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Watch 826 Boston's first original film.
826 Boston divides its free programming into four types:
In-Schools
For an in-school program, 826 connects with a teacher or administrator at a local school. Maybe the a high school college prep class needs help revising a college essay...or maybe a middle school science class needs help with a science research paper. Whatever the assigned topic, 826 tutors are here to help. Trained tutors go into the classroom on a one-time or repeat basis to support a teacher's existing curricula, by working one-on-one with students. Tutors can help students at any stage of the writing process-- brainstorming, grammar, structure, spelling, tone, and that final polish that really makes an essay shine. If you are a teacher or administrator interested in having 826 tutors work in your school, please send an email to programs [at] 826boston.org.
Field trips are the chance for entire classes to come to our writing center for a few hours of high-energy learning. One of the most famous 826 field trips is Storytelling & Bookmaking, in which a class creates, illustrates & publishes a tale all in an afternoon! At the end of the field trip, each student has their own copy of the book to take home with them. 826 Boston will begin running workshops at the end of January 2008. If you are interested in bringing your class on a field trip to 826 Boston, please send an email to programs [at] 826boston.org.
Drop-In Tutoring
Drop-in tutoring occurs Monday - Thursday from 2:30-5:30 p.m. at our writing center. Any student aged 6-18 can drop in and receive one-on-one help from a trained tutor on any type of homework, from math to history to science and, yes, even English. After a student has finished their homework, tutors are available to help students with individual creative writing projects, which may be submitted for publication in a regularly published 826 Boston chapbook. Click here for more information. Haga clic aqui para más información en Español.
Workshops
Workshops are multi-session, age appropriate writing projects that focus on a project, from a published work to a performance to a website. For more information, please see our workshops page.
826 Boston kicked off its programming in the spring of 2007 by inviting authors Junot Diaz, Steve Almond, Kelly Link and Holly Black to lead writing workshops at the English High School. The visiting writers challenged students to modernize fairy tales, invent their ideal school, and share their stories. Afterwards a handful of dedicated volunteers followed up with weekly visits to help students develop their pieces. The upshot will be 826 Boston's first publication of high school student writing, rich with essays, stories, poems, wish lists, and questions “for which there seem to be no answers.”
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