826 Boston Inc.

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“Headquartered in roxbury's egleston square, 826 boston is dedicated to teaching creative and expository writing to underserved students, ages 6 to 18, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Since 826 boston opened in 2007, the organization's innovative youth writing programs have provided one-on-one writing support to more than 16,000 underserved students. 826 boston's core programs, offered free of charge, are guided by the belief that great leaps in learning can occur with one-on-one attention, and that writing skills are fundamental to future success. These programs include after-school tutoring, in-school publishing projects, writing workshops, storytelling field trips, and a summer theater camp run in collaboration with the american repertory theater. Locally founded and funded, 826 boston is one of seven chapters in a national network of youth writing centers founded by the writer dave eggers and educator ninive calegari. In september 2013, the 826 network received the inaugural american literacy prize from the library of congress for its "innovative history of addressing community illiteracy...and its unique approach to helping at-risk k-12 students achieve reading and writing proficiency." evaluated by both local and national educational experts, 826 boston uses a tutoring model based on a theory of change that emphasizes project-based learning. In its 2013 study, the wallace foundation recognizes the 826 netwok as a model organization for after-school arts programming. A recently completed report by arbor consulting partners also demonstrates that 826 boston's after-school program "offers a caring, positive, and creative environment ... (where) students make progress ... That provides the foundation for skill development, confidence, and persistence."”

“The 2018-2019 academic year was a momentous one for the organizationserving 4,564 students with 32,623 hours of programming. The report that follows tracks successful growth in 826 boston's priority programs. After-school writing and tutoring program 826 boston provided 182 students with 7,052 hours of tutoring and writing assistance, with the help of 198 volunteers. Students produced two collections of original writing. One book was released in january and the other in june. As always, the publishing program is incredibly popular. This year 59 students contributed to invincible, original hero-and-villain-themed stories and poems. A new pilot program in partnership with nova science studio enrolled ten students in grades 9-12 with the goal of engaging a more diverse base of contributors to science journalism. This pilot project was funded by carnegie corporation of new york and was tested at three local sites in boston, including 826 boston's after-school program. Enrolled students learn from a trained facilitator and visiting journalists from wgbh's nova program. Developed in conjunction with nova's education and digital teams, teens learned how to research and synthesize scientific information, culminating in five written articles and five short-form videos, which were celebrated at nova's studios in boston. Survey results of participating students indicated that 100% "would consider writing and/or making a video on a topic of my choosing in the future." the final videos produced by 826 boston students are available online at the nova website and were showcased nationally. Writers' room program expansion as part of 826 boston's strategic plan, which was launched in 2016, 826 boston is expanding its programs through establishing writers' rooms in partner boston public schools. This fall, we opened the doors to our sixth writers' room located at the edward m. Kennedy academy for health careers. 826 boston writers' rooms are dedicated spaces in partner schools that provide students with full-time support with their academic writing, as well as opportunities to engage in creative writing and publishing projects that amplify and celebrate youth voices. This choice of expansion lets us meet students where they are and allow us to customize our offerings for the needs of each school. Leveraging the strong momentum built over the past few years, last year 826 boston opened its fourth and fifth writers' rooms at the boston international newcomers academy (binca) in september 2018 and at the rafael hernndez two-way bilingual k-8 school in january 2019. Binca, which is home to 826 boston's fourth writers' room, serves students from more than 40 countries who speak more than 25 languages. In its first year, the writers' room program published more than 300 student stories, including a very special collection of poems, spoken word pieces, and raps based on primary-source historical documents. That cohort of students went on to perform their work for their peers at a celebration hosted in the writers' room, and three students were later chosen to perform their song on a much larger stagethe boston opera houseas part of a student showcase during a class trip to see the musical hamilton. 826 boston worked with the rafael hernndez school to design a writers' room that could address the unique needs of this high-potential student body. 826 boston recognized that the proposed writers' room at the rafael hernndez school would require additional training for tutors and curricular customization. 826 boston spent time growing 826 boston's volunteer network to include adequate spanish-language proficient tutors and piloting experimental programming at the school to introduce the services of an 826 boston writers' room to teachers ahead of the physical room setup. In just the first six months of operation, the program served every student in the building. Publishing youth voices 826 boston has a 12-year history of publishing youth voices. From the h”