Excellence in School Wellness Awards to 4 City Connects Boston Schools
Last month, Boston Public Schools (BPS) bestowed Excellence in School Wellness Awards to 13 schools, four of which were City Connects schools. […]
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City Connects Year in Review: Boston
This week on the blog we’ll be looking at the year in review across our 45 sites in three geographic areas: Boston […]
Two City Connects Schools Commended for Promoting Student Health
“Healthy Connections” awards were presented to two City Connects schools, the John F. Kennedy and the Josiah Quincy elementary schools, at the […]
City Connects School Wins Health Award
The John F. Kennedy elementary school in Jamaica Plain, a City Connects school, is being honored by the Alliance for a Healthier […]
Community Partner Breakfast: A Focus on Health & Wellness
Today, City Connects hosted our annual spring gathering of community partners. The meeting, “Creating Dynamic School Partnerships to Increase the Health and […]
Third-graders Embrace Healthy Lifestyle with “Chop Chop” Magazine
This month, with the support of the New Balance Foundation, City Connects site coordinators distributed the health-focused kids’ magazine “Chop Chop” to […]
New Report Shows High Rates of Overweight & Obesity in Mass. School Children
A new report released yesterday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has some alarming results: in eight school districts across the […]
Survey Illuminates Crime, Bullying in Schools
The National Center for Education Statistics released a report, Student Victimization in U.S. Schools: Results From the 2007 School Crime Supplement to […]
Quincy & Mission Hill Schools Win National Healthy School Awards
The Josiah Quincy Elementary School and the Mission Hill K-8 School have just been named recipients of bronze level National Recognition Awards […]
800 Boston Students Pledge to Make Positive Choices
For the seventh year running, the Allston-Brighton Substance Abuse Task Force is gathering 800 fourth through sixth graders from Boston public schools […]