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METCO’s contribution to Foxborough
Foxborough’s METCO Director Jesenia Castro spoke with cable access host Bob Hickey, alongside METCO, Inc. CEO Milly Arbaje-Thomas. Their conversation ranged from the benefits and struggles experienced by Boston families who take the bus out and back, to a call for the town to get involved and support the students and cherish the impact of the…
Read MoreMETCO Presents: “The Peculiar Patriot” at ArtsEmerson
Thanks to a generous partnership with ArtsEmerson, METCO Headquarters is excited to bring families together in Boston to build relationships and learn through the arts. Throughout the year, “METCO Presents” events give Boston and suburban community members access to relevant, powerful theater performances preceded by mingling and food and drink. October’s show was the virtuosic one-woman…
Read MoreHonoring “Brother Nat” at ArtsEmerson
METCO Directors, Board members, and staff were generously invited to a powerful concert of Brother Nat at ArtsEmerson, a benefit for Emerson College scholarships.
Read More“Every student in Scituate is a METCO student”
METCO has given Michelle Crawford Cranmore educational ties to three Boston suburbs. Her two sons go to school in Weston through their METCO partnership; she spent five years as METCO Program Advisor in Brookline Public Schools, and this year she took on the METCO Director role down on the South Shore, in Scituate. Her vision…
Read MoreColor Magazine profiles CEO Milly Arbaje-Thomas
METCO’s CEO spoke with Juri Love of Color Magazine about how her life experience influences METCO’s evolving vision. Milly Arbaje-Thomas immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic as a child, and watched her mother overcome the language barrier and work tirelessly to put Milly through Catholic School in Lynn, Massachusetts. Now, she shares…
Read MoreAlum Michael Bivins gets honorary degree from Belmont High
METCO alum Michael Bivins, better known as “Biv” in Bel Biv DeVoe (and as a founder of the 80s R&B group New Edition), brought his new jack swing out to Belmont in June to get his long-awaited high school diploma. As WHDH news reports: A member of the 90’s bands New Edition and Bel Biv DeVoe…
Read MoreBrookline METCO Director becomes principal
After 11 years playing the pivotal role of overseeing the experiences of Brookline’s METCO participants, Dr. Sujan “Suzie” Talukdar has been chosen to lead one of the town’s eight elementary schools outright. As of July 1, Dr. Talukdar will be principal of the Driscoll School, which serves kindergarten through 8th grade. Brookline Public Schools’ superintendent Andrew…
Read More“But how much better can we be?”
The Boston Globe’s Meghan E. Irons profiled incoming METCO CEO Milly Arbaje-Thomas, stressing the widened social impact that she hopes will define her vision for the organization’s next 50 years. Following the retirement of 43-year executive director Jean Maguire in 2016, the Board of Directors selected Arbaje-Thomas to help METCO become a “more mature and…
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