Russell Elementary School

School Highlights:

• Guiding principles: learning, collaboration, and results
• Literacy support programs: Reading Recovery and Read 180
• Full-day K1 Early Childhood programs
• Full-time instructors in science, computer, art, and physical education
• Up-to-date computer lab and internet connections in all classrooms
• 10-week Parent Math Workshop Family and Community Outreach Coordinator on staff
• Strong commitment to parent involvement, including Math Games Nights to involve parents with our math curriculum
• Discovering Justice, a program that teaches students about the justice system, the power of their own voices, and civic responsibility
• New outdoor learning center and schoolyard with a planting area, basketball, volleyball and two play structures
• School partners: Boston Partners in Education, Discovering Justice, EarthWorks environmental program (grades 2–3), Edgerly Foundation, and Emmanuel and Wheelock colleges.