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By Patrick Anderson
Staff writer, Gloucester Daily Times   Read more »

GHS Robotics Team Wins Judges Award at 2008 RoboFIRST Competition March 28-29 at Agannis Arena, Boston University.
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By Patrick Anderson
Staff writer

Bragging rights in Cape Ann's newest high school rivalry will hinge on the performance of two 100-pound student-athletes made of metal and equipped with catapults, pincer claws and artificial intelligence.   Read more »

By Kristen Grieco
Staff writer, Gloucester Daily Times

Three Gloucester High School seniors who placed high in a state business competition have advanced to the international level.   Read more »

By Kristen Grieco
Staff writer, Gloucester Daily Times

It's the first time a student from Gloucester has ever done it — and 16-year-old Courtland Kelly did it with one arm in a sling.   Read more »

By Kristen Grieco
Staff writer, Gloucester Daily Times

Sitting behind a classroom desk doesn't suit James McCarl, but he has no problem spending five hours a day building a 100-pound machine that can punch, kick and turn on a dime.

Five weeks ago, it was just a mass of metal, plastic and wires. Today, it's a robot, and it's ready to rumble.   Read more »

Saturday, March 1 at the Gloucester House Restaurant
Flanagan’s Wake – comedy play benefit for GHS Docksiders Jazz Band
Doors open 6:30 with appetizers served
Show starts at 7 PM
Intermission with coffee and desserts

Tickets $25
Call 978-281-5201 or 978-525-4822

More than $1 million in private donations will be injected into a strained school budget
over the next three years as Gloucester schools enter a partnership with the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to invigorate the science, math and technology
curricula.

The district will receive $175,000 next year, with most of the remainder of the first   Read more »

By Douglas A. Moser
Staff writer

The nascent extracurricular robotics program at Gloucester High School received a jolt last night to keep it going for another year, a grant from the Gloucester Education Foundation.

The $66,620 grant will create a simple machines and robotics learning opportunity for fifth-graders to complement what is offered in the middle and high schools.   Read more »

By Douglas A. Moser
Staff writer

Gloucester High School sophomores last spring scored higher than the state average on the first science section of the MCAS exam, school officials said.

In Gloucester, 47 percent of students scored in the top two tiers - advanced and proficient - on the biology section of the test, compared with the state average of 42 percent.   Read more »