Boston After School & Beyond

Yesterday we had a wonderful meet-the-partner presentation from Camila Pagan, co-founder and CEO of Beat The Odds - Boston on our Noon Zoom. Thank you so much for all the work you do supporting youth out of school. Watch this video to learn more about the work they did throughout the year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU4JI7t660E

If you're interested in presenting about your organization on our Thursday Noon Zoom, reach out to [email protected]!

Watch Chris Smith of Boston Beyond on the Boston Public Radio with Jim Braude and Margery Egan on WGBH News yesterday! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsJ_ejmbPqE&list=PLMQKK3_a14M1mmIeR9IB7jB6AEy_zZz42&t=3000s

Tune in to Boston Public Radio, 89.7, this Wednesday at 11:45 am to hear Executive Director Chris Smith and Jeanne Sherlock from the YMCA share how After School and Summer Learning are transforming opportunities for Boston youth. Catch the conversation live or watch later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsJ_ejmbPqE&list=PLMQKK3_a14M1mmIeR9IB7jB6AEy_zZz42&index=3

Recent scenes from our Math and Enrichment Peer Learning Community this week. Thank you Courageous Sailing Center for your help putting on this event and all the dedicated organization leaders who showed up to prepare for 5th Quarter.

We had an inspiring day of learning and collaboration at our AI & Coding training with Technovation last week! Thank you to our dedicated partners for joining us and investing in the future of Boston’s youth and special thanks to Technovation for leading the way!

Throwback from IFSI - Immigrant Family Services Institute-USA when science came alive! Thanks to our volunteers at Miltenyi Biotec young people got hands-on learning how to extract DNA from fruit — sparking new curiosity about science and future careers. Through experiences like this across our network of programs, we help kids grow a real interest in STEM by making it fun, relevant, and accessible.

This is what out-of-school time looks like when community and STEM come together.

This week we had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the After-school and Summer learning caucus hosted by Representative Adrian Madaro and Senator Brendan Crighton. Thank you to the Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership for putting this on, and everyone for showing up to advocate for out of school time!

Our Executive Director, Chris Smith, and Paul Reville, director of the EdRedesign lab at Harvard, highlight the urgent need for increased investment in out-of-school time in this Sunday's Op-Ed.

Read more here: https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/invest-in-the-80-percent-why-mass-must-fund-summer-and-after-school-learning/

On Tuesday, Chris Smith had the pleasure of joining an informational webinar on leveraging the federal education tax credit put on by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. He was joined by education leaders all over the country. Thank you for having us!

Attention partners! The Summer 2026 OIF & RFP is open. Apply here by 4/10 at 5pm: https://bostonsummerlearning.tfaforms.net/598