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English High School Students Finally Get MCAS Results

Every single high school student in Massachusetts got results of their MCAS about a month ago — except for the students of English High School in Jamaica Plain.  But finally this week the Department of Elementary Second Education finally released the test results. The Boston Globe reports that state officials have not said why they held back the results, only saying that there were some anomalies with the results.

Boston School Committee Accepting Applications for Two Open Seats

The Boston School Committee is currently accepting applications for two open school committee seats for two four-year terms beginning on January 4th, 2016. The deadline to submit applications is Monday, November 9th at 5 pm.

JP 10-Year-Old Places Third in City Spelling Bee

From left: Christopher Byner, interim director of the Boston Centers for Youth and Families; Emily Sun, 12, of West Roxbury; Christy Jeston, 13, West Roxbury and Isabella Baez-Giangreco, 10, Jamaica Plain.
From left: Christopher Byner, interim director of the Boston Centers for Youth and Families; Emily Sun, 12, of West Roxbury; Christy Jeston, 13, West Roxbury and Isabella Baez-Giangreco, 10, Jamaica Plain.

Isabella Baez-Giangreco, a 10-year-old JP resident who goes to the Manning School, took third place in the Boston Center for Youth and Families City-wide Spelling Bee on Saturday.

Journalism Panel Fields Sharp Questions from Boston International High School Students

A panel of journalists fields questions from 10th-graders at Boston International High School on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015.
A panel of journalists fields questions from 10th-graders at Boston International High School on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. From left: Lucia Duncan of Zumix Radio, Ric Khan of Teens in Print, Susie Seligson of Bostonia Magazine and Chris Helms of Jamaica Plain News.

The 10th-grade students of Boston International High School welcomed a panel of local journalist Thursday for a question-and-answer session — followed by pizza.