Photos: Happenings at Roxbury Weston Preschool
By Gatehouse Media (July 10, 2011) The children at Roxbury Weston Preschool recently enjoyed a curriculum on insects and learned about the life cycle of the butterfly, as well as took their annual field trip to the swan boat ride at Boston’s Public Garden….. Read More.…
Read MoreLooking Back at Roxbury Weston Programs
By Kara Fleming, Gatehouse Media (November 13, 2009) I recently met a Weston man who not only met Martin Luther King Jr., but marched with him – twice. His wife fought for desegregated education because Weston’s School Committee declined the invitation to become a part of Metco its first year. She and a friend of mine challenged the School Committee’s decision by launching an integrated preschool to prove the point that education is a right, not a privilege, and that exposing children to diversity lays the...
Read MoreHistory of Community Support for Roxbury Weston Programs
By Kara M. Fleming, GateHouse News Service (Oct 09, 2008) It was a beautiful, late summer afternoon on Sept. 20 and on the First Parish playground families from Boston, Weston, Wayland, Wellesley and Sudbury gathered to visit with old friends, make new ones, and celebrate the start of a new school year as the Roxbury Weston Preschool unveiled a new play structure. Read...
Read MoreChallenge Grant Awarded to Roxbury Weston Preschool
(May 1, 20o8) The gauntlet has been thrown and the challenge issued: Who else will help give a child access to a brighter future? The Roxbury Weston Programs, a section 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization, has been awarded a generous challenge grant for the Roxbury Weston Preschool by an anonymous donor who has issued a match challenge for the preschool’s scholarship fund. It has always been the philosophy and mission in the 43 year history of RoxWes to provide full access to a high quality...
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