Boys and Girls Club Yawkey Infographic Creator: Alexandra Elie I created this infographic in order to provide an overview of my experience volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club of Boston. I included information based on the mission of the organization, the effective skills I’ve learned and how they have impacted me, my current knowledge…
Let’s Get Ready Infographic Creator: Ana Nixdorff This infographic explains the disparity of college enrollment and completion rates between students from high-poverty and low-poverty schools. Let’s Get Ready works to fix this problem by preparing students from underserved high schools for the SAT and the college application process through a near-peer mentoring/tutoring program. View full…
Creator: Alex Spak These are photos taken at sites across Roxbury where students in the Cornerstone of Engineering class volunteered and taught LEGO Robotics to middle school students….
Creator: Alex Notkin I was placed with the Camp Harbor View Leadership Academy. The academy is an after-school program for “young leaders” in grades nine through twelve, catering to students from underserved neighborhoods in Boston. As part of this service-learning experience, volunteers such as myself provided the students with, 1. Academic support, 2. Relationship development,…
Hyde Square Task Force Creator: Youjin Kang This infographic represents the service at Hyde Square Task Force, which is located in the Jamaica Plain. I separated into 5 categories, including aim/mission of this organization, what did I at there, and how does the course (community learning) relates to servicing at HSTF. In addition, I briefly…
Service and Learning with Little Brothers Creator: Ronan McNally This video is a brief description of the time I spent this semester volunteering at Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly (Smith House location). Here I talk about what Little Brothers is, their goals as an organization, the role I play in accomplishing those goals, and…
Creator: Omar Abbouchi This presentation highlights my experience as a tutor and academic mentor in the Boston Scholar-Athletes program. I chose to volunteer here as I was a very serious athlete in high school, and still consider myself to be. As I participated in the IB Curriculum, one that is particularly known for its heavy…
Service Learning – Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly Creator: Lauren Brown This is a short video that briefly describes my service learning experience throughout the Spring 2019 semester as part of my Advanced Spanish Conversation Course….
Creator: Erin Drury This short reflection explores the concepts of community and service through the experience I had serving at Scholar Athletes. It looks deeper into what it means to serve, and describes how I made my time with my Service-Learning partner more meaningful. When I first began my service-learning experience via Dr. Keeling’s First…
Creator: Parker Audette This is a brief glimpse into my time with the Clubhouse (my service partner) where I share the objectives of the location and provide further analytical comparisons between our course readings and class assignments. Weeks of volunteering at the Clubhouse have manifested apparent objectives, one of which is to create an environment…