City Year
Greater Boston

The corps experience

City Year Greater Boston partners with Boston and Everett Public Schools to help create environments where all students can build on their strengths and fully engage in their learning. Our AmeriCorps members serve in schools all day, every day, preparing students with the skills and mindsets to thrive in school and in life.

They serve as tutors, mentors, and role models to students who need extra time and support to engage in school and stay on track to graduation. For many students, having this one-on-one attention is so important. We have some of the finest teachers in the country, but teachers can’t do it alone. And that’s where City Year lends a hand.

AmeriCorps members are truly making an impact. Last school year, math scores dropped by 16%. Students with an AmeriCorps member increased an entire grade level. What’s more is that City Year is having an impact on whole school outcomes. 98% of our school partners share that City Year AmeriCorps members serve as positive role models and add important resources to their classrooms. This close-knit community with ample opportunities to develop meaningful personal and professional relationships makes Greater Boston an ideal place to serve.

Our schools

As the largest school district in Massachusetts, Boston Public Schools (BPS) enrolls more than 53,000 students across 125 schools. Boston Public Schools is home to a wide variety of students, who come from many different backgrounds and ethnicities, with many different languages spoken by families and students. 42.5% of students are Hispanic, 33% Black, 14% White, 9% Asian and 1.5% multi-racial or other. 45% of students do not speak English as their first language.

In the 2021-2022 school year, 160 AmeriCorps members served in 16 Boston Public Schools elementary, middle and high schools. And 40 AmeriCorps members served in five K-8 Everett Public Schools.

Transportation to school

Most schools within Boston and Everett Public Schools are accessible by public transportation, the MBTA.

Make a meaningful gift to support Boston and Everett students today

• 18-Minute Networking – A networking event hosted by Deloitte that includes professional development workshops on networking, job searching and financial planning, as well as an opportunity to speak with professionals in a field of your interest.
• Comcast Careers Day – As part of our national partnership, Comcast NBCUniversal provides a day of professional development to support City Year AmeriCorps members preparedness for college and career following your year of service.
• Public Speaking – Throughout the year, City Year Greater Boston hosts a number of events where AmeriCorps members share their service story through writing and public speaking.
• Comms Crew – Working closely with City Year Greater Boston’s communications department, help share service stories and highlight AmeriCorps members’ work in Boston and Everett Public Schools through the school team’s Instagram account and other storytelling opportunities.

Community involvement

Create a positive climate of civic engagement that ripples throughout the Greater Boston community! During the service year, AmeriCorps members participate in community service across the city and help beautify the community by painting murals and common spaces in schools and creating school supply kits for students and classrooms. If you are most interested in this aspect of our work, consider applying for Civic Engagement team! Civic Engagement First-Year Corps members will focus on community engagement and facilitating service opportunities. You’ll gain professional experience planning, coordinating and leading Service Events that engage community and corporate volunteers, youth and fellow AmeriCorps members in transformational service with City Year.

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