OUR PARTNERSHIPS
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordan
- Michael Jordan
For over 20 years, we have made a difference in young lives throughout Greater Boston by matching older adult volunteer literacy coaches with young students. From the start, our mission has always been to help Kindergarten-3rd grade students become literacy proficient.
Literations focuses focus on three key literacy components that promote reading achievement toward grade-level goals. By strengthening these fundamental skills, students gain a strong literacy framework that is foundational to their success in the classroom and beyond:
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The Home for Little Wanderers helps build stable lives and hopeful futures for children who are abused, neglected or at-risk. Each year, our community-based programs and residences meet the needs of more than 15,000 diverse youngsters and family members. These children are often society’s most vulnerable, victims of trauma, violence or shattered family lives. We ensure their emotional, social, educational and physical well- being from birth to age 26 through a dedicated team of professionals and a wide range of critical services. As a result, disadvantaged kids have safe surroundings, loving relationships and a secure path toward tomorrow. More Information 
Ms. Carr, the Ellis School Librarian, runs this program after school for our 6th grade student attorneys throughout the school year!
Discovering Justice’s Mock Trial and Mock Appeal Programs pair middle school students with legal professionals to explore the judicial system, analyze a legal case, and practice the civic skills needed to persuasively argue cases. Through these engaging, supportive weekly sessions, student attorneys develop the confidence and vital civic skills like perspective taking, critical thinking, writing, and civil discourse necessary to become leaders in their communities. This semester-long program culminates with students presenting their case before a real judge and jury of community members for Mock Trial and panel of judges for Mock Appeal. More Information ONE BEAD
In the One Bead program, students identify an issue in their community, connect with a local non-profit that is addressing this issue to learn more, and write/deliver a pitch advocating for change on behalf of that non-profit. For nearly a decade, One Bead has provided high-impact entrepreneurial programming to students across Boston—programming that makes students feel exceptional because it is exceptional. Entrepreneurship, like leadership, implies power. Entrepreneurial programming provides students with access to that language of power by amplifying their beliefs, opinions, and ideas. Exceptional programming takes one step further, giving students the resources to transform their ideas into action.
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The citywide effort promotes walking and biking to school, and supports and rallies neighborhoods and the community as a whole to work toward making walking to school safe, popular, and fun. We work to create safer streets and conditions for children to get to school safely.
The Boston Public Health Commission and Streets Cabinet encourages residents to choose active transportation methods to move around the City. Below are some key programs and resources to support walking, biking, and rolling through the City! More Information 
Wondermore connects Boston-area students to authors and illustrators who reflect our diverse and vibrant communities. The Ellis School Library and some classrooms at the Ellis have all benefited from partnerships with Wondermore that have brought in amazing authors to speak to our students & provide signed copies of their books, too!
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We are a community-based, backbone organization that leverages resources to maximize the impact of community programs and services in Boston. We support the collective capacity-building of collaborative organizations and work with others to address and solve problems in our community. We focus on what we call a "trilogy of disparity" in Roxbury, Dorchester, and the surrounding neighborhoods. Learn more about Higher Ground's focus areas of education, health, and housing below.
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The CitySprouts mission is to cultivate curiosity and wonder with hands-on science learning through urban gardens.
For more than twenty years, CitySprouts has partnered closely with public elementary schools in Cambridge and Boston to provide opportunities for children to learn by exploring the natural world as part of their school journey. CitySprouts is committed to greater equity in science education and children’s access to nature no matter where they live. More Information 
Citydance - Boston Ballet is a program facilitated by Ms. Butler, the Ellis Dance Teacher, for our Ellis 3rd graders who audition and are selected to attend this weekly program.
Established in 1991, our renowned Citydance program provides a tuition free explorative platform for over 3,000 Boston Public School third grade students to grow in foundational dance technique and establish a life-long journey of curiosity, creativity, and self-expression. More Information EGLESTON BRANCH OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Ellis School Library has a close partnership with the Egleston Branch of the Boston Public Library, a mere 5-8 minute walk down the street from the school. Through collaboration between the Children's Librarian, Claire Waldron-Gross, and the Ellis School Librarian, Ms. Carr, the Ellis students benefit from several field trips throughout the school year to the Egleston library for author visits, storytelling programs, performances, and book checkouts.
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The Boston Youth Cycling Program bring bikes, helmets, instructors, and an active curriculum to Boston Public Schools. We help students from grades 2 to 12 learn bicycle safety through lessons, practice, and having fun. Boston Public Schools (BPS) are invited to apply for our program in the fall and spring each year. We typically visit each school for two weeks. We can sometimes accommodate one-week sessions for smaller schools.
"YCP is a tremendous confidence builder for beginners and total enjoyment for those with more skills. YCP is helping lay the foundation for a more bicycle friendly Boston." - BPS physical education teacher Our BPS hosts are often physical education teachers or principals, but any teacher can coordinate and host our visit. More than 38,000 young Bostonians have participated in the program since 2009. More Information |
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