Newton Public School administrators also offered updates on the various facilities projects happening around the district, including expansion at F.A. Day Middle School and proposed modular classrooms.
During Monday night's School Committee meeting, committee members voted in favor of a plan that would send all students from Cabot Elementary to F.A. Day Middle School, rather than splitting students between F.A. Day and Bigelow Middle when they reach sixth grade. Here are five other things you may have missed from the meeting: 1. A busy season for principal searches During his update for the School Committee, Superintendent David Fleishman informed the committee that the district is taking on a third principal search this season, as Countryside Elementary Principal Emily Ostrower announced last week she plans to retire at the end of this school year. Ostrower has been at Countryside for a decade, Fleishman said, and has hired much of …
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The deadline to register for the Newton-Beijing Jingshan Exchange Program is March 1.
While many students look forward to studying abroad in college, teens at Newton North and Newton South have the opportunity to do so before they graduate high school. The Newton-Beijing Jingshan School Exchange Program is now accepting applications for its spring 2014 semester. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2013. The four-month program allows Newton students to stay with a host family in Beijing wile studying at the Beijing-Jingshan School. In addition, students will have the opportunity to visit the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and other parts of China. According to information posted on the Newton North website, the Newton-Beijing Jingshan Exchange looks for candidates who have: Students who have previous Mandarin …
