October 24, 2025
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In preparation for Homecoming, Chelsea Street is lined with Crimson Tide banners.
Thanks to the City of Everett for helping plan all aspects of this year’s celebration.
A Message from the Superintendent
Homecoming Weekend is Here!
After several weeks of planning and collaboration between the Everett Public Schools and the City of Everett, Homecoming Weekend is here! I hope to see as many teachers and staff as possible at this weekend’s festivities. which begin tonight at with family fun and fireworks at Glendale Park and will continue tomorrow morning and afternoon, all leading up to the 1:30 kickoff between the Crimson Tide and Lynn English.
Click HERE for the complete lineup.
Special congratulations to former longtime Everett High School football coach John DiBiaso Jr., who will see the field inside Veterans Memorial Stadium named in his honor during a special pregame ceremony. In addition to being one of the greatest coaches in the history of the Commonwealth, Coach DiBiaso served for many years as a teacher and athletic director, retiring in 2018 as one of the district’s longest-serving educators; his wife, Maureen, is also a former EPS teacher. Congrats, Coach Dib, on this special, and deserved, honor.
Switching gears, my thanks to Director of Family Engagement Jeanette Velez for helping plan our 2nd Annual Family University. Set for Tuesday, October 28, 2025, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Everett High School, Family University allows parents and guardians to attend two of a selection of multilingual sessions offered by the EPS and community partners.
Leading our sessions are:
Everett High EL Guidance Counselor Fernanda Andrade — Everett High Basics, which provides parents essential information about graduation requirements and critical support systems for students.
EHS Director of Guidance Kelley Naumann — Get Ready for High School, a tailored session for parents of eighth-grade students. Assistant Director of English Learners (Grades 9-12)
Mehernush Shroff — Is Your English Language Learner ready for High School? During this course, participants will join a discussion on how to prepare students for any phase of high school, with an emphasis on developing a love for literacy. Formerly called Parent University, this event was reimagined and relaunched last year as Family University.
This year, we’ve teamed up with the Cambridge Health Alliance, The Nan Project, MassHire, the City of Everett’s Youth Development and Enrichment Department, the Eliot Family Resource Center, and the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority to develop a comprehensive range of classes.
Thank you and have a great weekend — at Homecoming, I hope!
Superintendent
Everett Public Schools
Unity Day at the Parlin School
Parlin School teachers and staff gather on the school logo inside the gymnasium as part of the school’s Unity Day on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Unity Days promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion and are typically held during National Bullying Prevention Month each October. Great job, Parlin Panthers!
EPS Well-Represented in DC!
This week, an Everett team joined districts from across the state in Washington, D.Cc as part of the Next Generation Learning Challenge and the Barr Foundation to visit two schools as part of the International Network. The goal of the excursion was to share strategies that support the needs of emergent multilingual learners in high school to accelerate language skills and academic content learning.
Thank you to the Everett Team, which included:
Margaret Adams, Assistant Superintendent
Genevieve McDonough, Director of ELL
Mehernush Shroff, Assistant Director of ELL, Grades 9-12
Adrian Curtin, EHS Math Teacher
Corey Bourassa, EHS CTE Culinary Teacher
Sandy Nilson, EHS ESL Teacher
Jennifer Solis Garcia, EHS Senior
Dahendy Jean Baptiste, EHS Junior
Free MTEL Vouchers
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, in collaboration with Pearson, is providing financial support to Massachusetts teacher candidates. Anyone who registers for, schedules, and takes an MTEL prior to December 31, 2025, is eligible to receive a voucher for a free retake (as needed). Individuals with tests already scheduled after this date may reschedule their testing dates to be eligible for this opportunity. Vouchers for eligible candidates will be provided through Evaluation Systems of Pearson and not from DESE.
Pink Day: October 29
Parlin School Grade 7 science teacher Madison Murphy invites all Everett Public Schools (EPS) teachers and staff to participate in a Pink Day to support for breast cancer awareness on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
Click here to read Ms. Murphy’s letter to the EPS community about why this event means so much to her and the Parlin School community..
Click here to read Ms. Murphy’s letter to the EPS community about why this event means so much to her and the Parlin School community..
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