Welcome Mitchell D. Chester, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education

Remarks Jim Peyser, Secretary of Education

Presentation of Awards Lt. Governor Karyn Polito

2016 National Blue Ribbon Schools Daniel Butler Elementary School (Belmont Public Schools) Morris Elementary School (Lenox Public Schools) Merrymount Elementary School ()

2016 National Title I Distinguished Schools Pawtucketville Memorial School () Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School

2016 Commendation Schools

Acton-Boxborough Regional School District Hingham Public Schools Shrewsbury Public Schools Raymond J. Grey Junior High School Plymouth River Elementary School Spring Street School South Elementary School Arlington Public Schools Somerville Public Schools Brackett School Lawrence Public Schools Benjamin G. Brown School Health & Human Services High School Barnstable Public Schools Springfield Public Schools Hyannis West Elementary School Manchester Essex Regional School District STEM Middle Academy Manchester Essex Regional High School White Street School Bellingham Public Schools South Elementary School Marblehead Public Schools Swampscott Public Schools Malcolm L. Bell School Stanley Elementary School Belmont Public Schools Mary Lee Burbank School Masconomet Regional School District Wachusett Regional School District Masconomet Regional Middle School Thomas Prince School Donald Mckay School Medfield Public Schools Walpole Public Schools Manassah E. Bradley Elementary School Dale Street School Old Post Road School Mozart Elementary School Patrick J. Kennedy Elementary School Melrose Public Schools Wellesley Public Schools Herbert Clark Hoover Elementary School Joseph E. Fiske Elementary School Brooke Charter School East Boston Nashoba Regional School District Westborough Public Schools Canton Public Schools Center School J. Harding Armstrong Elementary School Lt. Peter M. Hansen Elementary School Westborough High School Nauset Public Schools Eastham Elementary School Westwood Public Schools Edgar A. Hooks Elementary School Downey School Needham Public Schools Concord Public Schools High Rock School Williamstown Public Schools Alcott School John Eliot Elementary School Williamstown Elementary School

Foxborough Public Schools Winchester Public Schools Mabelle M. Burrell Elementary School Mason-Rice Elementary School Lincoln Elementary School Vinson-Owen Elementary School Gateway Regional School District North Reading Public Schools Littleville Elementary School L. D. Batchelder School Chandler Elementary Community School Sharon Public Schools West Tatnuck School Heights Elementary School