Mattahunt Elementary Wins Award As Boston's Most Improved School

The Mattahunt Elementary School in Mattapan has won the prestigious 'School on the Move' award.

Three Boston schools were finalists: Boston Adult Technical Academy in Bay Village, Josiah Quincy Elementary School in Chinatown, and Mattahunt.

The winner was announced at a ceremony held Tuesday at the Westin Copley.

The $100,000 prize recognizes the area's most improved school, as well as the school's 'leaders, and teachers who create and continuously improve learning environments where all students can thrive.'

Mattahunt was one the state's poorest performing schools, but following a nine-year improvement plan, the school is now being honored as the city's most-improved school.

At the award ceremony, Mattahunt principal Walter Henderson acknowledged the school's effort to get better. "We were one of the lowest performing schools in the state," he said. "But you know, that set-back was just a set-up for a comeback." 

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