Dover Special Town Meeting Postponed
Dover-Sherborn Sees Growth in Destination Imagination
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This past week nine of Dover-Sherborn’s 18 Destination Imagination (DSDI) teams competed in “Instant Challenge Nights” against teams from around the MetroWest area. The team worked together to take 10 pieces of paper, two pipe cleaners and five popsicle sticks to see how high they could build a tower on one of their teammate’s...Dover-Sherborn Chocolate Café Celebrates Music
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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff On Sunday, January 31, students, teachers, parents and community members came together to celebrate music and raise money for the Dover-Sherborn music program at the annual Chocolate Café. “The Chocolate Café is a fun event dripping with chocolate and all sorts of musical talent from the D-S community,” said music...Dover Cub Scouts Enjoy Pinewood Derby
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With speeds topping 192 mph, 41 Cub Scouts and Webelos of Dover Pack 52 enjoyed another successful Pinewood Derby on Saturday January 30. Each scout built his own custom 5 ounce wooden racer, personalizing them with options ranging from paint colors to Star Wars characters to Lego bricks. Scouts with the fastest racers in...Sherborn Dogs Must be Licensed by Feb. 18
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Sherborn Town Clerk Carole B. Marple mailed the 2016 dog licensing forms to all Sherborn dog owners in December. According to law, all dogs three months and older must be licensed and tagged (even if they are too young to have rabies shots). All dog licenses conform to the calendar year, thus 2015 licenses...Fourth Graders Bring Greek Gods to Life in Dover
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Students in fourth grade at Charles River School recently “became” Greek Gods and Goddesses in a presentation before classmates, parents and faculty. Since the beginning of the academic year, members of their fourth grade class have been studying all aspects of Ancient Greece. For this project, students researched the birth, relationships, special powers...Dover performance helps local residents with adoption
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By Robert Rosen
Hometown Weekly Staff
This past weekend Open Fields Community Theater performed “Musicals Rock: Growing Our Family,” an original musical revue of pop, rock and Broadway favorites.
But this wasn’t just any performance, as the cast and crew of Open Fields dedicated their performance to helping Music Director Dan Snape and his wife Sarah...
Dover-Sherborn students chosen for selective chorus
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A handful of students in the Dover-Sherborn school district were recently selected for the MMEA Treble Chorus. Pine Hill fifth graders Caitlin Monaghan and Julia Martin practiced and performed “My Country Tis of Thee” a capella, with just a starting pitch. The also had to sing a vocal exercise to show vocal range and...Dover-Sherborn eighth grader wins geography bee
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Eighth grader Cooper Evans has won the Dover-Sherborn Middle School section of the National Geographic Bee. At an all-school assembly December 23, Cooper won in the championship round by correctly identifying the three states Yellowstone National Park is located in as Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Eighth grader Varun Jayanti was the runner-up. Both boys were...Dover-Sherborn School Honors MLK Day
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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff With school closed on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Dover-Sherborn Middle School honored the civil rights pioneer with an all-day celebration on Friday, January 15 by utilizing the theme “be the change you want to see in the world,” a quote made famous by Gandhi. The celebration took a...Dover-Sherborn Superintendent Search Postponed
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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff When the School Committees of Dover, Sherborn and Dover-Sherborn Regional announced a few weeks ago that they were not going to move forward with either finalist for the Superintendent position, they announced that they would be meeting with search consultant NESDEC in January to discuss the revised timeframes and...Dover-Sherborn District Choral Festival A Hit For Audiences
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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff On Wednesday, January 13, parents and family members of Dover-Sherborn students filled Mudge Auditorium to watch the Dover-Sherborn District Choral Festival, a very special annual event that brings together the choruses from all four schools in the district. This event gives the elementary school students at Pine Hill and Chickering...Sherborn teens to become Eagle Scouts
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Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1, Sherborn, invites friends and neighbors from Sherborn to attend an Eagle Court of Honor for Jeffrey Carl Kennan and James Alyanakian Whitaker. Both of these young men have recently completed all the requirements for the rank of Eagle Scout and will receive the award at the Eagle Court...Census forms mailed in Sherborn
World traveler to speak at St. Dunstan’s Church in Dover
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In view of the enthusiastic response to his talk on the Silk Road at the Dover Library sponsored by the Dover Historical Society, Grant Stephen will present his talk, “Nations in Transition: A Modern Walk Along the Northern Silk Road” on Friday, January 29 at 7 p.m. at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in...
Dover-Sherborn Sixth Graders Participate In ‘Hour Of Code’
BY ROBERT ROSEN (@roberterosen)
Once again, Dover-Sherborn Middle School celebrated Computer Science Education Week in Technology Literacy class with teacher Sandra Sammarco from Monday, December 7 through Friday, December 11.
Students took part in their third annual school Hour of Code event joining over 120 Massachusetts classrooms.
“During the Hour of Code students in grades six and seven...
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Dover-Sherborn High Students Chosen For Music Festival
Three Dover-Sherborn High students have been selected to participate in the Massachusetts Music Educators Association Eastern District Senior Festival.
Senior clarinetist Jeffrey Kennan will perform with the District Orchestra, junior vocalist Annabel Hodson-Walker will sing with the District Chorus, and sophomore clarinetist David Kennan will perform with the District Concert Band.
The Senior District Festival will be...
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Sherborn Garden Club Decorates And Donates Wreaths
On Tuesday, December 8, the Sherborn Garden Club decorated 53 wreaths for A Place to Turn food pantry in Natick.
The wreaths were generously donated by Fran’s Flowers in Natick and the Sherborn Boy Scouts, and then festively decorated by members of the Sherborn Garden Club. The wreaths will be given to the clients of...
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Dover Girl Scouts Visit State House And Meet Rep. Garlick
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Sherborn Residents ‘Reach The Beach’
Twelve Sherborn residents competed in the 201 mile, overnight Reach the Beach relay race through New Hampshire on September 18-19.
The team name was “SherBorn to Run,” and the members are Emily Daly, Meg Hyde, Allan Giesen, Paul Grennell, Ken Frankel, Andrea Stiller, Matt Guarini, Qing Dong, John Hourihan, Jackie Martin, Kim Charneski and Skip Wiemeyer....
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