Gloucester Alumni

Gloucester, MA January 29, 2007 – The Gloucester Fishermen Athletic Association (GFAA) today announced that fundraising efforts through the end of 2006 have yielded a before expense total of $93,995.14.   Read more »

By Kristen Grieco
Staff Writer, Gloucester Daily Times

The Gloucester High School Junior ROTC Rifle Team returned from the U.S. Eastern Regional JROTC Match in Georgia with a team trophy and a personal record for its top shooter.   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 »

Gloucester High School's Class of 1958 will celebrate its 50-year reunion this summer. A harbor tour is planned Friday, July 25, a dinner dance for Saturday, July 26 and a brunch for Sunday, July 27. The reunion committee is looking for the following classmates: Dexter Rust, George McLean, Catherine Genest, M.   Read more »

Gloucester High School's Class of 1983 will celebrate its 25-year reunion this summer. All graduates and members of the class are invited to attend. Anyone interested in joining the committee should call Missie Bertolino Bankes at 978-887-3588, or e-mail ghsreunion83@yahoo.com. All class members are asked to forward their current contact information as soon as possible

By Dan Guttenplan
Staff writer Gloucester Daily Times

MARBLEHEAD - Add another conference championship banner to the Benjamin A. Smith Fieldhouse rafters for the Gloucester boys indoor track team.

The Fishermen claimed their 12th Northeastern Conference championship in the last 14 years last night with victories over Salem (73-8) and Marblehead (56-25).   Read more »

By Kristen Grieco , Staff writer
Gloucester Daily Times

Walking by the cafeteria at Gloucester High School late in the afternoon, it's not uncommon to hear the crack of gunshots in unsteady intervals. A peek inside reveals a handful of teenagers in fatigues, lying on their bellies, squinting at a target with a rifle raised to their shoulder.   Read more »

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 »

A 2007 graduate of Gloucester High School recently returned from an eight-week teaching adventure on the islands that once inspired naturalist Charles Darwin, coming home a more confident and knowledgeable person.
"I learned that just in order to do something really meaningful for myself, I had to walk into the unknown," Alex Gross said.   Read more »