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By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern What were they thinking? Have you ever read a student’s response to a math question, turned to [...]

Last year on Blackstone Valley Prep’s Facebook page, we shared five helpful questions for social media consumers to consider before posting or sharing content online. Why? Because more [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern Making Mistakes How do you feel when you make a mistake? Do your cheeks flush? Do you feel a [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern Why peer learning? Have you ever been on a committee? What about in a study group? Or on a [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern Why story problems? Evan uses ⅔ cup of pineapple for each smoothie he makes. How many cups of [...]

When we sat down with Josian Quianes on a beautiful fall afternoon in a quiet corridor at BVP High School, we expected to talk about his senior year and the college application process: the [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern Hunting, Not Fishing Have you ever cast a fishing line? The nature of fishing is that you [...]

Blackstone Valley Prep champions diversity and embraces the uniqueness of every scholar, so it’s no surprise that the process of applying to college can look different, sometimes remarkably so, [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern Don’t Leave it to Chance How do you make important decisions? Do you flip a coin? [...]

Last year we sat down with Gladis Ricuarte, a member of Blackstone Valley Prep’s first graduating class and current Boston College Eagle, to discuss all aspects of the college application process [...]