News/Media: In the News
Lawrence High students raising money for water, hunger relief
January 27, 2010
Eagle Tribune
Lawrence, Mass.
Learning is not limited to the classroom for 14 juniors at Lawrence High School.
Lawrence educator to attend national young learners conference
June 5,, 2009
Eagle Tribune
Lawrence, Mass.
Norma Micheroni, assistant principal at Breen School for the past six years, will participate in the National Conference "Young Learners in America's Schools: What's in Your Toolkit?" this July.
Lawrence High School Robotics Team is featured on ABC Nightly News
April 22, 2009
ABC Channel 5
Lawrence, Mass.
Students exhibit their technical skills in a robotics competition
Website contest offers students scholarships
March 19, 2009
WBZ-TV Channel 4
Lawrence, Mass.
Students are working to create websites for non-profit organizations for a chance to land a scholarship
Lawrence High students invite president to visit
March 11, 2009
Eagle Tribune
Lawrence, Mass.
Lawrence High School teacher David Toto has a message for President Barack Obama: if you want to see good kids doing great things, come to his classroom.
Math, Science and Technology student recieves an "A Plus" by Channel 5
March 3, 2009
WCVB-TV Channel 5
thebostonchannel.com
Needham, Mass.
Luz Rosario, a student in the Math, Science, and Technology high school was awarded weekly "A Plus Student Award" by WCVB-TV Channel 5.
Lawrence's Rollins School back in use, and running fine
March 3, 2009
Eagle Tribune
Lawrence, Mass.
Finger-painted drawings line the walls of the hallways and the singsong voices of children reciting the alphabet and giggling fill classrooms once again.
South Lawrence East students cast MCAS Magic
February 10, 2009
Eagle Tribune
Lawrence, Mass.
While some fourth-graders may spend their evenings playing or lounging, Silem Medina was studying for the 2008 MCAS test.
Students encouraged to beat daily adversity
January 23, 2009
Eagle Tribune
Lawrence, Mass.
With the age of standardized tests and growing classes, it's easy for students to become worn down before their lives even begin. Doug Zimon, however, encourages students to keep holding on.
Lawrence educator is named Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year
December 11, 2008
Eagle Tribune
Lawrence, Mass.
Reading and writing are near and dear to Sheila Barry's heart. So when she was chosen as Wal-Mart's Teacher of the Year, which comes with a $1,000 award, the first thing the Oliver School educator thought of was reopening the school's library, which has been closed for several years for lack of space. Instead, teachers have books categorized and neatly stored on plastic bins.
Lawrence High class offers high tech way to help nonprofits
October 27, 2008
Eagle Tribune
Lawrence, Mass.
Any local community or nonprofit group that can't afford to build its own computer web site can have the work done for free by students at the Business Management & Finance High School, on the Lawrence High School campus. Interested nonprofit organizations will have to pay for their domain name and web hosting service. But the students in David Toto's Youth Tech Entrepreneurs class can help arrange that and do the rest of the work at no charge.
To contact Toto: call school office manager Mirtha Ferdinand at
978-946-0713.
A uniform approach to good education
September 19, 2008
Sentinel & Enterprise
Fitchburg, Mass.
Lawrence Public Schools instituted a uniform policy for their high schools last year, said Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy. The district had a school uniform policy for students from kindergarten to the eighth grade for 11 years before that. Laboy said he a formed committee to examine the issue and they overwhelmingly supported the idea. He said he only wishes he had instituted the policy earlier. Laboy said parents supported the idea. He said the district still gets "push-back" from students on the issue. But he said as a community they decided they wanted to install the policy, and now he's going to stay the course. Laboy recommended such a policy be adopted in Fitchburg and all other communities around the state
Lawrence scholar heads to Phillips Academy, eligible for $150,000
September 6, 2008
Eagle Tribune
Lawrence, Mass.
Lopez was among 70 students nationwide selected last fall as a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholar. Upon graduating high school, she will be eligible for more than $150,000 toward college and graduate school tuition through the foundation. Lopez is Lawrence's first-ever participant in the young scholar program, which, since 2002, has given academic guidance and assistance to promising teens in families with low to moderate incomes.
Teens getting a leg up on college
August 28, 2008
The Boston Globe
Boston, Mass.
Classes start Tuesday at Lawrence High School, but for some ambitious students, they never stopped. Learning interview skills, writing research papers, and preparing for the SATs, 165 of them spent their summer in class. They gave up their vacations not because they failed a subject or received one too many detentions, but because they want to go to college. College Prep is a seven-week program organized by the Graduate School of Education at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell for Lawrence students committed to advancing their education.
Amid praise, school chief may get raise
July 31, 2008
The Boston Globe
Boston, Mass.
According to an evaluation approved by committee members this month, Laboy met or exceeded expectations on 90 percent of the components of his job. Committee members said the superintendent was especially strong in budget matters, educational leadership and curriculum development.
At the International High School, 11th and 12th grade students provide tutoring to 9th and 10th graders through the Gear Up program.