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Exciting STEAMposium Event at DRRHS Superintendent Anthony Azar has announced that the DightonRehoboth Regional Schools is hosting the fourth annual STEAM Posium, an exciting, free event on March 21, from 10am-2pm at Dighton-Rehoboth Regional HS. The STEAMposium will feature hands-on activities, interactive exhibits, presentations, exploration and fun for all ages.

S.T.E.A.M. stands for learning and careers in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.

In addition to the student exhibits, we have many community partners and professionals in the field ready to engage in activities and discussion. Partners include: UMass Dartmouth Kaput Center for Research & Innovation in STEM Education, SMARTS Collaborative, Rehoboth Ambulance, Whitsons Food Service, TRANE Corporation, and the Dighton Girl Scouts.

In addition, the DRRHS Advanced acting class will have a performance at 11:00am and the STEAM Career Exploration Center will be open all day!

Snacks and lunch will be available for purchase throughout the event so plan to stay all day. This event is open to the public and community members are encouraged to attend.

For more information about the STEAMposium contact Celeste Sullivan, csullivan@drregional.org, 508-252-5000.

Dighton-Rehoboth Marching Band Boosters’ Bus Trip To Foxwoods April 4 21+ Fundraiser to benefit the Marching Band. Tickets are $40.00. Your Ticket Price includes: • Round trip ride on a charter coach bus • $10 play card to Foxwoods. • $10 gift card towards buffet.

Bus Departs 3:30PM sharp from Dighton Rehoboth High school. Arrive at Foxwoods Approximately 5:00 pm. Leave Foxwoods at 10:30 PM returning to DRRHS.

Seats are on a first come first serve basis and are very limited Please email for availability & to reserve your seat Mailing address will be provided to remit payment Contact: Angela Tavares vicepresident@DRMBboosters.org Tickets are transferrable but not refundable

Dighton-Rehoboth High School Class of 2020 Scholarships Residents of our two towns are invited to demonstrate support for our youth, the greatest resource in our communities. In March, Dighton and Rehoboth Seniors from D-R Regional High School will go door-to-door to raise funds toward their scholarships, which are available for any accredited form of higher education for a standard degree or certificate of study.

March 20 through March 22, the Team members will visit their neighbors and describe the Citizen’s Scholarship Foundation, now in its 60th year of benefiting the High School Seniors going on to higher education. These students receive an equal share of the funds collected in this campaign.

Eligibility Requirement: Being a participant of the Door-toDoor Campaign—without exception—is required for eligibility of any funds from the Citizen’s Scholarship Foundation of DightonRehoboth.

Other Funds: These participants—and ONLY these students— are also eligible for additional CSF scholarships. The deadline is April 8 to complete their on-line applications for these scholarships. Scholarship Notification Letters are awarded during the Celebration of Excellence in May.

Applications: At Senior Assembly, this year’s Class of 2020 learned the benefits of participating, how to join their town’s Team, how to earn their share of the funds collected during the Campaign, how to apply for additional scholarships, and some opportunities to increase community participation. The 14 routes in Dighton and the 27 routes in Rehoboth are allocated as first-come, first assigned to each student signing up for a Team. Seniors can apply at the High School’s Guidance Office.

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58 The Reporter March 2020 Coronavirus Update from Dr. Azar Dear Dighton-Rehoboth School Community: In light of the increasing local incidence of COVID -19, we are disseminating the Center for Disease Control’s recommendations to communities who are preparing for or responding to an outbreak of the Coronavirus.

Community Mitigation Guidance for COVID-19 Response in the United States

It is appropriate to share this information with our D-R community with hopes to reach our “at risk” families/staff or potential populations exposed to travelers of high risk destinations, within our school community. The CDC’s “community mitigation guidance” is a resource the district is sharing as ongoing best practices. The Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District respectfully requests that any person(s) who have traveled to global destinations currently experiencing COVID-19, follow the CDC attached guidelines, including daily self-monitoring (temperature taking) and voluntary home isolation. The district will accommodate and provide support to students during any absence.

Additional cleaning procedures within the schools are being evaluated as a precautionary measure.

Please continue to remind children of the importance of good hygiene; washing hands before eating, keeping hands away from their face. Through these precautionary measures, we hope to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our communities.

While this is a serious public health situation, the CDC in collaboration with state agencies continue to report that the immediate risk to Dighton-Rehoboth and surrounding communities remains low at this time. In the event you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the nurse at your child’s school for more information.

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Two exciting new educational programs from the nonprofit organization Education Now 2.0 have been combined into a single innovative program. These programs are a middle school STEAM scholastic competition “TinytinyHouses Now” and a scholarship program for needy students in Nepal “Nepal Scholarships Now.” On the surface, they appear to be worlds apart, but the EN2 Team has leveraged the best aspects of each resulting in a new, powerful program to benefit students. ‘TinytinyHouses Now’ and ‘Nepal Scholarships Now’ Converge Education Now 2.0 Announces the Integration of Two Innovative New Programs to Benefit Students in the U.S. and Nepal EN2.0 educators from the United States will be heading to Kathmandu Nepal this summer to produce an exciting new workshop for teachers and students in partnership with the New Millennium School. Principal Joe Pirraglia from The Beckwith Middle School in Rehoboth, MA will participate in a cultural exchange and a series of professional development workshops with educators at the New Millennium School of Kathmandu, Nepal. During the workshops, EN2.0 educators will be incorporating lessons from their proprietary curriculum package into the project based learning and critical thinking activities as part of the curriculum development.

The Nepal Scholarships Now project is a global partnership between EN2.0 and the New Millennium School in Nepal. EN2.0’s scholarship program consists of teacher training, curriculum development, procuring school supplies and providing scholarships for students in need. This relationship allows for students in both Nepal and the United States to participate in web-driven cultural exchange activities such as the year long cultural exchange program between students at the the Rehoboth Middle school and the NMS which included communications exchange, sharing class work and social activities leading to life-long friendships for students, teachers and administrators.

EN2’s mission is to educate local and global communities about healthy sustainable educational practices. Carmel Valianti, founder and president of EN2.0, recently commented that “seeing Kabita Regmi, the curriculum developer from NMS work with Daryl Dunbar, TtHN program developer from the Somersworth Middle School in NH was extremely gratifying and watching Daryl review his students achievements in the TtHN competition was thrilling! Joe Pirraglia & Kabita Regmi

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Seekonk Public School Receive STEM Career Learning Grants Superintendent Dr. Rich Drolet is pleased to announce that Seekonk High School and Martin Elementary School have received grants to offer new STEM-based curricular programming to help prepare students for future career success.

“Last year Hurley Middle School received a Project Lead the Way grant and we also have applied for Aitken Elementary School to participate as well. In total, we will have received about $100,000 in grant money for teacher training, curricula materials, and equipment,” Drolet shared. “This means that all four of our schools will be implementing increased STEM-based offerings for our students within the next three years. I am very grateful to our principals and teachers for seeking innovation and exploring hands-on, projectbased learning and courses,” Drolet commented.