News & Updates

Superintendent Dr. Armand Pires and Principal Dr. John J. Murray are proud to announce that Medway Public Schools Teacher Jon Jasinski has been named Massachusetts' Project Lead the Way (PLTW) “Educator of the Year.”

Joined by special guests Pedro Martinez, Commissioner of the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and Patrick Tutwiler, MA Secretary of Education, we recognized educators at Fall Conference for their outstanding contributions to their schools and to the MA PLTW community at large during the 2024-25 school year.

Hard work, along with the collective and continuous effort of students and staff at Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School (BVT), has resulted in national recognition year after year from the nonprofit organization Project Lead the Way (PLTW).

Roberta Doering Middle School STEM teacher Tammy Rumplik was announced as a co-winner for 2025 Massachusetts STEM Teacher of the Year at the Massachusetts STEM summit on May 7.

Watertown High School has been named a Distinguished School by Project Lead the Way (PLTW), a national nonprofit organization aimed at educating and preparing students for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics careers.

Superintendent Armand Pires and Principal Dr. John Murray are pleased to share that Medway High School held its fifth annual Innovation Showcase on Thursday, May 1. With 105 total participating students, 32 senior interns, 19 projects from Project Lead the Way (PLTW) engineering and biomed courses, and nine competing capstone projects, the Innovation Showcase is a dynamic event celebrating the ingenuity, creativity, and hard work of students who participated in internships this school year.

Registration is now open for MA PLTW August Refreshers on August 12th & 13th! These free, one-day, in-person workshops give you the chance to practice the content, see how it comes together in a real classroom, and get support from educators who’ve taught it before. Start Day One ready to teach!

Mass Learning Project is excited to announce that 39 schools across the Commonwealth have been awarded grants, funded by the One8 Foundation and the state, to establish or expand Project Lead The Way (PLTW) programs in SY 2025-26! They join a community of more than 350 schools with PLTW programs in Massachusetts that provide high-quality Applied Learning experiences for students.

Bourne Public Schools recently secured three separate computer science grants totaling $50,000 to expand the town’s digital education. The three grants include an Innovation Pathways Planning Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, a Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Grant, and a One8 Grant complementing the PLTW grant.

Superintendent Sara Ahern is pleased to announce that Barnstable Public Schools has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the One8 Foundation for the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Gateway program. This grant will help better prepare students at Barnstable Intermediate School for future school and career success.