SPRINGFIELD — Crow Nation's hip-hop artist and dancer "Supaman" will visit with students at Veritas Preparatory Charter School on Thursday morning and later head to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to perform a 7:30 p.m.free concert at the Student Union.
As part of Native History Month, Supaman, who was born Christian Takes Gun Parrish, will conduct two workshops for Veritas students in grades 5-8. The program was arranged by teacher and UMass alumnus Akesa Mafi.
SPRINGFIELD — Veritas Prep Charter School is celebrating its fourth year at full student capacity of 324 students in Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8 as it looks ahead to sending its first four-year graduates onto high school and beyond...
Veritas Prep did very well during our Year Three site visit by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). We received a "meets" expectations on all of the Charter School Performance Criteria. Read the report for more information on how well performed.
Veritas Prep underwent a Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE) Coordinated Program Review in March 2015. This review provides valuable feedback to us on how well our programs are being implemented at the school and any changes we need to implement. going forward.
SPRINGFIELD — As a court battle looms over a push to overturn the state's cap on charter schools, Veritas Preparatory Charter School is preparing for Tuesday's lottery to choose students 81 5th graders from a pool of 145 applicants hoping to attend the school in the fall...
SPRINGFIELD – Nine public charter schools in Greater Springfield will host the first annual enrollment showcase on Saturday, Feb. 7 from 9 a.m. to noon at the MassMutual Center in Springfield...
Veritas Prep Charter School, a public charter school serving 243 Springfield students, is outperforming statewide school averages -- as well as traditional public schools in Springfield and other urban centers -- in MCAS results just two years after it opened.
That's very encouraging, not only for Veritas students, but for schools everywhere that serve predominantly low-income students...
SPRINGFIELD -- Rachel Romano, founder and executive director of Veritas Prep Charter School, believes the secret to mastering the MCAS test -- or any other scholarly goal, for that matter -- is a relentless commitment to achievement, on the part of both teachers and students...
Veritas Prep did very well during our Year Two site visit by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). We received a "meets" expectations on all of the Charter School Performance Criteria except for culture and family engagement which we received and "exceeds" expectations.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Veritas Prep Charter School in Springfield will welcome this fall 81 new 5th graders. Those 81 students were picked through a lottery from a pool of 106 students...
SPRINGFIELD — In a visit to Western Massachusetts aimed at boosting the soon-to-open Phoenix Charter Academy High School in Springfield, Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker spent part of the morning touring another charter school in the city.
Veritas Preparatory Charter School on Pine Street, which is in its second year of operations, welcomed Baker, who spent time talking with students, visiting classrooms and watching lessons in progress...
SPRINGFIELD – Tamara Mattei got a birthday present estimated at $1 million Thursday night when her name was called in the opening moments of the Veritas Preparatory Charter School’s first lottery...
While some charter schools don’t live up to their promise, many do. That’s why we’re pleased that the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is expanding the number of charter schools in the state to 16 - including the addition of a Veritas Preparatory Charter School in Springfield...
SPRINGFIELD – Eight months after shutting down one city charter school, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved a new one Monday by giving Veritas Preparatory Charter School approval to open in September 2012...