Connecting young people to successful and caring adults ensures that we are also meeting their developmental needs. Helping students develop essential non-cognitive skills will allow them to thrive in the more rigorous high school environment, as well as in college and the work-place.
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We let our Citizen Schools staff across the country take control of our Instagram account for a week to show us how they were celebrating the new school year. Here's what we got.
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“I’m most excited about supporting and working with staff members, families, students, and community members to reach our goals.”
Read MoreStudents from Chelsea public schools, including those that participate in Citizen Schools’ Expanded Learning Time, will kick off the new school year with 900 donated backpacks full of pencils, notebooks, rulers, and more. Citizen Schools, an organization that empowers public middle schools in low-income communities with longer learning days, received the backpacks filled with supplies as a donation from Kronos Incorporated, Mass.-based global leader in workforce management solutions.
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