For media inquiries regarding President Obama, Melinda Gates, and Secretary Arne Duncan’s visit, please contact Communications, Boston Public Schools, 617-635-9265 or communications@bostonpublicschools.org. 

Boston Public Schools press release - Obama to visit Boston’s innovative pilot school TechBoston Academy
The White House press release - Background on the President’s Trip to TechBoston Academy

Recent press:

• March 8, 2011 – Obama: You cannot succeed without a good education, NECN.  Watch President’s Obama’s visit to TechBoston Academy!
• March 8, 2011 – Boston school prepares for President’s visit, NECN, By Leslie Gaydos. ”Tech Boston Academy students are preparing for the president’s visit on Tuesday afternoon, and the principal said she woke up this morning feeling like it was her second wedding day.”
• March 8, 2011 – TechBoston excited for Obama’s arrival, 7 News WDNH, By Adam Williams and Nicole Oliverio. “Students at TechBoston academy prepared for the President’s arrival, but it’s the work being done behind the door that initially caught President Obama’s attention.”
• March 8, 2011 – School fit for a president, The Boston Globe, By Andrew Ryan and Meghan E. Irons. “President Obama this afternoon will bestow the ultimate validation to TechBoston Academy in Dorchester, touring the technology-driven high school to highlight a striking but uncommon success story in urban education.”
• March 7, 2011 – Obama to visit Boston’s innovative pilot school TechBoston Academy, Boston Public Schools press release. “President Obama…at TechBoston Academy Tuesday to discuss the shared responsibility that government, businesses, philanthropists, and communities have to promote innovative education strategies that will prepare American students to compete in a 21st century economy.”
• March 7, 2011 - President Obama To Visit TechBoston Academy, Headmaster Mary Skipper is interviewed on 90.9 WBUR by Delores Handy. “On Tuesday President Obama will visit TechBoston [Academy] to shine it under a national spotlight as an example of the kind of turnaround he says will help America ‘out-educate’ the world.”
• March 4, 2011 - Obama plans visit to tech academy, The Boston Globe, by Peter Schworm, Akilah Johnson, and Glen Johnson. “The students at TechBoston Academy tried to play it cool, did their best to shrug off the swirling news as no big deal. But it was no use. Even teenage indifference couldn’t hide their excitement. Obama was coming.”
• March 3, 2011 – Breaking news!  President Obama, Melinda Gates and Secretary Arne Duncan to visit TechBoston Academy.  Boston.com, by Glen Johnson.
• January 16, 2011 – A Top Skipper at the Helm, The Boston Globe, by Yvonne Abraham. “Her success is about more than longer school days, constant contact with parents, and laptops for every student. Skipper is best known for her ability to draw amazing work from teachers.”
• February 9, 2010 – Cyberbullying: What words on the web really mean to teens, Fox 25 News, by Maria Stephanos. “Experts and kids agree, you get courage in front of that screen to say more than you would in person, and that can have real consequences. If you think it won’t happen to your kid because they have a lot of friends, think again.”
• August 27, 2009 – Rwanda Trip Shows Mass Students Meaning of Community, Bay State Banner, by Michelle Sedaca. “Seventeen local high school students traveled halfway across the globe last month on an all-expenses-paid, three-week cultural exchange trip linking two Bay State schools with their counterparts in the African nation of Rwanda.”