Education - Marblehead Current

07 Jun

FROM THE VAULT: The famous Lindsey Hard Cracker

Leigh Blander0 CommentsCommunity Resources, Culture, Education, Local History, Nonprofit corner

Museums rarely keep food in their collections. It is apt to attract bugs, mold and all sorts of nasty things museums try hard to avoid. But, in some cases, it is worth the risk (when properly stored, of course). A rare surviving example of the famous Lindsey Hard Cracker is such a case. One large Lindsey Cracker and two smaller pieces were donated to the Marblehead Museum in 1957 by a Lindsey family member. COURTESY PHOTO / MARBLEHEAD MUSEUM Founded in about 1852 by Nathaniel…

07 Jun

GALLERY WALK: Soon-to-be grads show off senior projects

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Business, Community Resources, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Public safety, Top Stories

Marblehead High School’s annual senior projects Gallery Walk attracted a big crowd on June 2, as 180 students displayed and discussed the independent work they have been doing for the last six weeks. Students and parents join the MHS Gallery Walk on June 2 to learn about the Class of 2023 senior projects. COURTESY PHOTOS Each year, MHS encourages seniors to spend their last quarter outside of school, planning and executing individual projects. “It was an outstanding showing,” said MHS teacher Andrew Scoglio, who advised…

01 Jun

MHS Culture Feast a big hit, students produce video of event

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Community Resources, Culture, Education, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Top Stories

More than 150 students, families and residents came out for Marblehead High School's annual Culture Feast on May 19, organized by the METCO program. The night featured several live performances by students, as well as Kenyan singer, writer and activist Wangari Fahari. There was food from around the world, including food trucks Jamaica Mi Hungry, Bon Me and Cookie Monstah. MHS student Tamia Johnson produced a video piece about the evening. Her sister Tamya provided the voiceover. Students Piper Morgan and Alex Hersey recorded the…

31 May

Tradition: Epstein Hillel students hit all the right notes in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Education, Local News, Religion

Epstein Hillel School’s upper school performed three sold-out shows of “Fiddler on the Roof” recently at Marblehead Little Theatre. Under the direction of EHS teachers Leslie Smith-Rosen and Ori Baruch, every student in fifth through eighth grade participated in the play: as actors on stage, assistant directors or as part of the stage crew. Lily West (left) as Tzeitel, Leah Bruner (middle) as Chava, and Naya Bodner (right) as Hodel in 'Fiddler on the Roof' COURTESY PHOTOS Epstein Hillel students perform ‘Fiddler on the Roof’…

30 May

MHS alum to premiere political thriller at Warwick during reunion

Leigh Blander0 CommentsArt, Culture, Education, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Politics, Top Stories

Coming home for your 50th high school reunion can be a little intimidating. Less so for Greg Newberry, who will be premiering a film he wrote, produced and directed at the Warwick Cinema the same weekend as his Marblehead High reunion. A poster for Greg Newberry's movie. It will premiere at the Warwick on June 3. COURTESY PHOTOS The Warwick will screen “Who is Amos Otis?” on Saturday, June 3, at 1 p.m., followed by a Q&A with Newberry. Newberry now lives in Cincinnati where…

30 May

MHS student honored for essay on antisemitism

Leigh Blander0 CommentsEducation, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Nonprofit corner

Marblehead High School student Jeremy Sorkin won third place in the Israel Arbeiter Essay Contest from the Jewish Community Relations Council and will be traveling to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum with other winners. MHS student Jeremy Sorkin wrote about antisemitism and how it hits home in Marblehead. COURTESY PHOTO Sorkin wrote about the persecution of Jewish people throughout history — and the antisemitism that still exists today. “Many swastikas have been found at my school and even on some of the sidewalks in…

30 May

‘Don’t beat yourself up,’ Class of 2023’s top grads offer advice

Leigh Blander0 CommentsEducation, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Top Stories

Marblehead High School’s valedictorian and salutatorian will both miss the ocean when they leave for college in Indiana and Colorado at the end of the summer, but they are looking forward to the next chapters in their lives. MHS Valedictorian Yasen Colón, right, and Salutatorian Cate Trautman organized a blood drive at school recently. COURTESY PHOTO Valedictorian Yasen Colón is heading to Purdue University to study aerospace engineering. Salutatorian Cate Trautman is going to University of Colorado Boulder and its engineering honors program. They’re both…

29 May

Local vets share their war stories at MHS

Leigh Blander0 CommentsEducation, Marblehead Public Schools, Top Stories

Just a few days before Memorial Day, five Vietnam veterans from Marblehead, some with Purple Heart medals, came to speak to students at the high school about their experiences and how war changed their lives. ‘War is an absurdity’ said veteran Buck Grader. CURRENT PHOTOS / LEIGH BLANDER The MHS juniors had just finished reading “The Things They Carried,” a collection of semi-autobiographical stories by Tim O’Brien about a platoon of American soldiers fighting in Vietnam. The students asked the veterans dozens of questions ranging…

28 May

Village students return from Bournedale adventure

Leigh Blander0 CommentsEducation, Environment, Local News, Marblehead Public Schools, Top Stories

More than 180 Village School sixth-graders are back from the traditional four-day excursion to Camp Bournedale in Plymouth— the first time since 2019 that students have been able to go. The program is called VillageXperience. “Students missed out on so many social opportunities over the past few years. We hope that this Xperience will be one that they will remember for a lifetime,” said Village teacher Jonathan Heller, who helped lead the trip. Village students have been going to Bournedale for at least three decades.…

27 May

Arthur Epstein, beloved Marblehead benefactor, dies at 86

Will Dowd1 CommentEducation, Local News, Obituaries, Top Stories

The Marblehead community is lamenting the loss of Arthur Joseph Epstein, a business executive, philanthropist and all-around mensch who leaves behind a legacy of transformative contributions to mental and behavioral health care and Jewish education on the North Shore. Epstein died on May 21. He was 86. Arthur Epstein in front of Epstein Hillel School in 2017 shortly after the school was renamed in his honor. COURTESY PHOTO / EPSTEIN HILLEL SCHOOL Hailing from Malden, Epstein grew up to become a successful entrepreneur and investor,…