Otis Elementary School

School Highlights:

• Opportunity and guidance for all students to develop the academic and thinking skills so they can successfully compete in the future
• Full-time Family and Community Outreach Coordinator who helps families connect with the school and community
• Diverse, multilingual staff that reflects the student population
• Multilingual program for English language learners
• Highest percentage of parents attending Boston Public Schools Parent University
• Specialist teachers for art, music, drama and computer
• Grade 5 presentation of the musical “Oliver!”
• Strong parent involvement, with programs such as our weekly Parent Breakfast Workshop
• Technology Goes Home @ School: parents and their children take three weeks of computer classes together and can by a netbook computer at 0% interest.
• Active Parent Council, with representatives on our School Site Council
• YMCA Family School program, offering parents after school ESL classes and workshops on school-based academic programs
• School partners: Boston College, Boston YMCA, East Boston Community Health Center, Arbor Counseling Services, and Northeastern University.