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PRESS RELEASE: Goldman Sachs Investment Helps Citizen Schools Launch New Program in NYC

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GOLDMAN SACHS GIVES INVESTMENT HELPS CITIZEN SCHOOLS LAUNCH NEW PROGRAM SITE IN NEW YORK CITY

Nonprofit Organization Partners with MS 331 Middle School to Lengthen School Day for Sixth Grade Students

New York, NY – November 22, 2010 – Citizen Schools, a national nonprofit organization that partners with middle schools to extend the learning day with innovative academic and apprenticeship programs, and Goldman Sachs Gives, a donor-advised fund, today announced a significant Goldman Sachs Gives donation of over $300,000 recommended by Goldman Sachs partners. 

The Goldman Sachs Gives investment supports Citizen Schools’ expansion into the Bronx at the Bronx School of Science Inquiry and Investigation (MS 331).  The program lengthens the school day by three hours each day for all sixth graders, providing increased education time as well as hands-on apprenticeship sessions at which Citizen Teachers from businesses, civic institutions and communities teach skills necessary for success in the modern economy: leadership, teamwork, oral communication and technology.  MS 331 has been designated a SINI (school in need of improvement) by the school district and serves a high poverty student population.  The longer school day enabled by the Citizen Schools partnership is part of a transformation effort at the school. Read more…

Networking Opens Doors for Students

  • January 20, 2011 by
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There is no shortage of ambition at Citizen Schools. Our students dream of becoming doctors, lawyers, scientists and engineers. Earlier this month, Citizen Schools’ 8th Grade Academy program in California hosted an event aimed at helping students learn the networking skills that they need to make those dreams come true.

Together, over 100 volunteers from a diverse list of companies and organizations attended the “6 Degrees of the Bay Area” event hosted by VISA and Google. The event offered 150 8th Grade Academy students the opportunity to practice and refine the critical life skills of networking and interviewing. Students worked with volunteers to introduce themselves to community leaders from across the area and explore the available resources that can help pave the path to their dream jobs.

“The event was very interesting,” recalls Estefania, an eighth grader at the McKinley Institute of Technology in Redwood City where Citizen Schools runs programs. “I learned about jobs I’ve never heard of. I never knew there were businesses that invested in other businesses!”

Event sponsors – VISA, Google, Goldman Sachs, EMC and Bank of America.