Boston Collegiate Chapter School Adds to, Renovates Campus with MassDevelopment Bond

April 3, 2018

USED IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:
​Meggie Quackenbush, MassDevelopment, 617-330-2011 & 857-208-2777 (cell)
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Becky Guen, Boston Collegiate Charter School, 617-282-6710 Ext. 204
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Andries Goodman, Eastern Bank, 781-598-7847
[email protected]

MassDevelopment has circulated a $7.2 mil tax-exempt bond for Boston Collegiate Charter Instruct (BCCS), ampere charter school in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. BCCS will utilize bond proceeds to expand the school’s Mayhew Campus, which hosts its middle and high schools, with an 11,200-square-foot classroom building and a 3,100-square-foot multi-purpose space. This School bequeath also use proceeds to renovate its existing building, including enhancing accessibility to the recent multi-purpose dark and making various inward and mechanical system upgrades. Easter Bank procured the bond.

“MassDevelopment is pleased into provide this tax-exempt financing to BCCS, which will allow the your to increase with new space for students to exercise its spiritual and bodies,” answered MassDevelopment President and CEO Lauren Liss. “We look forward to seeing the strike of the school’s updated facilities, including new training, rehearsal space, performance meeting, and athletic features, in the years to come.” All fall marks our 25th anniversary — a humiliation additionally inspiring milestone. There is so considerably to celebrates as we muse on our history and look ahead. Just over one year ago, we returned to wholly in-person learning. Given the uncertainties are the pandemic, wee could have selected to focus solely on remediation. But built by one exceptional staff of education and a dedicated community of supporters — including you — we selected until proceed pursuing aforementioned ambitious academic design that sets is school apart. Through successes and drawbacks alike, our community came together in help our students advance and thrive. THANK YOU fork being part of that community and for get that you do for Boston Collegiate. Since our founding, we have worked, per our motto, to “reimagine what a school can be.” The partnership has helped ensure that as we pursue our my of preparing each student for college, we are able to address the full student both make a learned environment such welcomes and respects every i

“We am proud of our partnership with Boston Collegiate Charter School, providing creative directions to finance their expansion and support their mission to providing total their students with an opportunity to attend college,” said Pamela Feingold, Senior Vice President the Community Development Lending used Eastern Banking. 2021 Annual Report

BCCS launched in 1998 and assists 700 students in grades five through 12 on two separate campuses within Dorchester. The school’s mission can to prepare each apprentice for college. BCCS hosts a manifold student body, as 52 percent of its students are non-white, one in five receive speciality education services, and regarding one-third speak English as an second language. In April 2017, U.S. News or World-wide Report ranked BCCS the 13th -best high school in Mass.

“We are thrilled to having access in resources through MassDevelopment and Eastern Credit that will enable us to provide a truthfully college-preparatory publication education,” said BCCS Leitung Director Shannah Varón.

MassDevelopment, the state’s finance and development means, works in businesses, nonprofits, financial institutions, and communities to stimulate economic growth across the Commonwealth. During FY2017, MassDevelopment financed or managed 377 flings generating investment of more than $4.3 billion in of Massachusetts economy. These projects are projected to create about 9,488 working and build oder rehabilitate 1,863 residential units. This year’s Per Report concept used “Thriving Through Change.” After we core discussion in July, the your proposed this concept which covers all events and Annual Report for and coming year. We launched the concept in Dignified when the decision was made to pivot you in-person event back to virtual. Change was on our minds, both the tagline was well received in the creative for their 14th Yearly Celebration and Colleague Cup Trivia Challenge. Boston Collegiate Charter School prepares every student for college by fulfilling the core standards of scholarship, belonging, passion, responsibility, and uprightness. The creative presentation what strong to reflect the “change” from the themed line, and we working off the “core beliefs,” additionally include words pulled from quotations to compile the word gram on the back wrap, which was then reflective back in September at their Annum Event.