City Summer Internship
Demystifying Boston’s skyline for Boston’s next generation of women leaders in the workplace.
Having Open Conversations: Operationalizing Equity and Opportunity with Our Worksite Partners
After reflecting on the murders of Black and Brown people at the hands of the police, we realized that we could play a bigger role in combatting racial injustice by having open conversations with businesses in Boston around operationalizing equity and opportunity. Our work is rooted in a desire to build a workforce that...
Closing Gaps
We are facing a terrible crisis in education due to the pandemic, and in the midst this, new opportunities can emerge. While our eighth graders long for a return to in-person school and apprenticeships, recent data shows they are learning important career skills in our online programs (see our charts below). And new virtual...
Skills for Success
Students practice self-presentation and communication skills in professional workplace setting.
Career Knowledge
Worksite partners ignite a sense of purpose with authentic learning.
Dreams and Plans
Students meet professionals who share and inspire their career pathways.
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For as little as $85, you can provide a weekly stipend for a rising ninth grade City Summer Intern.
Host Students at Your Workplace
Ignite purpose with career discovery at your workplace.
We partner with local business to create seminal experiences that give purpose to the present, but more importantly, to a young person’s future. That purpose—the thing that motivates students and moves lives forward can be found in workplaces across our city.
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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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