Through Citizen Schools, volunteers from the Bay Area share what they know and love with over 450 students in six schools (with a projected growth of 12-15 sites in California in the next five years).  Working side by side with adult experts, young people learn real-world skills that help put them on a pathway to success in school and in life.   

For example, students learn about giving back to the community through apprenticeships where they raise funds, develop solutions to community problems, rebuild their school, or educate their neighborhood about diabetes.  In California, students have also built their own computers, robots, websites, architecture plans, bikes, and much more!

Find out how you can get involved with teaching and/or volunteering by emailing Vince Gay.  To learn more about our efforts to re-imagine education in California, contact Interim Executive Director Sylvia Kidder Barry at 650.363.2724.  

Citizen Schools California
c/o McKinley Institute of Technology
400 Duane Street, Room 125
Redwood City, CA 94062
tel/fax 650.363.2720
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Key Funders

These funders have provided essential support for Citizen Schools programs in California:

Americorps

Bank of America

Educational Promise Foundation

Franklin & Catherine Johnson Foundation

Goldman Sachs Foundation

The Koret Foundation

Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health

Omidyar Fund

San Francisco Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation