Sizer School News Today

TYNGSBORO — As essential as science is to the education of high school students, in Anna Cynar’s classes at Innovation Academy Charter School, learning extends well beyond the classroom.

In an effort to provide a safe educational environment, all staff members at Sizer School participated in the Recognize. Respond. Survive. Active Shooter Response Training program on Aug. 23.

Former SWAT team members taught Fitchburg teachers the basics of what to do when there's a school shooting.

One school welcomed youngsters with kid-friendly versions of pop songs, balloons and streamers.

Most students in Greater Gardner will be back in classrooms sometime in the last week in August, though some charter schools start before that.

For most students, the return to class is now less than a month away.

The Fitchburg Cultural Alliance recently announced the winners of the Janet Cragin Youth Arts Awards, an annual tradition done in collaboration with the late longtime and beloved city educator and performer’s daughter Sally Cragin as a way to carry on her mother’s legacy.

FITCHBURG — Sizer Senior Elizabeth Waite can’t wait to start college in the fall, but making the decision on where to go wasn’t easy.

FITCHBURG — The decision to attend Mount Wachusett Community College in the fall was an easy one for Sizer Senior Sierra Leary.

FITCHBURG — Sizer School senior Gabriella "Gabby" Puglisi of Leominster has her sight on the future. This fall, she's heading to Mount Wachusett Community College to start working on a bachelor's degree in psychology.