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From YouTube: Boston Summer Learning 10th Anniversary
Description
Mayor Walsh, Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius and representatives of Boston area Foundations join students at the Franklin Park Zoo in Roxbury to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Boston After School & Beyond! The program provides students with a fun and educational environment after the school year ends, with a goal of ensuring their academic skills stay sharp over the summer.
A
B
Good
morning
and
welcome,
my
name
is
John
Linehan
I'm,
the
president
and
CEO
of
Zoo
New
England,
and
we
that's
a
nonprofit
that
manages
the
Franklin
Park
Zoo
here
and
also
the
stone
zoo
up
in
Stoneham.
We're
delighted
to
host
you
today,
as
we
celebrate
10
years
of
citywide
summer
learning
and
launch
the
biggest
summer.
Yet
there's
a
partner
in
the
fifth
quarter
of
learning.
B
Last
year,
as
I
and
many
others
got
to
review
their
final
projects,
along
with
the
students,
interpretation
of
them,
I
got
to
see
a
real
sense
of
pride
and
accomplishment
in
one
young
student
in
particular,
not
that
they
all
show
it.
But
this
one
stood
out.
He
kept
talking
at
my
sleeve
until
I
would
come,
see
his
project
and
hear
with
pride
the
Ocelot
habitat
he
had
designed.
B
Not
only
was
he
an
expert
in
conveying
how
much
he
had
learned
about
Ocelot,
biology
and
behavior
and
how
his
habitat
provided
environmental
enrichment
to
the
ocelots,
but
then
he
went
on
and
went
into
the
physics
of
the
pulley
system
he
had
designed
to
safely.
Let
the
animals
on
and
off
exhibit
his
knowledge,
research
and
pride
came
through
with
an
enthusiasm
that
really
lit
up
the
room.
B
He
displayed
a
real
sense
of
stewardship
for
the
animals
that
you
just
don't
see
in
a
child
his
age,
he
made
my
day
so
many
students
in
their
hosts
across
Boston
now
get
to
experience.
Moments
like
this,
thanks
to
the
collaboration
of
schools
and
community
partners
in
the
fifth
quarter
of
learning,
but
the
cost
is
outstanding,
an
improving
public
education
system,
an
opportunity
such
as
this
that
they
don't
happen
by
accident.
As
you
can
see
by
those
that
are
here,
it
takes
a
real
collaboration
and
commitment
from
leaders
and
teachers
across
the
spectrum.
B
I
should
mention,
while
I'm
here
that
last
year,
both
this
time,
we
were
hosting
the
mayor's
from
across
the
country
here,
and
there
was
so
many
that
came
up
afterwards
and
followed
up
afterwards
about
this
program
which
they
were
all
jealous
about.
They
kept
sending
questions
and
creating
new
contacts,
so
it
really
is
a
program
to
be
proud
of
we're
excited
to
celebrate
the
anniversary
with
all
those
of
the
fifth
quarter
of
learning.
B
C
D
C
About
learning
about
what
we're
doing
in
the
in
Boston
to
take
that
model
across
the
country,
so
I
want
to
thank
you
John
the
hospitality
that
day
and
thank
you
for
hospitality
this
day.
I
also
want
to
thank
Boston,
Apple,
school
and
Beyond
for
your
work
on
some
learning.
There's
amazing
work
here.
So
thank
you
for
that.
Thank
you.
Everyone
here
is
helping
us
celebrate
the
fifth
quarter
of
learning,
there's
a
couple
of
special
groups
of
ESEA,
so
the
first
I
want
to
thank
the
students
from
the
chittock
School.
C
C
So
many
great
things
in
our
city
we're
excited
about
her
13
year
tenure.
Here
you
just
need
a
phrase
that
we're
gonna
use
the
new
incoming
class
the
next
year
the
pre-kindergarten
they're
gonna
be
Brenda's
baby,
so
I
want
to
be
working
towards
making
sure
that,
when
that,
when
that
class
graduates
high
school
in
high
school,
we're
actually
putting
on
a
real
strong
pathway
to
college
or
career,
something
that
would
all
look
before
word.
C
Two
and
I
know
that
I
want
to
thank
Paul,
Grogan
and
all
the
folks
here,
Neil
Sullivan
and
so
many
other
folks
that
I
get
today
that
they
do
amazing
work
in
the
city
of
Boston
oftentimes,
quietly
behind
the
scenes
James
from
from
the
YMCA.
They
don't
really
talk
about
it.
It's
quietly
done
and
I
appreciate
the
work
that
you're
all
doing
here
today.
C
The
type
of
learning
that
we're
talking
about
bringing
the
city
to
the
classroom
is
happening
all
across
our
city,
from
the
Harbor
Islands
to
the
Blue
Hills
and
in
neighborhoods
workplaces
and
colleges
and
everywhere
in
between
something
that's
really
important.
In
September,
the
students
that
are
going
to
learn
this
summer
will
go
return
to
the
classroom,
ready
to
learn
because
they've
benefited
from
what
we
call
the
fifth
quarter.
Research
research
research
shows
us
that
summer
learning
can
help.
C
Kids
is
about
math
reading
and
social-emotional
skills,
something
that
is
really
important,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we've
seen
over
the
years
is
when
the
school
year
ends
in
June
and
the
kids
come
back
in
September.
They
actually
don't
retain
all
the
information
they
have.
Some
kids
will
read
and
do
homework
and
do
things
at
home
while
too
many
don't-
and
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
really
make
sure
these
young
people
are
on
such
a
strong
path.
C
This
this
program
helps
lower-income
students,
keep
their
skill
shop
and
hit
the
ground
running
when
they
return
back
to
school.
It
also
helps
us
close
the
achievement
gap
in
2015.
It
seems
like.
Yesterday
we
set
a
goal
for
10,000
kids
in
100
programs.
We
met
that
early
goal.
We
set
our
sights
even
higher
and
I'm
proud
to
announce
at
the
fifth
quarter
of
learning.
We
reach
an
all-time
high
which
want
to
hit
14,000
kids
in
160
different
summer
programs.
That's
a
pretty
incredible.
C
We
want
to
make
sure
that
our
kids,
with
the
most
needs
have
better
access
to
programs
that
includes
kids
experiencing
homelessness
and
English
language
learners.
We
want
to
continue
to
make
sure
we
wrap
our
supports
an
hour
after
on
those
young
people
together.
The
Boston,
Public,
Schools
and
private
funders
are
contributing
3.2
million
dollars
of
this
effort
and
when
you
think
about
all
the
money
that
goes
to
different
organizations,
different
places,
there's
probably
no
better
dollar
spent
than
what
we're
doing
this
summer,
you're
spending
money
and
I
14
without
14,000
kids.
C
We
want
kids
in
Boston
in
Massachusetts
to
have
access
to
these
kinds
of
opportunities.
Just
want
to
take
a
minute
to
thank
the
governor
and
the
legislature
for
including
$500,000
in
the
fiscal
2019
state
budget.
Something
that's
really
important
to
me.
Looks
me
in
Boston's
approach
throughout
the
state
in
19
of
the
cities
and
towns
will
watch
the
expand
this
program
this
summer
with
that
new
funding.
So
we're
talking
about
really
something
that
started
here
and
taking
across
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
and
as
John
said
across
the
country.
C
We
certainly
see
the
benefits
of
this
program
here
in
Boston.
We
see
the
potential
and
we
need
more
partners
to
get
involved.
I
invite
the
business
community
higher
education
in
the
philanthropic
community
to
ensure
that
every
single
child
has
access
to
high
quality
learning
all
year
round,
something
that
is
really
important.
I
want
to
again
take
Franklin
Park
Zoo,
who
truly
is
an
incredible
community
partner
and
an
incredible
resource
and
asset
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
the
work
that
we're
doing
with
with
the
learning
partners.
C
D
Thanks
mayor
Walsh,
my
name
is
Chris
Smith,
I'm,
executive
director
of
Boston
after
school
and
beyond,
and
we're
so
proud
to
partner
with
the
city
in
the
Boston
Public
Schools
in
this
year.
As
the
mayor
said,
160
programs
in
order
to
reach
14,000
kids,
we're
here
to
celebrate
three
things.
The
first
is
the
largest
most
diverse
summer
network.
D
Yet,
as
the
mayor
said,
we
launched
a
goal
in
2015
back
then
we
had
79
programs,
6,500
young
people,
so
we've
officially
doubled
as
of
this
year,
and
what
that
network
represents
our
new
opportunities
to
learn
so
from
tennis
and
lacrosse
to
sailing
and
voting
to
entrepreneurship
in
workplace
experience
to
exploring
the
zoo
right
behind
us.
All
of
these
together
represent
the
power
and
the
promise
of
summer
learning.
We're
also
here
to
represent
10
years
of
an
enduring
public-private
partnership.
Ten
years
ago,
this
project
started
with
just
five
schools
and
200
kids,
and
it's
blossomed.
D
This
is
an
approach
that
keeps
kids
learning
and
having
fun
while
also
getting
more
prepared
to
go
back
to
school.
Finally,
we're
here
to
celebrate
the
end
of
summer
school
as
we
knew
it
so
now
the
Boston
Public
Schools
puts
out
over
three
million
dollars
in
a
competitive
process
in
order
to
find
the
most
enriching
experiences
for
young
people
so
that
they
actually
want
to
come
to
the
program
and
the
results
from
this
are
a
testament
to
that.
D
F
E
You
thank
you
Chris
and
Thank
You
mr.
mayor,
and
also
thank
John
from
the
zoo,
as
Chris
mentioned,
I'm
Charles
grants
and
chief
academic
officer
for
Boston
Public,
Schools
I'm
pleased
to
represent
lost
public
schools
today
and
I'm
delighted
to
speak
to
you
from
our
students
summer
classroom
what
an
exciting
venue
for
learning
the
zoo
and
so
many
other
places
like
it
around
our
city.
With
the
fifth
quarter,
the
dated
notion
of
school,
the
dated
notion
of
summer
school
ends
and
the
student
centered
version
of
summer
learning
begins
because
of
the
fifth
quarter.
E
Thousands
of
Austin
students
no
longer
have
to
choose
between
learning
and
fun.
In
fact,
by
integrating
academics
and
enrichment
teachers
and
their
program
partners
are
showing
that
learning
is
fun,
but
it's
more
than
just
fun.
It
is
key
to
our
agenda
and
educating
the
whole
child.
We
embrace
this
model
of
summer
learning
the
three
main
reasons.
It
is
a
proven
way
to
close
opportunity
and
achievement
gaps.
Our
work
with
the
Wallace
foundation
and
ran
has
established
a
strong
base
of
evidence
for
this
strategy.
E
It
expands
students,
horizons
and
builds
their
background
knowledge
we're
learning
to
stick.
It
must
be
delivered
by
a
caring
adult
with
rigor
and
relevance.
Our
partners
complement
the
work
of
our
schools
in
making
learning
more
personal
and
engaging.
It
enables
teachers
to
develop
new
professional
relationships
and
use
the
community
as
a
classroom.
E
A
Hi,
Park
and
I
am
so
excited
to
be
here
with
you
today
to
celebrate
what
has
become
such
a
critical
extension
to
the
school
year,
fall
Shattuck
students
believe
it
or
not.
We
have
been
involved
with
the
fifth
quarter
since
2012
and
working
with
community
partners
like
Zoo
New
England
has
opened
so
many
doors
and
so
many
unique
opportunities
and
experiences
for
all
children.
A
It
allows
our
students
to
build
upon
what
then
whine
during
the
school
year
and
to
continue
to
apply
and
activate
learning
in
so
many
new
ways,
they're
gaining
new
skills
and
a
new,
exciting
setting.
Imagine
coming
here
everything
to
learn
and
establishing
deeper
connections
with
your
teachers
and
all
of
the
community
partners.
We're
so
fortunate
that
one
of
our
fabulous
teachers
is
actually
the
site
coordinator,
John
Chaya,
for
the
summer
learning
program.
So
those
relationships
of.
A
The
teachers
in
the
program
so
again
the
children
can
continue
to
make
those
connections
with
adults
that
they
work
with
on
a
daily
basis
and
the
bottom
wearing,
not
only
our
children
learning,
they
are
having
fun
learning
research
states
that
students
can
fall
behind
an
average
of
two
months
in
reading
in
the
summer
and
summer.
Side
slide
is
cumulative,
so
with
all
of
these
learning
losses
they
can
build
over
time.
But
what
we're
excited
to
share
is
that,
after
all,
students
have
participated
in
the
fifth
quarter
when
the
school
year
comes
around.
A
We
see
these
students
come
back
in
September
with
a
willingness
and
a
mindset
towards
learning.
They
are
ready
to
learn
and
they
are
ready
to
seed
in
the
next
grade.
What
about
5th
graders,
who
has
participated
in
the
program
for
a
few
years,
so
Honda
shared
with
me?
She
said
that
she
likes
the
fact
that
they
can
come
in
everyday,
do
work
in
the
morning
to
exercise
their
brains,
and
she
loves
that
every
single
day
they
are
exposed.
They
see
different
animals
and
then
she
said
to
me.
A
It
has
allowed
our
teachers
to
evolve
their
teaching
styles
using
the
community
as
a
platform,
and
they
take
all
of
us
back
to
their
classroom
with
them
finding
new
ways
to
connect
their
teaching
to
the
world
around
them.
If
want
parents,
they
know
that
their
child
will
spend
the
summer
than
a
safe,
engaging
environment
where
they
are
learning
and
having
fun
and
making
connections
and
building
new
skills.
A
So
we
are
so
grateful
for
all
of
these
years
of
this
wonderful
partnership
and
the
opportunities
that
the
fifth
quarter
has
brought
to
our
school
community
and
only
see
it
benefiting
more
to
the
chittock
students,
more
teachers,
more
families
in
the
years
to
come.
So,
as
you
can
see,
we
are
ready
for
summer
learning.
Thank
you
so
much.
D
G
G
Shortly
of
the
renewal
of
the
city's
unprecedented
summer,
jobs
in
the
private
sector,
so
this
is
a
city
that
has
exact
together
when
it
comes
to
young
people,
it's
so
just
so
pleasing
for
us
to
have
participated
as
a
charter.
Member
of
the
Boston
opportunity
agenda
now
under
christen
explained
an
initial
funder
of
the
effort
school
for
all
partnership.
We
do
like
to
be
there
at
the
beginning
and
to
see.
G
But
it
is
important
to
realize
that
this
would
not
be
happening
if
it
were
not
philanthropy,
because
remarkable,
not
only
what
individual
foundations
and
corporate
funders
do,
but
how
we
work
together.
Share
the
credit
it's
inspirational
to
see.
I
also
want
to
say
a
special
word
about
the
mayor's.
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
is
problematic
in
our
political
system
is
you
have
a
set
of
people
in
office
and
they
do
a
bunch
of
things
may
be
very
good
things
and
then
they're
succeeded
by
someone
else.
G
That
says
well,
I
want
to
do
this
my
way
and
they
start
over
and
the
learnings
and
the
experience
that
was
could
have
been
garnered
from
the
previous
efforts,
our
laws
and
there's
their
reason
for
this
politician
is
one
one
credit
for
the
things
that
they
do
it's
built
in
the
system.
We
have
a
mayor
who
is
just
looking
at
things.
You
want
America
whether
it's
his
idea.
Somebody
else's
idea,
doesn't
matter
because
it's
for
kids.
G
I
had
a
chance
to
do
a
moment
ago.
The
new
superintendents,
wonderful
that
you're
out
there
here
today
as
I
thought
about
that
you
know.
You're
gonna
have
a
daunting
agenda.
You
don't
have
to
do
this.
This
is
ready
for
you,
you
will
add
to
it,
but
you
don't
have
to
do
and
you'd
have
to
do
it
if
it
didn't
exist,
so
we
hope
you
feel
that
you're
walking
into
a
situation
if
this
is
any
example
walking
into.
B
Well,
thank
you.
Falling
and
I
want
to
thank
everybody.
Who's
come
out
today
which
come
up
here
and
smoking
as
I
said
at
the
beginning.
It
really
does
take
a
cross-sector
commitment
to
this
and
we
have
an
amazing
talent,
an
amazing
commitment
so
and
I'm
thrilled
to
have
the
superintendent
here
today,
as
she's
getting
warmed
up,
but
I
also
want
to
open
up
the
rest
of
the
zoo.
B
For
anybody
who
can
stick
around
you
know
our
specialty
is
learning
while
having
fun
and
so
go
out
there
and
have
a
little
fun
a
little
learn
a
little
something
and
be
inspired
because
you've
all
inspired
me.
This
is
a
great
start
to
the
to
the
tenth
year
and
thank
you
everybody
for
coming
out
today.