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Education News Weekly Roundup

The Education News Weekly Roundup is brought to you by Holly Trippett, the Public Relations Intern at Citizen Schools and a senior at Emerson College studying Marketing Communications.

Citizen Schools News:

  • Charlotte Chamber – 1/26/12 – Bob About Town Visits Citizen Schools – Charlotte Chamber President Bob Morgan visited MLK Middle School last week while students were preparing for their 6 Degrees of Charlotte interviews. He was able to talk to a few students about how they are preparing for the event.
  • East Durham Children’s Initiative – 1/27/12 – What is EDCI? – A video featuring Jill Ullman, the Development Director of Citizen Schools North Carolina, is featured on the landing page of the EDCI website. Read more…

New Partnership with SurveyMonkey Contribute!

We are excited to announce our new partnership with SurveyMonkey Contribute.  Sign up to be a member on Contribute, and you will receive opinion surveys from SurveyMonkey. For every survey you take, SurveyMonkey will donate $0.50 to Citizen Schools, and you will get a chance to win $100 in an instant win game. Sign up here!

Charlotte Observer: Helping students network, succeed

The Charlotte Observer

January 29, 2012

Fourth Annual 6 Degrees of Charlotte will be Feb. 2

Citizen Schools North Carolina is hosting a “6 Degrees of Charlotte” event where students will get the opportunity to learn networking skills and meet experts in the fields that they are interested in entering. Learn more about the upcoming event.

ABC 5 Boston: Interview with MacCalvin Romain

MacCalvin Romain, EMC Corporation employee and Citizen Schools volunteer and alumnus, was interviewed by ABC 5 Boston in a segment that aired on Sunday, January 22. In the interview, MacCalvin discusses what inspired him in sixth grade as a Citizen Schools student, his current career at EMC, and his volunteer work at his old school, the Irving Middle School in Roslindale, MA. Watch the full segment here!

Education News Weekly Roundup

The Education News Weekly Roundup is brought to you by Holly Trippett, the Public Relations Intern at Citizen Schools and a senior at Emerson College studying Marketing Communications.

Citizen Schools News:

  •  First Giving – 12/15/11 - Dave Mantus Rickshaw Rally Donation Page  Dave Mantus has been a Citizen Teacher for many years as well as serving on the Massachusetts Boards of Advisors. This past holiday season Mantus traveled to India to partake in a rickshaw rally and was able to raise over $5,000 for Citizen Schools.
  • BadgeStack Project – 12/26/11 – DML Stage 1 Winner: Citizen Schools  – Citizen Schools has won the first stage in the Digital Media and Learning (DML) Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition. We have won for our “Digital Badges for Apprenticeship Learning in Middle School” application.
  •  Norwood News – 12/28/11 – Bronx Bodega Owner Honored for Healthier Fare – Article looks at a bodega owner who was honored for changing his store to feature healthier drinks and snacks at eye level. The change was prompted by MS 331′s Citizen Schools program “to develop a special healthy lunch menu for students and teachers and to expand the number of healthy snacks he sells.” Read more…
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