Volunteer Spotlight: Martha Byington, Math Rules!

Apr 2, 2012 | Mentor Spotlight

Martha Byington is a second year volunteer at the Blackstone Elementary School in the South End. She visits two classrooms each week. One of these is Lisa Goncalves-Lavin’s first grade class. Martha has been a lifelong volunteer: in fact, she’s volunteered in a...

Tuesday- the best day of the week

Jan 6, 2012 | Mentor Spotlight

School Volunteer Program volunteer, Kellyanne Dignan shares her experience as a volunteer academic mentor in the Boston Public Schools. Even though I don’t get to sleep in, Tuesday is my favorite day of the week. Just like any other weekday, I’m up at 6am but instead...

Math – a whole new way!

Dec 9, 2011 | News

We are always looking for new ways to support Boston Public Schools students and the academic mentors who tutor and mentor them. Part of doing this is sharing techniques & strategies that can be used in the classroom.  We’d like to share with you one of our...