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- EIN 04-3482756
- 6178213910
- 29 Germania Street Jamaica Plain MA 02130 USA
- www.BostonScores.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development, Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Literacy, Youth Development Programs
Mission: To provide urban youth with team-based education programs that promote health & well-being, academic engagement, and civic leadership.
Target demographics: at-risk, urban youth
Direct beneficiaries per year: 1600 students
Geographic areas served: Boston
Programs: Boston Scores partners with the Boston Public School teachers, our coach-mentors, to provide urban youth in grades K-12 with after-school soccer & enrichment programs. Students typically participate 5 days per week, including 2 days of girls & boys soccer practices, 2 days of enrichment classes (poetry or civic leadership) & a soccer game day in which teams are transported to play other BPS schools. When students enter high school, our enrichment programs add in college & job readiness workshops. ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS Elementary School: Poetry (fall) & Service-Learning (spring) Middle School: “One Hen” social entrepreneurship program (entire year) High School: Students choose from a menu of academic and civic engagement options. All students participate in a series of college access and college readiness workshops/activities.