District, Kourkoumelis spar over OCR records
The Melrose Public Schools and School Committee member Carrie Kourkoumelis remain at an impasse regarding Kourkoumelis' request for records surrounding an investigation into the district by the federal...
View ArticleMelrose Public Library weekly listings
Holiday HoursThe library will close at 1 p.m. Dec. 24 and will reopen at 2 p.m. Dec. 27.The library will close at 1 p.m. Dec. 31 for New Year’s and will reopen 10 a.m. Jan. 2.The library will be closed...
View ArticleMelrose Public Schools to hold kindergarten, Early Children Center registration
Melrose Public Schools will host the following events for parents registering their children for kindergarten or the Franklin Early Childhood Center for the 2016-17 school year.Kindergarten...
View ArticleMelrose resident wins Geo Bee
Melrose resident Abigail Bemis, an eighth-grade student at the Mystic Valley Charter School, won the annual Geo Bee. The contest is round one of a nationwide contest sponsored by National Geographic in...
View ArticleTaymore statement regarding OCR resolution
Superintendent Cyndy Taymore issued the following statement Tuesday, Dec. 29 regarding a resolution agreement with the Office for Civil Rights:On Dec. 17, I, on behalf of the Melrose Public Schools,...
View ArticleMelrose Public Library weekly listings
Holiday HoursThe library will close at 1 p.m. Dec. 31 for New Year’s and will reopen 10 a.m. Jan. 2.The library will be closed Jan. 17-18 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.Children’s programsMusic...
View ArticleMelrose Public Schools reach agreement with OCR
The Melrose Public Schools signed a resolution agreement Dec. 17 with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, effectively closing an investigation that began in November of 2014 into the...
View ArticleMelrose school receives revised level-2 designation
The Horace Mann Elementary School, which was designated for level-3 status after the 2014 MCAS results — and had been slated to remain at Level 3 after the 2015 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness...
View ArticleLocal teachers honored for AP instruction
Nine Melrose High School Advanced Placement teachers have been selected for Mass Insight Education’s Partners in Excellence Award for helping more students take Advanced Placement courses with success...
View ArticleMHS Grad Night preparations underway
Grad Night for the Melrose High School Class of 2016, where members of the senior class will pull an all-nighter together just hours after receiving their diplomas on June 3, is still five months...
View ArticleOCR findings point to Melrose schools' mishandling of racial incident
A letter of findings issued by the federal Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights outlines alleged missteps by the Melrose Public Schools in addressing an incident of racial discrimination...
View ArticleCultural opportunities abound for SMS students
Who Wants to “Get Cultured?” If you’re in seventh and eighth grade at St. Mary’s School, you do!One of the many perks of being the oldest in the school is the opportunity to take part in some very cool...
View ArticleLancer Life: Middle School parents urged to think ahead
Editor’s note: The following is the latest Lancer Life feature, submitted monthly by staff members at Malden Catholic High School.Don’t make the mistake of waiting until your son or daughter is...
View Article'Indications are' train victim a Melrose High student
The following message was sent out to the Melrose High School community today from Principal Marianne Farrell.Dear Parents/Guardians:As reported yesterday evening, an individual was struck and killed...
View ArticleMelrose Public Library weekly listings
Holiday HoursThe library will be closed Feb. 14-15 in honor of Presidents’ Day.Children’s programsToddler Time: 10:30-11 a.m. Jan. 25-26. Toddler Time is a 30-minute, drop-in program for ages 18-36...
View ArticleWhite-Lambright not chosen for Tewksbury superintendent job
Chris Malone, assistant superintendent of the Revere School District, was chosen as the new superintendent of Tewksbury Schools this week. “I’m just very excited and very eager to get going,” Malone...
View ArticleGarden Club Federation of Massachusetts to offer scholarships
The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Inc. offers scholarships for college undergraduate students, high school seniors who will be college freshmen in fall 2016 and graduate students who are...
View ArticleFollow Your Art launches new community-wide project
Everyone in Melrose has a story to tell, and soon those stories will come together to prove the old adage that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.The Melrose Human Rights Commission and...
View ArticleMelrose students remember MLK with essays
The following are the four winning essays written by Melrose Public School students on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as part of the city’s recent MLK Day program sponsored by the Melrose Human Rights...
View ArticleSchools agree with OCR to add training, consultant
On Dec. 17, Superintendent of Schools Cyndy Taymore signed a resolution agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, outlining 19 steps the Melrose Public Schools must...
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