Hale Elementary News Today

A dozen Dorchester schools have received grants from EdVestors, a nonprofit focused on school improvement. The organization announced earlier this month a $460,000 purse for arts education funding to 65 Boston Public Schools for the coming school year. The announcement came at the Citywide Arts Festival, an annual three- affair that started in 2009.

Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities has granted 51 Mesa teachers their wishes, giving each $2,500 to make them come true.

The Hennepin History Museum display, created in part by two former Hale-Field students, looks at what has and hasnt changed in the city and its schools in the past 50 years.