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• Bedford schools to get writing curriculum right

  BY STEPHEN BEALE The school district is rewriting its writing curriculum. The new program will be matched by an initiative to focus teachers on their writing instruction. While students have been off for the summer, administrators and teachers have been Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:36 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, Education

• Only seniors will be missing at Bedford High School

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Last year, Bedford High School was half full. Built for four grades, only two of them occupied it. This year, that spacious feeling will make way for more students, more teachers and more programs. The school is going through a growth Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:16 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Education, Bedford High School

• Schools to start new security measures

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Bedford schools will be safer and parents will be more informed about security, starting this fall. Over the summer, the district will install a perimeter security system in its three elementary schools and intermediate school at a cost Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:10 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, Education, security system

• New regulations force fifth of Bedford High students to get remedial help

  BY STEPHEN BEALE Summer school once was for students who had flunked out of their classes or, in some cases, for a few go-getters who wanted to take an elective. But at Bedford High, the program is also for students who had passing grades but nonetheless Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:04 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, School, Education, Bedford High School, summer school

• Horsing around – Young campers train to be veterinarians at Joppa Hill Farm

  BY IRENE LABOMBARDE Twenty-four Bedford boys and girls learned firsthand how to care for young kids, cows and horses at The Educational Farm at Joppa Hill summer camp. During Animal Science/Veterinary Training camp the week of June 25, children aged 6 Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:24 PM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Bedford, Education, summer camp, children, farms

• Schools set time for freedom of assembly and prayer

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY By state law, public school students are allowed no more than five minutes of unsupervised prayer before classes begin each day. A policy draft for Bedford aims to provide that freedom to district students. At the Monday, May 14, meeting, Read More... Posted Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:39 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, Education, Religion

• Report cards reflect learning, effort and work habits

  BY KEVIN SHALVEY Over the past two years, report cards grading Bedford students have changed. For about two years, the Bedford School District has been issuing parent-friendly elementary school report cards. Starting next school year, the new grading Read More... Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:18 AM by Bedford Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, Bedford, Schools, McKelvie, Education