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Recent Boston Schoolyards Highlights

Want to know what's going on in and around the Boston Public Schools' schoolyards and outdoor classrooms? If so, you've come to the right place! Take a look below!

Alma Wright receives the 2023 ABCD Heroes Award

Friends of the Boston Schoolyards Board Member, Alma Wright, received the 2023 ABCD Heroes Award on November 3, 2023. Check out this video of Alma talking about her distinguished 56 year career at BPS’s Trotter School.

 

Outdoor classrooms introduce Boston students to agriculture and the joy of growing food, November 1, 2023

Ten new outdoor classrooms being implemented in Boston Public Schools help introduce kids to urban agriculture hands-on.

Listen to this informative WGBH All Things Considered Interview with our partner, Green City Growers.

 

Five hydroponic towers are being installed at high schools

Five hydroponic towers are being installed at high schools within the district on behalf of the Massachusetts Fresh Grant program.  The first tower was installed at The English High School in Jamaica Plain on October 30, 2023.

 

Mayor Wu celebrates opening of Boston Green Academy’s new outdoor classroom on October 17, 2023

Mayor Wu celebrates opening of Boston Green Academy’s new outdoor classroom on October 17, 2023. Ten new outdoor classrooms being implemented in Boston Public Schools help introduce kids to urban agriculture hands-on.  Learn more about this initiative funded by GrowBoston in the Boston Globe article about expanding the number of new outdoor classrooms.

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