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School
Information
About
the Agassiz School
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The
Agassiz School is the third largest elementary
school in the Boston Public Schools system with
800+ students and 100+ faculty and staff members
this academic year (2000-2001). Our students,
faculty and support staff represent the rich
diversity of our country. We are located in
historic Jamaica Plain between Forest Hills
Station and the Monument.
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Facts at a
Glance
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Address
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20 Child Street, Jamaica
Plain, MA 02130
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Telephone
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- 617-635-8198 (office)
- 617-635-7835
(fax)
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Hours
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9:10 a.m. - 3:35
p.m.
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Grades
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Kindergarten - Fifth &
Early Childhood (ages 3 to 5)
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Programs
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- Monolingual, Bilingual
(Spanish-English),
- Early Childhood,
- Vision,
- Learning Adaptive
Behavior (LAB),
- Special Education,
- Before and After
School
- UMASS-Alerta Project,
- Harvard University
Project,
- Success for All Reading
Program,
- Boston Ballet,
- Arts in Progress,
- Community Music Center,
Boston Police GREAT Program, TERC (Technical
Educational Research Center)
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Grants
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Reading Excellence ($350,000)
& 21st. Century School
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Assessments
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- MCAS, Stanford 9,
- Cloze English &
Spanish Test,
- MELA-O (Massachusetts
English Language Arts - Orally),
- Success for All Reading
Inventory,
- DRA (Developmentally
Reading Assessment),
- LAS (Language Assessment
Scale)
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Subjects
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- English and Spanish
Reading & Language Arts
- English as a Second
Language,
- Mathematics,
- Science,
- Social
Studies
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Specialists
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- Geography,
- Physical Education,
- Art,
- Music,
- Chorus,
- Computer,
- Creative
Writing
- Science
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Parking
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On-street
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Handicapped
Accessability
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- ramp,
- elevators,
- Braille signs
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Languages
Spoken
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English and
Spanish
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Attractions
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- Golf Course @Franklin
Park,
- Arboretum,
- Jamaica Pond,
- Ethnic Restaurants,
- Franklin Park
Zoo
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BPS Web
Page
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http://boston.k12.ma.us
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