Wednesday, June 12, 2013
"...no matter what we do or how we do it, the ability to help lies in each and every one of us," said District Attorney Dan Conley.
Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley encouraged graduating seniors from West Roxbury Academy to pursue civil service jobs during his commencement speech at Northeastern University’s Matthews Arena on Monday. In front of 1,500 audience members, Conley urged seniors to “consider the nobility of service – service to your city, your nation, and your fellow men and women,” according to a press release. “You are going off into a world where a great deal of work needs to be done,” said Conley. “In the next few years, as you develop your interests and hone your skills, you’ll be in a position to take some of that work on as your own. It may be in politics. It may be in law. It may be in medicine or technology or media or the arts. But in …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The following article is based on a Boston Police report, and where charges are mentioned it does not indicate a conviction.
Boston Police arrested a juvenile male for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute after his mother called the West Roxbury Academy to say she thought her son had left home with drugs. Around 10:03 a.m. on Feb. 13, a male juvenile was arrested and charged with possession with the intent to distribute a class D drug, and intent to distribute within a a school zone, according to a Boston Police report. The mother called the school around 7:30 a.m., and the assistant headmaster of West Roxbury Academy alerted the Boston Police officer assigned to the West Roxbury Education Complex, of a student possibly holding drugs. With the officer present, the student was informed he would be searched. He was asked whether he had anything…
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Friday, October 26, 2012
West Roxbury Education Complex students got together for an awesome pep rally at the high school, check out the photos.
Miss Connors of West Roxbury Academy, sent these photos of last Friday's pep rally before West Roxbury's football game against O'Bryant High, which O'Bryant won. But check out the pep rally photos!
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
West Roxbury Academy is a member of The 84 Movement, which helps mobilize youth to take action to protect their communities from the influence of the tobacco industry.
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Editor's note: The following is a press release. Youth from West Roxbury Academy joined more than 250 young people from across the Commonwealth to gather at the Massachusetts State House for a Kick Butts Day event to celebrate their role in reducing the influence of the tobacco industry in their communities. While at the State House the youth visited with lawmakers, attended a rally with United States Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, and a closing event with Massachusetts Department of Public Health Medical Director Dr. Lauren Smith. The young people used their time with lawmakers to discuss the ways the tobacco industry continues to target young people: through a range of new non-cigarette tobacco products, cheap prices, flashy …
Decoy Jones
11:57 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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