Joseph P. Manning Elementary School
Grow - Learn - Thrive Together
                                                                                                                  Ethan d'Ablemont Burnes, Principal

About Us 

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The Joseph P. Manning Elementary School is located in a quiet, residential neighborhood in Jamaica Plain. We have an instructional focus on higher order thinking skills and an inclusion program that supports success for all of our children. Our small size allows us to develop meaningful relationships with students so that we can individualize our instructional strategies and students’ social development. We are supported by an active Parent Council and powerful partnerships with the Responsive Classroom, Playworks and the Faulkner Hospital, among others. Students are offered science, library, art, physical education, and music each week.

Morning Pledge
I am somebody special and smart, with kindness and love in my heart. 
I pledge to work hard every day, so I can proudly say, I am the best at what I do, I can even teach you!

Community Rules
​Do Your Best
Be Respectful
Be Safe
Own What You Do

​Special Features
  • Instructional focus on higher order thinking skills
  • Inclusion program to support all students
  • Positive school culture nurtured by Responsive Classroom
  • Full-time science technology teacher and librarian, art teachers, and physical education through Playworks
  • School psychologist
  • Occupational and speech therapy
  • Music with Community Music Center of Boston
  • Computers in every classroom
  • Active parent participation as volunteers, fund raisers, and members of the School Parent and School Site Councils
  • Individual parent conferences
K-8 Pathway
  • Guaranteed assignment to grade 6 at the Boston Teachers Union (BTU) K-8 School.
Special Academic Programs
  • Special Education: Early Childhood integrated K0-K1 classroom; K2-grade 5 are inclusion classes with extra support.