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As part of a $1.8 billion FY 14-18 capital plan announced on Friday, Mayor Thomas M. Menino designated $18.6 million for the expansion of the North End’s Eliot School. In addition, the plan includes $20.5 million for 585 Commercial Street, the building that will serve as a new downtown Boston K-8 public school starting in [...]
Boston.com and Boston University student reporter, Kiera Blessing, takes us through the “hopscotch” plan for the North End’s K-8 students as the Eliot K-8 Innovation School expands into the North Bennet Street School properties and a new K-8 school is 585 Commercial Street is brought to life. A giant game of musical chairs is only [...]
This year, The Eliot K-8 Innovation School is celebrating the 300th anniversary of its founding and as part of the celebration the Eliot Family Council will hold its fourth annual fund Spring Fling Gala Auction on Friday, June 7, 2013 at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel. The school has made incredible achievements in the past [...]
North End Against Drugs is pleased to announce that applications are now available for the 9th Annual NEAD Michelina and Raymond Costa Scholarship fund for the 2013-2014 academic year. Students attending tuition & non-tuition based schools are encouraged to apply. Gift cards for supplies will be awarded to non-tuition based school winners. You “must” be [...]
The Cape will suffer an economic downturn this summer. Fewer people can take a vacation. The reason: it seems that half the citizens of Boston are running for office. They must stay in the city and campaign. This is occurring just when we thought we could come up for air after the 2012 campaign in [...]
A Suffolk University team of students recently completed a photo / video project for a History of Boston class. The North End Project was submitted by Rich Upson, Max Maroney, Betsy Willett, Angel Davis, Samuel Thaler & Tyler Parmelee. The video is shown above and the text / photo portion is available at this website.
The newly formed non-profit, The Boston String Academy, visited both St. John School, and the K-8 Eliot Innovation School this week. Forty-five 1st and 2nd graders at St. John School, and forty-seven 2nd and 4th graders at the Eliot were treated to an interactive instrument demonstration and performance with violin instructors Marielisa and Mariesther Alverez, and [...]
Matthew L. Nescio ’14, Nicholas A. Benning ’15 and Michael Laposata ‘16 of the North End achieved High Honors for the Third Quarter at Boston College High School. For High Honors a student must have at least a 3.80 quality point average and all grades ‘”C+” or higher. Benjamin Murphy ’15 achieved Honors. For Honors [...]
As part of an anti-bullying program, students at the Eliot K-8 School in the North End heard from Harlem Globetrotter stars Bucket Blakes and TNT Maddox along with Nate Solder, left tackle for the New England Patriots. At the visit to the school last week, the celebrities demonstrated the ABC’s of Bullying Prevention – Action, [...]
The Eliot School Daisy Girl Scout troop spent Thursday afternoon on the Prado with RUFF, Responsible Urbanites for Fido. North End dog owners, Sarah, Holly & David, stopped by to teach the girls about the responsibilities that come with owning a dog in the city. The Eliot School Daisy Girl Scouts are led by North [...]
A City Council hearing on the proposed new school at 585 Commercial St. has been scheduled for Monday at 10:00 am at City Hall. NOW is the time show your support! Think about what being able to go to a good neighborhood school means to each family. Think about friends and neighbors you know personally, [...]
A friend recently commented that she thought the Eliot School was in trouble under the new school assignment plan, approved by the Boston School Committee last week. And she made it very clear that a lot of other parents feel the same way. I was surprised at that reaction. But I shouldn’t have been – [...]
It was a celebratory mood at Friday’s official announcement by Mayor Tom Menino that the City of Boston is acquiring the North End / Waterfront property at 585 Commercial Street to be renovated for a new K-8 public school in Downtown Boston. Since the news initially came out, it was disclosed that the City’s purchase [...]
News on the development of 585 Commercial Street has taken a serious turn toward the benefit of Downtown Boston families as the City of Boston is close to acquiring the property for a new K-8 public school, according to people close to the situation. The new school is expected to open in 2016 and serve [...]
News from Boston College High School: Matthew L. Nescio ’14 and Michael Laposata ‘16 of the North End achieved High Honors for the Second Quarter at Boston College High School. For High Honors a student must have at least a 3.80 quality point average and all grades ‘”C+” or higher. Nicholas A. Benning ’15 and [...]
The Mayor’s External Advisory Committee on Student Assignment has recommended the “no zone” Home-Based/A school choice plan that creates a list of schools for each student based on his or her family’s home address. In this model, each student has at least six choices based on school quality. Read more on how Home-Based/A works. Eliot School [...]
Recently I attended a meeting focused on how Americans could reduce their carbon footprint by re-arranging their neighborhoods. (And it’s not only I who am drawn to such nerdy topics—the room was full.) The speaker talked about sufficient density, public transportation, sidewalks, intersections, easy access between home and work—in other words, all the advantages we [...]
” The AnnMarie Sava-Duncan Roc Scholarship “ The Roc Teen Saturday Program is donating $2000 to the North End and Charlestown for School Scholarships.. We are giving these scholarships In Memory of AnnMarie Sava-Duncan. We are sending $1000 to North End Against Drugs program to give the scholarship to the most needed family and it [...]
It’s over, the snow is gone! Well, not really but the “emergency” is over as of 6pm on Tuesday according to the City of Boston. Those using garages at discounted rates during the snow emergency will have until 8pm on Tuesday to move their cars. Parking on snow emergency streets such as Hanover, Commercial, Cross [...]
In a collective sigh of “you’ve got to be kidding,” parents bemoaned the news that Boston Public Schools would be closed again on Tuesday, February 12th due to the ongoing snow emergency. Tuesday’s weather forecast for Boston? Clear, highs in the mid-40s. “The safety of our students comes first, and schools will remain closed as [...]
Just in time to beat the blizzard, the cabinet and furniture making students at the North Bennet Street School went on a walk with their Windsor chairs and took photographs in the Prado – Paul Revere Mall. Many of these chairs are for sale in the NBSS gallery at 617-227-0155 or gallery@nbss.edu. See more NBSS [...]
The new State Secretary of Education, Matt Malone, visited the BEST public school in Boston ~ the Eliot K-8 Innovation School! Secretary Malone came to visit the Eliot because it is one of the newest Innovation Schools in the State of Massachusetts. In addition, the Eliot is one of 4 schools in the state of [...]
The City of Boston has declared a snow emergency, starting noon on Friday, in preparation for the upcoming winter blizzard. Other Friday impacts: Boston Public Schools are closed, the MBTA will close at 3:30 pm and all drivers are encouraged to be off the streets by noon. Parking is prohibited from snow emergency streets. On [...]
Boston’s North End resident, Ivana Bonetti, has been selected as the Arlington Catholic High School Freshman Student of the Second Quarter. At the end of every quarter, teachers nominate students and then the full faculty takes a final vote on who should receive the honor. A student from each class is chosen based on their [...]
Three local youth are headed to the Boston Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest to be held at the Rabb Lecture Hall in the Copley Library on March 16th. Representing their schools, Jacob Stein (Eliot), Sarah Knotts (St. John) and Rohan Sheth (Learning Project) are all hopeful that this is just another stop before [...]
The Eliot K-8 Innovation School has a new website at www.eliotK8school.org. The site was created by the Eliot School Family Council to help centralize school information including classroom micro-sites accessible by parents. The Charter Street school is in the midst of a phased expansion to the former North Bennet Street School buildings and has recently [...]
It seems like forever and it’s not over yet, but Boston Public Schools has released three final elementary school choice proposals. The new plan would go into effect in the 2014-15 school year. It’s down to a 10 zone assignment system (replacing the current 3 zones) or no zones at all (home based options) with [...]
The Boston Public Schools have an illustrious history. In 1635, Boston Latin became the first public school in America. The Abiel Smith School on Beacon Hill was the first public school building in the nation built for African American children. The Boston Public Schools also have an embarrassing history. The lowest point was in 1974. [...]
Open House at St. John School for New Families and Students St. John School – 9 Moon Street – Boston 02113 Open House – Tuesday, January 29, 2013 – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. New Registration for 2013-2014 in K3 – Grade 8 Tradition and Values You Can Count On! Academic Excellence without Compromise! Contact Information: [...]
All across our city this month, parents are choosing the schools where they would like to send their children to kindergarten. The Boston Public Schools are better than ever – but our school assignment process is 25 years old. Under the current system, we ask prospective families to visit as many as 30 schools – [...]
Old North Church in Boston will join with churches around the country and ring their bells at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, December 21 in memory of those who died last Friday in Newtown, Connecticut. Connecticut Governor Daniel Malloy called for bells to ring twenty-six times to honor the twenty-six victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. [...]
North End / Waterfront residents, David & Ann, have a son, Colin, who is a paramedic in California. He reflected on Friday’s terrible tragedy with a perspective they thought others might appreciate. From: David To: Colin Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 I cannot fathom how paramedics in Newtown are processing all those murdered children… On [...]
The following residents from Boston’s North End were recently named to the Arlington Catholic Honor Roll for the first marking term. They are to be commended for their academic achievements! Honors Michael Bonetti Ivana Bonetti
Some local and general reactions to the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings: [View the story "Reactions to Connecticut School Shootings" on Storify]
St. John School in Boston’s North End is offering a chance to win… A Family Celtics Experience **EXTENDED UNTIL JANUARY 9, 2013** Looking for a fantastic Christmas gift? This would be a great gift for: Your top 4 employees of the year Upcoming Birthday Gift Family Gift Kids Gift from Santa The Celtics Courtside Experience [...]
St. John School held its annual “Make a Difference” Community Celebration this year at the Hard Rock Café, Boston on Wednesday night. It was a great night of celebrating and recognizing important people in the North End community and building new relationships. The only remaining parochial school in the North End welcomed 50 new students [...]