Perkins Elementary School

School Highlights:

• A small school that sees each child as a thinker, reader, writer, mathematician, artist, and scientist
• A rich, carefully-planned, and diverse curriculum designed to bring out the best in every young person and teach the higher order thinking skills
• Regular communication between parents and teachers about the curriculum and other home-school issues
• ReadBoston, offering books that students can bring home to read with other family members
• The Everyone Does Math! program that encourages families to practice MCAS questions with their children
• A literacy program that teaches our students the phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension skills they need to be successful readers and writers
• Resource Room programs for children who need extra help to meet high standards of achievement
• Math program that teaches children to understand essential math concepts, to solve challenging math problems, and to be confident in their math skills
• Hands-on science, computer education, visual arts, and music for all grades
• School partners: Nutter, McClennan and Fish, LLP, Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy, Chobee Hoy Associates Real Estate, Inc., Grand Circle Foundation, Putnam Investments, South Boston Neighborhood House, The Gillette Company/Procter and Gamble, The Jerome and Linda Paros Family, The Mollusca Foundation, and Wediko Children’s Services.