Monday, January 28, 2013
School officials are considering expanding the pilot to the entire eighth grade next year, with the cost incurred by the families.
The iPad pilot program at Blake Middle School is going so well, that all eighth grade students may have the devices next year. At the Jan. 14, 2013, meeting of the Medfield School Committee, students and teachers from eighth grade Stars cluster demonstrated how the iPad has enhanced their educational experience. "The iPad pilot is meant to enhance student learning...It's been great," said Principal Nat Vaughn. "Why the iPad? For flexibility, portability, and engagement." The program teaches the students organization, use of digital presentation and learning tools, collaboration skills, communication skills between teachers and students, and fluid adaptation between learning and "do," Vaughn told the school committee. "This is their …
Friday, September 30, 2011
Members of Medfield Boy Scout Troops 10 and 89, along with the Medfield DPW, the Blake School custodians, and the Blake CSA are being thanked for their work on the 9/11 Memorial Courtyard revitalization project.
Medfield Boy Scout Troops 10 and 89 were thanked for their efforts to beautify the Blake Middle School Courtyard Memorial for the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11. “In the spring of this year, Troop 10 volunteered to help revitalize the Courtyard for the 10th year anniversary of 9/11,” said Jenni Brady, CSA member and BMS Courtyard Chairperson. “Scouts and parents of both Troop 10 and Troop 89, along with Bobby Kennedy and the Medfield Department of Public Works, the Blake School custodians, and the BMS CSA (Community School Association) worked on the revitalization, completing the project on Sept. 7. It was a great group effort and I personally thank everyone who participated in this special memorial.” Brady said that, in 2004, then Troop …
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Medfield High School and Blake Middle School students participated in a joint assembly Friday to remember 9/11 and learn of the strength of community.
At 9:02 a.m. Friday, with an overcast sky – unlike the clear blue sky in 2001, over 1,500 students, teachers and administrators from both Medfield High School and Blake Middle School joined together on the Calvin George Fischer Memorial Football field to remember the events of 9/11, to honor those who served and died and to learn about the importance of community since that tragic day, 10 years ago. Medfield High School principal Robert Parga opened the program. He spoke about how today's senior students were in second grade in 2001 and some of the sixth graders were only a year old. He spoke of how the world has changed since that day and the fact that most of these children have experienced 9/11 through documentaries. "Almost …
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Friday, September 2, 2011
Nathaniel Vaughn has spent the entirety of his career in education at Medfield's Blake Middle School. He began his first year as principal on Wednesday.
For Nathaniel Vaughn, Medfield has been the only place he has known as an educator and feels blessed to be entering his 14th year in the district. He’s excited too, because he began his first year as principal of Blake Middle School on Wednesday, the first day of classes for students. “I feel like a lucked out,” Vaughn said of being in the Medfield School District. “I’ve always really enjoyed leadership and I’ve always felt that I enjoy working with people and I enjoy the big picture, I like to think big. I always thought maybe I would be a principal, but it was more that I kind of lucked out. I feel lucky in the sense that I’ve been able to stay in the same community. The past couple years, there were a few opportunities that came up that…
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
This is part six of a seven-part series that takes an in-depth look at Blake Middle School’s 2010-2011 academic year; goals for 2011-12 academic year; a new bell schedule; personnel changes; China trip and the transition to a new principal.
Editor's Note: Medfield Patch will provide a summary of Robert Parga’s end of the year report for Blake Middle School and take an in-depth look at goals for the 2011-12 academic year; Blake’s upgrades in technology; the school’s China Trip; A new bell schedule and personnel changes. We will conclude the series with the transition from Parga to Nat Vaughn as Blake Middle School principal. This is part six of our seven-part Blake Middle School series. Blake Middle School is undergoing transition to its administrative team as there will be two major changes to the team's leadership this fall – Nat Vaughn replacing Robert Parga as principal and Kelly Campbell replacing Vaughn as Dean of Students. “I’m very excited that Nat Vaughn is going to …
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