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School
Information
About
the Agassiz School
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.
Find out about our Library.
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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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