• A tuition and financial aid policy that structures the enrollment to support our mission • A moral and religious ethos that provides a foundation for our school • Opportunities through the Jesuit educational network of high schools and colleges/ universities throughout the US and the world
Goal 2: Develop programs that support BC High’s greatest strength – our faculty. The school has a remarkable array of resources to support our faculty. Thanks to our historic relationship with Boston College, our teachers are able to enroll in tuition-free, graduate courses at the University. And thanks to the generosity of benefactors we are able to offer unique summer programs such as: The Joan Melville Summer Institute: Each summer the school runs a graduate course developed by our own teachers in partnership with a local university or institute for selected faculty. The course focuses on an issue the school needs to address and participants work collaboratively
on the project to find a solution. The project outcomes are then recommended to administration for implementation.This summer the Melville Institute is discussing the use of emerging technology in education. Martha Winchenbaugh Summer Grants: Provide the financial support for faculty and professional staff to develop their craft as educators and to deepen their knowledge in their specific field. This could include, but not limited to, course work, summer conferences and travel. This year’s grant recipient history teacher Jack Travers has been at BC High for over 28 years. Jack teaches one of BC High’s most popular courses for seniors, America and WWII. This summer Jack will be traveling to Italy to see monumental sites from WWII such as Salerno, Monte Cassino, Anzio, Rome and Venice. This pilgrimage will allow Jack to provide a unique perspective and relevance to his topic during the school year. Yet we plan to do more. We will experiment with ways to improve the student faculty ratio and to create the appropriate forums to research and test the new models of education that technology now offers, such as video conferencing and on-line learning.
GOAL 3 AT WORK: Without financial aid we wouldn’t have had the pleasure of teaching one of our recent graduates, Osemwengie Skelly Enabulele, Jr. ’13. Skelly is the son of Nigerian parents, and is one of the finest leaders BC High has ever seen. During Skelly’s time at BC High he was a Senior Mentor, Diversity Cabinet leader, varsity athlete in football and track, tutor, and friend. Skelly was the proud recipient of the Gates Millennium Foundation scholarship, a first for any BC High student. The awards and high achievement do not define the person Skelly really is, he is a true example of a “Man for Others” developing a mentor-tutoring program for younger minority students. Skelly aspires to a career in medicine, to devote himself to a lifetime of service. He was accepted to Boston College, Brandeis, Boston University, and plans to attend Tufts University in the fall.
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