Students from Revere MACIR (Moroccan American Connections in Revere) IT training program spent three days last week inside Revere High School’s Gym programming a shipment of ChromeBooks that were recently purchased by the Revere Public School Department. “We programmed 1,200…
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RPS, Neighboring School Districts Launch Pilot Program for In-School COVID Testing
Revere Public School Superintendent Dianne Kelly has signed onto a letter to Mass Health and Human Service Secretary Marylou Sudders outlining a new pilot program Revere is participating in with neighboring school districts to address fear and anxiety in schools…
Kelly Takes Issue with Airflow Testing Assessment at Local School Buildings
Last week, Revere Teachers Association’s (RTA) Gina Garro circulated an email letter outlining recent airflow testing results at Revere Public School (RPS) buildings and the lack of urgency by school administrators to address ongoing concerns the RTA has over adequate…
Suffolk Downs Redevelopment Approved by Boston’s BPDA Board
After a seven hour long marathon Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board meeting and housing advocates calling for the BPDA to delay the vote, the board unanimously approved HYM Development’s project to transform the historic 161-acre Suffolk Downs site…
Equity Work at RHS Highlighted at School Committee Meeting
For the past several years Revere High School has been working towards creating a more ‘equitable’ environment for all students regardless of race, religion, background or economic status. At last week’s School Committee meeting, the panel of educators working to…
Superintendent Kelly Responds to RTA’s Concerns of Air Quality in School Buildings
This week the Revere Teachers Association (RTA) sent a letter to Revere Public School Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly and Mayor Brian Arrigo highlighting concerns from the district’s own ventilation report completed by AMERESCO. According to the RTA the report demonstrates…
Naira Almonte, 2018 RHS Grad and Daughter of Revere Community Activist, Dies Tragically
Naira Almonte, the daughter of Maria Ureña, a well known community volunteer, advocate and Parent Lead Organizer at Women Encouraging Empowerment (WEE) in Revere died tragically on September 7. Almonte, a 2018 Revere High School graduate, recently moved to Providence…
EBNHC Announces Greg Wilmot as New SVP, COO
Last week the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) announced that Greg Wilmot has been promoted to the role of senior vice president (SVP) and chief operating officer (COO). Wilmot most recently served as vice president and executive director of…
MACIR Makes and Donates 12,000 Masks to Revere Public Schools
When the COVID-19 Pandemic hit Revere, MACIR (Moroccan American Connections in Revere) switched gears from an organization that helps integrate the growing Moroccan American population in the city of Revere to becoming one of the leading producers of masks and…
Revere School Committee Amends School’s Face Mask Policy
At last week’s Revere School Committee meeting School Committee, member Stacey Rizzo called for an amendment to Revere Public School’s face mask and face covering policy that was recently adopted. “After some new information and speaking to people in the…
Revere Public Schools Enter into a MOA With Revere Teachers Association to Restart School Year
At an emergency Revere School Committee meeting called last Friday, Revere Public School Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly said RPS and the Revere Teachers Association (RTA) have entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to safely restart the school year. The…
Revere’s Waterfront Ambassador Had a Busy Summer
A Revere youth that worked this summer as a Waterfront Ambassadors participated in a nature-inspired art project in the city. The Waterfront Ambassadors, a summer youth employment program run by the Trustees Boston Waterfront, is a summer team that consists…
Revere Teachers Will Head Back to Classrooms
Two weeks ago, after Revere residents testing positive for COVID-19 rose to nearly seven percent and became a ‘red zone’ in the state, the Revere School Committee voted unanimously during an emergency meeting to begin the 2020/2021 school year remotely.…
City Close to Picking a New High School Project Manager
At last week’s Revere School Committee meeting, Revere Public School Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly reported that the City of Revere has narrowed down the list of prospective Owner’s Project Manager (OPM) that will oversee the design and construction of a…
Friends of Mary Ellen Greenway Circulating Greenway Extension Survey
Last year Rep. Adrian Madaro secured $100,000 in the state budget for an engineering, environmental and feasibility study to extend the Mary Ellen Welch Greenway past Constitution Beach to Belle Isle Marsh and eventually to Winthrop and Revere. Support for…
Revere Teachers Association Supports Fully ‘Remote’ Start to the School Year
President Revere Teachers Association (RTA) Gina Garro said this week that the RTA believes the only safe start to school is in a fully remote model for all educators, staff and students. “We fully acknowledge the difficult situation the community…
RPS Forgoes Traditional Graduation Plans for Car-Parade Commencement
Revere High School seniors were poised to walk across the stage on Tuesday evening and finally pick up their diplomas at Harry Della Russo Stadium, but a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in Revere put the breaks on the planned…
Revere Public Schools Students Will Start the School Year Off With Remote Learning as COVID Cases Spike
At the Revere School Committee meeting on Monday, Revere Public School (RPS) Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly said RPS would like to bypass the “hybrid†learning model that was in the district’s draft plan for a fall reopening and focus on…
RHS “Social Distance†Graduation to Take Place Tuesday, Aug. 11 at Harry Della Russo Stadium
Everybody can agree the Class of 2020 across the United States got a raw deal. For hundreds of Revere High School (RHS) seniors, the last year of high school is a right of passage and one that is remembered for…
Eastie Teen Charged in Connection to Fatal Revere Beach Boulevard Shooting
An East Boston teen has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Yaseen Butt, 20, of Revere outside Twist and Shake ice cream shop on Revere Beach Blvd. State Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said…