Editing Ashland, Massachusetts (section)

==Education==
In 2005, the town completed the new [[Ashland High School (Massachusetts)|Ashland High School]] and revised the division of grades. These changes include the 6th grade being moved to join the 7th and 8th grades in the former high school to form what is now Ashland Middle School and moving the 3rd grade from the Henry E. Warren Elementary School into the Mindess Elementary School to join the 4th and 5th grades. The 8th grade students have an annual short field trip to Washington D.C., but since 2020, it has been cancelled. The kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades are in the Henry E. Warren Elementary School and preschool is in the William Pittaway School. The graduating class of 2007 was the first class to complete a full year in the new high school. In 2009, a new program at Ashland High School encouraged teachers to "bridge the gap between subjects like math and history to the art world and visually engage students with traditional subject matter." This allowed students to make a connection between the material they were learning in the classroom and the knowledge of the arts and culture.<ref>Hatch, K. (November 25, 2009). Bridging the gap between classes and art in ashland. Metrowest Daily News, 1.</ref>