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Friday, 9 December
Read more »THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OPEN MEETING LAW, G.L. c. 30A, §§ 18-25Tuesday, 9 August
Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2009, sections 17–20, repealed the existing state Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §§ 11A, 11A-1/2, county Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 34, §9F, 9G, and municipal Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 39, §§ 23A, 23B, and 23C, and replaced them with a single Open Meeting Law covering all public bodies, G.L. c. 30A, §§ 18-25, enforced by the Attorney Read more »
Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Eastern New England Donates to The Massachusetts Hospital SchooTuesday, 19 July
Canton, MA - Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®) of Eastern New England recently presented a $20,000 grant to The Massachusetts Hospital School (MHS) to help fund the expansion of their outdoor sports track to make it wheelchair accessible for races and summer camp programs.
"We are delighted to have the support of the RMHC of Eastern New England Read more »
Robyn Powell '99, Commencement SpeechThursday, 30 June
Good evening, family members, friends, faculty, staff, students, and most importantly, graduates of the Class of 2011. I am delighted to be back at MHS. This is where it all began for me. It is such an honor to be speaking to you tonight; thank you to Principal Feinberg and the administration for the opportunity. Tomorrow it will be twelve years since I sat up here, like Read more »
The Person Who Changed My LifeThursday, 30 June
Written by: Jeffery Mestre
I first met William* in the summer of 2006 at Massachusetts Hospital School (MHS) in Canton, Massachusetts. I was there because my mother was an employee of their summer program. As she introduced me to the different handicapped children of her group, she introduced me to William and told me that he was12 years old, which was only one year younger than I was Read more »
In Her Own Words: An Internship at MHSThursday, 26 May
Half a dozen adolescents eagerly formed a semicircle around a computer that displayed a software program their technology teacher had created. Their teacher greeted them excitedly and connected each student’s switch to the computer one at a time, testing each as he went. When he reached the last child, he exclaimed, “Hi Kate!” then discovered that Kate had two switches Read more »
Bank of Canton donates $ 3, 000 to Mass Hospital SchoolTuesday, 22 March
Canton Citizen
March 17, 2011
Bank of Canton donates $ 3, 000 to Mass Hospital School
Stephen P. Costello, president and CEO of Bank of Canton, is please to announce the bank’s recent donation of $ 3,000.00 to Massachusetts Hospital School in Canton. This contribution helped sponsor the annual class trip to Disney World in Florida, covering expense such as airfare Read more »
Canton School Wins Coat Drive CampaignTuesday, 15 March
Wicked.com
Posted Mar 14, 2011 @ 05:55 PM
The Massachusetts Hospital School in Canton came in first in the Elementary Schools division in Anton’s Cleaners’ 16th annual Coats for Kids campaign, which ran from October through January.
The school received $1,200 in furnishings from Jordan’s Furniture, a visit by a FOX-25 meteorologist, a $250 cash prize, a make-your-own Read more »
Linden Ponds in Hingham donates $3,000 to children's rehab centerTuesday, 15 March
On Monday, Linden Ponds residents helped raise a total of $3,000 for the Read more »
Heger Foundation Donates to Rehabilitation Engineering DepartmentThursday, 27 January
The Zack Heger Foundation donated $2,500.00 towards the MHS Rehabilitation (Rehab) Engineering Department. Zack Heger has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, which limits Zack’s mobility and confines him to a wheelchair. Therefore, the Heger Read more »
Donate a Prom Dress to MHSThursday, 27 January
Prom season is fast approaching. We all look forward to this time at MHS, especially for the students who are of age to attend Prom. Yet, we know proms can be costly. In these challenging economical times, MHS would like to help our students who are planning to attend prom cut their costs as much as possible.
This year MHS would like to provide an inexpensive and fun prom dress shopping experience Read more »
Friday, 29 October
Friday, 29 October
Read more »The face of budget cuts ...Wednesday, 30 June
Jessica wanted to study with students more like her, but that hope was slashed with the Hospital School’s funding.
A friendly girl with almond-shaped eyes and a soft smile, Jessica Fiasconaro loves to belt out songs on her karaoke machine, and she once played Gabriella in a production of “High School Musical.’’ But when some of her peers look at her, all they see is Read more »
