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Revere High School assistant principal hurt in fight with students
The assistant principal of Revere High School was hurt in a fight involving students earlier this week. The school district says the fight broke out Thursday during the transition to lunch and the assistant principal was hit during the fight and taken to the hospital as a precaution. A teacher told Boston 25 that the altercation happened down the hall from her classroom and that it is the second fight they’ve had since the recent start of the school year. “These huge fights like this have often been enough that yes we are kind of and have normalized that there’s a fight,” Michelle Ervin detailed.
New Stoneham HS building given green light to open
STONEHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - The new Stoneham High School building will officially open to students on Tuesday. The decision to open on September 3 was finalized Thursday night. The new building received its certificate of occupancy. The start of the school year had to be delayed because the permit had...
Tide football looks sharp in scrimmage against powerful Arlington
Everett begins regular season next Friday night against non-league Mansfield at home. Everett High School (EHS) football coach Justin Flores welcomed nearly 70 players to the first day of practice on Aug. 16. Flores is beginning his second year, but unlike last year when he learned that he was chosen to be the football boss only weeks before the first day of practice, he now has a better understanding of what he has to work with for the upcoming campaign.
Moving towards a preferred design for the new Lexington High School
LexObserver Columnist Gerry Yurkevicz will be providing regular updates and analysis related to the Lexington High School building project. Fall promises to be an active season for the Lexington High School Building Project (LHS). There will be numerous opportunities for residents to weigh-in with their thoughts on the estimated $600+ million project. The School Building Committee (SBC) will hold scores of meetings with community and stakeholder groups to obtain feedback on the project, which is projected to raise property taxes by 10-14%. The SBC is expected to vote on November 12 to determine the preferred design concept to be included in the Preferred Schematic Report (PSR) to be submitted for approval to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA).
Football starts next week: Wildcats, Redmen and Rams all ready to go
Football season is about to begin for high schools in Massachusetts and Tewksbury High, Wilmington High and Shawsheen Tech are all preparing for action to start. The Redmen of Tewksbury begin their season on Sept. 13 in Danvers at 7 p.m. TMHS then welcomes Haverhill to town on Sept. 20...
New Watertown High School on Track to be Net Zero Energy
Progress has been made on the new Watertown High School, and the goal of having the building produce all the energy needed to operate is closer to becoming a reality. When the high school project was approved, it was designed to be Net Zero energy and also meet the LEED Platinum standards for energy efficiency and sustainability. Since being approved in June 2021, the project budget has increased significantly mostly due to the rise in construction costs.
Middlesex Campus in Bedford Braces for Hundreds of Additional Students
The commonwealth’s new policy of free community college tuition will have a major impact on the Springs Road campus of Middlesex Community College, according to President Philip J. Sisson. The fall semester begins on Sept. 3. As of this week, the daytime student population is up 16 percent from...
District goes back to school – Belmonte STEAM Academy students start new school year
SAUGUS – School began district-wide on a warm Tuesday morning. Fifth- and second-graders at Belmonte STEAM Academy put on their backpacks, grabbed hot chocolate and entered the building, some for the last trip around the sun. Fifth-grader Thomas LeBlanc, 10, will have a new teacher, Marissa Concannon, this academic...
Believe! Chelsea begins the new school year
Supt. of Schools Dr. Almi Abeyta welcomed back students at the four elementary schools in the Mary C. Burke Complex for the first day of the 2024-25 academic year Wednesday morning. “We’re very excited about the new year,” said Abeyta. “This has already been an amazing start. We had a...
North Quincy football player back on the field one year after frightening spinal cord injury
A North Quincy High School football player was running routes in the August sun Thursday, preparation for a senior season that was no guarantee a little less than a year ago.
Local colleges brace for campus protests, disruption
Boston-area colleges are preparing for potential campus demonstrations and updating their protest policies as students return to politically-polarized college campuses. Tufts President Sunil Kumar recently emailed the campus community to emphasize that the right to protest doesn’t override students’ right to learn or express differing opinions. “True advocacy also includes listening and inviting others in rather than pushing them aside,” Kumar wrote.
Boston gearing up for student move-in weekend
The city of Boston is geared up for the arrival of college and university students this weekend, deploying more 50 inspectors that will be canvassing neighborhoods in the city to make sure safety and sanitary standards are met. The inspectors will be in Allston, Brighton, Fenway-Kenmore and Mission Hill, starting...
Tansey Celebrated as an Attendance All-Star
One city school has been recognized by the state as being an attendance all-star. Last year Tansey Elementary School was at the top of the list in reducing chronic absenteeism, defined as students who miss 18 or more days of school a year. Massachusetts Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler was...
Northeastern’s acceptance rate for Boston campus drops to 5.2%
With its acceptance rate now in the single digits, Northeastern is among the most competitive colleges in the country. Northeastern University’s acceptance rate dropped to a record low of 5.2% for the fall admissions cycle, the latest development in a yearslong transformation that has turned the former commuter school into an increasingly competitive global powerhouse.
Red Devil Fall Sports Back in Action
Fall is in the air at Burlington High School and teams are getting ready for a full slate of regular season games and meets. Robert Parris is BCAT’s Sports and Features Reporter. Robert first got involved with BCAT in January 2016 as a volunteer news reporter. Throughout the year, as a volunteer, he was busy developing his technical skills at the studio and his ENG skills in the field. In the summer of 2017, Robert joined the team full-time. He quickly settled into his role, providing all of the production support for our news programs, as well as providing weekly sports highlights. Robert also produces a weekly feature for BNEWS, as well as a monthly show called, BNEWS Sports Hub, and BCAT’s Game of the Week.
Belmont Schools Hammering Out Contracts as Summer Ends
With a year to go before contracts expire, a date has not yet been set for negotiating contracts for four units of the Belmont Education Association. Those units include the educators; directors, assistant directors, and assistant principals; administrative assistants and clerical aids; and finally, the professional aides, classroom assistants, tutors, campus monitors and building-based substitutes.
Tewksbury Public Schools Offers Meals at No Cost for All Students
Apply to for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program, available at all Tewksbury Public Schools, for access to healthy school meals. Tewksbury Public Schools participates in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. As part of this program, Tewksbury Public Schools offers healthy meals every school day at every school to all students. The Commonwealth is supplementing National School Lunch Program funds to ensure all students have access to healthy school meals in Massachusetts, regardless of household income. We ask that families complete a Meal Benefit Application as this provides data for school funding and community resources. The results from each Meal Benefit Application is used to ensure sustainability for this program.
WIN Waste, Boys & Girls Club to host Back to School Celebration
Paul HalloranSAUGUS – WIN Waste Innovations and the Saugus Boys & Girls Club are jointly sponsoring a Back to School Celebration for Saugus students and families. The outdoor event will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 3 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Waybright Elementary School on Talbot Street. There will be a bounce house, corn […] The post WIN Waste, Boys & Girls Club to host Back to School Celebration appeared first on Itemlive.
Teachers get back to work, their contract expires Saturday
Marblehead teachers, wearing red in solidarity, gathered outside the Veterans School before interim Superintendent John Robidoux’s convocation Thursday morning. Aug. 29 was the first day of work for teachers. Their contract expires Aug. 31, just before students return on Sept. 3. Marblehead High School teacher and coach Mike Giardi...
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