Citizen Schools operates a network of high-impact middle-school-based after-school programs located across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In just under six years, through a series of innovative partnerships with foundations, school districts, city and state government and community-based organizations, Citizen Schools has grown to serve over 500 students in seven schools in Lowell, Malden, New Bedford, Springfield and Worcester.

Massachusetts is Citizen Schools' first region to achieve scale outside of Boston, and has served as a learning laboratory for Citizen Schools' national expansion. Currently Citizen Schools' affiliates are piloting new and innovative partnerships with school districts, including supporting Salemwood School in Malden in its Expanded Learning Time efforts, engaging public school teachers in leading apprenticeships through Community Learning Centers funding in Worcester Public Schools, and being a part of the team at the Duggan Middle School in Springfield as it transitions to a Commonwealth Pilot School in 2008.

At Citizen Schools, volunteers from throughout the community share what they know and love with young people in real-world projects. Students in Massachusetts will learn about engineering from Raytheon, urban planning and design from AIA members, backyard ecology from Massachusetts Audubon volunteers and financial planning with Credit Union employees in Lowell, New Bedford and Springfield.

For more information about Citizen Schools in Massachusetts contact Executive Director Pat Kirby at 617.695.2300 ext. 107.

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Locations

Citizen Schools in Massachusetts is presented by the following affiliate organizations:

Lead Investors

Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Lloyd Balfour Foundation
Massachusetts 2020
Amelia Peabody Foundation
Jane’s Trust
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
United Way of Merrimack Valley
United Way of Pioneer Valley
United Way of Central Massachusetts
United Way of MassBay
Bank of America
AmeriCorps
Massachusetts Servce Alliance
21st Century Community Learning Centers through the following public school partners:
Lowell Public Schools, Springfield Public Schools and Worcester Public Schools

Other funding provided by:

Malden Public Schools
New Bedford Public Schools