Edgartown school students are taking part in a new partnership between the town’s conservation commission to build wooden huts they will later place along Norton Point to help shelter coastal birds from predators.
Vineyard public schools superintendent Richard Smith last week offered the Edgartown job to Kate Campbell, the current Attleboro High School principal.
The search for the next Edgartown School principal has been narrowed down to three finalists, with a final decision arriving next week.
Officials on Thursday unveiled plans for an approximately $7 million project to build a new recreation area along Robinson Road and an outdoor learning campus for the Edgartown School.
Last week, Geo Meikle helped carry a U.S. national team to victory in the United World Games, an Austrian tournament featuring elite student basketball teams from more than 30 countries.
When noon struck on Tuesday, school bells rang at elementary schools all over the Island announcing that summer vacation had officially begun.