Newton Unified School District 373 history

By January 31, 1918, only the excavation and foundation work were finished.

In July 1919, Newton voters approved an additional $35,000 in bonds to finance the school’s completion.

The new auditorium of Newton High School opened with a concert on March 5, 1920.

A substantial addition was built onto the High School in 1935-36.

In July 1945, the Newton Board of Education awarded a contract to Harris Brothers, of Hoboken, to build a new Agricultural Department Building for Newton High School on a five-acre section of a twenty-acre tract on the west side of Ryerson Avenue, recently purchased by the school district.

The frameworks on page 158 specify that high school history courses "explain the background for the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948, and subsequent military and political conflicts," and go on to identify 8 key areas of study related to this topic.

Newton High School was established in 1949.

In 1954, a new High School was built on Ryerson Avenue at a cost $1,250,000 and the former High School building on Halsted Street was converted to a grammar school.

Frankford, Lafayette and Branchville students departed Newton High School in 1964 when the High Point Regional district was formed.

The opening of High Point Regional High School in September 1966 ended the attendance of students from Branchville Borough, Frankford Township and Lafayette Township.

The first graduating class from this site was June of 1975.

Another bond referendum was passed and Eastside High School opened its doors in August 1994.

History and Social Science State Framework Since 1997, the Newton history departments have aligned the history curriculum with the Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework.

Alcovy High School opened its doors to the students in July 2006.

In September 2013, the Massachusetts Department of Education found that claims of an antisemitic and anti-Israel bias in the Newton history curriculum were baseless.