Titicana Barros, Principal of Roxbury Prep High School – Maywood Campus and Roxbury Prep alumna, has been selected for the Heroes Among Us award, presented by the Massachusetts State Lottery, NBC Sports Boston, and 98.5 The SportbsHub!
The Celtics honored Titciana for her dedication to the youth of Boston, calling her a “shining example” who “instills a culture of joy and high expectations” to help her students achieve their goals.
Sunday night's @MAStateLottery #HeroAmongUs started as a student at Roxbury Prep and returned years later as Principal Titciana Barros.
She instills a culture of joy and high expectations to help her school reach its collective goals, consistently scoring high on AP exams. 📚 pic.twitter.com/B8CAxLgKmb
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) December 24, 2019
In 2019, 94 percent of Roxbury Prep’s first graduating high school class matriculated into four-year colleges, and 100 percent of seniors took at least one Advanced Placement (AP) class, with 62 percent of these students passed at least one AP exam — compared with only 39 percent of public school students across the U.S. who take any AP exam during high school and 24 percent who pass an exam prior to graduating.
Titciana was recognized at the Boston Celtics home game on December 22, 2019. The award is a badge of honor given to individuals or small groups of individuals at every Boston Celtics home game since 1997.
Of course, this isn’t the first time Titciana was recognized for her role in creating a strong learning culture at her school. In November, she was recognized at the State House for her dedication to her community. The commendation was sponsored by Representative Liz Miranda, who tweeted about the Celtics award:
5th Suffolk + @RoxburyPrepRPHS own Principal won a Heores Among Us award from the @celtics. Her story of coming from our community, then as a student at RP who now is a Woman of Color as Principal is so worth celebrating. I’m super proud of you T! pic.twitter.com/BiZqsGqMGQ
— Rep. Liz Miranda (@RepLizMiranda) December 23, 2019
Join us in congratulating Roxbury High School Principal Titciana Barros, who was honored as a #HeroesAmongUs by the @Celtics at Sunday night's game in front of thousands of fans who gave her a standing ovation. Titciana the first Roxbury Prep alumna to become principal. pic.twitter.com/HLGRiaLAkI
— RoxburyPrep (@RoxburyPrepCS) December 23, 2019
Titciana Barros, the principal of Roxbury Prep and an alumna of the school, was honored at Sunday night's @celtics game as a #HereosAmongUs before thousands of cheering fans who gave her a standing ovation. pic.twitter.com/frn9rfrmvA
— RoxburyPrep (@RoxburyPrepCS) December 23, 2019