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A view of the White House from the Vineyard
Attendees nearly filled the red auditorium chairs in the Performing Arts Center at the Martha’s Vineyard High School (MVRHS) on Thursday night to hear Dr. Jill Biden, former first lady,…
Charity swim raises over $300,000 for Vineyard cancer center
As the sun rose on Meneshama beach on Saturday, hundreds of Islanders and visitors made their way into the cold up-Island water, riding the tide against cancer at the inaugural Martha’s Vineyard Swim Across America open-water swim. The event, led by two local 17-year-old students Leah Thomson and Zoe Treitman, raised $334,043 for the Mass…
Mako shark mascot to make waves next year
Regional high school students will officially begin the upcoming school year with a mascot meant to blow the competition out of the water — or into it. A decisive vote at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) committee meeting on Monday night sealed the deal for students to purchase a mako shark mascot costume,…
High school building project
Fate of MVRHS project in hands of Island voters
Islanders across the towns are set to vote on the most expensive building project they’ve ever seen next week. A decade of work culminated in a plan for the regional high school building that addresses what school officials say are necessary upgrades and renovations, and is projected to cost more…
Tours of high school prior to June 2 vote
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) Building Committee is holding public tours of the school prior to a district-wide vote on June 2. The MVRHS building project is a proposed full-scale renovation and addition of the structure that school officials say is far below educational standards set by the…
Why does the high school building project cost so much?
The Island is less than two weeks away from voting on its most expensive building project ever. And on the eve of the consequential vote, with only a few more public discussions left on the docket, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) building committee posed a question to themselves,…
High school wins long-awaited funding approval from the state
The cost of the most expensive capital project ever seen on Martha’s Vineyard was finalized on Wednesday morning, along with the reimbursement school officials can expect to see from a state-supported organization. At $333.5 million, the planned renovation and addition of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) is a…
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- July 21, 5:30 0m: MVRHS Building Committee mtg.
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