Nelly’s Path to Academic Success

School Volunteer Program volunteer Karleigh Rose Pettit shares her experience as a volunteer academic mentor in the Boston Public Schools. In a previous blog entry, a Boston Partners in Education volunteer mentioned that Tuesdays are the best day of her week. Me? I...

Emilio’s Story

  This is Emilio.  Well, this is Emilio 10 years ago when he was a first grader in Power Lunch at the Blackstone Elementary School. At that time, Boston Partners in Education matched him with two reading mentors, Heather and Lou. Emilio is currently a Junior at...

Making the Time

Paresh Motiwala is a Power Lunch volunteer and has been reading aloud to a first grader, Frankie, for two years at the McKay K-8 School in East Boston. Paresh works for Bingham McCutchen, a law firm that has partnered with Boston Partners in Education for over 15...

AMP!

Thank you to everyone who attended AMP!, our Academic Mentor Party on May 30! AMP! is one of our favorite events. It’s an evening to celebrate our partners – volunteers, teachers, administrators and corporations –  and the work they do throughout the...