Boston parents:
School Choice Season for the 2015-16 school
year is underway
Families can use the upgraded discoverbps.org to
find school choices;
schools open for visits on Saturday, November 15
BOSTON — School Choice Season is underway the
Boston Public Schools – when families have many opportunities to get to know
their school options before registering in January. To help families in their
search, BPS has unveiled a new version of our online tool, www.DiscoverBPS.org,
and will host its second annual Showcase In Our Schools event
on Saturday, November 15.“If last year is any indication, when we had more than a thousand people visit our website on the day it launched, DiscoverBPS.org will again be an invaluable tool for families,” said BPS Interim Superintendent John McDonough. “We are excited that this year’s enhancements do even more to help families consider a school’s ‘fit’ factor, and will also provide more information for English Language Learners and for students with disabilities and about their possible school choices.”
BPS launched DiscoverBPS.org last year to help families understand their options under the Home-Based school choice plan, which offers families a list of schools built around quality and proximity to where they live. This year, new functionality includes more sorting preferences, tabs for ELL and SPED options, the opportunity to compare schools side by side, and more.
Once families have their list of options, they are encouraged to visit the schools on Saturday, November 15, when all schools serving grades K0-8 will be open from 9am to 1pm for “Showcase in our Schools,” a citywide open house event. Families can drop in to any school to take a tour, talk to staff and get answers to their questions.
At the high school level, principals, teachers and staff from our high schools will gather at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School at 75 Malcolm X Blvd. in Roxbury for the High School Showcase on Thursday, December 4, from 6-8pm to answer questions from parents and students.
In addition to those Showcase opportunities, every BPS school will also offer at least three School Preview Days, now through January 9, when families may visit more schools on their lists. Information about the Showcase events and schedules for the individual School Preview Days can be found online at bostonpublicschools.org/register, by phone at (617) 653-8040, or in person at any BPS Welcome Center.
“It’s important that parents visit their school options to discover which ones are the best fit for their child,” McDonough said. “In the last few years we have strengthened academics at every level and are making investments in arts, music, athletics and state-of-the art technology. We also have the some of the very best teachers and school leaders in the nation. Every school has something unique to offer. By stepping inside, parents can get a great sense of whether they can envision their child becoming an important part of that school’s community.”
BPS is also holding 19 information sessions across the city to help families and community partners learn more about how the Home-Based school choice plan works:
·
Brighton: 6pm,
Tuesday, December 2: Faneuil Library, 419 Faneuil St.
·
Charlestown: 6pm,
Thursday, November 13: Harvard/Kent School, 50 Bunker Hill St. (Chinese,
Spanish interpretation available)
·
Downtown: 6pm, Monday,
November 3: Quincy Elementary School, 885 Washington St. (Chinese
interpretation available)
·
Dorchester: 6pm,
Wednesday, November 12: Saint Peter’s/Cv Unido, 278 Bowdoin St. (Cape Verdean
Creole interpretation available)
·
Dorchester: 10am,
Tuesday, November 18: Dorchester Welcome Ctr., 1216 Dorchester Ave. (Spanish,
Cape Verdean Creole interpretation available)
·
Dorchester: 6:30pm,
Tuesday, November 18: Saint Ambrose Church, 240 Adams St. (Vietnamese
interpretation available)
·
Dorchester: 6pm,
Wednesday, November 19: Adams St. Library, 690 Adams St. (Spanish
interpretation available)
·
East Boston: 6pm,
Thursday, November 13: Mario Umana Academy, 312 Border St. (Spanish
interpretation available)
·
East Boston: 8:30am,
Tuesday, November 18: Guild Elementary School, 195 Leyden St. (Spanish
interpretation available)
·
Hyde Park: 6pm,
Monday, November 10: Hyde Park Library, 35 Harvard Ave. (Haitian Creole,
Spanish interpretation available)
·
Jamaica Plain: 6:30pm,
Thursday, November 13: J. F. Kennedy School, 7 Bolster St.
·
Jamaica Plain: 6pm,
Monday, December 22: Connolly Library, 433 Centre St. (Portuguese, Spanish
interpretation available)
·
Mattapan: 10am,
Thursday, November 6: Mattapan Welcome Ctr., 5 Mildred Ave. (Haitian Creole,
Spanish interpretation available)
·
Mattapan/Dorchester:
6pm, Thursday, November 20: Sant Bel VI Haitian Health Ctr., 6 Frontenac St.
(Haitian Creole, Spanish interpretation available)
·
Roslindale: 6pm,
Wednesday, December 10: Roslindale Welcome Ctr., 515 Hyde Pk. Ave. (Haitian
Creole, Portuguese, Spanish interpretation available)
·
Roxbury: 6pm,
Thursday, November 6: O’Bryant School, 55 Malcolm X Blvd. (Chinese, Somali,
Spanish interpretation available)
·
Roxbury: 6pm,
Wednesday, December 17: Roxbury Welcome Ctr., 75 Malcolm X Blvd. (Somali,
Spanish interpretation available)
·
South Boston: 6pm,
Wednesday, November 5: BCYF Condon Community Ctr., 200 D St.
·
West Roxbury: 6pm,
Thursday, November 20: West Roxbury Library, 1961 Centre St. (Spanish
interpretation available)
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