Principal's Message

Welcome to Revere High School!  

 

We are excited to welcome you to the Revere High School Website and to the start of the 2024-2025 School Year!   Please use this site to explore all that RHS has to offer!

 

School Culture.  We are engaging students, educators and the community to talk about the culture we want to build at RHS.  This will happen through our newly formed Student Senate, our School Improvement Council, our teacher leaders,  our School-Based Equity Team, our Caregiver Coffee Hour Series.  We are extremely proud of all our Student Leaders have accomplished this past year to contribute to the culture of Revere High School. 

 

Please take some time to explore our Student Life Website to learn about all the ways students can get involved out of the classroom at RHS.  One of the best ways to enjoy your high school experience is to get involved in activities you love outside of the classroom!  We have a wide-range of student activities in which you can choose to both participate and develop your leadership skills.  Our Athletic Department offers a full complement of competitive MIAA sports teams.  Our growing Fine & Performing Arts Department is giving students new opportunities to explore their passions at RHS.  Students are encouraged to engage in Community Service opportunities throughout the city to improve their community.  If there is something you are interested in, chances are we have a club or team for that.

 

Instructional Program.   At Revere High School, we are on a mission to build an Instructional Program that prepares students ready to Graduate Revere High School ready to Innovate to olve complex problems; to Engage with their community; to Lead across difference; to Thrive, mentally, physically and financially; and to Succeed in meaningful post-secondary experiences.  We are proud of the Instructional Program we offer students as one way we help them reach this vision.  Whether that be our growing number of elective programs, our opportunities for advanced coursework, or our impressive selection of External Learning Opportunities, our students and teachers work hard in the classroom everyday.  

 

Over the past few years, we are excited about the expansions we’ve made to our Program of Studies, based on what our students have told us about the kinds of classes they want to take!  We’ve added many courses in our Fine Arts Department and we’ve partnered with the Northeast Vocational School in Wakefield to offer Plumbing & Electrical Exploratories.  

 

Students at Revere High have so many opportunities to engage in Advanced Coursework, including a robust set of Advanced Placement Courses, an expansive selection of Dual Enrollment College Courses at partner universities, our new Early College Program (which allows participating students to complete up to 30 FREE college credits by the time they graduate High School), and the opportunity to work toward an honors designation in Core Courses at RHS.  

At RHS we are proud of the work our School Counseling Department has done to engage students in learning outside of the classroom.  Through a robust internships program, an impressive selection of extra-curricular fellowships, and expanded Career Development Opportunities, RHS students have so many ways they can connect their in-class learning with their post-secondary plans!

As we prepare to open our brand new Revere High School in Fall of 2028, we are in the beginning phases of developing  a Career Concentrations Program in the following five areas:  Education & Human Development; Business Administration & Entrepreneurship;  Robotics, Engineering & Information Technology; Environmental Justice & Sustainability; and Health Sciences.  These concentrations will give interested students the opportunity to focus their core and elective coursework, so that they graduate high school prepared for whatever post-secondary experience makes the most sense for them - whether that be four-year college, two-year college, trade-school, or the work-force. 

 

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support.  During School Year 2023-2024, we restructured our leadership team to improve the ways we provide support to students and families in the areas of academic performance, attendance, engagement and school climate.  Each RHS student is assigned to one of five Houses of approximately 420 students. Each RHS House is led by an Assistant Principal and supported by two School Counselors, a School Social Worker, a Support Specialist and an Engagement Coordinator.  Students stay with their Support Team for their four years of high school.  We partner with the Center for Thriving Children at Boston College to ensure our Student Support practices are aligned with the National Standards.  As we ensure all students have these supports at the Tier 1 level, we are working hard to expand the Tier 2 and Tier 3 support programs we offer our students.  

We have a team of dedicated teachers who work with our newly arrived Multilingual Learners to support their transition.  

In 2023 we launched a partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts to match up to 80 ninth graders each year with a community based mentor, for four years.  We have excellent community partners, such as the MGH School Based Health Center, where students can receive medical care and counseling during the school day.  Teachers and students have access to our Writing Center, our STEM Center and our Restorative Practices Center, each staffed by dedicated teacher-interventionists and RHS Student Mentors.  The BRYT Program, the Career Development Program, the Coast Collaborative Program and the Personalized Learning Pathways Program all provide qualifying RHS students with additional support as they work towards their RHS diploma.  
 

Family & Community Engagement.  We know that family participation is a huge component of student success; this website is designed to provide you, as well as your caregivers with all the information they need to be active participants in their student’s education. Our family liaisons Sandra Figeroa and Leslie Clyne-DeCicco are here to support you to navigate RHS.  This site works just as well on mobile devices as it does on a desktop so you can find information on the go. Please bookmark it for easy access.  I look forward to connecting with anyone in the RHS community who has ideas to share about how we can improve the Revere High School experience for everyone involved!  

 

Sincerely, 

 

Christopher T. Bowen

Principal