MAYOR MENINO AND SUPERINTENDENT PAYZANT KICK OFF ACADEMIC MENTORING
PROGRAM
Generations Incorporated and Boston Partners in Education collaborate
to bring the Math and Literacy Project to Roxbury and South Boston
elementary students
November 22nd -Boston, Mass –Mayor Thomas
Menino and Boston Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Payzant joined
Boston non-profits, Generations Incorporated and Boston Partners
in Education Tuesday morning in Roxbury to kickoff their collaborative
academic mentoring program at the Maurice J. Tobin Elementary School.
The event celebrated the launch of the Math and Literacy Project.
The project is designed to connect 4th and 5th grade students of
Roxbury with trained older adult mentors who provide academic tutoring
and build positive relationships that encourage students to develop
self-confidence and a desire to achieve. The program has been funded
by the Department of Education and the Riley Foundation.
“I am proud to help announce this partnership between Boston
Partners in Education and Generations Incorporated,” said
Mayor Menino, “Two organizations that have come together to
provide valuable tutoring and mentoring to students.”
The Math & Literacy Project is currently in place at four Boston
Public Schools; The Tobin Elementary School, The Nathan Hale Elementary
School, and the Orchard Gardens Pilot School, all in Roxbury, and
the newest addition, the John Marshall Elementary School in Dorchester.
Present in the audience, were students, teachers and several Experience
Corps Volunteers that serve in 13 of the Boston Public Schools and
4 After-School sites. “Our children are very special to this
city, and they need all the guidance we can possibly give them,”
said the Mayor.
The kick-off closed with the presentation of certificates of achievement,
handed out by the Mayor and Superintendent to each of the students
and volunteers participating in the Math & Literacy Project
at the Tobin Elementary School. Principals from the Hale and Orchard
Gardens were also on hand to represent the program at their schools.
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