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Greater Boston Citizenship Initiative
Posted by christinerafal on May 18, 2012
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/greater-boston-citizenship-initiative/
Somerville Teens, register for the NoNameSite Mixer
The crowd-sourcing company TopCoder has started a site where kids can win prizes for playing games that actually teach them computer programming skills. They are sponsoring this mixer to help kids sign up and learn to play and to help their parents know what it is about. I hope it can be a good thing [...]
Posted by christinerafal on May 17, 2012
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/somerville-teens-register-for-the-nonamesite-mixer/
Oneville Engaging Somerville Community
One of the School Committee District Improvement Plan goals for 2012-2014 is broadly to “engage the community” to improve student learning. Of course many things related to this goal were already happening. One very thoughtful and informed and collaborative effort is OneVille. A professor, grad students, practitioners and parents all worked together on OneVille to [...]
Posted by christinerafal on May 7, 2012
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/oneville-engaging-somerville-community/
VISTA internships at YouthBuild Just-A-Start
from my friend Anne Beckmann: Please help us to spread the word about the following VISTA Volunteer Opportunities at YouthBuild Just-A-Start during the 2012-2013 program year. Thanks! VISTA 1: Digital Media, Data, & Fundraising; Position Code: VISTA-DMDF Role: Assist senior YouthBuild staff in securing and managing funds and in-kind donations. This will include searching out new funding resources and assisting [...]
Posted by christinerafal on May 4, 2012
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/vista-internships-at-youthbuild-just-a-start/
Ron Ferguson’s talk at NSBA 4/21/12
Before I went to the NSBA conference I thought I was going to focus on the workshop topic of “community engagement” since that is one of the School Committee’s major goals, but it turned out I was compellingly drawn to more workshops in the category of “continuous improvement.” So after Soledad O’Brien’s keynote about how [...]
Posted by christinerafal on April 29, 2012
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/ron-fergusons-talk-at-nsba-42112/
Ward 4 resident/immigrant mom to speak at Harvard!
The Civic & Moral Education Initiative at Harvard Graduate School of Education invites you to a discussion. How can parents, community-based organizations (CBOs), and schools collaborate to improve education for children in diverse communities? Monday, April 9th, 2012 11:00 am — 12:30 pm Eliot Lyman Room Longfellow Hall, Appian Way Much research shows that parent [...]
Posted by christinerafal on April 4, 2012
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/ward-4-residentimmigrant-mom-to-speak-at-harvard/
Vote for Somerville musicians!
Saturday I attended a Rio+20 concert at Berkelee Performance Center. Two of the performing groups, Grooversity and Boston Children’s Chorus, featured a number of musicians from Somerville. Here’s a note from the coordinator of Somerville Public Schools Music Program on how you can vote for Grooversity’s entry into an international music contest: “The students of [...]
Posted by christinerafal on April 2, 2012
http://rafalforward4.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/vote-for-somerville-musicians/
