Acton-Boxborough PIP STEM Meeting Scheduled

Meeting will take place on March 14 at 7 p.m. at the high school

Free SAT Practice Tests Scheduled at Acton-Boxborough

Here's your chance to see how ready you are.

PHOTOS: A-B vs. Hingham Premiers Tonight on High School Quiz Show

Tune in tonight at 6:30 on WGBH Ch. 2.

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A-B Principal Accepts Post at Seattle School

Alixe Callen selected as upper school director for Lakeside.

Alixe Callen, the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School principal, has been selected as the next Upper School director for Lakeside in Seattle, according to a press release on the school's website. According to the release, a search committee recognized Callen as being “outstandingly qualified.” “Alixe will bring to Lakeside exceptional leadership experience in both public and private education as well as a vision of schools as places where the intellectual and emotional growth of individual students is the foremost goal,” Head of School Bernie Noe wrote in the release. “From the moment I walked onto campus, I felt such a connection to the school," Callen said in the release. "Lakeside's deliberate attention to the changing nature of …

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Taping Schedule for High School Quiz Show Set

Acton-Boxborough will face off with Hingham on Jan. 26. in the first round.

High School Quiz Show, WGBH’s Emmy-Award winning fast-paced academic game show, announced the taping schedule for the 2012 tournament bracket for the 16 Massachusetts public high school academic teams competing on season three of the show. Acton-Boxborough will take on Hingham in the first round, and taping is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 26, at 11:15 a.m. The show will aire Feb. 17, at 6:30 p.m. on WGBH 2. WGBH’s award-winning academic show is hosted by Billy Costa. All shows are taped in front of a studio audience at WGBH, One Guest Street in Brighton.  This season will culminate with the inaugural Bay State vs. Granite State Showdown, pitting WGBH’s High School Quiz Show state champion team against New Hampshire Public Television’s …

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Acton-Boxborough Makes Sweet 16 on Quiz Show

WGBH’s award-winning academic High School Quiz Show premieres Sunday, Feb. 10.

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following was submitted to Acton Patch.) Sixteen Massachusetts public high school academic teams have advanced to compete on season four of High School Quiz Show, WGBH’s academic quiz show hosted by Billy Costa, premiering Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. on WGBH 2. The show’s production team announced the 16 schools on High School Quiz Show’s Facebook page earlier today. Teams qualified by earning top scores on “Super Sunday,” an event at which registered school teams each took an identical 100-question oral quiz at WGBH Studios in Brighton. The 16 high school academic teams that will appear on season four of High School Quiz Show are (in alphabetical order): The 2013 tournament bracket, featuring the season four…

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PHOTOS: Acton-Boxborough Girls Soccer Team Falls to Westford Academy

Colonials ousted from the North Sectional tournament, 2-1.

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Acton-Boxborough Ranked 7th in Nation for STEM Courses

A-B also pulls in at No. 15 in the state.

Acton-Boxborough Regional High School is ranked 15th in the state, and seventh in the nation for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), according to a usnews.com report. The report also places A-B at No. 289. All three rankings earned A-B a gold award. In test scores, A-B scored: U.S. News calculates these values based on student performance on state exit exams and internationally available exams on college-level coursework (AP®/IB exams).  

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Westford Academy Defeats Acton-Boxborough 1-0 in Girls Soccer Showdown

The Ghosts remain undefeated while the Colonials drop to 3-3

Westford Academy's Nicole Souza scored the only goal in a Monday night contest that saw plenty of possession but no opportunities converted by the visiting Colonials.

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