The Edward Devotion Elementary School, affectionately known as "Devo," is a public elementary school located at 345 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The school was founded in 1894 on land bequeathed to the town by Edward Devotion (1667–1744), and is probably named for his eponymous grandfather (1621–1685)[1] the Constable for what was then Muddy River around 1650. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A constable is a person holding a particular office most commonly in law enforcement. Devotion's 17th century house [2] is preserved by the Brookline Historical Society [3] and stands amidst part of its original gardens in the school's forecourt. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar
The school was attended by John F. Kennedy from kindergarten in 1922 to third grade. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of
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Demographics
The School is currently attended by over 700 students from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade, drawn primarily from the Coolidge Corner neighborhood, and is the largest of eight public elementary schools in Brookline. Coolidge Corner is a neighborhood of Brookline Massachusetts, centered around the intersection of Beacon Street and Harvard Street The school emphasizes diversity, featuring Hebrew language and Societal and Behavioural Special Education programs, and English as a second language to one third of the student body. Special Education is the individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of teaching procedures adapted equipment and materials accessible settings and other interventions Approximately 28 different languages are spoken at the school. Parents are "encouraged to share their cultural traditions in the classroom. "
The school has an active Parent Teacher Organization supporting activities including field trips, "Arts Council," a science fair and Math and Science Nights, "Reading in the Morning," a Diversity committee, an International Night and a Cabaret. Parent-Teacher Association, aka PTA, Parent-Teacher-Student Association, aka PTSA and the Parent-Teacher Organization, aka PTO A field trip is a journey by a group of people to a place away from their normal environment A science fair is generally a competition where contestants present their Science project results in the form of a report display board and models that they have created Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring Comedy, Song, Dance, and Theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue &mdash a Restaurant
Until 2005, the school librarian was award-winning author Norman H. Finkelstein [4].
Current events
Future improvements
The school's website announces that:
- Devotion School is scheduled to undergo a full renovation in the school year 2012-2013, according to the Town’s Capital Improvement Plan (budgeted independently from School Budget).
As of 2006, the principal of the Edward Devotion School is Mr. Gerardo Martinez, replacing Mr. John Dempsey, who served many years as teacher, assistant principal, and finally principal.
Trivia
The school is the inspiration for Abigail Adams Junior High School, the fictional school featured in the Beacon Street Girls children's books series. The Beacon Street Girls is a series of young adult books written by Annie Bryant Children's literature is an age category of literature written for published for or marketed to Children roughly through age 12
References
- ^ Biographical entry
- ^ House website
- ^ Brookline Historical Society website
- ^ Photo-article showing Finkelstein with Devotion students
External links
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