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Welcome to Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District. Serving four towns of Orange, New Salem, Wendell, and Petersham Massachusetts.
          
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                  A Message From the Superintendent
              
 
 
        
 
                       Michael Baldassarre, Superintendent
      
  

       Welcome to Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District’s Web site.  Our school district serves the Massachusetts towns of New Salem, Orange, Petersham, and Wendell. The Ralph C. Mahar School Community has much to be proud of. Among the many accomplishments of our regional district, we have recently been named one of the top 500 high schools out of more that 21,000 in the United States by US News and World Report.  In partnership with Mount Wachusett Community College we have also been named the partnering high school for the Gateway to College.  This program is sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and we are one of only twenty-four Gateway programs that exist nationally.   

     The willingness of our school community to adhere to the strategic plan that was created in 2006 has created many successful outcomes for our students, faculty, and staff.  This strategic plan has reached its end, and it is now time to begin anew.      This fall we will renew our strategic goals in an effort to continue to engage all students in challenging programs that will meet their individual needs. We will call upon the involvement of teachers, parents, students, and community members to set the course for our continued improvement through a plan that is informed and driven by data that currently exists, and data that we will seek out on our course to move from a “Building a Better Mahar” to the “Learning in the Best Mahar.”  

 

      Mr. Baldassarre's Blog
    
 
Michael Baldassarre, Superintendent
Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District

 

            
Mahar is ranked America's Best High School: Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School has been ranked among 2009's best high schools in America, according to the U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best High Schools" annual rating of more than 21,000 public American high schools. Read more...
 
Mahar earns U.S. News silver ranking: Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School was the only school in Franklin County to be ranked as one of the ''2009 America's Best High Schools in America,'' according to a recent issue of U.S. News & World Report. Read more...
 
Mahar's Student Dropout Improves to Historical Low: According to the data released by the Massachusetts Board of Education in regard to student dropout, Mahar Regional High School's student dropout has decreased to 2.4 percent, which is a historical improvement from 7.1 percent since 2002.  Read more...
 
Saturday, April 12, 2008, Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Article about Mahar's initiative to help At-Risk Teens. Read more...
 
Saturday, March 22, 2008, Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Article about Mahar' drop out rate being one of the Best in the state of Massachusetts. Read more...
 
Friday, February 1, 2008, Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Article about Mahar's initiatives to improve the school's culture and climate. Read more...
 
Friday, January 11, 2008, Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Article about Mahar's initiatives to reduce student dropout rate. Read more...
 


 

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Michael Baldassarre
Superintendent
Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District
P. O. Box 680,
 507 South Main Street,
Orange, MA  01364
Office (978) 544-2542
E-Mail:
mbaldassarre@rcmahar.org
 
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