THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2021 Page 5 Everett High School builds home tennis courts M ayor Carlo DeMaria recently announced that Everett High School officially has new home tennis courts. While the city has tennis courts at the American Legion Memorial and at Clark, Edgewater, Forest, Garfield, Howarth and Lowell Parks, the high school lacked its own home tennis courts. The Everett High School home tennis courts are located at Thomas S. Rossetti Park near 1 Rivergreen Dr. “I want all of our sport teams at Everett High School to be well accommodated. They should feel like their fields and courts are a home away from home. I SCHOOL | FROM PAGE 1 one school. “You can’t identify the whole district as being overcrowded,” she said. Mayor Carlo DeMaria said the property formerly owned by General Electric is being considered as the site for the new school. DeMaria said he would also like to relocate Everett Stadium to the same area and construct a facility for the high school crew team. “I fully supJarick Walker describes rise to success in NFL By Christopher Roberson am ecstatic about this project being complete,” said DeMaria. “The tennis team truly deserved port going forward with the Statement of Interest,” he said. At this time, there is no indication as to what the cost might be of building a new high school. “It’s my belief that a new EHS would allow us to address overcrowding in every single school building,” School Committee Chairman Frank Parker said following the meeting. “This would allow us to add more trade offerings to our existing Career Technical Education program.” Safe Routes to School In other news, Judy Crocker, outreach coordinator for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), spoke about advancing the Safe Routes to School program in Everett. Six of the city’s 10 schools have participated in the program since 2009. Crocker said that as of 2018 a half-mile was the average distance between the Whittier their own designated space and I am sure they will be just as happy as I am.” School and the homes of the students who attended that school. She said at that time 80 percent of Whittier students lived within one mile of the school. Crocker also said the program offers a pedestrian safety curriculum for second and third grade students as well as a bike safety curriculum for second, fourth and eighth grade students. The program is currently used by 65 percent of school districts throughout the state. Last year alone, the MassDOT Shared Streets and Spaces Grant provided funding for 232 projects. Senior Week and Graduation Tahiliani said Senior Week will begin on June 1 and Scholarship Night will be held on June 8. Unlike last year, she said, the traditional, in-person graduation ceremony will be held at Everett Stadium on June 9 at 6 p.m. Jarick Walker J arick Walker recently shared the path that took him from playing a handful of college football games to becoming the talent and marketing manager for the NFL. Growing up in Hyde Park, Walker spent two years as a linebacker for Catholic Memorial School in West RoxWALKER | SEE PAGE 17
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