To Whom It May Concern
My name is Felmara Greene, I am a rising senior at Blackstone Valley Prep High School. Although before anything, I am an African American, and the ongoing issues in this country have been [...]
Monopoly: The fast-dealing property trading game.
This is essay was recognized as the winning essay submission for BVP’s 1st Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay Contest. This essay is posted here with permission of the author. By Chelsea [...]
Black Children Matter
My name is Colleen Colarusso. I am an educator, daughter, sister, aunt, friend, the Chief Schools Officer at Blackstone Valley Prep, and I am white. I grew up in a [...]
Ms. Blair’s message to her students past, present, and future
“Your voice is powerful, and your education is powerful, because your mind is powerful…” “I feel you. I hear you. And in so many ways, with all that is going on, I get it, [...]
On Closing School, Version 2
Back in October I wrote my first entry on school closings – the difficulty of the decision, getting it right, getting it wrong, timing of storms, communications. Since then, we have made [...]
On Canceling School
I love my job. I love coming to work (most days). I love being in classrooms (always). I love talking about school, thinking about school, doing school. Often to my [...]