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Directory: Listing Information
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Mystic Valley Regional Charter School
770 Salem Street
Malden MA 02148
Phone: 781 388-0222
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Mystic Valley is one of less than 100 officially certified Core Knowledge Schools nationally. Mystic Valley is one of only 14 Core Knowledge Schools in Massachusetts, and the only one east of the Mississippi River, to be designated as a Visitation School.What is a charter school? Charter schools are tuition-free public schools of choice financed through public, local, state, and federal funds, but are independent of the local school boards. Each charter school has its own unique mission that reflects the desires of the founding individuals. Charter schools are fully accountable, must meet the educational needs of their students, and must achieve the goals laid out in the charter or face closure.What makes Mystic Valley unique?
MVRCS provides equitable opportunities for all students to acquire a first-class education. Parents and students can expect a rigorous academic program, a safe and secure campus, a strong Code of Values, and dedicated, enthusiastic teachers committed to providing the best possible learning environment for our students. Students have a school uniform and are in attendance for 200 days of instruction. The school day is from 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and includes compulsory Spanish language and Character Education programs.
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| Newsweek Ranks Mystic Valley Among Best in the U.S. |
Newsweek Magazine Ranks Mystic Valley High School in Top 1% in USA
For the second straight year, Newsweek magazine has ranked the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School among the nation’s best public high schools. The news magazine’s June 14th edition recently published its annual list and at number 278 nationally, Mystic Valley Regional Charter School is ranked in the top 1% of the 27,000 schools surveyed. Mystic Valley is the 5th best public high school in Massachusetts, according to Newsweek.
In acknowledging the ranking, Mystic Valley’s Superintendent/Director, Dr. Joseph McCleary, spoke of the ongoing efforts of the entire school community: “Newsweek’s continuing recognition of Mystic Valley’s outstanding high school program is something that we can be proud of throughout the school community. Congratulations to the school’s board, families, teachers and staff who work together to provide an exemplary model of public education for all of our students.”
Being named to the list for the second year in a row is a tremendous accomplishment. Being named once might be considered an anomaly, but it is a true honor and testament to be consistently landing on such lists, particularly for a public school that only graduated its fifth high school class in 2010. This consistent recognition distinguishes Mystic Valley as a tremendous academic institution. The school’s ranking follows being ranked in the top 8% of high schools nationally by U.S. News & World Report in both 2007 and 2009 and Newsweek’s ranking of Mystic Valley in the top 1% of American high schools in 2009.
“Mystic Valley Regional Charter School is honored and proud to be ranked again this year as one of the nations’ and state’s best high schools,” remarked Mr. George Benzie, the school’s Assistant Director for grades 9-12, “Congratulations to all our students, parents and teachers for their dedication and commitment to excellence.”
Three of the top five schools in Massachusetts are charter public schools (Sturgis Charter in Hyannis, MATCH Charter in Boston, and Mystic Valley). The non-charter public schools in the Massachusetts top five are the Boston Latin exam school and Belmont High.
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U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT GIVES TOP RANKING
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In its 2007 Annual Education Edition, U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked Mystic Valley in the top 8% of High Schools in the United States! The magazine analyzed results from 18,790 schools in the United States and ranked their performance. Mystic Valley Chairman, Neil Kinnon, was extremely pleased by the results. He stated that " this is a great honor for the school and demonstrates that public schools in our area can deliver top quality educational outcomes if they use proven methods, maintain a disciplined academic enviroment and stay focused on a Mission without falling prey to educational fads." The top 8% ranking is consistent with the excellent results that the school's students have achieved in recent years. Twenty of the thirty-three members of this year's graduating class were awarded the John and Abigail Adams Scholarships. The scholarships entitle the recipients to free tuition at any Massachusetts college or university. Over sixty percent of Mystic Valley's graduating seniors were awarded the scholarships a percentage that is believed to be among the highest in the state!
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Mystic Valley Holds Commencement Ceremony
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The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Class of 2010
The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School held its 5th Commencement Ceremony on Friday, June 11th. Forty-three students participated in the graduation exercises which were held in the auditorium at the school’s former 59 Summer Street, Everett campus.
The evening’s first speaker was class Salutatorian Carl J. McPherson of Wakefield who recounted his memories of Mystic Valley and thanked his family and teachers for all of their sacrifices and hard work.
Alyssa Savarino, of Malden, was the Valedictorian. She spoke about how thankful she was for all of the support that her mother has given her. She then outlined the many successes of the Class of 2010 including those of the swim team which she helped lead as league MVP to an undefeated season.
Valedictorian Alyssa Savarino Salutatorian Carl McPherson
After the two student speeches, the Department Chairs presented the academic awards to the top students in their subjects. Michael Beauboeuf of Medford received the awards for General Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Spanish. He also won the Outstanding Effort Award. Carl McPherson received the awards for General Excellence in History and English. Alyssa Savarino won the award for General Excellence in Latin. Ryan Oppedisano of Malden received the General Excellence in Art award.
After the presentation of the awards, Dr.Paul E. Peterson, the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government and Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, delivered the commencement address to the graduates. He gave a captivating speech in which he stressed the importance of being prepared to make a leap of faith and seize opportunities in life when they become available. His speech was spiced with entertaining recollections of his own high school years and deftly captured the mood of the evening with its inspiring message of humor and hope.
Finally, Mystic Valley Superintendent/Director, Dr. Joseph McCleary, congratulated the 43 graduates on their accomplishments and concluded the ceremony after emphasizing the importance of the choices that each person makes in life and the wonderful ways that such choices can shape posterity.
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21 Mystic Valley Seniors Win Adams Scholarship
Twenty-one of the forty-six members of the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Class of 2010 were recently informed that they were winners of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ John and Abigail Adams Scholarship. The results fit well with Mystic Valley’s tradition of remarkable success on the MCAS exams as twenty students received the scholarship in 2008 and nineteen students received the scholarship in 2009.
The scholarships entitle the winners to receive free tuition for four years at any Massachusetts state college or university. “Congratulations to all of our seniors who have been awarded the John and Abigail Adams Scholarships. Mystic Valley Charter School is especially proud of our students who continue to uphold the traditions of intellectual life made so much a part of our country’s heritage by the great family from Braintree” said Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Executive Director, Dr. Joseph McCleary.
The scholarship award winners are: Michael Beauboeuf; Carolyn Bissex; Cody Cameron; Sophia Elmoussaoui; Maija Erickson; Peter Finn; Meghan Holden; Kevin Le; Joseph Littlewood; Jade Lovett; Carl McPherson; Ndindam Ndiwane; Michael O’Connor; Evan Oppedisano; Ryan Oppedisano; Mathew Pini; Alyssa Savarino; Kirk Tomajian; Joseph Vaverka; Adriana Villalobos and Eric Vincent.
Mystic Valley Assistant Director, George Benzie, added “congratulations go out to our seniors for this great achievement. It is a tremendous accomplishment for a school to have 21 out of 46 students be eligible for the John and Abigail Adams Scholarships”.
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| Honor Roll Announced |
The following students were recently named to the Honor Roll at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School for the second quarter. Honor Roll recognition goes to any student with no grade lower than B-. High Honors are for any student with no grade lower than A-.
Grade Seven High Honors: Sarah Terrazano
Grade Seven Honor Roll: Yahia Abuhasan, Tarek Alkedeh, Ryan Arnone, Ava Asai-Sarris, Alvin Buyinza, Robert Cummings, Andre DiFilippo, Charif Elmoussaoui, Alexandra Eugene, Joseph Finn, Abigail Fisk, Erika Furtado, Nathan Gerard, Mario Hanna, Rachel Hynes, Brian Lai, Christopher Le, Tony Le, Visakha Le-Nguyen, Brittany Lin, Thomas Lin, Vanessa Lochirco, Jesse Loesch, Emily Luu, Patrick McPherson, Sarah Mercurio, Nina Mirzakashani, Adam Moran, Cathy Nguyen, Amy Nickerson, Mckinsey O’Brien, Paulina Petras, Chadam Pires, Samantha Rizzo, Shannon Roseen, Erica Sacramone, Isha Sharma, Camila Silva, Rico St. Paul, Chloe Statho, Chelsea Sutherland, Andrew Tham, Jordan Tirrell, Andy Tran, Hildy Wen, Wolfgang Wentzell and Richard Wronski
Grade Eight High Honors: Saja Alani, Shirley He, Sara LoChirco, Raphael Stigliano and Isabel Waller.
Grade Eight Honor Roll: Jonathan Ace Knight, Maaya Alagappan, Therence Bien-Aime, Anthony Bockley, Soraya Caballero, Sydney Carlino, Nicolette Cerundolo, David Chiccuarelli, Alexandria Cimetti, Melissa Desmond, Katarina DiPlacido, Tania Fabo, Ryan Foley, Megan Grossi, Jonessa Guarino, Samantha Halloran, Michael Hooley, Brandon Kelso, Hui Yan Kuang, Connie Lam, Jessica Lee, Brian Liang, Benjamin Lieu, Mitchell Luti, Alexis Martino, Hannah McCurdy, Savah Moreno-Areniello, Emily Mui, Virginia Ng, Congtin Nguyen, Shane Norton, Feliciana Panza, Kyle Pereira, Breann Powell, Nicholas Saponaro, Elise Sheehan, Selma Sinanovic, Sophia Smail, Alexander Swaim, Mohammad Taaha, and Emily Williams.
Grade Nine High Honors: Sophie Carroll, Kayla Mei, Violet Sullivan and Marc Toomajian
Grade Nine Honor Roll: Francine Alexandre, Amro Ali, Jared Allard, Vanessa Barrientos, Dino Bulic, Elvent Chenh Tu, Domenic Ciampa, Jordan Cram, Dean Cunio, Robert DeSantis, Michelle Doherty, Tomas Drahos, Siobhan Glynn, Alexander Green, Marco Hanna, Kyle Hanson, Amanda Kerner, Erin Kinnon, Jacqueline Lane, Victor Liang, Elioukenda Limose, Rachel McGovern, Brandon Mei, Marvin Morisset, Hari Perisic, Brandon Phung, Jordan Sullivan, Sai Bhargav Yarram, Brian Yee and Jackie Yu.
Grade Ten High Honors: Nohamin Ayele, Fallon Bushee, Shannon Bushee, Diandra Franks, Leandra Furtado, Ariana Mirzakashani, Ngobitak Ndiwane, Amanda Ng, Amanda Pires, Benjamin Soper and Ricky Yu.
Grade Ten Honor Roll: Karl Afrikian, Jenna Amari, Alyssa DiFilippo, Jordan DiPietro, Jarred Erickson, Joseph Foley, Patrick Holden, Ryan Keane, Shane Kinnon, Kristina Kontos, Vuong Le, Rosaria Marraccino, Christopher Mui, Taylor Newton, Brian O’Connor, Jonathan Paul, Gemina Previlus, Joseph Russo, Amber Scarpaci, Wilson Tran and Abigail Vincent.
Grade Eleven High Honors: Joanna McPherson and Krithikn Tirupapuliyur
Grade Eleven Honor Roll: Erika Aiello, Leah Brown, Samantha Brown, Brennan Bushee, Audrey Cain, Alana Casullo, Hayley Cunningham, Amanda DiBenedetto, Kelly Finn, Zachary Hamhoomis, Brendan Hogan, Sean Hooley, Joan Kinnon, Nicholas Krasco, Derek Lee, Stephanie Lin, Ausjoli Minichiello, Nicole Mui, Aaron Payne, Gina Pedro, Jessica Poutre, Taylor Roseen, Jessica So, Kayla Teves, Jenna Walker, Hillary Wen, Meredith Williams, Rebecca Wright and Jeffrey Yee
Grade Twelve High Honors: Michael Beauboeuf
Grade Twelve Honor Roll: Carolyn Bissex, Cody Cameron, Joseph Littlewood, Carl McPherson, Ryan Oppedisano, Alyssa Savarino, Joseph Vaverka and Eric Vincent |
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