at the June 1st Annual Awards Ceremony at Old Colony. Kerrie will attend Bristol Community College in September as a member of the Presidential

The Scholarship Committee at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School has selected senior Nathan Deree (Acushnet) as the 2006 recipient of the Acushnet Youth Athletic Association Scholarship. Nathan received his scholarship at the June 1st Annual Awards Ceremony at Old Colony.

Members of the Health Careers Program at Old Colony will participate in a job shadow program at St. Luke’s Hospital. The Old Colony juniors will affiliate from May 22 through June 2, 2006. There will be one student per day assigned to eleven various departments throughout the hospital. The student will remain in the department

Four sophomores from the Computer Information Technology Department recently completed a website for the Rochester Council on Aging (COA) Senior Center. The student web design team consisted of: Matthew Willett (Carver) Zachary Card (Carver) Adam Veary (Freetown) Michael Poland (Lakeville) The students visited the Rochester Senior Center and met with Director Sharon Lally on April

Old Colony students from the Computer Information Technology Department won first- and second-place trophies and prizes for their placement in the Fourth Annual Bristol Community College (BCC) Website Contest, held on May 11, 2006, at the Fall River campus. Eighty students from 6 area high schools participated in the competition. The students were given textual

The Athletic Department at Old Colony has selected two student-athletes for recognition in the 12th annual Standard-Times “Leadership Award Program.” Old Colony again hosted this event for the twelve area high schools. Dinner was prepared by the Culinary Arts Department. The 2006 nominees were Kerrie Rousseau (Acushnet) and Mathew Hudon (Acushnet). Both student-athletes are seniors

The administration at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School is pleased to recognize the Wareham Elks Lodge for its support in the annual Student of the Month/Year Program. Old Colony students were recently honored at a banquet held at the Elks Club in Wareham for their participation. The students who received awards were: Students

Through the efforts of the physical education department, Old Colony students had the opportunity to attempt to scale a rock climbing wall. The popular new athletic activity was made possible through the Massachusetts National Guard. The portable climbing wall is made available to schools throughout the Commonwealth by the National Guard who provides the instruction,