Congratulations Revere High School Class of 2025! ons R ve Vol. 35, No.24 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net d Free Every Friday RHS Class of 2025 Graduate over 500 Students Advocate Staff Report M ore than 500 Revere High School and CityLab Innovation High School seniors walked across the stage at Harry Della Russo Stadium to receive their diplomas as part of the school department’s graduation exercises last week. Revere High School valedictorian Erta Ismahili, salutatorian Dayna Phan, and class president Endurance Nkeh joined Kelly, Mayor Patrick Keefe, and high school principals Christopher Bowen (RHS) and Stacey Mulligan (CityLab) welcomed the graduates in what will be there fi nal day as students at the Revere Public Schools. GRADUATE | SEE Page 14-15 781-286-8500 s of 2 Friday, June 13, 2025 State Rep. Giannino Hosts Packed Reception LOVING SUPPORT: State Representative Jessica Giannino is shown with her dad, Ward 6 City Councillor Chris Giannino and her lovely grandmother Joanne Giannino at the popular state rep’s reception at Casia Lucia recently. See pages 10-11 for photo highlights. (Advocate photo). CONGRATULATIONS: Valedictorian Erta Ismahii and Salutatorian Dayna Phan are shown with Mayor Patrick Keefe and CityLab Principal Stacey Mulligan, Ed. D. prior to the start of last week’s graduation ceremonies at Harry Della Russo Stadium. School Committee cuts high school and middle school transportation program to close $1.3M budget shortfall Students residing under 2 miles to receive MBTA/Charlie Card passes Advocate Staff Report T he School Committee voted unanimously to approve a plan to close a $1.3 million shortfall in the school transportation budget. Committee members agreed to eliminate the high school transportation program and transportation for middle school students who live less than two miles from their school. Students affected by those changes will receive a CharlieCard (an MBTA pass) from the district. “Nobody wants to re - duce service, but times have changed,” said Mayor Patrick Keefe, who is chair of the School Committee. “We have a rich history of what we’ve been able to do but times are diff erent now.” The committee discussed several options, such as using Girl Scouts of Eastern Mass. Welcome Sisters Monica and Bianca Grehs of Revere as Members of the 500 Club Girl Scouts of Eastern Mass.’ 500 Club Recognizes Girl Scouts Who Sold Over 500 Packages of Cookies Special to Th e Advocate W next year’s circuit breaker money, and state funding meant to off set the cost of transporting special needs students to outof- district placements, to cover the budget gap. But the committee is being conservative and cautious about spending in anticipation of heavy costs anticipated by the new high school and the early education center COMMITTEE | SEE Page 2 altham, Mass. — Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA), the largest girl serving organization in Massachusetts, is proud to recognize Monica and Bianca Grehs of Revere as members of the 500 Club, honoring local Girl Scouts who have sold over 500 packages of cookies during the 2024-2025 Cookie Program. GIRL SCOUTS | SEE Page 3
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