In response to an unanticipated surge in enrollment, the Edgartown School will add another kindergarten class this fall.
There are currently 46 students signed up for kindergarten, and more could register before September, said principal John Stevens in his petition for selectmen support at their weekly meeting Monday.
Tom Trouble was on trial last Thursday in Edgartown district court, and it was up to a group of seventh graders from the Edgartown School to try the case. Tom’s day in court was the focus of a student mock trial, the culmination of an eight-week enrichment program that gave students exposure to the legal system.
Edgartown police chief Antone Bettencourt said the mass casualty drill will last about three hours and will likely close part of Edgartown-West Tisbury Road and Cooke street.
The Edgartown School has announced its honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2012-2013 academic year.
Eighth grade high honors: Abigail Lively and Lucy Ulyatt.
Eighth grade honors: Lauryn Bond, Kyle Boyd, Elizabeth Dourian, Gabriella Carlos, Cana Courtney, Lucy Enos, Sarah Felix, Ennis Foster, Daniel Gaines, Kylie Hatt, Kylie Hathaway, Anna Keenan, Mary Morano, Jordan Tate Da Silva, Joshua Tate Da Silva and Ava Thors.
Robin Forte, Island Grown Schools’ Harvest of the Month guest chef for the Edgartown School, moved through the lunch room with a tray of asparagus roll-ups for students to try. As she moved from table to table she saw a pattern emerging, one that has become familiar through the course of this first year of our Harvest of the Month program. The children at first would politely say “No, thank you” to the taste test. Then one student would venture, “I’ll try it,” and then each person in turn around the table would say the same thing.
The classroom is up the open staircase to the right in room 220 at the Edgartown School. Flags of world nations hang from the ceiling. There is a quote on the door that reads, “No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.” This is the English Language Learning room, although it is not the only place in the school where English language learning takes place.