BPS to Host BuildBPS Open House, Provides Boston Community with Interactive Experience

BPS to Host BuildBPS Open House, Provides Boston Community with Interactive Experience

BPS to Host BuildBPS Open House, Providing Boston Community with Interactive Experience Boston, MA - Friday, October 28, 2016 - This weekend, on Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Bruce Bolling Municipal Building, 2300 Washington Street in Roxbury, Boston Public Schools (BPS) will host the BuildBPS Open House focusing on the district's 10-year educational and facilities master plan. This event will have exhibits, activities, discussions, and more for community members seeking to learn about the long-term educational and facilities vision for the city's public schools. The main focus of BuildBPS is to bring together exemplary teaching and a world-class system of innovative and welcoming schools. BPS Superintendent Tommy Chang will attend both days of the open house and will be available to take questions from reporters on both Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at the grand staircase in the Bolling lobby. In addition to panels, exhibits, and roundtable discussions, there will be food trucks, chess and math tournaments, interactive exhibits created by Lego Education, kids fitness innovators from Reimagine Play, and digital literacy games presented by the Emerson Engagement Lab. We will provide play areas for all ages, Read Boston will have a reading corner, and teens can meet with Teens in Print and members of the BSAC (Boston Student Advisory Council). On social media, please use #buildbps to share your BuildBPS Open House experience. For a full schedule of available exhibits and activities, please visit: bostonpublicschools.org/buildbps/agenda. When: Saturday, October 29, 2016 Sunday, October 30, 2016 9:00AM- 5:00PM Where: Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building  2300 Washington Street  Dudley Square, Roxbury Who:    Dr. Tommy Chang, Boston Public Schools, Superintendent Rahn Dorsey, City of Boston, Chief of Education Renée Omolade, Program & Database Coordinator, Bigger Than My Block - Lewis Family Foundation Maria Dominguez Gray, BPS parent and Executive Director of the Phillips Brooks House Association Rahn Dorsey, Chief of Education for the City of Boston Katie Hammer, City of Boston Budget Director Carolyn Kain, Chair of the Boston Special Education Parent Advisory Council John McDonough, retired Interim Superintendent and Chief Financial Officer of Boston Public Schools, Will Thomas, Headmaster of Charlestown High School, Sam Tyler, President of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau Yasmin Cruz, Senior Manager, Corporate Responsibility, John Hancock Financial Services Traci Walker Griffith, Principal Eliot K-8 Innovation School, Colin Rose, Assistant Superintendent Opportunity and Achievement Gaps, Boston Public Schools, Becky Shuster, Assistant Superintendent of Equity, Boston Public Schools Reverend Mariama White Hammond, Minister, Bethel AME Church Melodie Knowlton, Head, Thomas M. Menino Vertex Learning Lab Representatives from General Electric Parul Singh, Principal, Founder Collective David Birnbach, Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, Head of Mobile Strategy Group Bridgette Wallace, Founder, Skylab William Thomas, Headmaster, Charlestown High School And more! (Update version)