Press Releases

CUMBERLAND — With incredible enthusiasm, Blackstone Valley Prep High School (BVPHS) is proud to announce siblings Andrew Ferretti, Chris Ferretti, and Emilia Ferretti of Lincoln as tri-valedictorians, and Mauricio Martinez of Central Falls as salutatorian. All four scholars started at Blackstone Valley Prep in 2013 as fifth graders. Andrew will attend Northeastern University this [...]

CUMBERLAND — Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy (BVP) conducted its annual lottery for the 2021-22 school year Thursday, April 1, randomly selecting 224 scholars for kindergarten admission and randomly generating a waitlist for additional seats that may become available in grades K-12. BVP received 1,859 applications for the 2021-22 school year. Under the terms of […]

Andrew Ferretti, a graduating senior at Blackstone Valley Prep, has been named one of more than 4,500 candidates in the 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates were selected from nearly 3.6 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2021. Inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program is one of […]

CUMBERLAND — With incredible enthusiasm, Blackstone Valley Prep High School (BVPHS) is pleased to announce seniors Alioune Diba of Pawtucket and Jennifer Pantoja-Ramirez of Central Falls have been awarded full four-year scholarships and admission to Boston College and Wellesley College, respectively, through the highly competitive QuestBridge National College Match Program. [...]

CUMBERLAND — With incredible enthusiasm, Blackstone Valley Prep High School (BVPHS) is pleased to announce senior Victoria Wijerathnayapa has been accepted to Brown University, Harvard University, and Yale University as a member of the class of 2024. She’s also gained admission to Brandeis University, Clark University, Providence College, Skidmore College, Swarthmore College, [...]

CUMBERLAND — For Blackstone Valley Prep (BVP) kindergarten teachers Jenna Lacey and Rachel LeBel, preparing for week one of distance learning was an exercise in creativity and strategic thinking: How do you meaningfully engage five-year-old students in their learning outside of a traditional classroom environment and, all the more, without in-person interaction? The answer: a […]

CUMBERLAND ― Blackstone Valley Prep (BVP) once again posted strong academic results in the recently released results of the 2018-2019 administration of the SAT and the Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS) assessments for 11th grade and grades 3-8 respectively. On the SAT, BVP outperformed the state and national averages, with an average score of […]

CUMBERLAND — Blackstone Valley Prep High School graduated 68 scholars at a ceremony Saturday, June 15, 2019 — the High School’s second graduating class. Valedictorian Anabella Magee delivered the scholar address based on her senior yearbook quote: “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than […]

CUMBERLAND — With incredible enthusiasm, Blackstone Valley Prep High School (BVPHS) is pleased to announce Bella Magee of Cumberland as valedictorian, and Mariela Cadena Hernandez of Central Falls and Sam Millette of Cumberland as co-salutatorians. All three scholars started at BVP in 2010 as fifth graders. Magee is an active member of the BVPHS community, […]

Stanford’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) has released a new report on charter school performance. Building on the 2013 report, the 2017 report examines data from public schools in 24 states, Washington DC and New York City. The researchers compared student outcomes for traditional district schools, independent charter schools, Charter Management [...]