Highland Street Foundation

announces 5th annual

Free Fun Fridays!

We are pleased to announce the 2013 Free Fun Fridays program, in partnership with 60 museums and cultural institutions across Massachusetts.  This summer, six cultural venues will be open free-of-charge every Friday for 10 weeks, beginning June 28th through August 30th. 

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Third grades students of Ms. Martin and Ms. Sullo recently completed a unit on biographies. The highlight of the unit was students creating a soda bottle image of the character they studied. Some of the soda people included Abe Lincoln, Michael Jordan, Walt Disney, Maya Rudolph, Alexander the Great, Nancy Kerrigan and William Penn.

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Students at St. Josephs SJS Middle School Students Get Fit Workout
Under the direction of teacher Kyle O’Brien, SJS students in grades seven and eight are working on their physical skills with weekly fit exercises. The extra curricula activity is designed to enhance the students’ athletic abilities. The workouts are designed for speed, stamina , agility, balance, coordination and accuracy .Workouts include walking lunges, alternating lunges, vertical jumps, length jumps, push-ups, air and front squats, planks, wall ball toss, jump rope and sprints.
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"Look at what we've done"

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Clinicians from Classic Smile Dentistry of High Street in Medford visited all three kindergarten classes at St. Joseph’s School. The presentation included the importance of dental care, how to brush your teeth and the importance of dental care. Students were also advised on how to choose healthy snacks and the importance of visiting the dentist twice a year.

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Thirty three middle school students at St. Joseph School of Medford were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society at a candlelight ceremony on March 25th. The seventh and eighth grade students are inducted based on a number criteria. First and foremost, students must have five consistent quarters of honor roll grades. After that qualification, students must be recommended by faculty members on the basis of Character, Leadership, Initiative and Citizenship.
 

Sustaining members of the chapter are John Albanese, George Bailey, Christopher Cafferty, Samantha Callautti, Albert Cangiano, Frankie Cervone, John Corbett, Nyomi Dottin, JohnLyne Faucher, Patrick Kelly, Valerie Kelner, Kiley Mahoney, Evan Marks, Olivia Marks, Arielle McCabe, Andrew Murphy, Sharice Nazaire, Liam Shaughnessy, Colleen Tenney, and Jeffrey Wang. Newly inducted members include eighth graders Kunga Choedzin, Isaiah Emma, Kathleen McHale, Nadine Rechdan, and Maria Spencer. Seventh graders inducted were Kelli Aquino, Joseph Barros, Zachary Carvalho, Julia Curro, John Fee, Grace Harris, Abigail McClellan, Kristopher Shuman and Savannah Ung.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BY Cheryl Pendenza, Co-Chair of Saint Joseph School Enrichment Committee, Medford, MA
cheryl@cherylpendenza.com
617-470-0652

On Friday, March 1, Saint Joseph School in Medford, MA presented two fun filled, interactive workshops for students in grades 5-6 and 7-8. By performing a series of sketches and using humor to connect with the young audience, ImprovBoston addressed a very serious topic. Bullying!
The students sat around the stage in the school cafeteria as ImprovBoston entertained, educated and allowed students to critique and comment as they acted out some serious situations. Students were encouraged to use respect, understanding and sensitivities to gain further insight of the emotions that may be associated with both sides of bullying. The actors allowed the children to make suggestions and comments to reshape the scene of the sketches. There was a lot of fun, laughter and clapping as the spontaneous exercises took place, but by no means was the topic taken lightly. Tone of voice, body language and the power of words were emphasized as well as the long term effects of cyber-bullying.

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The coaching staff of the St. Joseph school and CYO basketball teams express their heartfelt appreciation to the players and parents for their support. An end-of-season pizza party was filled with fun activities and "still got it going on" parental participation.

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Wings and more wings

Over a hundred and forty students at St Joseph School enjoyed the customary Chinese Food Luncheon for earning honor status after the first quarter of the academic year. Students in grades five through eight are eligible to earn honor roll status with either merit , honor or highest honors.

Once in grade six, students who consistently earn honor roll status are eligible to become part of the schools chapter of the National Junior Honor Society.
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Students at St. Josephs
Third Grade Colonial Wax Museum
Come To Life

What better time of year to celebrate the Pilgrims than around Thanksgiving! At St. Josephs School, the 3rd grade students studied Life in Colonial Times. We started our journey with the Mayflower and learned a lot along the way. We had many discussions about the food that was eaten during this time and this did not include a Big Mac from McDonalds or a chocolate covered donut from Dunkin Donuts, but instead fish they had to catch themselves and meat that was hunted by the men and boys.

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Candids of SJS Fourth Graders 

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St. Joseph Athletics Instructor Paul Hopkins stands with the Medford winners of the Elks Free-Throw Shooting Contest, which was held at the Malden YMCA. St. Joe's fifth-grader Nick Perrotta (far left) finished in first place in the 10/11 year-old (boys division) to advance to the Regional round.

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Students enjoying a free Christmas pizza day provided by the Saint Joseph Parents' Club. 

* edited on 12/12 *

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* edited on 12/5 *

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