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Schools make video to attract teachers
PEABODY — A student-produced video is helping Peabody Public Schools recruit new teachers.
The four-minute video starts with an introduction by Peabody High Principal Edward Sapienza, includes dozens of high school students and teachers and ends with a message from Superintendent C. Milton Burnett.
"It's a method to attract and recruit teachers as we hit retirements and some of our young teachers get married and leave the area," the superintendent said.
Burnett said Peabody startup YouSchools.org approached administrators about creating an online page with the accompanying video.
"They were looking for a pilot, and we said OK," he said.
The superintendent was pleased to help a local business and promote the district.
"It showcases Peabody in a positive light," Burnett said. "There's a lot more online advertising being done."
The project didn't cost the district anything but a couple of hours' time, he said. YouSchools.org sent out the video sample to neighboring districts and feedback from fellow superintendents has also been upbeat, Burnett said.
John Ivester, president of YouSchools.org, said his company offered Peabody schools the first video slot as a way to thank its home community. YouSchools.org is a spinoff of a 25-year-old advertising business also based in the city.
"We think it's a good way to let teachers know what a school is all about — in the words of the students," Ivester said. "The students know the schools. They know the community. It's amazing how creative kids can be with a video camera these days."
The Web site launched Oct. 1 with the Peabody video featured since.
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Scratch tickets worth $10,000 stolen at mall
PEABODY — An estimated $10,000 worth of scratch tickets were stolen from a newsstand at the Northshore Mall.
A robber broke into the Gateway News kiosk right after the 9:30 p.m. closing Wednesday and grabbed the lottery tickets, according to police. -
Cops vs. codgers in Jimmy Fund benefit ball game
PEABODY — A Labor Day tradition will resume Monday in Peabody when police officers face the Northshore Oldtimers in baseball.
This year is the 54th anniversary of an event that raises money for the Jimmy Fund. Players will take the field at Emerson Park at 10 a.m., following a baseball clinic for 8- to 12-year-olds that begins at 8 a.m. -
Family's injured dog gains Facebook fans
DANVERS — A family's 3-year-old cocker spaniel named Sammy, which was mauled during a walk last month, now has a Facebook page called "Sammy Super Dog" and plenty of well-wishers, owner Kristen Litka said.
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A woman contacted police at 5:41 p.m. to report that she found a diamond ring at Toys "R" Us at the Northshore Mall.
Police went to the Friendly's restaurant on Route 114 at 8:32 p.m. on a report of a female customer having fainting spells. A 40-year-old Peabody woman was transported to Beverly Hospital by ambulance. -
Police copter spots 'grass' plot
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Members of the Massachusetts State Police Air Wing were assisting Peabody police following a robbery outside a Sovereign Bank branch on Lowell Street. They spotted the small growth in woods between Oak Grove Cemetery and Winona Street, according to Peabody police. - 100,000th pet adopted from Salem animal shelter
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