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Our Sisters’ School first opened our doors in September of 2008 and has grown over the past two-plus school years to now serve students in grades 5-8. During the 2010-2011 school year, our enrollment is 53 students for the entire school, with 10 students in the 8th grade graduating this year. Our school year runs for 180 days from late August or early September through mid-June each year, and students are assigned summer work in reading and mathematics beginning the summer before they enter 5th grade. Our Sisters’ School is a tuition-free independent school for girls whose families qualify as low-income as defined by the annual Massachusetts fuel assistance guidelines at the time of their application.
Our school is an extended day model, with students on campus from 7:15AM – 6:30PM Monday – Thursday and 7:15AM – 5:00PM on Friday, along with numerous community-based activities in the evening and on the weekend throughout the school year and summer months. Each year, students attend English/Language Arts, Mathematics or Advanced (Honors) Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Visual/Performing Arts as their academic core classes. In addition, students have one or two enrichment classes each day. These classes change each trimester and each year of school, and generally include: technology, health, Latin, world language, media literacy, financial literacy and SSAT Prep. Our students also participate in after-school extracurricular programs 5 days per week, including 4 days of athletics and 1 day of clubs. Students currently in 8th grade are also completing their second year of small group lessons for musical instrument instruction on an instrument of their choice. The school day concludes Monday – Thursday with 1.5 hours of evening study where students complete homework assignments and receive additional tutoring from teachers and community volunteers.
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