City Year
Boston
While Boston’s nickname is The Hub, known for being a vibrant center for academia, business, tech and medicine, some students in Boston face significant challenges every day. Together we can help students build on their strengths and thrive.
Support students in Boston
We are City Year. We are challenging the educational status quo with tenacity, passion and empathy. We create environments where young people feel like they belong, so they can fulfill their potential.
With a strong culture and rich history, Boston has evolved into a welcoming and energetic city that is full of young professionals.
There are 250 highly-skilled AmeriCorps members working with students throughout Boston.
We partner with educators while supporting, mentoring and lifting up our students so that they are able to fully take advantage of their drive and skill sets.
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Great! We are excited to work together to grow our communities, while you learn valuable skills for the future.
Start application Connect with a recruiterGo into your City Year with resources and information from classroom environments to housing, and some hidden gems to help you feel like a part of the community during your City Year Boston experience.
Boston is considered a world leader in innovation, education and the arts and is an ideal place to spend a year making an impact, growing as a leader and pursuing unique career opportunities.
Read about the local benefitsWe’ll walk you through how to use the MBTA to get across the city, how and where to find roommates and housing, and some hidden gems to make you feel like a local during your City Year Boston experience.
See our Boston city guideCity Year Boston’s virtual Starry Night Fundraising Gala is coming up on May 21st. Latoyia speaks to Sandra Lopez Burke,...
Read more about Help Students Succeed with City Year Boston’s Virtual Fundraiser [NBC10 Boston]City Year AmeriCorps member and partner teacher at the Henry Grew Elementary School talk about the challenges and opportunities of...
Read more about Teachers & City Year Team Up to Manage Virtual Classroom Challenges [Dig Boston]City Year, a nonprofit that works with children in the Boston Public Schools, is planning a 20-minute virtual event for...
Read more about Nonprofits see big drop in fund-raising while demand for services rise [The Boston Globe]More than 200 volunteers filled the halls of Excel High School in South Boston to paint murals, office spaces, lounges,...
Read more about More than 200 volunteers spruce up high school in South Boston in honor of MLK [7 News]Connect with us
#ThrowBackThursday
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🎶“We’ll miss you, students. You’re our starlight. We love to work with you, come and dance with us. We had a great year!”🎶
This past school year a couple of Corps on the @Comcast team created a parody to the song, “Levitate” by Dua Lipa . 😄We loved their creativity and ideas to keep our students engaged. If you would like to see more fun videos like this one, follow them on @tiktok at @burketok!👈🏼
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#throwbackthursday #throwback🔙 #tbt #tbt🔙📸 #alumni #cityyearboston #boston
“Be a mentor. Be a tutor… be a small part of their journey that can help them succeed is a really rewarding thing.” 😊 - CYB Alumni, Matthew, who served on the @wellingtonmgt team at @cityyearbga
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When you’re looking for next steps after graduation, find a purpose not just a paycheck. Come be a part of @CityYearBoston. 😄 Our AmeriCorps members help enable pathways to academic achievement for @bostonschools students. As well as helping them develop all they can be. 🙌🏼✏️
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Whether you are looking to do something meaningful during your gap year, figuring out if an education career is for you, whatever your reason may be, come CY!📚❣️😊 The link is in our bio to apply for this year’s class of AmeriCorps member. 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼
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[Video description: A few of our AmeriCorps members from the 2020 - 2021 class explaining why they chose to serve at CYB.]
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#WhyIServeWednesday #WhyIServe #ComeCY #CYB #CityYearBoston #Boston #NationalService #AmeriCorps #Apply #Today
School is out! 🎉And maybe you’re thinking about your next steps after high school. 🎓 Spend the year making a difference in the Boston community. 🌆This gap will allow you to not only help students find their strengthens but your own as well. 💪You’ll be able to gain experience that will help you to be successful on a college campus. You will gain or improve skills such as:
✔️Problem-solving 📐
✔️Decision making 🤔
✔️Verbal communication skills 🗣🎙
✔️Collaboration 🤝
✔️Successful relationship development 👯
Maybe you already committed to a college, but many colleges and universities will allow you to defer your acceptance to pursue a meaningful year of service! Why not spend it here in Boston with our @Bostonschools students. Learn more about this opportunity and follow the link in our bio.
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[Photo description: a City Year Branded graphic with school supplies all around it, and a student next to two AmeriCorps members. There is a ripped piece of paper that says, "Make moves that make a difference," on the top.]
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#CityYear #Boston #AmeriCorps #GapYear #HighSchool #Seniors #College #Application
“During my time as a City Year AmeriCorps member, the brightest spots in my day came from the people around me. From greeting students with smiles as arrived at school to connecting with my teammates after another powerful day of service, there was always a joy to be found… Eight years later and I still get so much joy from connecting with my teammates. (Shout out to the Burke!)” - Isabel Barros CYB Alumni ’12, ‘13 ❤️
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When you give a year to service, you’re not only helping students succeed by helping them learn all that they’re capable of doing, but you will also gain valuable career skills, such as leadership skills, networking, and more!😄📚 You will also learn more about yourself, gain memories that will last a lifetime, and teammates that could turn into family. 🤗Apply to give a year of service today with City Year Boston. 💡Follow the link in our bio or go to www.cityyear.org/apply-now
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[Photo description: A City Year branded graphic with a throwback picture of Isabel and her team on the left, and a picture of Isabel smiling during the 2019 Opening Day Ceremony on the right.]
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#CityYearBoston #CityYear #Application #ApplyToday #AmeriCorps #NationalService #CityYearAlumni #AlumniNetwork #Networking #GapYear #YearOfService #AmeriCorpsVista #Boston #BostonPublicSchool #BPS
Are you or someone you know taking a gap year after high school or during college? Are you looking to do something meaningful during that year? Think about doing a year of service with City Year Boston!🌆 Come and join a group of diverse AmeriCorps members to support @Bostonschools students. Help them thrive, not only academically but with social and emotional learning as well. 😊
As a City Year AmeriCorps member, you will help students build an ever-expanding sense of who they are, why they matter and help them discover whom they want to become. 😄Some of the responsibilities include leading an enriching afterschool program, working with our partner teachers at one of our many partner schools to help create a welcoming environment, building a positive, caring relationship with students, and more! If you would like to learn more, please visit our website at www.cityyear.org/boston or follow the link in our bio. 👆👆👆
The last award we want to commemorate is the Wilmer Hale LLC Civic Innovation Award. 🏆
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This award was inspired as a tribute to John D. Hamilton, Jr. who served as Managing Partner of the law firm and as Vice Chairman of the City Year Boston Board.
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Each year we present this award to a Boston Corps member who either creates a new project or model of service that benefits the community, or one who comes up with innovative approaches to solving community issues. We had SO many nominees, but after carefully giving it time and effort - this year's winner is Caroline Samaha a part of the Fidelity Investments team serving at the English High school!. Caroline was a part of Dean's Counsel, The SIMS working group, the Love & and Joy committee, and more! 😱 She built a more supportive system around the Corps and gave Corps members more time with students rather than on excel spreadsheets. Caroline also adopted the term, "partner students," just how we use the term "partner teachers." This is to recognize the collaboration between students and AmeriCorps members. It embodies one of our CY values, "Students first, collaboration always." 😄Thank you for all your hard work, Caroline! We appreciate you. ❤️
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[Photo description: A graphic of AmeriCorps Member, Caroline Samaha a part of the @Fidelity team who proudly served at @cyb_english.]
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