Since 1999, the students of Brown Middle School have organized a gift drive for the families of Brookview House in Dorchester. Each year, students collect gifts, load them onto a box truck, and send them to Brookview, where they are given to the caretakers to wrap and gift to Brookview families. King Movers…
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The Lion’s Roar — Newton South High School’s award-winning newspaper — has its September issue out: Volume 40-5, Israel Palestine, with these lead articles: Bella Ishanyan is a senior at Newton South High School and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Lion’s Roar. Last summer, she was a Fig City News student intern.
Did you know that Mount Alvernia Academy (MAA) boasts a 4-acre campus complete with a gymnasium, library, technology lab, art room, music room, and more? Serving pre-school through grade 6, MAA is, in the words of its principal, “an extraordinary community of learners rooted in Franciscan and Catholic traditions.” MAA…
On Saturday, December 16, Newton’s dual-high-school robotics team, the LigerBots, hosted the Massachusetts East State Championship FIRST LEGO League (FLL) tournament at Newton North High School along with a STEAM Expo featuring exhibitors such as: A total of 48 FLL teams had qualified to compete in this State Championship. After a full day…
The Newton Community Development Foundation (NCDF) initiated the NDCF Scholarship Program this year and has awarded a total of $10,000 in scholarships to five exceptional individuals. NCDF was established in 1968 to provide affordable housing solutions for the community, and it remains committed to fostering community development, not only by…
On November 18, members of the Newton Public Schools (NPS) METCO team attended the METCO Showcase in Roxbury to meet prospective METCO families. Attending the event from NPS were Newton METCO Director Lisa Gilbert-Smith, METCO Counselor Melissa Wong, and Executive Assistant Stacie Gladden. At the annual Showcase, urban and suburban…
In January 2020, after seeing how many families were struggling financially, Grace Rodrigue and her two sisters — Olivia and Simone — wanted to do something to help. They created Kids Backing Kids (KBK), a 501(c)(3) non-profit to provide items for those in need and opportunities to teach youth about…
The Newton Public Schools (NPS) is beginning a four-month process January to create a “Portrait of a Graduate.” The portrait will be created by a “design team” composed of a wide variety of community members, and NPS hopes to include the larger Newton community in this process. The Portrait of a Graduate…
Four Newton-based FLL teams compete in Eastern Mass. Championship The LigerBots, Newton’s competitive high school robotics team, will run a STEAM activity expo for children and a robot zoo alongside the Massachusetts East State Championship FIRST LEGO League (FLL) tournament at Newton North High School on December 16. The tournament and the…
The Lion’s Roar — Newton South High School’s award-winning newspaper — has its September issue out: Volume 40-4, Defend the Den, with these lead articles: Bella Ishanyan is a senior at Newton South High School and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Lion’s Roar. Last summer, she was a Fig City News student intern.