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Read a collection of stories and learn from the perspectives and experiences of our City Year AmeriCorps members, students, partners and alums.

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Starting the School Day Strong: Power Greeting Promotes Attendance and a Positive School Environment

November 7, 2019

Each weekday, I wake up promptly at 5:30 am. I start my day with a nice cup of coffee and…

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Our Impact

Empowered by Power Tools: City Year Serves with Girls at Work

September 19, 2019

Impact manager Alysa Hemcher shares her City Year bucket list.

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Education

Planning a Literacy Family Engagement Night

May 16, 2019

Planning McDonough’s literacy night was the most exhilarating, exhausting, stressful, and rewarding thing I have done at City Year (or…

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Our Impact

Learning to be Super: City Year’s Leadership Lunch Curriculum Supports Social-Emotional Growth

January 16, 2019

Starting the City Year experience, the thing I was most looking forward to being involved in was Leadership Lunch. I…

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The Corps

A Day in the Life of My Literacy Group

January 9, 2019

We’re all settling down after recess. The hands on the clock hit 12:35 p.m. and four students stand up, each…

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Our Alumni

Running with Sherry Leung: an Alumna’s Commitment to #makebetterhappen

December 17, 2018

Believe or not, I used to really hate running. Running was a constant reminder for me of all the things…

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