Posts in California
Note from the CEO

This past week, I had the opportunity to sit with a group of rising Boston 9th grader girls, who were both graduates of our 8th Grade Academy program and summer interns at Citizen Schools.  We gathered to talk about their experience with us and the ways in which Citizen Schools is – and isn’t yet – fulfilling its promise to help middle school students launch confidently into their high school years.

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Mentoring Change Makers: Guest Post by Ashley Hauger of Western Digital

For the past 10 weeks, I have been inspired by the future engineers, doctors, veterinarians and artists of the Bay Area. At week one they may have seemed like your average middle schooler, but by week 10, it was made clear – they are the remarkable Girls for a Change (GFAC).

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Saratoga resident Bob France was among the President’s Volunteer Service Awards recipients

Saratoga resident Bob France was among the President’s Volunteer Service Awards recipients, winning the silver award along with 83 others across the country.

France was recognized for his work as a citizen teacher with the national nonprofit Citizen Schools, which requires him to spend hours each week sharing his expertise in his field with middle school students in low-income communities.

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Volunteer wins award for education efforts

Corey Cronin of Novato has received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for work as a “citizen teacher” with the national nonprofit Citizen Schools.

The group partners with middle schools to provide academic support to children in low-income communities, in conjunction with AmeriCorps educators and the volunteer teachers.

Cronin was a silver award honoree, which recognizes volunteers who have taught three of the past four semesters. Across the country, 83 volunteers were recognized in this category.

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AmeriCorps Matching Institutions

There are a number of institutions across the US that recognize the hard work, dedication and drive of AmeriCorps members. They offer a variety of inscentives like matching tution funding to the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award.  See a list of participating universities in the Citizen Schools footprint below, or browse the full list here.

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Expanding Opportunity: Citizen Schools Impact 2016

In the past year, our programming has continued to demonstrate measurable impact in academic growth and achievement, helping to narrow the opportunity gap in our schools. This report includes key national and regional results, as well as introductions to just a few of the many supporters, volunteers and Americorps members who help make it possible for middle schoolers across the country to discover and achieve their dreams.

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Introducing Citizen Schools' New Civic Engagement Coordinator, Zoe Pilla!

I graduated from Northeastern majoring in Business Administration and Marketing, with minors in International Affairs and Social Entrepreneurship. While at Northeastern I worked for a year and a half at 3 different internships, my favorite one being at Pine St Inn, which is the biggest center for homeless resources in New England, where I worked in Workforce development.

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Building Skills, Building Community

They’ll be using hammers, nails and two-by-fours, but over the next three weeks, fifty students at Joseph George Middle School, an Alum Rock Union Elementary School District’s Visual and Performing Arts school, will be finishing a semester that’s been about more than building walls and roofs. 

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