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Alumni Update
Grads in College

Welcome

The MATCH School Admissions Lottery was held on March 12th for both the middle school and the high school. View the results.

The MATCH School has won a number of awards. Click here to view MATCH's results and recognition.

While many MATCH kids have made huge strides, our school has a ton of room for improvement. Read our priorities here.
MCAS Results 2002 to 2007: Math, English, gains over baseline. For more info, see results.

College Success

MATCH Graduate Spotlight

Lennie Polanco

Class of 2007

Attending Dartmouth College

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MATCH Corps

Straight From the Corps

Jonathan Blum

MIT '06

Computer Science

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Nedra McLaughlin

Princeton '07

Economics

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In the News

Charter School Makes Grade MATCH Ranked Among the Best	Boston Globe Jan. 13, 2008
Darkness is falling outside. The frequent rumble of the Green Line trolley mixes with the sounds of rush-hour traffic on Commonwealth Avenue as a city heads home from work. For many students, tutors, and teachers inside MATCH Charter Public High School near BU, however, the day is not over. When the bell signaling the end of eighth period rings...

America's Best High Schools MATCH: Top 100 Out of 18,000	US News & World Report November 30, 2007
One school is 372 years old. The other is housed in what was an auto parts dealership just a few years ago. Perhaps it is this combination of history and innovation that explains how the state of Massachusetts remains at the forefront of education in this country. Of the 40 states analyzed for these rankings, the Bay State did the best in the percentage...

Tough School Propels Inner-City Kids	October 7, 2007, ABC-TV World News
At age 13, Luis Sanchez's mother kicked him out of the house -- permanently -- for misbehaving. "She just brought me to court and was just, like, you know, 'I don't want him,'" Luis explains. The memory hurts. For two weeks he lived on the streets. A year later, angry and on drugs, he arrived at MATCH in Boston...

Where's a Tutor When You Need One? Check Upstairs	December 21, 2005, The New York Times
Lisa Hwang thought she would end up with an impressive job at a research institute or possibly the World Bank after receiving a master's degree in international education administration and policy analysis from Stanford University in May 2004. Instead, Ms. Hwang, at age 29, is living in a cramped dormitory on the top floor of a high school...