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excellent participation and stimulating mental activities with our Math Olympiad Teams
(grades 4-6). We service over 80 students during their RTI block, one time per week
through this worldwide program. We also are participating in a community Literary
Magazine through the Collaborative for Regional Education and Training (CREST).
Students are invited to submit writing, music composition or artwork for possible
publication in this magazine. Several students were published in the winter and spring
editions.

Students in our schools have also continued to enjoy and learn from curriculum
enrichment activities provided by funds from the PTO including:

● Miss Frizzle Storytelling
● The Audubon Ark and Drumlin Farm (3 programs) – Winter Survivors,
Miraculous Mice and Which Comes First, Chicks or Eggs?
● Museum of Science – Animal Habitats, Rock Detectives & Building
Bridges
● New England Aquarium – Water Properties
● Windows on Wildlife
● Young Audiences of Massachusetts – Ben Franklin
● Leeny Del Seamonds, Master Storyteller
● World of Owls
● Earth View—Bridgewater State College
● Techsploration- 3 Programs: Simple Machines, Electricity, &
Transportation
● Hands on History - funded in part by the Cultural Arts Council and in part
by the
Boxford PTO
● Johnny the K, Musician, Teacher, Performer
Students also participate in after school learning through the Tri-Town Council’s
Horizons program throughout the school year. Classes are offered at both Cole and
Spofford Pond schools. Some of the classes offered this year are Lego engineering,
sewing, theatre, holiday crafts, Zentangle art, exercise programs, pottery, and winter
outdoor activities like tracking and shelter building.

Environment

Spofford Pond and Harry Lee Cole Schools Designated as EPA “Energy Star”
Schools: Notification was received in January 2017 from www.energystar.gov that the
Spofford Pond and Harry Lee Cole Schools were again designated as Energy Star”
schools. The “Energy Star School” designation is an award applied annually that
recognizes superior energy performance and identifies a school as among the most energy
efficient buildings of their type in the nation as recognized by the Energy Star Program.
This marks the sixth consecutive award for Spofford Pond School. The Harry Lee Cole
School has earned the “Energy Star” designation for seven consecutive years.

Educational Technology

The Boxford Public Schools and Tri-Town School Union is preparing our students for

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