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Host an Apprentice: Together, we educate for the future.
Preparations are underway in schools for Spring apprenticeships. Over six weeks, eighth graders are identifying their strengths and interests, practicing handshakes and eye contact, all while learning about each of the apprenticeship options available to them beginning in the first week of March. This past fall, most all apprentices (83%) had a perfect attendance...
We’re Hiring: City Summer Internship for Girls
Seeking a talented educator to lead our five-week, paid career internship for rising ninth grade girls. City Summer Internship (CSI) is a summer internship program for girls entering ninth grade that provides $100 per week stipend. This five-week program introduces young women to opportunities in Boston’s economic engine neighborhoods using a blend of classroom-based...
Thank you, Cummings Foundation!
City Summer Interns at NorthStar Asset Management We are so thrilled to receive a second year of generous funding from The Cummings Foundation. Thank you, Bill and Joyce Cummings, Joel Swets and Joyce Vyriotes and all of the Cummings employees and volunteers who donate time to support the great work of social service and...
Program Manager
Helen Russell is the Founder and Executive Director of Apprentice Learning. Over the past 30 years, Russell has advocated for connecting students and schools to their communities using hands-on learning experiences. She spent over a decade in the Boston Public Schools (BPS) in external affairs, program development and fundraising at Boston Arts Academy and the Mission Hill School. Prior to working with BPS she was an instructor and program director for Thompson Island Outward Bound and is a senior trainer at Project Adventure. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Boston College and a Master’s in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. | 
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Chief Development Officer, Brookview House 
Head of Middle School, The Meadowbrook School of Weston