Attended by 1,000 business and community leaders from Boston and across Massachusetts, A WOW! Affair celebrates the creativity and achievement of middle-school students when they team up with volunteer Citizen Teachers and make the most of their out-of-school time.

6:00pm Cocktail Reception featuring WOW! Gallery of student apprenticeships
7:30pm Dinner and program featuring live auction led by Mayor Thomas M. Menino

Creative Black Tie Optional

Register online!

April 17 Citizen Leaders of Red Sox Nation Fenway Park 2:00 - 4:00 pm Student-led tours of Fenway Park and a fundraiser for the Jimmy Fund.
May 5 Kids Invest Federal Reserve Bank 5:30-8:00 pm Be WOW!ed by what our students have achieved during their business and finance apprenticeships with partners like Fidelity, Lehman Brothers, Bank of America, CVS, Thompson Financial, Microsoft and others.
May 6 Kids Online TIME/PLACE TBA You might learn a thing or two about website design and programming when they share what they've learned at their WOW! showcase at Northeastern.
May 7 Mock Trials Moakley Federal Courthouse 5:30-8:00 pm Join legal apprentices from half of Boston's middle schools as they present their cases to federal judges, presented by Discovering Justice!
May 10 Solar Cars TIME/PLACE TBA Watch as apprentices from six campuses compete for the Solar Car WOW! trophy! Solar Cars will be judged in categories ranging from speed, technical merit, innovation, and students' choice. Winners of the Solar Car WOW! will move on to the Junior Solar Sprint held at MIT!

May 10 Youth Hip-Hop Shop TIME/PLACE TBA From production to rhyming, from marketing to event planning, apprenticeships from all over the city have been using hip-hop music and culture as the backdrop for hands-on learning about all sorts of fields. As seen in the Herald. Don't miss the spectacular final product!

May 16 Astronomy in the City MIT 6:00 - 8:00 pm An evening of astrophotography exhibits and presentations by middle school and high school students throughout the city.  Students explore their meaningful connections to objects in space through images they capture with computer-controlled telescopes.
May 16 Ballin' for a Cause TIME/PLACE TBA A charity tournament among 5 middle school basketball apprenticeships.
May 17 Run for Health TIME/PLACE TBA 8th Grade Academy's Annual Run for Health 5k road race, organized and run by 8th graders from throughout the city!