Pool testing for the coronavirus at Hull High School has proven to be a success so far, with more students to be added to the program soon. Since March 8, the school has been the setting for pool testing, where multiple people’s swabs are combined and tested as on,. HHS nurse Tricia Roach has been…
• DAR Good Citizens Award Celebrates local students. The Col. Thomas Lothrop Old Colony Chapter of DAR honored four exceptional young people at the chapter’s 2021 Good Citizens award ceremony on Sunday, March 7, virtually via Zoom. Each were nominated by the staff and faculty of their high schools and wrote an essay on the…
Consultants lead toward mixed-use plan Members of the Massachusetts Associations of Regional Schools Consulting Group team presented to the Board of Selectmen this week a summary of its 50-page Best Educational Use of School Facilities Study for the Hull Public Schools, outlining four options based on declining enrollments, public concern about excess space, and other…
With the news that Pfizer’s vaccine is 100 percent effective in 12- to 15-year-old children, and the vaccine already approved for ages 16 and up, a return to “normal” school may be on the horizon. Pfizer recently completed its clinical trial in the 12-15 age group and is hoping to get the vaccine approved for…
In a year when everything has changed, students still have a tried and tested course option VHS, or Virtual High School. VHS is an online program with more than 200 courses available. Students can take the courses as electives, giving them access to classes they would not be able to participate in otherwise. Topics range…
It was the seniors’ last home game. So, the Hull Pirates made it a memorable one. Led by another suffocating defensive performance and a big play offense, Hull (2-1) blanked visiting Holbrook/Avon 48-0 on Friday evening. Not only did the defense earn its first shutout of the season, it scored the first points as Aiden…
Members of Hull High School student government and the student group PRISM attended the 2021 Connections Conference for the first time virtually yesterday and declared it a success. Connections is “a group of Sutton High School students and staff committed to making our school a more welcoming place for all students,” according to its website.…
Students at the Lillian M. Jacobs Elementary School participated in the school’s 18th annual Read-a-thon event recently and raised a record $20,000 after having read for more than 200,000 minutes during the weeklong event. “The Jacobs School raised an astonishing $20,000 this year, which is over twice the amount we raised during their previously held…
A collaborative effort between the Manet Community Health Center in Hull and the Hull Public Schools has meant that about 95 percent of the town’s teachers, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers, paraprofessionals, and other staff associated with the schools have either been partially or fully vaccinated or have scheduled appointments to receive their first or…
There is a cruelty in sports that, at times, the better team does not win the game. The Hull High football team learned that hard lesson on Saturday. After outplaying its opponent, led by a stingy defense that twice was one play away from a shutout win, the Pirates allowed Norwell to escape Finlayson Field…