News and Events

Mystic Valley Announces Fourth Quarter Honor Roll

 The following students were recently named to the Honor Roll at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School for the fourth 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:  Ava Asai-Sarris, Erika Furtado, Nathan Gerard, Brian Lai, Christopher Le, Tony Le, Visakha Le-Nguyen, Brittany Lin, Thomas Lin, Vanessa Lochirco, Emily Luu, Patrick McPherson, Adam Moran, Cathy Nguyen, Samantha Rizzo and Sarah Terrazano
Grade Seven Honor Roll:  Tarek Alkedeh, Ryan Arnone,  Tyler Bonaccorsi, Alvin Buyinza, Tyler Cronin, Robert Cummings, Nicole Dubov, Charif Elmoussaoui,  Joseph Finn, Abigail Fisk,  Mario Hanna, Benjamin Horton,  Rachel Hynes, Vaneessa Kreis,  Meghan Lewis, Jesse Loesch,  Kevin McGovern,  Nina Mirzakashani,  Amy Nickerson, Mckinzey O’Brien, Katelyn Paz,  Chadam Pires, Shannon Roseen, Erica Sacramone, Isha Sharma, Camila Silva, Kierra Sweeney, Melinda Taylor, Jordan Tirrell,  Hildy Wen, Wolfgang Wentzell and Richard Wronski

Grade Eight High Honors: Maaya Alagappan, Saja Alani, Sydney Carlino, Tania Fabo, Ryan Foley, Shirley He, Michael Hooley, Brian Liang, Benjamin Lieu, Emily Mui, Virginia Ng, Congtin Nguyen, Feliciana Panza, Elise Sheehan, Raphael Stigliano, Alexander Swain and Emily Williams.
Grade Eight Honor Roll: Jonathan Ace Knight, Dylan Barrett, Therence Bien-Aime, Anthony Bockley,  Catherine Briones, Katherine Brown, Soraya Caballero,  Nicolette Cerundolo,  David Chiccuarelli, Alexandria Cimetti, Melissa Desmond, Katarina DiPlacido,  Casey Finn, Megan Grossi,  Samantha Halloran,  Connie Lam, Jessica Lee,  Sara LoChirco, Mitchell Luti, Youssef Masoud, Hannah McCurdy, Shane Norton,  Jonathan Powers, Allison Proto, Selma Sinanovic, Sophia Smail, Joseph Swain and Dalia Zeabi.

Grade Nine High Honors: Francine Alexandre, Sophie Carroll, Domenic Ciampa, Robert DeSantis, Erin Kinnon, Victor Liang, Rachel McGovern, Kayla Mei, Brendon Phung, Violet Sullivan and Marc Toomajian
Grade Nine Honor Roll: Tanzeem Alam, Nicole Anderson, Vanessa Barrientos, Dino Bulic, Jordan Cram, Michelle Doherty, Tomas Drahos, Gabriella Elmoussaoui, Erik Feeley, Siobhan Glynn, Alexander Green, Hernica Jean-Charles, Tiffany Gomez, Marco Hanna, Kyle Hanson, Jacqueline Lane, Elioukenda Limose,   Brandon Mei,   Emily Moran, Hari Perisic, Ashley Prudent,  Nycia Saunders-Puryear, Jordan Sullivan, and Jackie Yu.

Grade Ten High Honors: Jenna Amari, Nohamin Ayele, Fallon Bushee, Shannon Bushee,  Leandra Furtado, Ariana Mirzakashani,  Amanda Ng,  Benjamin Soper Wilson Tran and Ricky Yu.
Grade Ten Honor Roll: Karl Afrikian, Julia Bellefontaine, Raquel Cappotto, Alyssa DiFilippo, Diandra Franks, Ryan Keane, Corinne Kelly, Kristina Kontos, Rosaria Marraccino, Christopher Mui, Ngobitak Ndiwane, Taylor Newton, Brian O’Connor,  Jonathan Paul, Olivia Petrella, Amanda Pires, Gemina Previlus, Joseph Russo, Amber Scarpaci, James Tran and  Abigail Vincent.

Grade Eleven High Honors:  Erika Aiello, Kelly Finn, Derek Lee, Joanna McPherson and Jeffrey Yee.
Grade Eleven Honor Roll:  Brennan Bushee, Audrey Cain, Alana Casullo, Hayley Cunningham, Amanda DiBenedetto,  Kyle Finch, Zachary Hamhoomis, Brendan Hogan,  Stephanie Martorana, Rebecca Milley, Ausjoli  Minichiello, Nicole Mui, Marissa Munafo, Michael Pascal, Gina Pedro, Jessica Poutre, Rachel Rennie, Taylor Roseen, Kayla Teves,  Krithiknath Tirupapuliyur, Stephanie Venezia, Jenna Walker, Hillary Wen, Meredith Williams, Rebecca Wright

Grade Twelve High Honors: Michael Beauboeuf, Carolyn Bissex, Carl McPherson, Ryan Oppedisano and Alyssa Savarino
Grade Twelve Honor Roll: Whitley Afonso, Hergie Jean-Charles, Bybiose Larochelle, Meghan Holden, Kevin Le, Sara Martins, Michael O’Connor, Evan Oppedisano, Kirk Toomajian and Joseph Vaverka.

Summer Reading Lists

Summer is here!  We hope that you all have a wonderful summer vacation.  Please take the time to read the referenced documents and make sure that your child completes their assignments in order to get ready for the upcoming school year.

Parents of incoming Kindergarteners should click on and read the following: letter from Kindergarten teachers; Kindergarten reading list and Kindergarten supply list. 
 

Parents of students entering the first grade should click on and read the following: letter from first grade teachers; weekly planner July; weekly planner (August); summer story log; summer reading list (1); summer reading list (2) and supply list.

Parents of students entering the second grade should click on and read the following: letter from 2nd grade teachers; 2nd grade supply list; book report (1); book report (2); reading list (1) and reading list (2).

Parents of students entering the third grade should click on and read the following: letter from 3rd grade teachers; summer reading list; school supply list and book report form.

Parents of students entering the fourth grade should click on and read the following: letter from 4th grade teachers; 4th grade supply list; summer reading list (1);  summer reading list (2); Summer story log; Addition facts; subtraction facts; multiplication facts (1);  multiplication facts (2); Passport to Reading (1); Passport to Reading (2) , Passport to Reading (3) and Passport to Reading (4) .

Parents of students entering the fifth grade should click on and read the following: letter from fifth grade teachers; supply list; summer reading list (1); summer reading list (2); book report (1) and book report (2) .

Parents of students entering the sixth grade should click on and read the following: letter from teachers, summer reading list (1); summer reading list (2); summer packet directions (1); summer packet directions (2);  book report cover; book report art; book report (1); book report (2 & 3); book report (4 & 5) and book report (6 & 7) and school supply list.

Parents of students entering the seventh grade should click on and read the following: 7th grade reading list and school supply list.

Parents of students entering the eighth grade should click on and read the following: 8th grade reading list and school supply list.

Parents of students entering the grades 9-12 should click on and read the following: high school reading list.

Please note that the forms for book reports are to be printed out and completed in ink or pencil by the student and are not to be completed electronically.  
Enjoy your summer! We are looking forward to seeing you in August!

Re-Registration for 2010 – 2011 School Year

Registration for the FY11 School year can be done via email or stopping by the 30 Laurel Street Annex office sometime next week from Monday, June 21st through Friday, June 25th to complete or drop off the re-registration forms for the 2010 – 2011 School Year at the designated re-registration table.

If you choose the email version, please complete the FY11 Registration Form  and return it to registration@mvrcs.org

Please note that each family must complete a re-registration form to confirm enrollment for the upcoming school year.

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 nation's 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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Mystic Valley Holds Commencement Ceremony

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.

The members of the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Class of 2010 are: Whitley Afonso; Andrea Afrikian; Khalid Antar; Michael Beauboeuf; Evangelina Bernadeau; Carolyn Bissex; Robert Brown; Justin Burnett; Cody Cameron; Angela Dello Russo; Jessica DeSouza; Shaynice Dorcena; Sophia Elmoussaoui; Maija Erickson; Peter Finn; Anthony Genualdo; Meghan Holden; Maxwell Horton; Stephanie Irvin; Imara Jackson; Hergie Jean-Charles; Kevin Le; Rachel Leung; Joseph Littlewood; Jade Lovett; Kesa Lynch; Stanly Marsan; Sara Martins; Carl McPherson; Ndindam Ndiwane; Michael O’Connor; Evan Oppedisano, Ryan Oppedisano; Leanna Phung; Mathew Pini; Christine Rennie; Alyssa Savarino; Kara Thomas; Kirk Toomajian; Ashley Tortora; Joseph Vaverka; Adrianna Villalobos and Eric Vincent.
The members of the Class of 2010 have been accepted to numerous colleges and universities, including The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Connecticut College, Williams College, MIT, Harvard University, Emerson College, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Regis College, Providence College, Suffolk University, Wesleyan University, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Northeastern University, Roger Williams University, and many others. 
  

FUN-damental Basketball Camp

Mystic Valley varsity basketball coaches, Tony Ferullo and Katelyn Leonard will run the FUN-damental Basketball Camp for boys and girls entering grades 3-9.  The boys camp will run from July 26th to July30th while the girls will go from August 2nd to August 6th.  Both sessions will be held at the Immaculate Conception Parish Center, 51 Summer Street in Everett.

For more information including the registration form click here. 

Harvard Professor to Address Grads

Paul E. Peterson, the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government and Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and Editor-In-Chief of Education Next, a journal of opinion and research, will deliver a Commencement Address to the Mystic Valley Class of 2010. 

Peterson is a former director of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University and of the Governmental Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. He received his Ph. D. in political science from the University of Chicago. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Education, and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the German Marshall Foundation, and the Center for Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
He is the author of the book, Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning (Harvard University Press, 2010).

Peterson is a member of the independent review panel advising the Department of Education's evaluation of the No Child Left Behind law and a member of the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K-12 Education at Stanford University. The Editorial Projects in Education Research Center reported that Peterson's studies on school choice and vouchers were among the country's most influential studies of education policy.

2010-2011 School Calendar Available

The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School's 2010-2011 Calendar is now available. If you would like to view a copy  of the calendar click here. The year will start with Kindergarten Orientation on Friday, August 20th at 10:00am. The first day of classes for all grades will be Monday, August 23rd.

Shaynice Dorcena Named Mystic Valley’s Student Action Service Club Leader of the Year

Shaynice Dorcena of Malden was recently named the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School’s Student Action Service Club Leader of the Year. The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Student Action Service Club is a student leadership program in which student leaders in grades 9-12 lead students in grades K-8 in a variety of games, sports and artistic activities as part of Mystic Valley's student leadership program.  The Mission of the club is to provide Mystic Valley's high school students with opportunities to provide service to the school community and at the same time develop their leadership capabilities. The award is given to the student who best exemplifies the ideals of both the school and the club.
“Although many leaders were willing to contribute more time than was required and do additional tasks beyond their assigned group, Shaynice’s exceptional performance with the students, for the past four years, was recognized not only by me but by many of our faculty as well” said Nicole Rubin, Director of Student Youth Services, at the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School who added:  “Shaynice has been an active member of the Student Action Service Club since her freshmen year.  In addition to being a highly effective leader, Shaynice was also her class representative junior and senior year. Some of Shaynice’s responsibilities included leading groups of up to eight students in either a planned art project or a planned gym exercise. Shaynice always kept her groups involved and focused on the task at hand.  The students had fun with her and enjoyed having her as their leader.  Shaynice was often the classroom supervisor as well. When she was in this role she supervised both the leaders and the participants. Shaynice was able to manage any situation which arose. As the class representative she assisted with orienting the “new” leaders with their groups as well as leader training sessions.  She also managed the paperwork and tasks that are critical to the program running smoothly. She also assisted in the Teach Your Child to Read Workshop which is offered to all incoming Kindergarten parents.  Shaynice was a great asset to this program.  She was willing and ready to help with all the parents and students especially those who English was their second language. Overall Shaynice is a very responsible and action-oriented young woman who works well with both her peers and the participants.  She cares about the community she lives in and demonstrates this by giving back and helping out in any way she can.”

Taylor Roseen Named CAC Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year

Mystic Valley junior Taylor was named the Commonwealth Athletic Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year. Roseen helped lead the Eagles to a 14-4 season in the team’s second year playing at the varsity level.
Taylor had 74 total points on the year scoring 53 goals and adding 21 assists. He set the Mystic Valley record for goals in a game with 9 against Nashoba Tech. He holds the school record for points in a game with 10 (9 goals and 1 assist). He shares that record with Jim Rossi who had 3 goals and 7 assists in the same game. Taylor scored at least one point in each of the 16 games he played this year for an average of 4.6 points per game. He raised his production from 41 points in 2009 to 74 points in 2010.
“Taylor is a dedicated and gifted attackman.  He has great hands and a deadly accurate shot. He is an extremely coachable young man who is constantly trying to improve his game.  He is part of a very productive attack unit who will all be back for their senior years next season” said coach Marty Horkan who is obviously happy that he will be back on the field next year.

Upcoming PTO Events

Dinner/Dance/Auction- Save the Date!! This special event will be held on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Danversport Yacht Club.  If you would like to serve on the Auction Committee or if you can donate items to auction, please contact Minola Casullo at mcasullo@comcast.net . 

Mystic Valley Senior Headed to Harvard

Michael Beauboeuf will be attending Harvard University in the fall. The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School senior will be the first graduate of the school to enroll in the prestigious university.  He will be attending Harvard as a winner of a Gates Millennium Scholarship. The Gates scholarships are extraordinarily competitive with over 20,000 very bright students applying each year. The scholarships are given based on academic excellence and community service and can potentially be renewed through a Doctorate degree.
Michael also received a scholarship from the Arlington Boys and Girls Club where he had worked as a volunteer youth leader throughout his high school career.
While at Mystic Valley, Michael was active in the school newspaper and was the winner of Awards for Excellence in Math, Biology and Spanish in his junior year as well as being named to the high honor roll.
Michael lives in Medford with his father Emmanuel, mother Lolita and sister, Elyse, who was a member of the Mystic Valley Class of 2009.

Mystic Valley purchases the former Davidson Chevrolet Site on Eastern Ave., Rt. 60

The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Board of Trustees announced that Mystic Valley has closed on the acquisition of the former Davidson Chevrolet site on Eastern Avenue (Route 60) in Malden. 

Fran Brown, the school’s Treasurer, stated “the $4.4 million dollar acquisition completes our successful search for a large piece of land to meet our future needs. Over the last ten years we have conservatively managed our financial affairs while continually searching for property which fits Mystic Valley’s long term goals.  We are excited by the potential this property has for the school and by the fact that geographically it is an exceptional fit.”

Neil Kinnon, the Board Chair, further added that “the Davidson property is by far the largest piece of property that we have acquired and although we have preliminary plans, which we will release soon, it gives us significant long term flexibility.  I am certain that our plans for the property will not only benefit Mystic Valley but that the redevelopment of this property will indeed be a benefit to the adjacent neighborhood and to the community at large.”

Mystic Valley Regional Charter School has been in existence for twelve years and currently enrolls over thirteen hundred students in grades Kindergarten through Twelve.  Its high school is the only International Baccalaureate (IB) public high school in Greater Boston and in December it was ranked in the top ten IB schools in the country by US News & World Report magazine out of nearly seven hundred such institutions. 

Attorney Tom Brennan, long time Board Secretary and Acquisitions Committee Member, commenting on the recent events stated  “we have been working diligently for a number of years to complete a land acquisition which will allow us to be in control of our own destiny, particularly as it relates to athletics, and  4 acres gives us many options. The message is that good things do come to those who are patient and persevere.  Mystic Valley has indeed lived by that creed and it certainly has been paying off.”

Melrose to Offer Summer Camp

The City of Melrose will be offering summer camp for elementary students who are currently in grades K-5.  More information regarding this program known as Camp KIDS can be accessed by clicking here a Registration Form can be found by clicking here.  The program is open to all Mystic Valley students currently enrolled in grades K-5 regardless of their town of residence.