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For Belmont Teen, Practice Paves the Way To Carnegie Hall
Su Min Pyo did not expect to be accepted into one of Carnegie Hall’s prestigious youth orchestras, so it was a nice surprise when she learned she would be part of the highly competitive program. “This is an amazing opportunity for me,” the young clarinetist said this week.
Highlights from Recreation’s Funky Feet School of Dance Program
Funky Feet School of Dance, a program at the Town of Hingham’s Recreation Department, hosted its annual children’s Dance Recital on Saturday, May 18. The Funky Feet School of Dance’s annual recital sold 2,000 seats for its four recitals hosted at Hingham Middle School! Children as young as two years old, up through high school, took the stage and performed various dance styles including ballet, tap, hip-hop, jazz, funk and more!
For GLTHS Students, All the World’s a Stage
Superintendent-Director Jill Davis is pleased to share that Greater Lowell Technical High School students in the construction cluster recently completed construction on a new multipurpose stage for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell. In December 2023, the construction cluster was tasked with building a multipurpose indoor stage at...
Keller At Large: After campus protests, Harvard opts for policy of neutrality
BOSTON - A university campus is "a place for research and debate. It is not a place for proclamation," says Harvard alumnus and frequent critic, Harvey Silverglate, a local lawyer and civil libertarian. "If you want proclamation, go to the Vatican." That's why, after months of political turmoil that helped bring down Harvard's president and drew the ire of students, alumni, faculty and Congress, Silverglate applauds the university's decision to stop weighing in as an institution on current affairs.What is institutional neutrality? Adopting a policy of "institutional neutrality" - a practice that started in the mid-1960s at the University of...
AHS senior semifinalist for National Merit Scholarship
The National Merit Scholarship Corp., which seeks to recognize academically talented students throughout the United States, has announced semifinalists for the 2024 scholarship program. Hundreds of students throughout Massachusetts qualified, and Arlington High School senior Ethan Phan is among them. "I am honored to [be in the running to] win...
Mass. teens named co-valedictorians at New York school
“It was nice for my parents to not have to clap for one person, feel a little bad for the other.”. Identical twins from Southborough, Massachusetts, now have more in common than just their DNA, college, sport of choice and major (which might seem impossible). Chloe and Olivia Chiota graduated...
In Boston, schools test ways to target student absences with sports, raffles and Saturday schedules
At New Mission High in Hyde Park, many students jump into the school day by first hitting the gymnasium. Shawn Polk, the school's health and physical education teacher, typically opens the gym doors around 7 a.m., cranking up catchy pop music over a loudspeaker as kids trickle inside to play basketball or volleyball.
Former Foster Faculty Visit Foster School for One Last Time
On Thursday, May 23, 2024, several current Foster School staff members hosted a Foster Farewell Tour for former Foster faculty and staff, giving them the opportunity to say goodbye to their old school before it is torn down and replaced. Over 30 retired teachers returned to Foster, revisiting cherished memories through old photo albums and reminiscing with former colleagues.
6 Boston students vying for $10K scholarship all go home happy, thanks to anonymous benefactor
The benefactor donated an additional $50,000 to Boston Public Schools, allowing each finalist to take home a $10,000 scholarship. Usually, six students enter, and one will win. But that’s not the case for these six Boston students from different high schools vying for a $10,000 scholastic scholarship. On Wednesday...
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