Mason Elementary School

At the Mason, we pride ourselves on being a full inclusion school in Roxbury that serves students from K0 to 5th grade. Educators at the Mason are expected to teach, lead, and collaborate with high levels of instructional expertise, cultural competence, and care for children’s social and emotional needs. We, at the Mason, value teamwork, a strong work ethic, data, and relationships with our families and community. We make the time to invest in partnerships with our families so that together we can develop student independence, help our students learn to read, read to learn, and improve outcomes for every single one of our students.

Schools are communities of learners, led by transformative intellectuals in the roles of teachers, educators, and staff members who always work in service of children. I envision our collective work consisting of:

• A strong framework for instruction is based on a belief that all children deserve an equitable and culturally responsive education.
• An unwavering educational purpose aimed to provide students with a strong academic foundation and measurable outcomes, encouraging scholars to see education as an essential part of their identity and relationship with the world.
• A laser focus on providing equitable literacy instruction that is standards-aligned and includes explicit and systematic instruction in foundational skills (phonics, phonological awareness, fluency, morphology, grammar, and syntax), intentionally building a body of knowledge (content, academic language, vocabulary), and use of Enabling Texts (texts that encourage and empower students to take action in their own lives and in the lives of others).

Together, we will work with purpose to foster and empower critical thinkers, problem solvers, readers, writers, and mathematicians, equipped with the knowledge and skills to be change agents and our leaders of tomorrow.

The Mason Pledge

I am a student seeking to be a scholar.
The standard is excellence, today and tomorrow.
I am disciplined, focused, and on time.
I am organized, respectful, and responsible.
I am on a mission to elevate myself, my community, and humanity.

Special Features

• All students at the Mason are fully integrated throughout the school day. We support students with IEPs, MLLs, and welcome all students/families with high quality academic and social emotional supports

• Highly qualified staff (dual/triple certified teachers in special education, ESL, and inclusive education).

• Our amazing diverse and talented staff, includes a full-time social worker, school nurse, inclusion support specialists, reading interventionists, amongst others.

• We are also super excited to be partnering with the Boston Children's Choir (supports scholars in grades 3rd-5th). This new social justice minded enrichment opportunity will strengthen our students' musical talents and allow for exciting opportunities to showcase skills beyond the school walls. Handel and Haydn is another amazing music partner that provides meaningful music instruction in grades PreK-2nd. Through these partnerships, all students receive outstanding instruction and build their love of school and the arts.

• The Mason is a National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accredited school.

• Small classes, with multiple adults supporting whole group, small group, and individualized instruction.

• Scholars in grades 1st-5th get weekly swim instruction in the pool, become water safe, and build their swimming skills.

• All students have access to brand new Chromebooks, all classrooms are equipped with airtame projecting TVs, and families can also be provided with technology (Chromebooks) for at home use.

• Extended science learning through the Boston Nature Center and Food Corps.

• Boston University, Northeastern University, and Wheelock College provide interns and tutors.

• Read Boston grant that provides free books and literacy events for all students

• Partner with the Home for Little Wanderers to offer individual counseling services.

K-12 Pathway

• Guaranteed assignment to grade 6 at Dearborn STEM Academy for grades 6-12.

Special Academics Programs

• Special Education: two fully inclusive classrooms per grade from K0/K1–Grade 5.

Before and after school programs in our building:
Working on Grant funding to continue After school programming. At this time the Mason does not have programming but is working hard to secure funding and partner with families and local agencies.