Vol. 2, No. 1 A PUBLICATION OF THE QUINCY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Fall 2007

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli helps student Robert Bennett put on his microphone prior to a television appearance. PHOTO: DAVID LISCIO General excellence BY RICH FAHEY Above: Quincy boy commands attention a preliminary Anything good is worth waiting for. BY DAVID LISCIO rendering of Quincy The new Quincy High School has overcome the new The senior military adviser to Secretary of Defense Robert roadblocks, jumped hurdles and finally moved forward Quincy High Gates took time out of his busy schedule to visit Atlantic Middle despite a number of twists and turns in the road. School student Robert Bennett in North Quincy after the boy About a decade after the idea was first discussed, School, wrote a poignant letter about his views on the war in Iraq. ground was broken in June on the $126 million school, to which will be U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli was touched by be situated directly behind the present school. The school located builds directly Bennett’s letter, which he received in April 2006 while serving in is the largest public works project in the city’s history. Baghdad. School administrators have already moved to the behind the Currently assigned to the Pentagon, Chiarelli was head of U.S. NAGE Building on Burgin Parkway in preparation for current high security in Baghdad from May 2004 to May 2005, returned home the demolition of the building they were in, the first of school site. for seven months and was then reassigned in 2006 to lead the the current campus buildings to fall. Woodward Avenue, entire multi-national force in Iraq. His command included every for the which runs through the present campus, has been closed American serviceman – about 160,000 to 180,000 troops – and to traffic. nearly 200,000 Iraqi soldiers. The new school will be built and opened in phases, A seasoned warrior who joined the Army as a second lieutenant said Quincy High Principal Frank Santoro, who has been in 1972, Chiarelli understands the value of military strength, but intimately involved in its planning and design. future See QUINCY HIGH Page 10 See GENERAL Page 10

FIT KIDS GOING GREEN NEW TURF Marshall students State grant Veterans Stadium get in shape energizes QHS is a big hit Page 3 Page 4 Page 12 INSIDE INSIDE 2—The Quincy Educator Fall 2007 Quincy schools a model for the state Quincy stands as highlighting some of the successes we a leader in our have realized in Quincy. efforts to provide a Our early intervention literacy program quality public has grown exponentially in five years. We education to all out now have literacy specialists in every students. I elementary school and summer reading recognize that the camps to help provide our children with John Adams re-enactor Sam Goodyear greets third-graders from Atherton Hough and Parker future of our city the skills they need to succeed in every Elementary schools wearing their powdered Federalist wigs. and our country subject. shows up at schools Our energy management program has William J. throughout Quincy transformed every classroom in our school Study of John Adams pays off with their system. New lighting and new Phelan BY RICH FAHEY backpacks on, ready temperature-control systems have made series planned by Tom Hanks, John Adams was still and willing to learn. our classrooms better learning and For third-graders from the Atherton Hough and taking care of his birthplace. In the last year alone we have made working environs for students and teachers Parker elementary schools, a visit to Quincy City Noting the large increase in the number of visitors tremendous strides within our school alike. New plumbing fixtures and solar Hall proved a “rewarding” educational experience to the nearby Adams National Historic Site and their system. panels are setting an example for our and provided them with some direct knowledge of effect on the city’s economy, the mayor said that With the full support of the School children and teaching them the importance “historic change.” “even today John Adams remains a most valuable Committee and City Council, we have of being environmentally conscious. That’s because each of the students left the part of the community.” again increased the funding priorities for But the most critical component of ceremony $2 richer, courtesy of the U.S. Mint. Both Phelan and Peter Boylston Adams also paid our education budget at a higher rate than Quincy’s success has been an active and Officials from the Mint, including director tribute to the city’s efforts to keep John Adams’ any other city department. involved citizenry. Our parents and Edmund C. Moy, celebrated the unveiling of the $1 memory alive and his legacy intact. Pointing across The implementation of all-day parent/teacher organizations continue to John Adams Presidential coin, the second in the the street to the Church of the Presidents, where two kindergarten has established Quincy as a support our schools, teachers, and children Mint’s series honoring U.S. presidents. of his ancestors are buried with their wives, Peter model school system on how to in so many ways. I want to thank every The students were presented their coins by Moy at Boylston Adams said, “You have honored and kept implement such a program. We understand parent and every teacher for going that the ceremony that also featured comments from the faith with their bequests.” how vital early learning is to the future extra mile to help the Quincy Public Mayor William Phelan and Peter Boylston Adams, a Students from the Atherton Hough School, guided success of a child. Gov. Deval Patrick Schools be the best we can be. seventh-generation descendant of John Adams. by teachers Courtney Judge, Pat Landi and Laura recently visited Quincy to begin Phelan said that because of the prize-winning McCarthy, were given powdered wigs to wear as promotion of his educational plan, William J. Phelan is mayor of Quincy. biography by the late David McCullough, the they as entered City Hall Plaza and cavorted with popular movie “Amistad” and the upcoming TV Adams re-enactor Sam Goodyear.

City of Quincy Excitement is building in Quincy schools William J. Phelan, Mayor Published by: elcome to the changing world. Quincy Public Schools offer a Quincy Public Schools Fall 2007 vision that is reflective of managing the change Dr. Richard DeCristofaro edition of the Excellent school systems necessary to maintain and improve and Superintendent W “ Quincy Educator. This must embrace change in order to educational organization. This vision is shared Quincy School Committee publication will highlight through our District Improvement Plan as it Mayor William J. Phelan meet student needs in an ever-changing Chairman our incredible students and world. Quincy Public Schools offer a offers our school system and learning community staff, as well as share the cohesive and unified goals. vision that is reflective of managing the Elaine Dwyer, Vice Chairman accounts of many wonderful Our school system makes decisions through a Anne M. Mahoney educational opportunities, change necessary to maintain and improve team approach. Collaboration within teams David F. McCarthy activities and creative and educational organization. comprised of teachers, department heads, Kevin W. Mulvey initiatives. parents, counselors, nurses, directors, principals, Linda K. Stice Dr. Richard These are exciting times custodians, administrators, the mayor, School James S. Timmins DeCristofaro ” Dr. Richard DeCristofaro for the Quincy Public Committee and many other professional and Secretary Schools. The long-awaited budget, our school system will move ahead in para-professional staff, brings our school system construction of the new Quincy High School has our literacy initiatives, special-education to a place we are proud of, where change occurs Submit story ideas to: begun. Our gratitude goes to Mayor William programs, and services provided to all of our through a collective effort and goals are met Keith Segalla Phelan and our School Committee, past and students. through teamwork. Quincy Public Schools 159 Burgin Parkway present. As you read the following articles in As we enter our second year of free full-day As you read this edition, be reminded of our Quincy, MA 02169 this issue, more exciting details of this project kindergarten for all Quincy Public Schools pride in each of our students, staff and Tel: (617) 984-8888 will unfold. children, we reflect on how proud we are of this administrators. Know, as well, how much we Fax: (617) 984-6631 [email protected] I am pleased to announce that the mayor has outstanding initiative. A child’s love of learning value the leadership of a mayor who continues to once again appropriated additional funds for our and the excitement and enthusiasm of learning to focus on educational excellence, and the school system – a 7-percent increase over the read is incredibly rewarding for students, unwavering support of the Quincy School Produced by: 2006-2007 budget. This level of support allows teachers and parents. This program, which Committee. GRANT COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING GROUP us to continue to grow and expand our focus on balances social and academic elements, has met Boston X New York students first through excellent class size, with resounding success. (781) 598-8200 followed by spotlighting programs and services Excellent school systems must embrace change Dr. Richard DeCristofaro is superintendent of [email protected] to all of our student populations. With this in order to meet student needs in an ever- schools. The Quincy Educator Fall 2007 — 3 Marshall students get up early and stay FIT KIDS late to get in shape BY GRETCHEN WEBER originally started Fit Kids as an after-school exercises using the playground equipment. How many elementary students do you know program 12 years ago. “After having a “They think they are in the Marines,” said who want to get up and go to school early? morning workout, students are more prepared Sullivan. Janice Chapman, the physical education teacher for their day. They have more energy and their On Fridays students do aerobics and at the Clifford H. Marshall School, knows at attitudes are up, along with their self-esteem. sometimes yoga or meditation, and then they least 40. Teachers are noticing the difference, and the have their favorite activity, the Fit Kids Three days a week during two 8-week kids are having real gains academically.” Challenge, which is always a team-building sessions per year, dozens of Marshall students Each morning at Fit Kids is different. On exercise that requires cooperation and strategy. in grades 3-5 come to school at 7:15 – an hour Mondays the students go through stations, At the end of every session the Fit Kids eat Marshall Elementary School students early — to participate in Fit Kids, a program working out different body parts and muscle breakfast together in the cafeteria. There, Zachary Marhamo, left, and Peter Lee that combines exercise, nutritional education, groups by doing things such as dips, wall sits, Sullivan facilitates conversations about limber up. and team-building activities to create a fun, push-ups, sit-ups and endurance running. nutrition. Students compare labels and talk supportive experience where students learn to “This is the one time students get to run on about what actually is in the food they are educator who is a vital part of our staff,” he make healthy choices. the stairs at school,” said Sullivan. “They love eating. Students learn about fat content, added. “Fit Kids is a fun way of promoting At Fit Kids, there is a focus on health (each it. Often in the mornings as teachers are getting calories, and protein, and they learn how to healthy eating habits and regular exercising. student has a folder with hand-outs about fitness ready for their day, they’ll stand in their make healthy choices about what they eat at Strong bodies and strong minds make Marshall and nutrition as well as logs for tracking doorways and cheer the kids on.” school and at home. students truly special.” nutritional choices and exercise), but there is On Wednesdays, the Fit Kids run the circuit “It’s a fantastic program,” said Principal Phil By all reports, the students love Fit Kids. also an emphasis on how to be part of a team they’ve dubbed “Heartbreak Hill” which is the Connolly. “Here at the Marshall School we care Last spring, the school had to limit and how to treat peers with respect and intimidating incline on Moody Street outside deeply about our students. We try to engage the enrollment to 40 because the interest level compassion. Students are encouraged to take the school. After the run, students will students academically as well as physically. was so high. Students are extraordinarily pride in being a Fit Kid, but to also realize that participate in Marshall Training Camp “Ms. Sullivan is an committed as 31 of 40 participants won everyone comes from a different starting point on the school outstanding physical awards for perfect attendance. and therefore everyone’s gains are playground where they different. do upper body “It’s been amazing,” said Sullivan, who

North Quincy valedictorian’s journey led to MIT BY SEAN LEONARD valedictorian, one month after taking first adding the award also allowed her to But Huang admits her project -– which place in the state science fair at MIT, attend a national youth science camp last also earned second place at a regional fair Ivy Huang has overcome incredible where she is a freshman. summer. – could yield a practical use, and she adversity during her years in Quincy In her commencement address, Huang Explaining her project in layman’s hopes to continue her work at MIT. Public Schools. talked about overcoming adversity, using terms, she said it is to determine the “I’ll be studying environmental science She began her education separated her experience as an example. optimal amount of oxygen and nutrients to satisfy my interest, and also studying from her parents, who remained in China, Huang’s 2007 Genzyme Award- to add to bacteria in a salt-water solution economics to satisfy my parents,” said and was raised by a great aunt and winning science project, “The Effect of to maximize effectiveness of the chemical Huang, who also volunteered as a science grandfather until she was 7. Bio-stimulants on Coastal Wetland cleanup of oil spills. and math tutor and participated in the In 1998 her mother, Zheping Seto, and Bioremediation With Oleophilic “This was a continuation of a project I Thomas Jefferson Forum and Operation father, Tincoon Huang, emigrated to Bacteria,” garnered $17,500 in prize began in my junior year … With the help Days Work community service programs America and Ivy, along with sister money divided between her, her of my teacher, I was able to work in the while at North Quincy High. Christy, were reunited, living in a Quincy environmental science teacher, Tom lab practically every day” mixing various “I credit my academic success to my apartment. But tragedy struck in 2000 Eldridge, and North Quincy High. solutions in test tubes of oil, she said. teachers and their commitment, at North when a fire destroyed nearly everything “There’s $5,000 for me, $5,000 for Huang said she was shocked to win the Quincy High and at Broad Meadows the family owned. school equipment, $5,000 for my teacher top prize. “A lot of the projects were (Middle School). It was at Broad Ivy Huang in a Despite those obstacles, Ivy Huang to do research, and $2,500 for me to do really complicated and the students Meadows that I realized that if I work freshman at MIT. graduated from North Quincy High as an internship at Genzyme,” Huang said, worked with university Ph.Ds.” hard, I can get results,” she said. 4—The Quincy Educator Fall 2007 Going green State grant energizes Quincy High BY RICH FAHEY enable Quincy High students to install a photovoltaic The new Quincy High School will have a healthy shade system ion tracking device on the East wing of Quincy of green. High. It will move as the sun moves. Electricity generated Thanks to the ingenuity of students in the career and will go into the power grid, and the school will be able to technical education programs and a new state energy track how much power is generated, through the use of an program, the new school will be part of the growing inverter. Some power will go into a battery on the bridge movement towards renewable energy. The high school has between the main campus and East wing that will also already won a $50,000 Clean Energy Integration Grant power some lighting. from the Mass. Department of Education and the A solar thermal collector, a more conventional vacuum- Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Education and tube-style solar panel, will heat the bridge between the two Outreach program — one of only two such grants given campuses, which has never been heated before, and will statewide — to develop three small projects that involve also provide hot water for science experiments. renewable energy. The third project being proposed is a wind turbine. Sam Nutter, senior project manager of the collaborative’s Its spinning will generate electricity that will go back Green Schools initiative, said there is a “strong chance” the into the school’s energy grid. A mock-up of the Sky Stream new Quincy High will receive certification as a Green turbine has already been built to assess where it might fit. School, freeing up $95,000 in design costs and $300,000 in Lab space will be built on the bridge that will allow the construction costs for a photovoltaic, or solar, electric students to monitor the projects and track how much energy system that will be part of the new school. is being generated, what the weather is when the energy is The projects the students are constructing will generate being produced, and analyze other pertinent data. real energy for school use now, and the students will be The projects will involve students from many of the able to measure the amount of energy they are generating. career and technical education programs — plumbing, The projects will then transfer over to the new Quincy carpentry, science, electrical, and engineering, some 60 High. students in all. Quincy High’s technology programs answered the call Components have been built into the math and science when a request for proposals was issued for vocational- curricula as part of the initiative and the high school is Quincy High teacher Tom Cassidy and student Mike Brown technical schools, asking them to come up with ideas for working with architects for the new school and the mayor’s prepare to take down the mock wind turbine. small renewable energy projects. The $50,000 grant will office to transfer the projects to the new Quincy High.

BY RICH FAHEY Students from the Merrymount Elementary When a student falls ill or has a problem, the QuincQuincyy kidskids carcaree School and the Central Middle School raised entire school feels it. And sometimes, the entire money for the family of a young Merrymount school does something about it. student from Kenya who was stricken with Quincy students find ways to help their leukemia. classmates all the time. In fact, it doesn’t even At the Atlantic Middle School, students have to be a fellow student. It can be children in a found a way to think globally. Language arts far-off village in Zambia or the animals at the teacher Holly Rendle was a former Peace Corps local shelter. worker in Zambia who continues to visit the At the Bernazzani Elementary School, village of Chipita in which she worked. The lack students are keenly aware that third-grader Aileen of books in the village troubled her. Her students Farrell struggles with a condition known as led a book drive that collected 15,000 books for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. children and adults in the village. The students Aileen is a tireless supporter and fundraiser for collected, sorted and packed the shipping SMA. The school held a Gingerbread Decorating container for the Community Service Learning Night, led by teacher Nichole Santoro, to raise project. money for the cause. When all was said and The Montclair Elementary Student Council done, $2,356 was raised to help Aileen fight the has made it a point to hold an annual fundraiser disease. for the Quincy Animal Shelter. Under the At the Lincoln Hancock Community guidance of teacher Janice Ronayne, fourth- and School, community is more than just a part of fifth-graders contacted the shelter to find out the name. The students demonstrated this at the what its needs are. They found it could use food, Walk for Diabetes, which was chosen because paper towels for cleaning, and blankets to make one of the students has diabetes. the animals more comfortable. The students held The student took on the role of grand marshall Bernazzani student Aileen Farrell with guidance counselor Maura a Hat Day and Slipper Day, with participating Shaughnessy, left, and teacher Nichole Santoro. and led all the students in a continuous walk students donating 25 cents to the cause. Ronayne around the track. The student body raised $3,147 clothing drives to collect new and gently used $2,000 in the Easter Seals Hop-N-ing program to said students raised more than $100. with Alex Chamness raising more than $500. items of clothing, toys, books and other items help children with disabilities. Students at the F.W. Parker Elementary The Workerbees community service group at that would be helpful to less fortunate children. Students at Central Middle School screamed School knew how they wanted to help others. the Broad Meadows Middle School was The group collected book bags and school for ice cream … for a very good cause. Central The students put out a call for gently-used honored by Bank of America for its support of supplies to help students this fall. participated in the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s clothing, according to Principal Maryanne Quincy-based Cradles to Crayons, a program for Students at the Beechwood Knoll School Scooper Schools Program, which raises money Palmer, and they ended up donating 150 coats to kids to help other kids who are in need. Over the hopped, hopped and then hopped some more. for the Jimmy Fund. The event was in memory the Quincy Crisis Center, which provides food, past five years the Workerbees have organized They didn’t stop hopping until they had raised of a Central student. shelter and clothing to those in need. The Quincy Educator Fall 2007 — 5 COMINGCOMING TOTO AMERICAAMERICA Montclair students research families’ State Street Corp. hosted a reception for Quincy students and their mentors. Those pictured include State Street Vice journeys to U.S. President Christopher Meyers, far left, and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Richard DeCristofaro, far right. Montclair School second-graders Briana Fantasia and Sonny Lee read their work for the Write on State Street gives BY RICH FAHEY Writers group with teacher Ann Wetherby. They were 16 students who shared a common Words and Pictures of Our Family’s Journeys to bond: the story of a family coming to America. America. global perspective Slowly but surely, those stories morphed together and The Write on Writers project was under the became a book, forged over 18 weeks of 90-minute guidance of teacher Ann Wetherby, a 16-year veteran sessions. of the Quincy Public Schools. to Quincy students Sixteen Montclair Elementary School students in “I was touched by a lot of the stories,” said grades 2 and 3 combined their stories into Dreaming Wetherby, who helped the students get their thoughts BY MEAGHAN CASEY of America: down on paper and prepare the accompanying illustrations. Whether on a high-tech trading floor, watching stocks rise and fall, The students were given interview forms to bring or in a warehouse sorting clothing, books and toys, Quincy high school home and fill out with family members. They found students are learning valuable life lessons beyond the books. out when and how the family arrived in America, The State Street Global Outreach mentoring program, developed in where they came from, and why they came. 2004, is designed to partner State Street Corporation employees with Wetherby recalls one student’s story about her high school students. Through Global Outreach, the company’s family member‘s arrival in this country in 1981. “He employee-volunteer program, employees can use flexible hours to was looking for a better life, education, a job. He was volunteer during the work day on an ongoing basis. The mentoring on the boat a long time. He was hungry and sick,” the program was piloted at North Quincy High School with five student wrote. employees and five sophomores. The program expanded to Quincy It wasn’t always easy to get the story. One student High School in 2007 and is serving more than 30 students from the had just arrived from China and spoke no English. two schools. Wetherby was able to get the concept across and “It all started when we began talking about high school dropout rates someone at home spoke English and helped fill out and how to retain students,” said Christopher Meyers, State Street vice the form. president, investor services. “It’s been a success and has just grown As part of the project, Wetherby went online to from there.” identify multi-cultural, age-appropriate authors who “We look for programs in our school system that can be sustained, had written about coming to America as a child, such and this really is sustainable,” said Superintendent Dr. Richard as the book about the person fleeing the Irish Potato DeCristofaro. Famine and arriving at Ellis Island in New York The program is supported by Mass Mentoring Partnership, the Harbor, the stopping-off point for millions of umbrella agency for youth mentoring in Massachusetts. Research immigrants. nationwide shows that youth mentoring improves academic Students were encouraged to read their stories to performance and personal development. each other. The project had an important “It’s just letting them have one more adult – a professional adult – to educational component. Students who were connect to,” said Quincy High social studies teacher Sue Creedon. struggling to write sentences at the beginning were “The mentors are able to talk to them about college and jobs and writing entire paragraphs by the end. following their dreams.” Wetherby said she was fortunate the school was “It’s good to have someone to talk to,” said Quincy High sophomore able to arrange a double-block of 90 minutes each Lilly Moreno. “It’s a chance to meet new people and to be introduced week to allow the students the proper time to to different things.” complete the project. Students meet weekly with their mentors, who listen to them and guide them throughout their high school journey. They also take field trips. Earlier this year, students and mentors volunteered at Cradles to Crayons – a nonprofit organization that services poor and homeless children from birth to pre-teen and provides them with the basic essentials to be safe, warm, ready to learn and to feel valued. Students toured State Street Corporation’s global headquarters in Boston, seeing first-hand the fast-paced world of the investment industry. Catherine Norcott, senior managing director of State Street Global Markets, talked to students about stock trading, investments, 10-year returns and the effects of inflation. “This is a very different world,” said DeCristofaro. “Just being here Tiffany Yong reads her story aloud. and seeing it is terrific. We appreciate everything Catherine, Chris and State Street have done for us.” 6 — The Quincy Educator Fall 2007 The Quincy Educator Fall 2007 — 7

Students help clean Honeywell to help city their school environments save energy, money BY RICH FAHEY BY RICH FAHEY DePaulo were honored at the State House The program also will generate While city officials have unveiled a for their work. “It’s been a labor of love,” Going green will save the city — and environmental benefits, reducing the variety of initiatives to ensure a cleaner, said McGillicuddy. schools — plenty of green. city’s electricity use by an estimated 25 greener Quincy, students are doing their At the Clifford Marshall Elementary Last May, the City of Quincy signed a percent, and fuel (natural gas and part for the environment and making their School, Tammy Duncan’s intensive $32.8 million contract with the heating oil) use by 27 percent. The schools better places to be. special needs class started a new life skills Honeywell Corp. for a conservation decrease in energy consumption is Between Earth Day programs that unit that involves a weekly recycling job. program that will reduce the city’s expected to curb more than 5.2 million recognize environmental concerns, to Every Friday, they get in their green energy costs, improve its buildings and pounds of annual carbon dioxide recycling initiatives, to beautification clean-up shirts and go around to the cut greenhouse gas emissions. emissions. According to figures from the projects, students and teachers have been classrooms or office to empty the blue The 20-year contract is the first of its Environmental Protection Agency pitching in and going green. recycling bins. kind for a Massachusetts city since the (EPA), this is equivalent to removing At the Squantum Elementary School, “It is their way of working on our state passed legislation — Chapter 11 of more than 500 cars from the road. environmental concerns were front and school project of recycling and helping the Acts of 2006 — that allows The city also has partnered with the center during Earth Week. Students took our environment stay healthy,” said municipalities to enter into long-term EPA to be the first community in New part in events that promoted Principal Phil Connolly. “Mrs. (Donna) energy-saving projects. England to take part in the Energy Star environmental awareness, including litter Brodeur , Mrs. (Val) Higgins and Ms. “This is a milestone energy Challenge, an initiative to reduce energy patrols. As part of the celebration, students (Meghan) McLean are important supports conservation project not only for the consumption across residential, designed “trash gobblers,” animals made to this very special group of children.” City of Quincy, but also the state of commercial and government buildings out of recyclable trash that eat litter. At the Atherton Hough Elementary Massachusetts,” said Mayor William by 10 percent. Through its work with “Gobblers” designed by Joseph Hutchins, School, the Green Team — kindergarten Phelan. “We are extremely proud to be a Honeywell, Quincy anticipates it will Rance Gillespie, Mosab Amleh, Maria and grade 5 teachers and students — municipal leader in the area of energy reduce energy use across its buildings Theodore, Sam Grossfeld, Ying Ying worked together on weeding, planting conservation. This program makes sense portfolio by at least 25 percent, far Zhen, Danielle O’Driscoll, Rachel flowers and plants, spreading mulch, and from an environmental and financial exceeding the EPA guidelines. Gillespie and Christie Kelley were judged watering the Atherton Hough Arboretum perspective.” Honeywell is making numerous the best and won book prizes donated by at the front entrance of the school, as well The project is well under way at 18 building infrastructure improvements as the PTO. as the large planters at two of the main city schools, where more than 5,000 part of the program. This includes At Snug Harbor Elementary School, entrances. Sterling Middle School students, from left, Lizzie Kelley, Juliette Callahan, and Lisa Flora work in the greenhouse. PHOTOS: REBA SALDANHA lighting fixtures have been retrofitted to heating, ventilation and air conditioning students partnered in an Earth Day The tools used in the project were make them more energy-efficient. In (HVAC) upgrades in 40 buildings and awareness project with the Stop & Shop funded through a Community Service addition, new boiler systems have been boiler replacements in nine buildings supermarket. Students decorated grocery Learning grant. “There is great installed in the Montclair Elementary that will enhance operational efficiency bags with environmental themes and the satisfaction knowing they have helped School and the Atlantic Middle School. and provide greater comfort to building supermarket distributed them. They also make their school a more beautiful place Energy-management programs at school occupants; roof replacement in six wrote essays and poems with within the neighborhood of Hough’s buildings will be able to monitor buildings; and other improvements environmental themes and had a visit Neck,” said Atherton Hough Principal temperatures 24 hours a day. including window and door replacement, from an environmental engineer. Dorothy Greene. “We’re about 30-percent complete insulation, caulking and weather At the Sterling Middle School, a third- The Wollaston Elementary School with the project at this point,” said Mike stripping in more than 30 buildings; and floor greenhouse maintained by science undergoes a similar beautification project Ryan, the city’s director of facilities and a lighting retrofit that will update 18,000 teacher Bob McGillicuddy for the past each spring, thanks to fifth-graders under maintenance. outdated lamps and ballasts with new seven years has served as a living the guidance of teacher Sara DiZinno and Under the contract, Honeywell will energy-efficient fixtures. laboratory for students, who take the PTO Vice President Diane Foley, who upgrade a total of 40 of the city’s Honeywell is also installing a solar plants generated by the greenhouse and prepare the garden beds and flowers in buildings and public schools. Quincy panel at the Lincoln Hancock plant them on school grounds. front of the school. expects to cut costs by $1 million per Elementary School that will heat the The greenhouse has also served as a On the Highland Avenue side of the year as a result of the energy-efficient school’s pool as well, utilizing source of seedlings for staff members. school is the Asian Peace Garden, which improvements. The addition of a more renewable energy technology to reduce Donations from the Home Depot and the students plant and maintain, as well as accurate water-metering system is utility costs and environmental impact. nearby Almquist Nursery and the school’s a vegetable garden. Students plan to put expected to generate approximately In addition, the pool will be fitted with a PTO have helped the greenhouse expand bricks around the Wollaston American $1.25 million in extra revenue. The city special cover to retain heat and reduce its offerings and offer a design-a-garden Legion monument in the front of the anticipates that the energy savings, evaporation when it’s not in use, further program for grade 6 students. school this year and families near the which are guaranteed by Honeywell, and enhancing energy efficiency at the McGillicuddy credits former long-time school take turns watering and weeding new revenue stream will pay for the school. custodian George DePaulo with keeping during the summer. entire program, so the work will not Honeywell expects to complete the the greenhouse going. McGillicuddy and increase city operating budgets or facility improvements and install the Wollaston School student Man Qing Mai uses a Wollaston School students Alison Slattery and Kevin Students plant flowers on the grounds of the require additional taxpayer dollars. water meters by August 2008. ruler to space plants. Le tend the grounds with teacher Sara DiZinno. Wollaston School. 8—The Quincy Educator Fall 2007 Group effort to Art plays major keep students role at QHS BY RICH FAHEY program, allowing students the time to safe and secure The Romans had a phrase for it: Ars really get into a subject matter. gratia artis — art for the sake of art. Take the theater program, which did BY RICH FAHEY Louis B. Mayer later borrowed it as his four shows last year, including the firm’s slogan when he started the film high school drama “Up the Down Keeping students safe and secure isn’t one studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM). Staircase” and the musical “Grease.“ A person’s job. That why the Quincy Public Under Principal Frank Santoro’s series of one-acts plays were also Schools meet monthly with representatives from guidance, the arts have been performed. law enforcement and state agencies that deal increasingly welcome at Quincy High The theater program offers chances with students to make sure all involved are up School. This is apparent in the new for inter-disciplinary cooperation. on current issues. artistry program, in which QHS Students in the carpentry program help The monthly student safety summits have students can now major in an aspect of with set design, while fashion students been going on for a decade or more and have the arts, or get a sampling of several work on costume design. been hugely successful, according to Ken different areas. Student newscasters are broadcasting McPhee, director of security and transportation The new artistry major at Quincy daily on Quincy’s community access for the QPS. High provides students the opportunity cable TV station, and wrote and “We really have a high level of cooperation to explore and get started on a career directed their own show, “Wollaston among the various agencies,” said McPhee. path in such areas as music, art, Beach,” a takeoff on TV’s “Laguna A recent meeting, for instance, included: fashion, the performing arts, and Beach.” ŠSeven Quincy police officers involved in the broadcasting. “We have students winning areas of community policing and work with “These things are a very important scholarships to Emerson College and juveniles; part of education,” said Santoro, who is then getting hired in their field,” said ŠMembers of the MBTA police force; a patron of the arts and has worked Santoro. ŠProbation officers from Quincy District with theater groups outside the school. Each area has beginning and Court; All high school students must study advanced courses, or specialized areas ŠOfficials from the state Department of Youth core subjects as set down by the state within a discipline. Services and Department of Social Services; to be able to graduate. But elective The study of music includes not ŠA representative from the Norfolk County studies provide the opportunity to only instrumental study but the school District Attorney’s office; major in an area outside the core band and chorus, while art offers the ŠAssistant principals from Quincy middle and subjects. chance for independent study, building high schools, representatives from While students in the QHS Career a portfolio, or creative imaging. elementary schools and high school deans and Technology Center have long been The teachers in the artistry program and school attendance supervisors; able to double-block their studies – are Richard Kenneally, ŠA representative from the Quincy Fire combine two 45-minute periods into instruments/music; Paul Conroy and Department; one 90-minute block – that wasn’t Peggy Spencer, theatre; Marina Šseveral top school administrators, James Fay, left, and Donika Hazrijah were part of something usually available when it Rozenberg, chorus; Mary-Rose Mirick, including McPhee and Janet Powell, the growing drama program at Quincy High came to electives. But double-blocking fashion; and Andrew Bell and Esta director of student support services. School. is one of the features of the artistry Carnahan, art. “Our purpose is to share information on issues that affect students’ safety and security,” said Powell, who helps set the agenda, which focuses on taking preventive and proactive measures that will stop problems before they begin. One of the initiatives is the MBTA’s Stop SENIOR CLASS Watch program, which provides both a police and school presence at MBTA stations during Point Webster students pair up with elderly for school project the school day to make sure students who might be tempted to hang around at the stations instead BY RICH FAHEY “We found out who was the youngest, who was the oldest, and of attending class know they will be seen by other interesting data and statistics about them,” said teacher school officials if they do skip out. Amateur anthropologists at the Point Webster Middle School Patti O’Brien. “We think that being a positive presence at helped residents of the nearby 1000 Southern Artery assisted- “We also tracked how the seniors found their way to Quincy,” the stations helps dissuade students from seeing living complex connect the past and the present. said teacher Barbara Driscoll. that as an option,” said Powell. The grade 6 students mined data about the residents and wrote The timelines contained information about what life was like Training is another important part of the mini-biographies of them as part of the inter-disciplinary project, when the seniors were born. The students conducted the program; the latest information is provided on which was part of an ongoing relationship between the school interviews in early June and it culminated with a “birthday topics such as substance abuse and Internet and the housing complex. celebration” later in the month at 1000 Southern Artery, hosted safety. Participants also learn about new laws The students used the data collected to construct bar graphs, by the grade 6 students at Point Webster and O’Brien. that affect the schools. line graphs, circle graphs, histograms and pictographs, timelines They presented the seniors with their biographies and the The monthly summits have become part of and geographical maps that displayed what they learned. The results of the surveys they conducted, using maps, charts and the school system’s administrative structure. various skills needed encompassed areas such as math and graphs. Community Police Officers James Dentremont and “We think we’re making a difference in reading, language arts, science and social studies. Matthew Miller accompanied the students on the field trip. helping students make safe decisions,” said Residents of the elderly complex who volunteered for the O’Brien said the program also served another important Powell. program were paired up with students who interviewed them. purpose. “This activity will help students to develop a The students also took pictures of the seniors they interviewed. compassion for the elderly.” The Quincy Educator Fall 2007— 9 Full house All-day kindergarten is a smash success

Full-day kindergarten students Christine Le and Jalem Varela work at the Amelio Full-day kindergarten student Larry Ogala Della Chiesa Early Childhood Center. works with para-professional Lori Cahill at the Della Chiesa Early Childhood Center.

BY RICH FAHEY teachers, students and administrators and came away impressed. Quincy education officials are sure that the Kindergarten teachers used to have about all-day kindergarten program, now in its 20 students in the morning, and another 20 second year, has been a rousing success. different faces in the afternoon. They like How sure? About 99.7 percent sure. being able to stay with the same group of That’s because all but two of the 628 students all day. students eligible to participate in the program “The amount of growth and development have done so, according to Edie Hughes, the they can see under this program is amazing,” Quincy Public Schools’ coordinator of early said Hughes. childhood education. Full-day kindergarten students, from left, William Levitt, Alan Ha, and Rishika Makkena. Students must be five years old on or The School Committee and Mayor William existing classes after the noon hour,” said schedule. Each kindergarten teacher has a before Aug. 31 to enroll in kindergarten. Phelan committed last year to the $2 million Hughes. full-time paraprofessional, and the students “Teachers can accommodate children who are in funding it would take to hire 16 additional Those that did opt for a half-day program are given a break time in the morning when at different developmental stages,” said teachers and buy the supplies and furniture it soon changed their minds. they can relax on their mat, even though Hughes. “They’ve been doing it right along.” took to open the all-day kindergartens in the “The parents realized that full-day some choose to keep working. Hughes said she was excited after visiting elementary schools. kindergarten was something they didn’t want A growing number of school districts classrooms at the beginning of the school Hughes had prepared for a high level of their kids to miss out on,” said Hughes. across the state are adding full-day year and then returning last November to see participation, but even she was surprised Slowly, but surely, the half-day students kindergarten, but some, unlike Quincy, are what was happening. Assessment tests when only six parents opted out of the joined their full-day mates during the school charging a fee to recoup some of the cost. showed “amazing growth.” program at first last year when it was first year. Gov. Deval Patrick has made expanding The mayor and the School Committee have introduced. “The parents realized this was something full-day kindergartens one of the priorities of made a long-term commitment to the “We were prepared to have a teacher for a they didn’t want their kids to miss out on,” his administration, and he had Lt. Gov. Tim program, and its future is assured, Hughes half-day program if enough signed up, but it said Hughes, a 36-year veteran of the QPS. Murray visit Quincy last year to see how the said. turned out the holdouts were able to join the Adjustments were made with the full-day program was going. Murray talked with Snug Harbor students are quite the characters

BY SEAN LEONARD Osborne said the program, sponsored nominates two students a month for a walking around with them means the underprivileged children. The Terrific Kids Program at Snug by the Kiwanis Club, aims through Terrific Kids award, submitting the world. They’re proud as peacocks.” “The kids are very appreciative of Harbor Elementary School was positive reinforcement to motivate names to a guidance counselor. And in addition to the pin, each anything you do for them, and this recognized as a “promising practice” students with their schoolwork. “There’s really no contest. All of Terrific Kid has his or her picture program does motivate them,” he by the national Character Education “The program has actually been the students who are nominated taken and the photos are displayed said. “It keeps them focused on their Partnership. around for 15 years and it was started receive a Terrific Kids pin. They’re prominently in the front lobby of the work and on being good citizens, and Based in Washington, D.C., the by the Kiwanis. We applied for an nominated for things like showing up school, and letters of commendation that’s what it’s all about. It’s positive Character Education Partnership is a award from the Character Education for school every day on time, are also sent home to parents. reinforcement.” nonprofit coalition of organizations Partnership and while we didn’t get reading, doing their homework, being Osborne recommends all Osborne said the Kiwanis Club, and individuals committed to the award, the Terrific Kids Program polite and respectful – a lot of things elementary schools adopt the Terrific which provides the pins and film, has fostering effective character was recognized and written up in a that they should be doing anyway. Kids program, especially those like been tremendously supportive of education in the country’s K-12 national magazine put out by the But this is a way to motivate the kids, the Snug Harbor School in the Snug Harbor. The Kiwanis held a public schools. partnership,” Osborne said. and it works,” Osborne said. “For Germantown section of Quincy that bowl-a-thon and the proceeds went to Snug Harbor Principal Allan Osborne said each teacher some of the kids, wearing the pin and have a high percentage of the Snug Harbor Student Council. 10—The Quincy Educator Fall 2007 DePaulo’s Sterling performance spanned 60 years BY RICH FAHEY and running. Even now after he’s retired, he still gets up too old to be up on a ladder or on a roof. Scribi said she at the same time to take his shower and eat his oatmeal. and her brother and sister were continually asking him to Calling George DePaulo a custodian is like calling “I feel that the best part of the day is the early come down off the roof of their cottage on the Cape, Michelangelo an artist. Technically it’s correct, but it morning,” he said. while Barrett said that when she voiced concern about doesn’t do the man justice. DePaulo’s connections to Sterling are both strong and him being up on a ladder, he firmly but politely told her For 60 years, he was a dedicated employee of the deep. His daughter, Kathy Scribi, has been a secretary at it was part of his job. Quincy Public Schools. During his 44 years at the the school for six years; his granddaughter, Lisa Marie A decorated Army veteran of World War II, he often Sterling Middle School, which he attended as a Flora, is an eighth-grade student; and several other spoke to students in social studies classes about his child, he morphed into something else: the heart and family members, including School Committee member experiences. He received the Purple Heart, the Combat soul of the school. Anne Mahoney, his niece, attended the school during his Infantry Badge, four Battle Stars, and a Bronze Star and DePaulo, 85, retired in February, but his tenure. also recently received one of France’s highest honors, spirit and presence is still felt in the halls Earl Metzler, who was principal of Sterling Middle the Legion of Honor Award, for his service to that of the school, according to teachers School before moving to North Quincy High this year, country during the war. The school made a DVD of and administrators. spent 20 years with DePaulo. In a book of letters given DePaulo describing his war memories. DePaulo was hired by the to DePaulo on his retirement, he wrote, “When I think Science teacher Bob McGillicuddy credits DePaulo Quincy schools in 1947. He said of George DePaulo I remember the words of Charles with saving the third-floor greenhouse. Both he was “fortunate the City of Eliot. ‘Live today and every day like a man of honor.’ McGillicuddy and DePaulo were honored at the State Quincy hired me, and because I George has done that every day of his life and it is what House for their work in revitalizing it. appreciated my job for all these makes him the great father, grandfather, friend and co- DePaulo and his wife of 57 years, Mary, have six years, I always gave it 100 worker that he is. He makes everyone around him a grandchildren in addition to their three children. percent.” better person.” Reflecting on his lengthy tenure. DePaulo knows who That’s an understatement. Try “Our school motto is ‘kids first,’ and he exemplified deserves the credit for his longevity and productivity. coming in at 4 on a winter that,” said Acting Principal Christine Barrett. “I am so fortunate that God has given me good health, morning to make sure the DePaulo made few concessions to age, even in his which allowed me to continue doing what I love to do Sterling’s cranky boiler was up later years. Woe to anyone who tried to tell him he was … work,” he said. Quincy boy commands Quincy builds for the future

attention from general QUINCY HIGH: from Page 1 construction of the Plymouth courthouse and expansion of that town’s Jordan Hospital. GENERAL: from Page 1 grandfather, a World War II veteran, and Among the highlights: Gilbane will be the “construction manager at his uncle, a former aviator. “I wanted to A 750-seat, state-of-the-art performing arts risk,” performing preconstruction work with the is also a strong believer in winning the find out why we are attacking them. Why center which will also be used for cultural architects designing the high school to refine Iraq war through reconstruction and is this happening? My grandfather said events in the city. plans before it negotiates with the city on a strengthening that country’s economy. this war has been going on longer than all A larger gymnasium complete with an indoor guaranteed final price to build the school. Bennett shares the same views, of WWII. If we keep shooting these track. Crafted under a state law signed in 2004, the something he learned upon reading a New people, they will never be our friends. The Science/Math/Technology Academy, the deal ensures that cost overruns will be paid by York Times article about Chiarelli’s But if we help them, they will,” he said. first building slated to be completed, in the contractor, not the taxpayers. mission. Here’s how the middle-school Bennett’s letter writing stemmed from December 2008; it will be the new home for Gilbane is currently working on renovations student put it in his letter: “I am writing an assignment that Holly Rendle, the Career and Technology Education. to Salem High School under a similar to thank you for belief in shooting less school’s language arts teacher, gave to her A Humanities Academy, where English, social arrangement. and rebuilding more in Iraq.” seventh-grade students. “We do a unit studies and the arts will be housed. Tishman Construction will oversee the project The letter cites examples of successful entitled ‘Letters that Matter’ in which the A Freshman Academy, designed to ease the on behalf of the city. Symmes Maini & McKee reconstruction efforts, such as a turbine students pick an issue they feel strongly transition process into the new school. Associates is the architectural and engineering installed by U.S. troops to provide Iraqi about,” she said. “Robert was very A marketplace-type cafeteria. firm. citizens with electricity, and the creation interested in Iraq.” “The entire campus has been designed with The project‘s $126 million cost breaks down of 77,000 public-works jobs through the Bennett presumed at best he would inter-disciplinary team teaching in mind,” said this way: $72 million will come from the state National Empowerment program. receive a form letter on Army stationery, Santoro. “With this school, we’re re-designing under an earlier agreement to pay 90 percent of The three-star general was impressed not a call from the battlefield and a urban education.” the cost of the original plan; $15 million will by the amount of research that Bennett personal visit. “When he called and said, The different academies have been designed come from a low-interest loan; and the city will had done, the letter’s level-headedness ‘This is General Peter Chiarelli,’ I was with a goal of breaking down a large school into issue bonds to pay for the remainder. and supportive tone. As a boy, Chiarelli like, ‘Oh my God.’ I asked him how he smaller elements. Engineering and math will be Finding an appropriate site has been the most wrote a letter to then-President Dwight D. was doing. I mean, all these soldiers are adjacent to aid in areas such as the award- difficult part of the process, given the city’s Eisenhower, who wrote back. The gesture getting killed and we’re just fighting and winning robotics program. Art, fashion, visual notorious lack of open space. One earlier was not forgotten. So Chiarelli, who grew not doing enough to rebuild the country,” arts and performing arts will be located near the proposed site under a previous administration up in a blue-collar family in Seattle where the boy said. new auditorium. had serious environmental issues. Even the site his father worked as a butcher, telephoned On the day Chiarelli arrived at the While the students will be the primary finally chosen had to clear wetlands issues and Atlantic Middle School and made school with Maj. Stephen Smith, the occupants, the school has been designed to be get state approval. The School Building arrangements to call Bennett at home, and boy’s parents, Robert Sr. and Mary heavily used outside the normal school day. Assistance Board also had to sign off on the to visit upon his return to the U.S. Bennett, and sister, Dianora, 9, were The expected completion date for the entire final plan. “It’s very heartening to get a letter like beaming with pride. The general spent project is the start of the 2011-12 school year. Twenty classrooms moved from Quincy High that,” said the general. “Especially since about an hour with Bennett and another As buildings come on line, other parts of the old to adjacent Coddington Hall over the summer as we had just gone through a couple of hour with a select group of students, campus will be demolished. Gilbane Building Quincy College, the former tenant, moved to tough weeks.” giving a photo slide show of Iraq, talking Co., which oversaw the Milton school building nearby President’s Place. That means the school Bennett said he became interested in about his experiences and answering project, will head the construction team. The won’t need temporary classrooms that would the Iraq conflict after talking with his questions. Providence-based company oversaw have been placed in front of the building. The Quincy Educator Fall 2007 — 11 Middle-school students New turf a big hit with teams

STADIUM: from Page 12 facilities. “It’s made my job that much easier,” he said. make the grade on SAT facilities,” said Mayor William Phelan. “Young men “Other teams want to come here and use our BY SEAN LEONARD and women, boys and girls, will be playing soccer, facilities.” conducted each year by the Johns lacrosse, and football on this new surface for the next Quincy High and North Quincy High will move to Scoring nearly 1200 on the SAT is Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. 20 years. This is a facility that Quincy can be proud of the Patriot League next year, and the league has an achievement for any high school “Each year we get the criteria from as we host more games than any other community in already made inquiries about holding the pre-season junior, but for middle school students Johns Hopkins on what makes the region at this facility. Increased use of the stadium football jamboree there. to do that is astonishing, and that’s students eligible … and we invite turf will also take the pressure off other fields and The stadium repairs are part of the mayor’s Natural exactly what some precocious youths those who score highest on the improve the overall conditions at most of Quincy’s Resource Investment Initiative, a $10 million at Central Middle School did again standardized tests to participate in the varsity fields.” investment in Quincy’s quality of life through park this year. talent search, and have the Rendle said that with the refurbished Veterans improvements and the protection of open space. Each year a growing number of opportunity to take the college Memorial Stadium, Adams Field, the city’s recently- Proceeds from the city’s hotel tax are being used to Central students qualify to take the boards,” Sylvia said. “It’s a great renovated baseball stadium, and Mitchell-McCoy pay for the initiative. college placement exam, based on thing for their confidence..” Field for softball, the city has three first-class athletic their scores on MCAS and another Sylvia added that those who score standardized test, according to Central well on the SAT often qualify for Principal Jennifer Fay-Beers. Johns Hopkins summer camps, Quincy teams moving to Patriot League “If they score a 95 percent on their scholarships and even pre-college standardized tests, they can apply to internships. A girl who took the SAT take the SAT as part of this program at Central several years ago, Zenab PATRIOT LEAGUE: from Page 12 in the 1970s and 1980s. Then came the move to the administered through Johns Hopkins Tavakoli, landed a high school day at 2 p.m. “The athletic directors and the officials Old Colony League and teams such as Taunton, (University),” Fay-Beers said. “A internship, through Johns Hopkins, at the other schools have been very patient with us,” Barnstable and Silver Lake. couple of kids scored just shy of 1200 with Goldman Sachs. said Rendle. “But we end up getting to many events The move to the ACL has resulted not only in the and one over 1200, and they took this “That’s amazing experience for a late, and that gets us in trouble with the officials, extra costs associated with transporting students large test in seventh grade … As a teacher high school student,” Sylvia said. too.” distances, but other issues as well. and as a principal, I look at these kids “This (talent search) program opens a Quincy has been a member of the ACL for six “Playing in the ACL has absolutely killed the gate and I’m amazed by their talent.” lot of doors.” years, while this is the Red Raiders’ third year in the in all the sports where we have gate receipts,” said Fay-Beers noted that Central houses The SAT is given on a Saturday in league, and early dismissals have become the order of Rendle. the district’s Gifted and Talented January at Central Middle School. the day in a league that also includes Barnstable, It has also been hard to build rivalries and school Students program. Johns Hopkins sends proctors to the Falmouth, Dennis-Yarmouth, Sandwich, Plymouth spirit with schools so far away. About one-third of the school’s 600 school to administer the test. North, Plymouth South, Marshfield and Whitman- “Barnstable High, for instance, has a great girls students are in that program. Thirty Central students took the Hanson. volleyball program and it’s a great rivalry, but it’s “Some students who qualify to take SAT this year and of those, 25 earned Whitman-Hanson will join Quincy and North hard for our kids to get down there and support their the SAT live in the neighborhood and marks of distinction in English and Quincy in the move to the Patriot League, which team on a school night,” Rendle said. would attend Central anyway, but math, and nine students earned already includes Duxbury, Hingham, Hanover, Rendle has already begun attending Patriot League many of them come from other areas distinction in both. Pembroke, Randolph, Rockland, Scituate and Silver meetings in preparation for the move, and league of the city and are here because of the “Distinction means they scored at Lake. officials have inquired about the possibility of Gifted and Talented program,” she average or above the average of a The Quincy schools have had several different holding next fall’s pre-season football jamboree at said. high school senior,” Sylvia said. athletic affiliations since the old Greater Boston Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy. Guidance counselor Stephen Sylvia Middle school students statewide League of the 1960s and 1970s with Malden, “The Patriot League is a very strong league and said the SAT program at Central has who score a combined 1200 or better Waltham and Somerville, which gave way to the we’ll have our hands full with programs such as been in place for the past five years on the SAT are honored at a banquet Suburban League, which spawned rivalries with Hingham, Duxbury and now Whitman-Hanson and is part of a talent search at Boston University. schools such as Cambridge, Waltham, and Brockton coming over with us,” said Rendle.

SCHOOL QUINCY DIRECTORY

Elementary Schools Lincoln-Hancock F.W. Parker Middle Schools Sterling Atherton Hough Ruth Witmer, Principal Maryanne Palmer, Principal Atlantic Christine Barrett, Acting Principal 300 Granite St., Quincy 02169 148 Billings Rd., Quincy 02171 444 Granite St., Quincy 02169 Dorothy Greene, Principal Laura Bogan, Principal (617) 984-8715 (617) 984-8710 (617) 984-8729 1984 Sea St., Quincy 02169 86 Hollis Ave., Quincy 02171 (617) 984-8797 Clifford Marshall Snug Harbor (617) 984-8727 High Schools Beechwood Knoll Philip Connolly, Principal Allan Osborne, Principal Broad Meadows 200 Moody St., Quincy 02169 333 Palmer St., Quincy 02169 Diane O’Keeffe, Principal Lawrence Taglieri, Principal Quincy High (617) 984-8721 (617) 984-8763 225 Fenno St., Quincy 02170 50 Calvin Rd., Quincy 02169 Frank Santoro, Principal (617) 984-8781 Merrymount Squantum (617) 984-8723 52 Coddington St., Quincy 02169 (617) 984-8754 Charles Bernazzani Ann Pegg, Principal Donald Houghton, Principal Central 4 Agawam Rd., Quincy 02169 50 Huckins Ave., Quincy 02171 Peter Dionne, Principal Jennifer Fay-Beers, Principal North Quincy High (617) 984-8762 (617) 984-8706 701 Furnace Brook Pkwy, Quincy 02169 1012 Hancock St., Quincy 02169 Earl Metzler, Principal (617) 984-8713 Montclair Wollaston (617) 984-8725 316 Hancock St., Quincy 02171 Renee LaLumiere, Principal Susan Troy, Principal (617) 984-8745 Della Chiesa Early Childhood Center Point Webster 8 Belmont St., Quincy 02171 205 Beale St., Quincy 02170 Ruth Witmer, Principal James McGuire, Principal (617) 984-8708 (617) 984-8791 100 Brooks Ave., Quincy 02169 62 Lancaster St, Quincy 02169 (617) 984-8777 (617) 984-6600 12 — The Quincy Educator Fall 2007

THE QUINCY EDUCATOR Field of dreams VVeteranseterans StadiumStadium turfturf isis aa bigbig hithit withwith sporsportsts teamsteams BY RICH FAHEY Director Jim Rendle. “It was rainy, raw and cold, but it was a postponed was no problem. Even in decent weather, the annual Thanksgiving Day legitimate football game, not a slip-sliding mess.” “It has taken quite a load off our other football game between Quincy and North Quincy High School The renovation of the field has created a problem of a fields,” said Rendle. “It was a life-saver last at Veterans Memorial Stadium often turned into a mud bowl. different sort for Rendle — everyone wants to play on it. This spring when the bad weather hit.” The turf, worn down by a heavy schedule of games at the fall, besides a full schedule of varsity, JV and freshman The feedback from coaches and players always includes the stadium, was all but gone between the 30-yard-lines by football, Quincy Youth Football is also using the facility, as is same word: spectacular. Medically speaking, Field Turf has Columbus Day. North Quincy soccer, to name just a few. On Sept. 7, there was proven to be superior to past generations of artificial turf, Fast forward to Oct. 9, 2006, when the new Field Turf a varsity football doubleheader, with North Quincy and Quincy especially when it comes to knee injuries. The surface also surface at Veterans Stadium opened for business. Then go to High playing football games back-to-back. comes with a 20-year guarantee, and that’s based on daily last Thanksgiving, when Quincy beat North Quincy, 10-7, in a “That never would have been possible with the old surface,” usage. game that was played despite conditions that would have said Rendle. The MIAA has taken note, putting the 7,500-seat stadium forced its postponement in the past. The new surface is also used for practices, and in into the rotation for playoff and Super Bowl games. “It was a tough day for spectators, but the field made it the spring hosts lacrosse. Last spring, iffy weather “Veterans’ Stadium is now the crown jewel of our athletic possible to have a real football game,” said Quincy Athletic that might have forced lacrosse games to be See STADIUM Page 11

PHOTO: KEIKO HIROMI

BY RICH FAHEY League for the Patriot League next year came leave Quincy at 2:30 p.m. Quincy teams down to one basic fact: Student-athletes at both “Given the distance and the traffic on Route Never mind the nightmarish trips through schools were losing a lot of valuable class time. 3 at the time — with so many people still going Route 3 traffic to the far reaches of Cape Cod, A case in point of the hardships facing down to the Cape — we had absolutely no or the small number of students and parents players, coaches, and parents wanting to see chance of making it in time,” said Quincy making move able to journey to Barnstable or Falmouth on a their kids play: Quincy High was scheduled to Public Schools Athletic Director Jim Rendle. school night. play a 4 p.m. volleyball game on Friday, Sept. He ended up rescheduling the game to Sept. The decision to have both Quincy High and 14 at Nauset High in North Eastham on Cape 18 at 4 p.m., because he could get a bus that to Patriot League North Quincy High leave the Atlantic Coast Cod, 86 miles away, with the team slated to See PATRIOT LEAGUE Page 11