by Greg Reibman | Oct 4, 2018 | Newton North, Newton South |
Newton School Superintendent David Fleishman sent this letter on Oct. 3
Dear Newton Families,
On Monday night at the School Committee meeting, our team provided an update on the exploration of later start times for our high schools. Information was provided on the status of the high school schedule redesign, as well as the current financial outlook for the district.
As you may recall, in the spring of 2017, the School Committee, upon the recommendation of the district and following several months of feedback from students, staff, and community, supported moving forward with a redesign of the high school schedule. This redesign would facilitate a shift to later start times, and target end times no later than
by Greg Reibman | Sep 17, 2018 | David Fleishman, Newton North, Newton South, Schools |
Newton School Superintendent David Fleishman released this letter to the school community today….
Dear Newton Community:
For the past seven years, the Newton Public Schools have been the target of outside groups claiming anti-Israel bias in our history curriculum. These baseless claims, often reliant upon materials and documents taken out of context, are misleading and only serve to denigrate the hard work and professionalism of our skilled and dedicated faculty.
In recent months, the attacks have grown increasingly and unjustly personal. Our history teachers have been singled out, harassed and
by Bruce Henderson | Jun 13, 2018 | Newton North, Newton South, Newton TAB, School Committee |
Jeffrey Pontiff’s column/editorial in today’s Newton TAB (“Importance of a healthy school start”—available on driveways but not yet online) urges Newton Public Schools to not shorten the school day when implementing later start times for high school. He says in part:...
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 25, 2018 | bicycles, Newton North, Newton South |
Congratulations to Bike Newton and President Alicia Bowman on winning a $4000 grant from PeopleforBikes to improve the bike facilities at both Newton High Schools! The grant will partially pay for the construction of covered bike parking for 45 bikes at Newton North... by Greg Reibman | Mar 14, 2018 | David Fleishman, Newton North, Newton South, Ruthanne Fuller |
The Newton North and South High Schools student walk-out to end gun violence that had been scheduled for today (Wednesday) has been rescheduled for Thursday because of school cancellation. Mayor Fuller is expected to join the students at South. Superintendent David...
by Marti Bowen | Mar 6, 2018 | Newton, Newton North, Newton Police, Newton South |
There is a change.org petition being circulated by “Concerned Parents of the NNHS Community” among Newton parents and others calling for more security at our high schools. The wording is vague but includes: Let’s stop protecting our image and concerns of... by Gail Spector | Feb 27, 2018 | Newton South
Newton South Principal Joe Stembridge sent this email to the community. Here’s an excerpt: “My worry, in the aftermath of the Florida school shooting, is that some would like the conversation in education to be about reacting in the moment of crisis... by Greg Reibman | Jan 7, 2018 | Newton South |
Congratulations to Newton South senior point guard Veronica Burton on breaking South’s scoring record previously held — in a nice twist — by her former coach Katrina Antonellis. The TAB’s Scott Sousa explains.
“I kind of had an inkling in middle school that she was maybe going to be the one,” [Antonellis] remembers thinking. “There have been a couple of others. But when she came through, I would dream of this moment that it was really her.”
by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 3, 2018 | Education, Newton North, Newton South
While the LigerBots, Newton’s FIRST Robotics team gets a lot of attention for, well, robotics, it’s also about developing a series of other skills. This week the parent organization selected our Safety Animation as the top in the world! This mean’s... by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 2, 2018 | Newton South, weather |
Newton South students spent about 10 minutes out in the cold today, but the problems could be a bit more severe. From the Principal on the Newton South PTSO blog: What started in the morning as a major water leak due to a frozen, split coil in a heating unit became... by village14 | Oct 9, 2016 | Newton, Newton South |
Two coaches of Newton South High School’s freshman football team have been placed on leave pending a police and school district investigation into an alleged incident on the team’s school bus Thursday evening, the TAB’s Jonathan Dame reports. (And he posts the Concord Police dispatch calls.)
And here’s a report from Fox 25…
by Bruce Henderson | Oct 5, 2016 | Newton South, Oak Hill |
Today on NPR’s All Things Considered, host Audie Cornish presented Looking Back on 50 Years of Busing in Boston, an insightful segment on Boston’s METCO program, in which she was a student years ago. Today she profiled the Bailey family in Mattapan and...
