Boston Partners was joined by three incredibly bright and talented Boston Public Schools students this summer through the John Hancock MLK Scholars Program. For two months, Kledion, Sitnour, and Steeven led an outreach project to help recruit more academic mentors for the upcoming school year. As the summer program comes to an end, our Scholars […]
CONTINUE READINGMy Summer as an MLK Scholar with Boston Partners in Education By Kledion Naksi “Come to work on time, wearing business casual clothing.” This is what I was told when I was hired at Boston Partners in Education as an MLK Scholar this summer. So, on the morning of July 9th, my first day, I […]
CONTINUE READINGAn Eventful Summer Experience By Sitnour Elamin On my first day of work as an MLK Scholar, a combination of me entering a new environment, it being my first job, and not knowing my co-workers left me as a nervous wreck. But the people I’ve gotten to know over the last six weeks have made […]
CONTINUE READINGA Year Full of Encouragement, Authenticity, and Commitment to Equality By Ahna Kielar As an Americorps Ambassador of Mentoring through the Highland Street Foundation, my role was to build capacity at a youth-serving, mentoring organization this year. Apart from that, Americorps members don’t really know what their day-to-day experience at their host site will be […]
CONTINUE READINGAbout the Organization: Boston Partners in Education (Boston Partners) enhances the academic achievement and nurtures the personal growth of Boston’s public school students by providing them with focused, individualized, in-school support. Boston Partners recruits, trains, places and supports volunteers to work with students in grades kindergarten through twelve, one-on-one or in small groups, primarily during […]
CONTINUE READINGJob Description Boston Partners in Education (Boston Partners) enhances the academic achievement and nurtures the personal growth of Boston’s public school students by providing them with focused, individualized, in-school support. Boston Partners recruits, trains, places and supports volunteers to work with students in grades K-12, one-on-one or in small groups, primarily during the school day. […]
CONTINUE READINGOn Tuesday, June 19th, Boston Partners in Education was honored to recognize this year’s class of volunteer mentors and school partners at AMP!, our annual celebration of the community members who make our work a reality in Boston Public Schools (BPS) classrooms. This year’s event was hosted by our friends at TD Bank, who generously […]
CONTINUE READINGIt’s a half hour before Peter Olive is scheduled to meet with the two students he mentors at the Hennigan K-8 School, but he’s arrived early — as he usually does — to provide extra support to their whole classroom beforehand. The students in Kristie McElhaney’s fourth/fifth grade class are convened around literacy board games […]
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