Islandwide collaboration is crucial to improve health education and mental health support at Vineyard public schools, experts from Georgetown University Hospital told school leaders last week.

The regional high school is investigating a possible hazing incident involving the girls’ field hockey team, the school principal confirmed this week.

The All-Island School Committee took time at a meeting last week to set the tone for leadership and conduct in future discourse.

Resigned, excited or somewhere in between, Island students headed back to school Tuesday morning, their backpacks filled as a new year beckoned.

More than 2,350 Island children will head back to school Tuesday as Island public schools reopen for the year.

John Stevens, longtime educator and principal of the Edgartown School, announced Thursday he will retire next summer.