While Boston’s nickname is The Hub, known for being a vibrant center for academia, business, tech and medicine, some students in Greater Boston face significant challenges every day. Together we can help students build on their strengths and thrive.
While Boston is known for being a vibrant center for academic, business, tech and medicine, some students face significant education inequities and challenges every day. As the largest school district in Massachusetts, Boston Public Schools enrolls more than 53,000 students across 125 schools.
I signed up for a year of service because I wanted to fully dedicate my time to a cause that is larger than myself. Our students are at the forefront of our service.
Sophia Riviello First-year AmeriCorps member proudly serving at the Madeline English School
The Corps Experience
City Year Greater Boston partners with Boston and Everett Public Schools to help create environments where all students can build on their strengths and fully engage in their learning. Our AmeriCorps members serve in schools all day, every day, preparing students with the skills and mindsets to thrive in school and in life.
They serve as tutors, mentors, and role models to students who need extra time and support to engage in school and stay on track to graduation. For many students, having this one-on-one attention is so important. We have some of the finest teachers in the country, but teachers can’t do it alone. And that’s where City Year lends a hand.
AmeriCorps members are truly making an impact. Last school year, math scores dropped by 16%. Students with an AmeriCorps member increased an entire grade level. What’s more is that City Year is having an impact on whole school outcomes. 98% of our school partners share that City Year AmeriCorps members serve as positive role models and add important resources to their classrooms. This close-knit community with ample opportunities to develop meaningful personal and professional relationships makes Greater Boston an ideal place to serve.
Our Schools
As the largest school district in Massachusetts, Boston Public Schools (BPS) enrolls more than 53,000 students across 125 schools. Boston Public Schools is home to a wide variety of students, who come from many different backgrounds and ethnicities, with many different languages spoken by families and students. 42.5% of students are Hispanic, 33% Black, 14% White, 9% Asian and 1.5% multi-racial or other. 45% of students do not speak English as their first language.
In the 2021-2022 school year, 160 AmeriCorps members served in 16 Boston Public Schools elementary,middle and high schools. And 40 AmeriCorps members served in five K-8 Everett Public Schools.
Transportation to School
Most schools within Boston and Everett Public Schools are accessible by public transportation, the MBTA.
One of City Year Greater Boston’s priorities is to support the personal and professional growth of AmeriCorps members by offering programming throughout the year designed to help you discover or pursue your post-service plans and ways you can continue to be a leader after your time with City Year.
Join City Year as a Teaching Fellow to pursue your Master's in Education (M.Ed.) from Umass Boston, or explore tuition scholarships available to City Year alumni at other accredited universities.
18-Minute Networking – A networking event hosted by Deloitte that includes professional development workshops on networking, job searching and financial planning, as well as an opportunity to speak with professionals in a field of your interest.
Comcast Careers Day – As part of our national partnership, Comcast NBCUniversal provides a day of professional development to support City Year AmeriCorps members preparedness for college and career following your year of service.
Public Speaking – Throughout the year, City Year Greater Boston hosts a number of events where AmeriCorps members share their service story through writing and public speaking.
Comms Crew – Working closely with City Year Greater Boston’s communications department, help share service stories and highlight AmeriCorps members’ work in Boston and Everett Public Schools through the school team’s Instagram account and other storytelling opportunities.
Community Involvement
Create a positive climate of civic engagement that ripples throughout the Greater Boston community! During the service year, AmeriCorps members participate in community service across the city and help beautify the community by painting murals and common spaces in schools and creating school supply kits for students and classrooms.
Over the last 30 years we have built robust relationships with Boston and Everett Public Schools, teachers, families and the community at large. We can’t wait to welcome you.
In this month’s blog post, City Year Greater Boston Alumn Nicolas Gonzales talks about how @cityyear helped launch his career in social work and the importance of representation in the this field.
💪🏾As an @AmeriCorps member, Nicolas served in a third-grade bilingual (Spanish-English) classroom at Dever-McCormack K-8 School in Dorchester.
❤️After his first year, he developed a passion for supporting students in their social-emotional learning journeys and decided to serve a second year as a Team Leader at Blackstone Elementary in the South End.
➡️ Learn more about Nicolas service journey at the #linkinbio
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As we wrap up #NationalMentoringMonth, we are so proud to be a part of #studentsuccess through the work our #CYGB @AmeriCorps members do every day in classrooms across Greater Boston.
Check out the blog post in #linkinbio on the importance of mentorship by #CYGB Senior AmeriCorps member on the @bostoncivicengagement team, Grace!
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City Year Greater Boston is known for our service in schools, where student success coaches provide students across 17 @bostonschools and @everett_schools with holistic support in social, emotional and academic development.
As an organization dedicated to supporting students, teachers and schools, we recognize the need to go beyond the classroom walls and to contribute to communities in diverse ways.
City Year Greater Boston AmeriCorps members who are interested in serving another year have the opportunity to apply for a second year of service in schools OR they can apply to serve with @bostoncivicengagement
@bostoncivicengagement held 40 service events and engaged 3,000+ volunteers during the 2020-2021 service year, making a ripple of impact across the Greater Boston community....
We are so grateful to the @Starbucks Foundation for providing gift cards to all of our hardworking #CYGB @AmeriCorps members! ☕️ 💚
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