Four Revere schools are participating in a national school health program aimed to keep kids healthy this school year through technology. They are part of this year’s FLUency, a national health program by Kinsa, a company that makes smart thermometers…
Author: John Lynds
Revere High School Students off to Beijing to Take Part in Model G20 Summit
Sixteen Revere High School (RHS) students will have the opportunity of a lifetime as they prepare to travel to Beijing China to participate in a Model G20 Youth Leadership Summit. The sixteen Revere High students representing the school’s sophomore, junior…
Revere Schools Highlighted in Mass. Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Annual Report
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s new annual report was recently released. In it includes a video link depicting what teacher leadership looks like in action in Revere by focusing on one teacher’s commitment to her students. The…
Airline Inspectors at Boston Logan Airport Warn Passengers of Safety Concerns Amidst the Government Shutdown
Local concerns regarding Air Traffic Controllers working without pay at Boston Logan Airport during the government shutdown are surfacing. The shutdown and working without pay maybe making an already stressful job more demanding an impacting safety. With hundreds of thousands…
Science From Scientists Program Discussed at Revere School Committee Meeting
At January’s Revere School Committee meeting Chief Operating Officer from Science from Scientists Amanda Schutt gave an overview on her program’s work in the Revere School system. Science from Scientists was founded by Dr. Erika Ebbel Angleto in 2002 to…
Superintendent Kelly demands educational equity for all Revere students
Revere School Superintendent Dianne Kelly was a panelists last week at Malden High School during a forum calling on legislators to overhaul the state’s current educational funding model to ensure equity for all students, especially those in low-income areas. The…
Revere School Committee Discusses Chronic Absenteeism
During Monday’s Revere School Committee meeting Revere Public School administrator Dr. Lourenco Garcia gave the committee an overview on understanding chronic absenteeism among students. Starting this year absenteeism will be measured by the state and be part of Revere School’s…
Gov Charlie Baker talks Addiction with EBNHC Specialists
Last Thursday after being sworn in to his second term, Gov. Charlie Baker delivered his inaugural address. In it, Baker discussed opioid addiction and the steps he and the legislation has taken to combat the substance abuse and mental health…
Revere Public Schools Clears First Hurdle to Building a New High School
For the past three years Revere has been trying to get a plan off the ground to consolidate some old school buildings and build a new high school that will serve the city’s students and families for generations to come.…
Garfield Students Helped Push State’s Gun Reform Legislation
Last summer, Gov. Charlie Baker signed important state gun reform legislation that now allows household members, or others in close relationships, and local law enforcement to file an extreme risk protection order (ERPO) petition with the court to remove firearms…
Therapy Dog Helping Hill School Students Achieve
Inside Amanda Domenici’s Special Education class at the Hill School in Revere something amazing is happening. Once a week the class is visited by Toby. Toby is not a teacher but a golden doodle (half golden retriever half poodle) and…
EBNHC President and CEO Manny Lopes Tapped to Chair Boston’s Board of Health
Anyone involved in the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center knows that Manny Lopes is a dedicated leader and one of the most recognizable figures in and around the area. So it came as no surprise when Lopes took over the…
Revere School Committee Pays Tribute to Carol White
At last week’s School Committee Meeting Revere School Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly led the committee in a special tribute to longtime school administrator Carol White. White, who had been with Revere Public Schools for nearly four decades, died following a…
Student Left on School Bus for Four Hours
The bus driver who left special needs student alone on a school bus in Revere for four hours has been fired. The bus monitor, an employee of Revere Public Schools (RPS) employee, who was working that day has also been…
Amazon Project Goes South:Officials Announce Arlington, VA and New York City to Be East Coast Locations; Arrigo and O’Brien Promise to Move Ahead with Suffolk Downs Project
For the past year the cities of Boston and Revere have waited for the possibility of Amazon placing its second North American headquarters (Amazon HQ2) at Suffolk Downs. Amazon announced Tuesday that New York City and Arlington, Virginia will share…
Meet the New Student Rep on the Revere School Committee, Wallid Soukaki
During October’s Revere School Committee meeting, committee members welcomed Revere High School senior Wallid Soukaki to his first meeting as the committee’s student representative. Soukaki grew up in Revere and attended the Lincoln and McKinley Elementary Schools, the Rumney Marsh…
Elementary School Students Present Their New Math Program to School Committee
At the monthly meeting of Revere School Committee held on Oct. 23, elementary school students from the Lincoln and Garfield schools presented a Powerpoint presentation that they put together themselves regarding their new math interactive computer program–ST Math. Third-graders Isaac…
Red-Blue Line Connector Cheaper than Once Thought
Last week MBTA officials announced that the project to connect Red and Blue lines, thus ending the only two train lines that currently do not intersect might be a lot cheaper than once thought. In 2010 the MBTA released a…
EBNHC Board President Rita Sorrento Reelected to the National Association of Community Health Centers Board
Longtime East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Board President Rita Sorrento was re-elected last week to serve another term on the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) board. Sorrento, who has served as as the EBNHC’s board president for 23…
Massport CEO Thomas Glynn Announces Intention to Step Down
After six years as head of Massport, CEO Thomas Glynn announced last week that he would step down from the post in November, a year earlier than his contract. Glynn said his last days at Massportwill be in November even…
