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Middle school sign bearing Ellen Garrison name will be ‘prominent’ on Old Marlboro Road

September 22, 2024

Discussions are also underway as to how to educate students about Garrison's legacy.

Five METCO grads win inaugural Ellen Garrison Scholarship

July 11, 2024

Concordian Leanne Bateman launched and funded the scholarship and served as administrator of the first awards.

Robbins House seeks archival Ellen Garrison materials

June 21, 2024

The Robbins House, Ellen Garrison’s childhood home, is beginning to archive the material related to the campaign to name the town’s middle school after Garrison.

Ellen Garrison stands up in spotlight of new biopic premiere in Concord

June 20, 2024

“Concord is known for the shot heard ‘round the world, but Ellen, I think, was also the shot that was heard around the world, but in a different way."

New scholarship for METCO grads honors Ellen Garrison’s legacy

June 10, 2024

Two $1,000 awards and two $500 awards will go to women from Concord-Carlisle High School’s METCO program.

Naming school library for Ellen Garrison ‘a suitable compromise’

June 7, 2024

That would be a full honor, rather than a tacked on acknowledgement of her educational and social justice contributions.

Name new middle school’s library for Ellen Garrison

May 31, 2024

Ellen Garrison was an educator who taught children, unable to get an education, to read.

Don’t fret over Ripley’s record; name school for Ellen Garrison

May 31, 2024

Like every judge sitting in our state and federal courts, the School Committee should accept the fact that they might have missed the mark on the first pass.