Posts tagged Student Success
Passion and Purpose celebrated at Citizen Schools New York WOW!NOW
Passion and Purpose celebrated at Citizen Schools New York WOW!NOW

On Tuesday, June 11th, Citizen Schools New York hosted our first annual WOW!NOW breakfast event. We invited all of the friends and families of Citizen Schools, including our corporate and foundation partners, our AmeriCorps Teaching Fellows and other staff members, our students and their family members, and our wonderful Citizen Teachers. The event included a showcase of our students’ great work from their semester-long apprenticeships, as well as a seated breakfast and program, during which we heard from some key members of the CS community.

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New YorkGrace LeeWOW!NOW, Student Success, fundraising
Bridging Two Worlds - DACA Recipient Admitted Early to Harvard
Bridging Two Worlds - DACA Recipient Admitted Early to Harvard

An avid soccer player, Santy explained that the only reason he even heard about Menlo School, a private school in Atherton, was because of an after-school program, Citizen Schools, where he would wait out the gap of time between the end of school and the start of soccer practice and took an extracurricular course about local private school opportunities.

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California, Media CoverageGuest UserAlumni, Student Success, California, harvard
Harnessing the Power of Persuasive Writing to Advocate for those in Need

Jacky Bailey is a volunteer Citizen Teacher who joined Citizen Schools, after moving to the Bay Area from Australia, because she missed working with students and wanted to get to know her new community. When Bailey decided to teach an apprenticeship with Citizen Schools for the second time, she wanted to ensure her students could enact and advocate for change in the real world - and not just theoretically in the classroom.

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CaliforniaZoe Pillaapprenticeships, Student Success, community, advocacy