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STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode …
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2/21/24
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Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Hope that acquired the former St. Francis of Assisi Church and School on Jefferson Boulevard for $1.6 million earlier this year will open with seminars and …
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8/24/23
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An independent third look at the numbers basically confirms what school architects Saccoccio Associates have said all along that new Toll Gate and Pilgrim High Schools can be built for the $350 …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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8/24/23
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Heard of the Warwick Affordable School Act? Probably not and for good reason.
The City Council hasn’t approved such an act. It hasn’t been introduced and for that matter it …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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8/31/22
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Building Warwick’s Future, a group formed to raise funds in support of building new Toll Gate and Pilgrim High Schools, announced its platform Monday afternoon at Pilgrim with the group …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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8/3/22
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To the Editor,
Why do we need two High Schools? Why not demolish either Samuel Gorton or Aldrich school and build one High School to serve the entire city? Either location has plenty of room for …
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6/30/22
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By ALEX MALM
With final approval by the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education to move forward with building two new Warwick high schools, the Warwick School Department is three steps away …
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5/25/22
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By ALEX MALM
When the Warwick School Department presented their plan last year to renovate Pilgrim and Toll Gate High Schools the Rhode Island Department of Education rejected it.
Now the …
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5/11/22
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To the Editor:
Over the last few months school department officials have noted how East Providence recently completed construction on a $190 million high school. Even Mayor Picozzi joined in by …
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3/4/22
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"I didn't know about this until I read Thursday's Beacon," one constituent told Ward 7 Councilman and City Council President last week. News that the School Committee is focused on building high schools to replace Pilgrim and Toll Gate didn't break as
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2/9/22
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By JOHN HOWELL Three hundred and fifty million dollars. That's what the projected cost of building new Pilgrim and Toll Gate High Schools. Two hundred million dollars. That is the projected cost to Warwick taxpayers once the state has paid for its share
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/2/22
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By ARDEN BASTIA After the latest meeting with the Rhode Island Department of Education on Tuesday, Warwick is considering building two new high schools, instead of renovating Pilgrim and Toll Gate High Schools. "We looked at the original visioning and
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By ARDEN BASTIA
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8/12/21
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By JOHN HOWELL After all the debate over the future of Warwick's high schools and the decision to renovate Pilgrim and Toll Gate for an estimated cost of $302 million, the city could be on the path for two new schools. The school administration is
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By JOHN HOWELL
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8/5/21
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By ARDEN BASTIA What was billed as an interactive community forum to discuss the future of Warwick high schools attracted little engagement, the only community questions coming from the president of the Warwick Teacher's Union. Warwick Public Schools
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By ARDEN BASTIA
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4/1/21
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By ALEX SPONSELLER The high school fall sports season kicked off last week as practices began, with regular season action beginning this weekend. After months of uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and local postponements, this was a big step
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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10/1/20
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Mayor Scott Avedisian spent an hour and a half with the group of students, who gather each week to discuss current events and challenge themselves to think bigger about issues occurring in society.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/4/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Officially off the ground and running, the Pil PI – RI club is a textbook example of a place students can learn critical thinking skills in a friendly and environment.
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By Ethan Hartley
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12/21/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- To the students that knew him as a friend in addition to their principal, the sudden death of Stephen Chrabaszcz on Sept. 20, 2016 was the kind of shock that doesn’t subside quickly.
“It was …
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By Ethan Hartley
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12/19/17
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