New England

Our service-learning curriculum challenges poet-athlete teams to identify needs in their community and use their writing skills to create and implement a community service project. For their projects, poet-athletes research an issue in their community, develop a community service project plan, take action to improve the situation, and reflect upon the impact their project made on their school and neighborhood. Poet-athletes write persuasive essays, such as letters to the editor or letters to government officials, to advocate for solutions to these issues in their community.

Student projects include:

• Assisting in a 5K health and wellness walk in East Boston.
• Sponsoring a family moving into a Habitat for Humanity house.
• Interviewing the Mayor of Boston on the issue of homelessness in the city.
• Holding a car wash to raise funds for St. Jude’s Hospital.
• Collecting goods for newly immigrated Cape Verdeans at the Dearborn School.
• Restoring of a soccer field at McCormack Middle School.

For more information, please visit our flagship program, America SCORES Boston, online at www.americascoresboston.org.