UPCOMING EVENTS
Together, WE will do great things!
Cynthia Soo Hoo
Principal of Josiah Quincy Elementary School
JOSIAH QUINCY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Mission Statement
We seek to provide a challenging academic program that gives all students the means to meet high standards and achieve their best, to foster sound habits of mind and action, and to instill in our students such virtues as integrity, respect, and self discipline.
積極提供嚴謹的學術課程，要求所有學生能朝著高水平的目標，努力進取，養成良好的學習態度及行為表現，發揚誠實，恭敬及自律的美德。
OUR VISION
To prepare our students to be contributing global citizens.
WE VALUE
INCLUSION AND BELONGING 我们重视包容和归属感
Josiah Quincy draws upon the energy of its surrounding neighborhoods and the diversity of its students to create a vibrant center for learning that seeks to prepare young people for global citizenship.
OUR PROGRAMS
Two Signature Programs
IB
International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme
JQES has been an accredited IB World School since September 2022. We are the first Boston Public Elementary School to have an accredited IB Primary Years Program, with a guaranteed pathway to the Josiah Quincy Upper School, another IB World School.
IB World Schools share a common philosophy — a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education.
First accredited IB PYP in Boston Public Schools
Inquiry-based, student-centered learning
Guaranteed pathway to JQUS (also IB accredited)
中文
Mandarin Bilingual
Education Program
Starting in K1 in September 2025, our bilingual program builds upon the existing heritage language program, maintaining native language capacity while attaining English proficiency.
Languages of instruction: English and Mandarin/Chinese
Math taught in Mandarin
Heritage classes taught 2 times a week
Students expected to remain through 5th grade
Option to continue Mandarin through 12th grade at Josiah Quincy Upper School
Prioritizes access for students whose home language is Chinese
Contact Family Liaison
Wenxin Zhang
for more information
GET IN TOUCH
Contact Us
PHONE (Main office)
617-635-8497
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