Mildred Avenue Emphasizes Health and Hygeine

A Mildred Avenue student shows off a poster with fitness tips. 

The America SCORES team at Mildred Avenue K-8 School in Mattapan have made it their goal this semester to focus on promoting healthy habits among their fellow schoolmates. With a project titled 'Healthy Habits, Healthy Minds', the students plan to raise awareness about the importance of good hygiene, oral hygiene, and good nutrition.

They will also take steps to emphasize the negative consequences of smoking.

Students at last years America SCORES Poetry Slam. 

The team has plans to host a guest speaker from the Healthy Smiles dental organization to help draw attention to the importance of oral hygeine. They also have plans to create a bulletin board and posters to help emphasizes the importance of these issues to other students.

John Marshall Students form "The Clean-Up Crew"

A John Marshall student helps with brainstorming. 

The America SCORES team at the John Marshall School in Dorchester have decided that their service learning project for the Spring 2013 semester will involve cleaning up litter and other debris from their school yard. Their project, titled "The Clean-Up Crew!" has a goal of making the school a happy and clean place.

Students ask questions to Mrs. Finley. 

For the week of May 3 the team plans to gather supplies for the cleanup and to make a poster to let others know when the cleanup will be so that they can come and help. They are planning to do the cleanup on May 15th!

Donald P. shares his ideas about how to improve the school yard. 

Two students at John Marshall are excited to share their ideas!

OGPS Eyes Composting and Recycling

America SCORES students, including Jyda from OGPS, at the White House. 

Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School (OGPS) is a Boston Public School located in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The America SCORES participants at OGPS have an action plan for this semester titled “The Re-Comp” which aims to start a recycling and composting program at their school.

The team plans to invite guest speaker Dan Chamberlin of the CitySprouts organization to speak before they present their project idea to the entire school. CitySprouts is a Cambridge-based organization that promotes the implementation and maintenance of beautiful school gardens in area public school communities.

OGPS students participate in last years Poetry Slam. 

The students at OGPS also plan to make postcards to explain to their fellow schoolmates how recycling and composting helps the environment. Good luck team!

Patrick J. Kennedy Students to Help Marathon Victims

                                     

Diana dribbling on the soccer field. 

The Patrick J. Kennedy School of  East Boston plans to hold a community poetry day at their school. People will be charged an admission fee to attend and 100% of funds raised will go to the hospitals, doctors and nurses, via fresh fruit baskets, that cared for the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombings. 

                                           

Students from the Kennedy School at last falls Poetry Slam. 

Heres some great photos of the students in action on the soccer field! 

McKay Team Aims to Beautify School

The team at the McKay K-8 School in East Boston have decided that their Action Plan for this semester will be to plant a flower garden in front of their school and to pick up trash and debris. Their plan, titled the "Blooming Clippers", has a goal of making the front of McKay School a more beautiful landmark in the community.

They have plans to invite a guest speaker to speak on May 1st and to hold a school-wide fundraiser shortly thereafter to raise money towards buying gardening supplies and seeds. Once these tasks are completed the team hopes to begin cleaning up and planting the garden.

The students at McKay have also been having a great time on the soccer field and are looking forward to next weeks games. Keep up the good work McKay!

GPA Boys to Help Endangered Animals

The Boys Team at the Gardner Pilot Academy have decided that their efforts this semester will focus on helping to protect endangered animals. They have been brainstorming about ways to prevent pollution and about how to decrease littering in the community which contributes to the destruction of animal habitats. 

The boys have also been working very hard to encourage good sportsmanship by supporting the girls team. They all made signs to show their support at the last game versus the Edison team and they did a great job cheering on their schoolmates!

GPA Girls Promote Importance of Playworks

After lots of careful deliberation, the America SCORES Girls Team at the Gardner Pilot Academy in Allston has decided that their action plan for this semester will focus on supporting Playworks. Playworks is an innovative organization that strives to promote safe, meaningful play at recess in an effort to improve children's health and well-being and to decrease bullying. 



The girls at GPA will do research to identify a Boston Public School that does not yet participate in the Playworks program. After getting permission from that school they will begin to raise money through 3 different fundraisers in an effort to bring Playworks to that school. Some of their fundraising ideas are to do a Bake Sale, a Yard Sale, a Book Sale, or to write a letter to the Mayor or to the New Balance shoe company. 



These poet-athletes have also been having lots of fun on the soccer field and have been enjoying the spring weather. Way to go girls!

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