Artistic Westborough 3rd Grader Wins College Scholarship

Clarene Martin won second price in the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority Annual College Savings Art Competition.

Armstrong Elementary School student Clarene Martin won second place in the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority Annual College Savings Art Competition. The art contest, open to students throughout the state, required students to draw a picture of what they want to be when they graduate from college.  The third-grader will be awarded a $2,000 scholarship, made payable to a U.Fund College Investing Plan account. She will also be recognized with a visit to the Statehouse on June 22.  MEFA, with support from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, opens the contest every year to Massachusetts students of public, private, charter and home-based schools in grades 3, 4, and 5. Clarene wants to be an animal …

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IMAGE GALLERY: Show Us Your Prom Pics!

It was a beautiful night Friday for the Westborough High junior prom.

Westborough High juniors celebrated their prom Friday night. Let's see your tuxes and gowns: share your photos on Patch!

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Sam Mayo Dirty Dances Way to Mr. WHS Crown

The pageant packed a crowd at Westborough High School Thursday night and helped raise money for the school's athletic department and the Westborough Food Pantry.

They moved like Jagger and struck poses like Madonna.  They showed off their talents and bared their knees. They even slipped into dresses, shaved their beards and shared some of their innermost secrets.  The eight contestants in the 2012 Mr. WHS pageant at Westborough High School pulled out all the stops Thursday night in their quest for a crown that was a more of a hat, and to help raise funds for good causes.  In the end, after 90 tightly produced minutes of skits and videos, swimsuits and formal wear, and talents real and pretend, the four judges and scores of voters in the audience—who weighed in by sending text votes—crowned senior Sam Mayo the 2012 Mr. WHS.  Mayo, no stranger to winning himself, having set a school record in the 500…

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Sally Lampi

10:30 am on Friday, May 18, 2012

Congratulations Sam, Reid and Ben! Great job by all. What a terrific night of fun!   more ›

Whiz Kids

WHS Student Earns $1,000 Scholarship With Essay

She is one of 15 chosen from a pool of over 400 to be honored for an essay on technology.

  Westborough High School student Amy Haskell is one of 15 high school seniors throughout the northeast who are recipients of the 2012 Custom Computer Specialists Right Start Scholarship. The $1,000 cash award is presented for academic achievement and for standout essays that creatively answer the question: If you were in charge of enhancing education through technology at your school district, what technologies would you implement and why? “Technology has become a vital part of the overall educational experience and the ways that individual districts approach technology varies as much as the technology. The intelligent, creative and mature responses from our scholarship program participants clearly displays how so many promising seniors …

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WHS Musicians Chosen for Music Festival

The siblings were two of six area musicians chosen to perform on May 23.

  Westborough High School students Ben and Elizabeth Anderson are two of six finalists in The 15th Anick Young People’s Performing Arts Festival Concert. The free event takes place at the Marlborough Public Library’s Bigelow Auditorium, 35 West Main St., on Wednesday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m. It is the third concert of the 2011-2012 Yacyshyn Concert Series and it is open to the public. Elizabeth and Ben Anderson have been performing traditional and contemporary Scottish fiddle music together for four years. Elizabeth, 18, studied classical violin and fiddle for ten years. She is a three-time winner of the New England Scottish Fiddle junior competition and has taken second place in the New England Open (adult) competition and fourth in the …

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School Drug Testing Policy May Be Revoked

Superintendent Marianne O'Connor plans to make that suggestion to the School Committee.

  The drug testing policy approved by the Westborough School Committee on April 25 may be revoked. Superintendent Marianne O’Connor told Westborough Patch that she plans to make that request at the May 23 School Committee meeting. “Certainly, the committee’s proposal governing drug testing has merit when administration believes a student’s health or safety is at risk. We believe additional research and education is needed in order to continue to build trust among our students,” she said in an email. “We will continue to be vigilant in preventing drug use at school and at school sponsored events. Efforts to educate our students and parents to the inherent dangers associated with illegal substances will continue.” Under the policy recently …

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Voice Recital Features 3 WHS Seniors

Local vocal coach said she has 'a ton of pride watching them.'

  As Westborough vocal coach Julie Krugman prepares the end-of-year recital for her students, she is especially proud of the three seniors who are moving on to college. Mara Frumkin, Kate Barrette and Chloe Reske will join 17 others in a free public performance. “They are going off to college and focusing on the arts. It’s a big decision,” said Krugman. “[College] is an important time. When you are in your 20s, you can afford to pursue your dreams.” Mara Frumkin, 17, has been singing since eighth grade. She is heading off to Texas Christian University in Fort Worth this fall. She plans to study theater and acting. “I hope to do musical theater, as well,” she said. “I want to keep performing. I want to inspire little kids to do theater.” …

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