WOW! 27 years of Expanded Learning Time Culminate at our Year-End Celebrations

For over 25 years, Citizen Schools has brought its after school programming, Expanded Learning Time (ELT) to communities across the nation. And 2022 marks the end of that impressive run. With it being the sun-setting year of ELT, we wanted to reflect back upon the many exciting events that happened in the final month of the program, but also take a minute to celebrate the communities we’ve partnered with and all of the Teaching Fellows, teachers, facilitators and more who have been involved.

Citizen Schools WOW! A Celebration Of Students & Their Success

This year Citizen Schools hosted nine WOW! celebrations with thousands of students, parents, teachers, and community members to highlight students’ hard work from their apprenticeships.

Expanded Learning TimeRachel AnneseJune 17, 2021apprenticeships, WOW!, Massachusetts, California

Celebrating Our Students: December 2019 WOW! Week Recap

WOW! Week is a celebration of our students’ hard work from their apprenticeships. Over 10 weeks students are transformed into website designers, lawyers, and financial advisers, learning how their current academics apply to a future pathway. During this celebration, communities of family, friends, and volunteers gathered to view our students’ talents and skills through interactive presentations.

WOW! Season Recap

Citizen Schools Massachusetts concluded the fall semester with three incredible WOW!s showcasing student achievement.

East Somerville Community School enjoyed a “Saturday Morning Cartoons” theme to learn more about game design, finances, and design thinking.
Argenziano showcased Google Apprenticeship with lego robots, Maker Challenge involved families in science experiments, and Beautiful Children tapped into artistic skills with stress balls and face-masks.
Winter Hill celebrated with an 80’s themed WOW! Featuring superheroes, crime-scene investigators and, dancers.

Community comes together to celebrate successful apprenticeships

Citizen Schools California ended a successful Fall semester with WOW! events, a culmination of the 10-week-long apprenticeship program. In apprenticeships, volunteers across different industries teach their passion to students once a week for 1.5 hour sessions. Students spend the semester learning a particular skill set or subject matter, all while working towards developing a final project.

California Jaspreet KaurJanuary 28, 2020CSCA, WOW!, apprenticeships, Bay Area

Celebrating Our Students: May 2019 WOW! Week Recap

At the end of each semester, we look forward to WOW! Week, a celebration of our students’ hard work from their apprenticeships. During this celebration, communities of family, friends, and volunteers gathered to view our students’ talents and skills through interactive presentations. Each of our four New York campuses held themed showcases to celebrate these accomplishments.

New YorkMaria Perez CortezJune 4, 2019WOW!, New York, apprenticeships, Spring Semester

A Celebration of Youth, Community & Culture

A celebration, of youth, community, and culture, brought together educators and volunteers on Thursday, May 23, to applaud students who had completed 10-week apprenticeships, all thanks to Citizen Schools, a non-profit that partners with middle schools across the United States to expand the learning day for children in low-income communities.

New York, Media CoverageGuest UserMay 29, 2019WOW!, community

Celebrating Students: WOW! Showcase Events

Each year, we excitedly look forward to WOW! student showcases, which celebrate the culmination of our students’ hard work throughout their apprenticeships. At these events, students get to show off all that they have accomplished and families, friends, and volunteers get to enjoy interactive presentations and other festive activities. Every campus in New York had a chance to shine with their very own campus celebration--complete with a pun-inspired theme.

New YorkRebecca GentschJune 29, 2018WOW!, citizen schools new york, Harry Potter

Spring WOW! Season Highlights

This spring, we were proud to host another successful WOW! season in California. From yoga and tai chi to backpacking, web design and more, our students had no shortage of amazing apprenticeships to chose from this semester. We're so proud of all that our students have learned - and so thankful to all our amazing volunteer Citizen Teachers!

CaliforniaWhitney BuckleyJune 25, 2018WOW!, backpacking, tai chi, web design

December 2017 WOW! Week Recap

Here at Citizen Schools New York, December is when our students get to showcase what they have learned in their 10-week apprenticeships, while their volunteer Citizen Teachers get to say WOW! At our semi-annual Google MegaWOW!, 75 students across our four schools were able to showcase their final products to more than 20 Citizen Teachers, 30 staff members, 25 guest and other special guests.

New YorkRebecca GentschJanuary 3, 2018WOW!, urban assembly unison school, google, teaching fellow

New York Congressman visits Google MegaWOW!

Over 100 excited students showcased what they learned over the course of their apprenticeships at our annual Google MegaWOW! hosted at the Google offices in NYC.