North End Waterfront (NEW) Health donated another round of grocery store gift certificates to the Eliot and Harvard-Kent schools in May 2020. The money for these donations was generated through NEW Health’s food insecurity program, Over the Bridge. Among other funds raised, NEW Health received an $800 donation from North End Athletic Association (NEAA) for Read More…
Many students receive their only meal of the day while attending school. At Eliot School in the North End, 30 percent of the 740 students are food insecure and there are 40 homeless families. At the Harvard-Kent school in Charlestown, 50 percent of the 495 students live in public housing. Over 75 percent of the Read More…
The North End’s Eliot School gave a special shout out to the Boston Center for Youth and Families (BCYF) and Nazzaro Center for providing free, healthy meals for students every day. During the COVID-19 pandemic, all Massachusetts schools, including Boston Public Schools, are closed. In addition to the difficulties of transitioning to online learning, this Read More…
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced on Tuesday, April 21, that schools would be closed for the remainder of the academic year due to COVID-19. Boston Public Schools, including the North End’s Eliot School, have been closed since mid-March. Eliot School faculty have been collaborating and planning improved virtual learning experiences for the remainder of the Read More…
The Eliot K-8 Innovation School and the North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) recently presented the first annual “Eliot Ensembles Concert,” an event highlighting the performances of the Eliot Band, Eliot Music Ensemble, and Eliot Choir programs that were clapped along by a warm audience of family and friends. This performance celebrated the hard work of all the Read More…
Five middle school students from Boston’s Eliot School, located in the North End, were selected to participate in the 74th Boston Public School Region VI Citywide Science Fair, held last week at Northeastern University. Thousands of students across the city participate in their school level fairs and the “best of the best” are invited to Read More…
Students in grades 3 and 4 at the Eliot Intermediate School in Boston’s North End have started their own school newspaper, Eliot Times. The second edition of the paper, started by students Patrick and Orson, was recently published and met with much enthusiasm from the other students, as evidenced by the photo below! The founders Read More…
The Eliot School in Boston’s North End celebrated the joy of reading aloud with its first annual Read Aloud Day on Wednesday, February 12. Teachers, students, and guest community readers from North End Waterfront Health (NEW Health) read aloud to Eliot students across all three buildings encompassing grades Kindergarten through 8. Eliot Principal Traci Walker Read More…
Students from grades one through three at the Eliot School in Boston’s North End recently made Valentine’s Day cards for the Veterans at the New England Center and Home for Veterans. Third-graders from Ms. Chiong’s homeroom delivered the cards to their thankful recipients! “Our students and teachers are being really thoughtful about finding ways to Read More…
The Eliot K-8 School celebrated the Lunar New Year this week with a parade through the streets of Boston’s North End. Lower School students at the Charter Street building prepared their dragon costumes, face masks and noisemakers and processed along Hanover Street around Tileston and Unity Streets back to the Paul Revere Mall (Prado). The Read More…
The North End Christmas Fund Luncheon Committee visited the Eliot K-8 School earlier this week to donate $2,000 worth of grocery gift cards from Star Market to help support Eliot students as well as their families. The Christmas Fund Luncheon is an annual event that raises money to help support North End families who are Read More…
Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) performed Hansel and Gretel for the third-graders at the Eliot Innovation School in the North End on Monday afternoon. As part of the Boston Lyric Opera’s School Partnership program, Artist Classroom Visit 101, performers introduced the students to the art of opera with an interactive one-hour presentation. The children were encouraged Read More…