Project ALERTA at Recess

Project ALERTA at Recess

Will we see you next post? Brought to you by, Anny with a y

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Project REACH students take on "Food Deserts"

Project REACH students take on “Food Deserts”

  Are you ready to unpack the disparities in what holds some communities back? Until next post!

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Welcome back activity with Project REACH

Welcome back activity with Project REACH

The woman in the middle in the photo above, is Sadie, who is an entrepreneur. Sadie has her own jewelry business, she works with minerals…

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TAG T-shirt Day Talk & Tour with TA

TAG T-shirt Day Talk & Tour with TA

Thursday, July 13th was the Talent and Gifted (TAG)’s T-Shirt day. T-Shirt Day at TAG allows new and returning students to wear the T-shirts they…

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Urban Scholars Program Goes to New England College of Optometry (NECO)

Urban Scholars Program Goes to New England College of Optometry (NECO)

  On the second Friday of the Urban Scholars program, four TA’s, 30 students and the program director went to the New England College of…

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Returning, new students TAs and even alumni of the program waiting for Jeff Foulkes, Associate Director of Urban Scholars to give a preview of the summer.

Urban Scholars First Week Back! Breakdown of the Summer 2017

These high school and college students could have been anywhere else in the world this summer, but they decided to spend their summer here at…

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Welcome from Urban Scholar Alumna: Anny Thach

Welcome from Urban Scholar Alumna: Anny Thach

My name is Anny (with a “y”) Thach, alumna from the Urban Scholars Program and Fenway High. I am a rising sophomore at the College of…

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Interview with Juliane Dessaline

Interview with Juliane Dessaline

This summer, I got the opportunity to interview Julianne Dessaline, a current member of both the John Hancock MLK Summer Scholars and the Urban Scholars…

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John Hancock MLK Summer Scholars and George Foreman III

John Hancock MLK Summer Scholars and George Foreman III

George Foreman III, the son of former two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman, is an American boxer, business executive, and television personality. On August 7, 2014,…

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Talking to Mr. Jackson

Talking to Mr. Jackson

Councilor Tito Jackson, the current city representative of all of Roxbury and parts of the South End, Dorchester and Fenway neighborhoods, visited the Urban Scholars…

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