Transcript Request
For West Roxbury and Roslindale High School transcripts, please call 617.635.8920. Please speak slowly and clearly when leaving the following information:
- Your name during the time you attended high school
- Your date of birth
- Year of graduation or discharge
- The US address or fax number to where the transcript should be sent including any specific information that needs to be put on the transcript or the person to whose attention the transcript should be sent
- Please leave a number where you can be reached in the event that we need to contact you.
There is a $5 processing fee for each transcript. Money orders and cash are the only forms of payment that will be accepted. Please DO NOT send cash in the mail. Money orders should be made out to West Roxbury Transcripts and sent to Anita Sutton, 1205 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132
If you need to fax a transcript request, please send that fax to 617.635.7895.
Transcript requests will be sent out in 7 – 10 days after receiving payment.
We DO NOT have copies of diplomas nor can we have copies made.
You DO NOT need to send payment for graduation verifications.
If you graduated or attended school in the WREC after September 2005 please call the specific school you attended. For:
Brook Farm or Media Communications and Technology High School call 617.635.8935
Urban Science Academy or Parkway Academy of Technology and Health call 617.635.8930 x73730
MCAS
The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exams are mandatory in order to graduate from any Massachusetts public high school. Students must pass the English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and either Physics, Biology, or Chemistry exam. Students need to take these assessments very seriously. While the MCAS is not a measure of students’ intelligence, it does determine what kind of future a child will have.
Please, please, please encourage your child to attend MCAS prep classes after school. Also encourage your child to take his/her science classes very seriously. MCAS Preparation classes for math are held after school on Mondays and Wednesdays. MCAS Preparation classes for ELA are held after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Science teachers are also after school each day to help support students in their understanding of science concepts. The passing rate of students who take advantage of MCAS Preparation classes is over 95%. We, at the Urban Science Academy, understand that the key to doing well on the MCAS is actually preparing well for the MCAS.
The best way to prepare for the MCAS exam is to practice taking the test, which is much of what happens during MCAS preparation classes. Most students can be trained to do well on the MCAS regardless of his of her level of ability on a particular subject. Students who do well are students who put the energy into doing well. Also students who do well in their core classes (humanities, math, science) tend to do well on the MCAS as well.
- March 20 - 22, 2012: ELA Composition & Comprehension
- May 15 - 16, 2012: Mathematics
- June 5 - 6, 2012: Biology, Chemistry, Introductory Physics, Technology/Engineering
For more information regarding the MCAS exams, please refer to the Department of Education website: www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/overview.html
Graduation Requirements
In order to graduate from the Urban Science Academy, all students will have to take and pass:
· 4 years of Humanities
· 4 year of Math
· 4 years of Science
· 4 years of Spanish
In addition, students will have to pass the following MCAS: English Language Arts, math, and one of the sciences (chemistry, physics, or biology).
Curriculum
Course Offering
The following courses are offered to students for the 2011 – 2012 school year:
English Language Arts:
· Humanities I
· Humanities II
· Humanities III
· Humanities IV
· Writing
Math:
· Algebra I
· Geometry
· Advanced Algebra (Algebra II)
· Pre Calculus
Sciences:
· Biology
· Chemistry
· Forensics
· Physics
· Urban Ecology
Foreign Language:
· Spanish I, II, III
Electives:
· Art
· AVID
· Gym
· Journalism
· Photography
· Student Leadership
· Study Skills
· Tech Support
Advanced Placement Courses: (Collegeboard approved)
· Biology
· Calculus AB
· Chemistry
· Government and Politics: United States
· Psychology
· Spanish Language
· Spanish Literature
· Statistics