NEXT STOP: MIDDLE SCHOOL - Boston Public Schools

Washington Irving Middle School
105 CUMMINS HIGHWAY, ROSLINDALE, MA 02131
Contact for more information:
617-635-8072 (School Office)
Arthur Unobskey, Principal
Average class size: 24-28
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Extended Learning Time for all students until 4:15 p.m. that engages them in exciting and enriching activities
as well as providing them with extra support in the development of math and literacy skills. Tenacity, City Year
and Citizen Schools all offer programming to our 6 th graders as well as to our seventh and eighth graders.
Enrichment Activities include: tackle football, soccer, basketball, track, softball, tennis, journalism, drama, linedancing,
and art.
AVID: Advancement Through Individual Determination: We have AVID elective classes for one hundred of our
students who can benefit from an extra push that will launch them to success in college. The AVID students
receive extra organizational and academic support. In addition, the school has adopted the AVID format for
keeping a binder and for taking notes which helps support all of the students’ organizational skills an exciting
arts program.
A Major System in the Arts: Students take a variety of classes in the arts as sixth grade students and then
choose to major in visual art, dance, and theater, as seventh and eighth grade students by taking a year-long
course in their major and fulfilling certain benchmarks by the end of eighth grade.
A Systematic Approach to Addressing Bullying: We teach the students in Advisory class how to report
bullying to adults. We also train our staff to address bullying in an immediate and effective manner. We use
the Olweus System, proven to be one of the most effective approaches throughout the world for dealing with
bullying in a school.
Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention (A.I.P.), in which students receive a wide array of counseling services
that allow them to address their social and emotional needs and fully participate in the school.
Resources:
• A one to three ratios of computers to students
• Beautiful Auditorium, where students perform plays, concerts and talent shows.
• Gymnasium, where students play interscholastic and intramural sports and have engaging physical
education classes.
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