Jennifer Price Lame Duck at NNHS?
Dear North Community: As I hope you know, I love Newton North and have been honored to serve as Principal for the last 8 ½ years. Yet, I have reached a point in my career where it makes sense for me to think about leading a district. As a result, I decided to apply to […]
How Newton Teachers Compare In State Rankings
The latest Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Educator Evaluation found 98 percent of Newton teachers were “proficient” or “exemplary.” Here’s how the rest of Newton teachers ranked: Needs Improvement: 1.7 percent Unsatisfactory: 0.3 Of the 372 school districts evaluated, an average of 86.5 percent of teachers were proficient. This is the second year the […]
NNHS Women’s Volleyball First in State!
Congratulations to Newton North High School Women’s Varsity Volleyball team for winning the state championship! Final play here shot by Zoe Lee on the JVb team. Newton North Tigers are in black. Photos by Co-Captain Madeleine Lundberg The Four Seniors and Co-Captains. Best Captains Ever! Boston Herald has an article here. Images below from @NewtonNorthTigers […]
Celebrate Newton Holiday Craft Show!
Celebrate Newton December 7, 2014 10am – 4pm Newton South High School Come celebrate with Newton Artisans at Celebrate Newton Holiday Craft Show! Food, Live Music, Kids’ Crafts Table Proceeds benefit the Newton Community Education Scholarship Fund Sharon Schindler Photography will be there!
NNHS Mindset Parenting Workshop
Getting up to speed on the growth mindset Parent/guardian workshop Wednesday, December 3 7:00-8:30 p.m. Newton North High School cafeteria Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea–the power of our mindset. Dweck explains […]
Newton North High School Ranks #263 in Newsweek
Newsweek ranks America’s Top Schools and Newton High Schools come in at #263. Newsweek’s 2014 Rankings highlights schools that do the absolute best job of preparing students for college. This year, our methodology is more stringent than ever with new measures of quality and a higher standard for data. A next to a school’s name means […]
Superintendent’s Letter to Parents
Dear Families, I hope the school year is off to a good start for your child(ren). In my daily visits to the schools, it has been a joy to see our students well rested and eager to learn. September is a wonderful time for those of us in education because it allows us to develop new […]
Boston Magazine Ranks Newton High Schools
Boston Magazine’s Best Public High Schools: Top 50 Ranking Newton South High School #5 Newton North High School #26 #1 Dover-Sherborn High School #2 Lexington High School #3 Acton-Boxborough Regional High School #4 Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School #5 Newton South High School #6 Wellesley High School #7 Wayland High School #8 Sharon High School #9 Westford Academy #10 Winchester High […]
8 Swaps for Healthy School Lunches
A recent Tufts University study found that only 27% of lunches parents are packing for kids meet at least three of the five National School Lunch Program standards (requiring one serving each of fruit, vegetable, grain, protein and milk). Not a single one of the 626 children’s lunches in the study fully met the NSLP standards. As […]
Newton Ranks 1 for Best Suburbs for Education
Movato published a ranking of the suburbs for education in America. To create the ranking They looked at 109 suburbs based on student-teacher ratio, high school graduation rate, and test scores. Newton came in at number one! It may come as no surprise that a New England city ranked atop our list, since the area is just littered with top-notch schools […]
