Superintendent Frank Hackett called Pembroke’s 2009 MCAS scores “encouraging” and said they showed the district’s positive growth over the past few years.

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It was a good way to go out.

Having traded her classroom for an administrative office this year, Pembroke High School Dean of Students Carolyn Connolly was named the Pembroke Education Foundation’s 2009 Teacher of the Year on Monday.

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Pembroke High School will start its sixth year with two new administrators and several changes to its student handbook, a few of which new Dean of Students Carolyn Connolly says students are sure to notice.

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Last year, they rocked. This year, the Pembroke High School marching band is going to get funky.

Pembroke High School students who are failing a course will have to stay off the field, court or stage until they bring up their grades, according to a rule the School Committee approved last week.

The Pembroke High School Class of 2010 will know who holds the top two spots in their graduating class next spring if changes to the high school student handbook are approved.

Pembroke High School English teacher Carolyn Connolly will start the 2009-10 school year in a new role: as the temporary dean of students, replacing Assistant Principal Peg Szostak for one year.