To honor our son Dylan Smyth, a member of the CCHS Class of 2020,
Support CCHS’s new racial justice initiatives by donating in Dylan's Name
Deadline: Graduation Day, July 19th, 2020
About Dylan
Dylan was a rising sophomore at CCHS when he was killed in an accident on August 18, 2017. He would have been part of this year’s graduating class. We can’t watch him receive his diploma on July 19th, but we can do something meaningful in his honor.
Our goals with this fundraiser are to recognize the Boston students who were Dylan’s good friends, and to support ongoing conversations about race, trust and inclusion across all of CCHS.
New racial justice initiatives at Concord-Carlisle High School
Our family has been doing a lot of thinking lately about race in America, trying to understand our country’s systemic sources of racial injustice and identify ways that individually we can help.
As it turns out, there is an urgent need right here at CCHS.
Based on recent conversations with Boston, Concord and Carlisle families about racial equality and inclusion, the school is planning a series of new initiatives around racial justice, all of which are in need of funding. These include:
- Creating a Black Student Union
- Holding school-wide conversations on racism, including a speaker series
- Launching the Civic Art Project, aimed at capturing the spirit of change and civic-mindedness in the halls of CCHS when the school reopens in the fall
Please consider supporting these initiatives in Dylan’s name.
Every donation brings us closer to our goal of raising $5,000 by the class of 2020 graduation day, Sunday July 19th.
About the METCO program
The Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity program is a state-funded grant program that promotes diversity and educational opportunity for more than 3,300 Boston and Springfield school students, as well as thousands of students in the METCO receiving school districts. The program was started in the 1960s to provide enhanced educational opportunities for participating students, to reduce the racial isolation of suburban school districts, and to reduce segregation in city schools.
The Concord Public Schools’ partnership with the METCO program began in 1967 when 20 students entered Concord-Carlisle High School. Today, the program serves 140 Boston-based students in grades K-12.
For more general information about the METCO program at the Concord-Carlisle school district, click here.
Support CCHS’s new racial justice initiatives by donating in Dylan's Name
Deadline: Graduation Day, July 19th, 2020
About Dylan
Dylan was a rising sophomore at CCHS when he was killed in an accident on August 18, 2017. He would have been part of this year’s graduating class. We can’t watch him receive his diploma on July 19th, but we can do something meaningful in his honor.
Our goals with this fundraiser are to recognize the Boston students who were Dylan’s good friends, and to support ongoing conversations about race, trust and inclusion across all of CCHS.
New racial justice initiatives at Concord-Carlisle High School
Our family has been doing a lot of thinking lately about race in America, trying to understand our country’s systemic sources of racial injustice and identify ways that individually we can help.
As it turns out, there is an urgent need right here at CCHS.
Based on recent conversations with Boston, Concord and Carlisle families about racial equality and inclusion, the school is planning a series of new initiatives around racial justice, all of which are in need of funding. These include:
- Creating a Black Student Union
- Holding school-wide conversations on racism, including a speaker series
- Launching the Civic Art Project, aimed at capturing the spirit of change and civic-mindedness in the halls of CCHS when the school reopens in the fall
Please consider supporting these initiatives in Dylan’s name.
Every donation brings us closer to our goal of raising $5,000 by the class of 2020 graduation day, Sunday July 19th.
About the METCO program
The Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity program is a state-funded grant program that promotes diversity and educational opportunity for more than 3,300 Boston and Springfield school students, as well as thousands of students in the METCO receiving school districts. The program was started in the 1960s to provide enhanced educational opportunities for participating students, to reduce the racial isolation of suburban school districts, and to reduce segregation in city schools.
The Concord Public Schools’ partnership with the METCO program began in 1967 when 20 students entered Concord-Carlisle High School. Today, the program serves 140 Boston-based students in grades K-12.
For more general information about the METCO program at the Concord-Carlisle school district, click here.
Organizer and beneficiary
Ian Rhames
Beneficiary