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Lynn officials seek to renovate Pickering Middle School
Story and photos by Marianne Salza
Superintendent Catherine Latham, Principal Kevin Rittershaus, Mayor
Judith Flanagan Kennedy, Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Karyn
Polito, Candidate for Treasurer Mike Heffernan, and School Committee
member Rick Starbard
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Over the last three years, Lynn
Public Schools have been accepting between 300-400 new
students each year; and the Pick-
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ering School is limited on space.
Teachers have been utilizing
every room and area available,
such as the auditorium stage and
hallways, to accommodate for
the large student body.
“When you see the building,
you wonder how these kids and
teachers overcome the facilities,
because that’s a miracle,” said
Starbard.
The Massachusetts Office
of Refugee Resettlement has
placed 275 refugees from other countries in the Lynn school
system. Lynn is accountable for
approximately 26% of the state’s
Superintendent Latham, School Committee member Rick Starbard,
Candidate for Treasurer Mike Heffernan, and Candidate for Lt. Governor Karyn Polito visit Elise DiOrio’s 6th grade classroom
resettlement of refugees because
of the city’s easy access to lowcost rent and services.
“We’ve had a large Iraqi Influx. A lot of them suffer from
post-traumatic stress disorder,”
said Mayor Kennedy. “We’ve
set up a program in our community health center for their
mental health needs. We have
to make sure those children are
accommodated for in order for
them to learn. It’s a compound
problem.”
Lynn Public Schools applied
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will work with state leaders to
help reconstruct the Pickering
School.
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With 660 students, the Pickering Middle School has become
overcrowded, and requires renovations to make it a viable environment for students and teachers
to prosper.
Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy, Superintendent Catherine
Latham, and Lynn School Committee member, Rick Starbard,
met with government officials to
discuss the needs and concerns of
the school on Oct. 17.
Principal Kevin Rittershaus
guided them on a tour through
the halls of the school, which was
built in 1916, into the 230-seat
auditorium, and into classrooms.
There are water-damaged ceilings and outdated forced water
heaters. The middle school is also
without a library, elevator, or science lab.
“The heating system is archaic. We have sporadic heat,” said
Principal Rittershaus. “Some
rooms might be 90° and others
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riety of flavored popcorn in the
store.
Another feature will be the
‘Butcher Block’ feature where
Certified Angus Beef (CAB)
will be highlighted prominently. The CAB products debuted
about three years ago at Market Basket’s Westfield store and
Lambert said it was an instant
hit.
He believes it will be reach
the same popularity in Revere.
He said the program is a
non-profit comprised of cattle
producers who choose only the
most premium grades of beef for
certification – that being based
on fat marbling, bone structure
and heritage of the animal.
It all equals out into a
mouth-watering steak or a
scrumptious roast.
“Once you’ve tried it, for $1
more, you won’t eat another
piece of meat other than CAB
again,” Lambert said.
McLean said customers can
be assured to have a full variety
of healthy options integrated
within the aisles and shelves.
This, he said, is something that
is necessary for a modern grocery store in accommodating
new ways of eating – whether
for better health or for medical
reasons.
“There are gluten free products throughout the store and
the amounts of healthy products
are increasing,” he said. “It’s not
your grandmother’s supermarket with just meat and potatoes.
We have specialty foods, organic foods, gluten free foods and
low sodium foods integrated
into the store.”
Added Lambert, “A lot of
stores do the store within a store,
but we don’t do that. We have
it integrated into the store and
printed on the display tags on
the shelf. Customers can see it’s
gluten free right there and they
don’t have to go looking for it in
another part of the store.”
The Revere store will also be
a major job provider locally.
Lambert said there are 460
new employees at the store, with
75 percent being from Revere.
Another 100 employees have
transferred into the Revere store
from other nearby locations.
And in addition to the new
things and old things in the front
of the store that have made Market Basket so popular with customers – and so eagerly anticipated in Revere – the store will
be a marvel of efficiency within
its backroom operations.
McLean and Lambert said
the Revere store will have 90
percent LED lighting with some
solar lights mixed in. There is a
mandate to recycle – keeping
trash in a separate stream from
cardboard and plastic.
One sign in the back near the
trash compactor read, “Do your
part! Always Recycle! Do Not
Throw Clean Cardboard or plastic into trash compactors. Doing
so Throws Away Money.”
In that spirit, virtually nothing
is wasted.
Cardboard is bundled for recycling.
Clean plastic is wrapped into
bales for reuse.
Even produce that has gone
beyond it’s date isn’t thrown out.
Instead, Lambert said it is sent up
to a New Hampshire farm where
it’s used to feed pigs.
“When you’re talking about
a company, you want to know
if they treat they’re employees
well,” McLean said. “You want
to know if they treat their cus-
The Produce Department features regular and organic vegetables and
is aligned with some frozen foods.
tomers well. But you also want to
know what are their environmental initiatives. Those initiatives
say a lot about the personality
and the mindset of a company.”
And that kind of company
mindset between Market Basket
and its customers – after a harrowing summer of uncertainly –
have never been more aligned.
And in Revere, that alignment
will mean a line of folks ready to
come through the doors on Oct.
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tional stores to take care of our
customers who took care of us,”
said McLean – who like Marsden was ousted last summer
with CEO Arthur T. Demoulas
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stores are a nod to our customers
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our 100th anniversary in 2017
and so it’s that much more exciting for our company. As Arthur T. says, ‘We’re in the people business first and, above all
else, we’re looking out for our
customers even when they’re
not looking.’”
The additional stores to open
before the end of this year will
be in Waltham at the old Polaroid site and in Littleton. Stores
in Attleboro and Athol will open
in the 1st Quarter of 2015.
The Revere store will be under Store Director Ron Lambert,
who is a store opening specialist
and has been with the company
since 1976.
The Revere store will be
80,000 sq. ft., which is a
bit smaller compared to the
135,000 sq. ft. Goliath of a store
in Chelsea. However, Lambert
said they believe the size is perfect for the Revere area and they
have streamlined operations in
the storeroom to give as much
shopping space as possible.
“Everything the Chelsea
store has, we have here,” said
McLean. “We’ll have the Market’s Café, the Market’s Kitchen, including the sushi, and
we’ll have a few new things
too. We will have a new demo
station in the back of this store
that Chelsea doesn’t have. We’ll
also have a Butcher Block section for premium Certified Angus Beef products.”
Lambert said the “tasting station” is likely to be a hit with
customers – outfitted with cooking equipment, a Bose PA system for sound and ample space
for customers to listen to vendors and taste products.
“The tasting station is something that’s a new and unique
way for our vendors to come in
and test out some of their products with customers,” Lambert
said. “It could be hummus one
day or a fish demonstration the
next day. There are a lot of different things we’ll have there.
It’s a great way to put new products in the spotlight for our customers.”
He said the first demonstration will likely be a new popcorn seasoning product – with
customers able to try out a va-
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LYNN DEMOCRATIC CITY COMMITTEE
Thursday, October 23, 2014
GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK VISITS LYNN
TO HOST ANNUAL UNITY BREAKFAST
The Lynn Democratic City Committee's Annual Unity Breakfast
will be held on Sunday, October 26, 2014, from 8:30-11a.m. at the
Porthole Restaurant, 98 The Lynnway, Lynn.
Former Governor Michael Dukakis, Congressman John Tierney,
Democratic nominee for Governor Attorney General Martha Coakley, State Treasurer Steve Grossman, State Auditor Suzanne Bump,
State Party Chair Senator Tom McGee, and Democratic nominees
Steve Kerrigan, for Lieutenant Governor, Maura Healey for Attorney
General, Deb Goldberg for State Treasurer, Seth Moulton for Congress, and other elected officials and candidates for office are planning to attend.
The Annual Unity Breakfast has been a fun, successful, and growing event for the Lynn Democratic City Committee over the years. It
is a chance for Democrats to socialize and talk about shared values
with friends, family, neighbors, elected officials and candidates for
office. Attendees also enjoy a plentiful breakfast buffet.
Cost to attend is $25.00 per person. Tickets may be purchased at
the door or in advance by sending a check made payable to the LDCC
c/o Laurie Walsh, 15 Avon Street, Lynn, MA 01905. For more information, please contact LDCC Co-Chair Agnes Ricko at alfredricko@
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addressed the large gathering
at the rally in campaign offices
at 70 Monroe St.
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Revere resident Richie Halas was among the inductees in this year’s
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UPCOMING Events
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr.
NSCC Annual Children’s
Halloween Party Saturday
Lynn Campus North Shore Community College is holding its annual children’s
Halloween party on Saturday, October 25
from 1 -3 p.m. at their Lynn Campus gym,
300 Broad Street. The party is free for all
children 10 and under and features performers, treats, games and prizes.
Although admission is free, space is
limited and advance registration is required. Every three children must be accompanied by an adult who will remain
with them throughout the event.
To register, email studentlife@northshore.edu with your full name, contact
information and number of adults and
children in your party. A confirmation
will be sent to confirm your registration
was received.
‘Cannibal: The Musical’ now
playing at Arts After Hours
through Nov. 1
“Cannibal! The Musical” will play
through November 1 at the Rantoul Black
Box Theatre in LynnArts on 25 Exchange
Street, Lynn, MA 01901.
Tickets are $30 for the splatter zone,
$25 for the safe zone, and $20 for the
cheap zone. For show times, ticket information, and directions please visit
artsafterhours.com or call the box office
at (781) 205-4010. The show’s content is
considered R rated.
From the team that brought Evil Dead:
The Musical to downtown Lynn comes
Cannibal! The Musical. Written by Trey
Parker, co-creator of TV’s South Park and
Broadway’s Book of Mormon, this hilarious production tells the true tale of Alferd
Packer, the first man convicted of cannibalism in the United States.
Upcoming concerts at Lynn
Auditorium
Natalie Cole will play the Lynn Auditorium on October 24
Creedence Clearwater Revisted, vists
the Lynn Auditorium on October 31, with
former CCR members, bassist Stu Cook
and drummer Doug Clifford.
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame,
brings his Best of Jethro Tull Tour to town
on November 1.
The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute
Band will take the stage at Lynn Auditorium on November 8.
On November 14 the rocking continues with legendary Blues guitarist Buddy
Guy.
And, Country Music sensation Martina
McBride plays the Lynn Auditorium on
November 15.
For more details, visit the Lynn Auditorium website.
Lynn Community Association
hosts 6th Community Resource
Fair Oct. 29
The Lynn Community Association
(LCA) will host its 6th Annual Community Resource Fair on Wednesday, October 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the William P.
Connery Elementary School, located at 50
Elm Street in Lynn.
The event is open to all Lynn residents
and will feature many of Lynns service
organizations, as well as a raffle and children’s activities.
The Lynn Health Department will also
be on hand providing a free flu clinic for
residents with identification and a health
insurance card.
To learn more about the LCA’s Community Resource Fair, or the LCA itself,
visit www.lynncommunity.org.
Wynn to hold informational forums for employment/vendor questions
As soon as Wynn Resorts received the Greater Boston casino license, the calls began pouring in from potential employees
and vendors.
All of them had questions.
Now, through a series of six
information sessions, Wynn
Resorts hopes to provide some
initial answers to the throngs
of folks wanting to know how
to get involved in the region’s
fledgling casino industry.
Robert DeSalvio, senior
vice president of development
for Wynn, said an “incredible
amount” of folks reached out to
them wanting to know how to
gain employment in the casino,
how to become a vendor for the
casino and how to get involved
in the construction of the casino.
The calls came so quick that
DeSalvio said it was time to
conduct some informational forums.
“It’s probably too early to run
traditional job forums because
we’re still early in the start up
mode, but it’s never too early to
run information seminars,” DeSalvio said. “We took a look at
where all the calls were coming
from and cast a wide net to get
a good cross section of people
who had questions. That’s how
we came up with locations for
these six forums in multiple
communities. It’s important to
do some information sharing
with people.”
The forums started this Monday in Malden, and continued
on Tuesday, Oct. 21 in Cambridge and Wednesday, Oct. 22
in Everett.
Other forums include:
•Thursday, Oct. 23, Charlestown, Bunker Hill Community
College (250 Rutherford Ave.),
6-7:30 p.m.
•Wednesday, Oct. 29, Chelsea, Mystic Brewery (174 Williams St.). 6-7:30 p.m.
•Thursday, Oct. 30, Lynn,
North Shore Community Center
(McGee Building, 300 Broad
St.), 6-7:30 p.m.
At the forums will be representatives from Gilbane Construction, representatives from
the building trades, and licensing information for potential
vendors/employees.
“We’re trying to cover all
the questions most frequently
asked,” DeSalvio said.
One of those questions includes the fact that all vendors
and potential employees have
to be vetted by the MGC and
licensed. That process will include a thorough background
check and vetting.
“We want to make sure people understand that process,”
said DeSalvio. “After going
through this in three different
states now, anyone who has had
any experience with our industry understands it’s important to
the Gaming Commission and to
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this kind of a background check.”
Wynn Resorts estimates that
there will be 4,000 construction
jobs, 4,000 permanent casino
jobs, and some $120 million per
year spent with vendors providing goods/services to the casino.
The average salary is estimated at $50,000 with benefits, according to Wynn Resorts.
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LYNN’S SHINING STARS
The Lynn YMCA hosted
its first annual “Lynn’s Shining Stars” event last Thursday
night, Oct. 16, at the Lynn Museum. Lynn’s Shining Stars was
celebrating people who have
made an impact through music
in the City of Lynn and raised
money to support the free music
programs offered in the Music
Studio Clubhouse at the Lynn
YMCA. Tickets were $50 each,
which included dinner, dancing
and live musical entertainment
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music student who went on to
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singing competition “La Voz
Kids.” There were four Rising
Star Awards, and five Spotlight
Awards. The first ever Legacy
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Gregg Ellenberg, YMCA; Musician Anthony Migliaccio, who won the
Rising Star Award; Charlie Gallo, Lynn School Committee; John Ford,
Lynn School Committee; and Branch Executive Director Audrey
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LYNN’S SHINING STARS
Gregg Ellenberg YMCA; Musical group Fame of Juliet,
who won the Spotlight Award; Charlie Gallo, Lynn School
Committee; John Ford, Lynn School Committee; and
Branch Executive Director Audrey Jimenez.
Gregg Ellenberg YMCA; Actors and Singers Corey Jackson and Sarah Jackson, who won the Spotlight Award;
Charlie Gallo, Lynn School Committee; John Ford, Lynn
School Committee; and Branch Executive Director Audrey
Jimenez.
Gregg Ellenberg YMCA; Musician Julio Bara, who won the
Spotlight Award; Charlie Gallo, Lynn School Committee;
John Ford, Lynn School Committee; and Branch Executive
Director Audrey Jimenez.
Fine Arts Director for Lynn Public Schools, Joseph Picano,
accepted the first-ever Legacy Award during the ‘Lynn
Shining Stars’ event last Thursday, Oct. 16.
Gregg Ellenberg, YMCA; Musician Brian Maes, who won
the Spotlight Award; Charlie Gallo, Lynn School Committee; John Ford, Lynn School Committee; and Branch
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Two Lynn English students ace MCAS exam
Lynn English juniors Jake
DeFillipo and Ariana Severance
don’t want to sound cocky—
and they certainly aren’t – but
they were very confident when
they sat for the MCAS tests last
spring. As it turns out, they had
good reason to feel good about
the high-stakes exam.
DeFillipo earned a perfect
score in English Language Arts
while Severance was perfect on
the math MCAS, earning the
praise of their principal and guidance counselors.
“These two students are examples of hard work paying off,”
English Principal Thomas Strangie said. “It also shows that the
teachers at English are doing everything they can to provide the
opportunity for every student to
be successful.”
DeFillipo said even though he
“wasn’t nervous going in,” he
took advantage of the extra time
allotted to complete the essay on
the MCAS, staying until almost
everyone else had already left. “I
put a lot of time into the test,” he
said.
He also credited his English
teachers – Judy Mishkin last year
and Nicole Bene in ninth grade –
with preparing him well for the
MCAS.
“The teachers put a lot of time
into preparing us,” said DeFillipo, who has Michael Guanci for
AP English this year.
A lifelong Lynn resident, DeFillipo attended Sisson elementary and Pickering middle schools.
He participates in speech competitions and drama at English, and
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self. He’s well respected by his
teachers and his peers.”
Though he wasn’t quite perfect, DeFillipo scored advanced
on the math and science MCAS.
He lives with his parents, Bobbiejo and Tim, and his younger
brother, Jared, a student at Pickering.
Severance said there was only
one question she thought she
might have erred on, so she was
confident she did very well.
“I’ve always been good in
math,” said Severance, who had
Tom Smiley for algebra last year
and Barbara Funicella for geometry as a freshman. She has Michael Swartz for pre-calculus this
year.
“I studied a lot of geometry,
since that is one of my weaker
points. Our algebra teacher gave
us practice problems from previous tests, and I did those. He
made sure we knew everything
that could possibly be known,”
she added.
Severance, who attended
Sewell-Anderson elementary and
Salem Academy Charter schools,
is a football and basketball cheerleader and a new member of the
math team. “They were hunting
me down when they heard about
the perfect score,” she said.
Calling math her “favorite
subject by far,” Severance said
she hopes to take it as a major in
college and perhaps pursue a ca-
Jake DeFillipo and Ariana Severance are pictured with principal
Thomas Strangie.
reer in accounting.
“Ariana represents the best
that Lynn English High School
has to offer,” said guidance
counselor Kara Baletsa. “She
is excellent academically and
very involved in extracurricular activities, and she manages
to balance everything. She and
Jake serve as role models for
their peers.”
Severance, who scored advanced in ELA and proficient
on the science MCAS, lives
with her parents, Christine and
Michael, and her younger brother, Mathieu, a student at Breed
Middle School.
Senior Torri Bene recorded
a perfect score on the English
MCAS exam in 2013 and 2012
graduate Sean Gately aced the
math exam in 2010.
“I’m very proud of our school
and our students,” Strangie said.
“It’s an honor to be the principal
here.”
THINGS To Do
Boston Book Festival
The annual Boston Book Festival
will be held Oct. 23-25, offering
more than 50 free sessions, activities, keynote speakers, family events,
and much more, at Boston Common
Hotel, 40 Trinity Place; Church
of the Covenant, 67 Newbury St.;
Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury
St.; First Church, 66 Marlborough
St.; the French Cultural Center,
53 Marlborough St.; Old South
Church, 645 Boylston St.; Storyville,
90 Exeter St.; Trinity Church, 206
Clarendon St.; and outdoor locations at Copley Square. Ticketed
events include Herbie Hancock’s “A
Memoir Keynote,” ($15), Oct. 23,
at 8 p.m. at Old South Church and
Norman Foster’s “Art, Architecture
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Church ($10). Daytime events
are free and open to the public.
Programs are subject to change.
For schedule and more information, visit bostonbookfest.org. ‘Bad Jews’
SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the New England premiere
of Joshua Harmon’s one-act,
90-minute comedy, “Bad Jews,”
Oct. 24-Nov.19, at the Boston
Center for the Arts (BCA), in the
Stanford Calderwood Pavilion,
Roberts Studio Theatre, 527
Tremont St., South End, Boston.
Boston superstar Victor Shopov
appears with Gillian Mariner
Gordon, Winchester’s Alex
Marz and Alison McCartan.
P e r f o r m a n c e s : We d n e s d a y,
Thursday, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8
p.m.; Saturday, 4,8 p.m.; Sunday,
3 p.m.; also Nov. 20,28, at 2
p.m. and Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets:$25-$61; seniors, $5
off, excluding gallery seats; age
25-under,$25; student rush with
college ID, $15. Call the Box
Office at 617-933-8600, or visit
www.BostonTheatreScene.com.
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Thursday, October 23, 2014
Lynn Classical
The undefeated Winthrop Vikings came to Manning Field on
Friday night to face the Lynn
Classical Rams in a much-anticipated contest within conference play. Though Classical
played well enough to win,
Winthrop pounded out a 28-14
victory and guaranteed a share
of the divisional title. The game
was highlighted by a number of
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big plays, including an 86-yard
kickoff return by Winthrop running back Reise Turransky to
start the second half. That put
the game at 14-0, but Classical
didn’t give up, pulling within
four points with 10 minutes left
in the game. However, fumbles
and turnovers by Classical and
stout defense by Winthrop stymied any comeback attempt by
vs.
Winthrop
PHOTOS BY SHAWN BLACK
the Lynn team.
Winthrop’s
Zach
Deeb
showed up big on defense with
two interceptions. For Classical, Running Back Micah Dublin scorched a typically staunch
defense for more than 150 yards
on the ground – including a 40yard touchdown run.
Classical’s Johnson Builou powered through the Winthrop line to block
an extra point early in the game on Friday, Oct. 17.
Black
Chandler Laguerre cuts through
the arms of would-be tacklers on
the Winthrop defense.
Classical’s Micah Dublin weaves through the Winthrop defense for
a portion of his 156 total rushing yards in the Oct. 17 tilt against
undefeated Winthrop.
An unidentified Winthrop defender strips the ball from Classical’s
Jakeel Brown just as he was about to cross the line for a touchdown –
preventing the score and turning the momentum back to the Vikings.
Ajayli Booker stretches out for an interception of a Winthrop pass
deep in Classical’s territory. It was an interception that stopped what
would have likely been a certain touchdown.
Ajayli Booker sheds a Winthrop
tackler on a big gain.
Devin Crayton (25) goes horizontal to wrap up a Winthrop running
back on Oct. 17 in Manning Field.
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Classical Cheerleaders perform for the crowd at halftime.
The Classical Band performs at halftime.
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Children’s Friend and Family Services receives 3-year grant from Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation
Children’s Friend and Family Services has been awarded a
3-year grant from the Peter and
Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation for
its Early Childhood Mental Health
Initiative. Goals of the project include Early Screening and Referral, Parent Education and Support
and Behavioral Health Navigation.
“We are so grateful to the Peter and
Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation for
its generous funding as it allows us
to provide vital support to children
and families in our service area,”
says Carla M. Saccone, Children’s
Friend and Family Services President and Chief Executive Officer.
Early Screening and Referral
will increase the identification and
referral of young children experiencing or at risk for experiencing
mental health issues. Children’s
Friend and Family Services will
be seeking increased collaboration with community partners to
raise awareness about its Early
Childhood Mental Health Initiative, share Early Childhood Mental
Health Screening Tool Kits and design a streamlined referral system.
Thanks to the funding from
the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower
Foundation Children’s Friend and
Family Services will also be able
to provide early childhood focused
comprehensive assessment and evidence-based parent education and
family support and treatment to
young children experiencing or at
risk for experiencing mental health
issues and their parents/caregivers.
Forty Children’s Friend and Family Services staff will be trained in
the evidence-based Standard Triple
P - Positive Parenting Program,
a ten session program that aims
to prevent/treat serious behavioral, emotional and developmental
problems in children by enhancing
the knowledge, skills, and confidence of parents.
The grant will also increase the
ability for families to navigate the
mental health system to find the
appropriate services for their child
and family at the right time. Over
the course of the three years, Chil-
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family-friendly, multi-modal resources that will teach sustainable
skills for parents and caregivers in
navigating the system of behavioral health care.
Children’s Friend supports over
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with programs focusing on Mental
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Services, Teen Parenting Program,
and Volunteer Youth Mentoring.
Children's Friend is one of the oldest and largest community-based
counseling organizations for children and families. Offices are located in Salem, Lynn, Lawrence
and Gloucester. Visit childrensfriend.net to learn more.
The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation supports community programming that results in
children, adolescents, and young
adults affected by substance abuse,
learning disabilities, mental illness,
and intellectual disabilities achieving their full potential. The Foundation is dedicated to societal impact through healthy communities
and capacity building. We work
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collaboration.
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COASTAL WINDOWS AND EXTERIORS
DONATES NEW ROOF
FOR LYNN FAMILY HOME
Coastal Windows and Exteriors donated a new $15,000 roof to Clyde
and Karen Ross as part of the firm’s No Roof Left Behind Contest. Pictured in front of the Cross family home at 75 Seymour St. across from
Kiley Park are, from left, Karen Cross, Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy,
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