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...Brookline High, near Boston, with the loping grace of a fine athlete. Girls smile at him and are rewarded with his big, Denzel Washington dazzler. Boys reach out to slap his palm. Stephen, 17, is irresistible. Kids are impressed that he's snagged one of the world's coolest after-school jobs: ball boy for the Boston Celtics. Teachers adore his diligence and willingness to stretch beyond what is required. And everyone is amazed that despite his achievements as a student (3.4 average), an athlete (baseball, track and golf), a musician (honors choir) and volunteer (Big Brother, among others...
Torres now plans to get involved in Radcliffe research programs. This semester, she has started to fulfill several pre-med requirements, is comping the photography board at the Harvard Year-book and the Independent and is already volunteering for the Science Girls' Club at The King School. The after-school program for elementary school girls will allow her to serve as a role model for younger students...
...decade earlier, eliminating prerequisites so that any student who wanted to take college-prep or honors courses could do so simply by signing up. "I think everybody should be exposed to the good stuff," he says. To ease the transition to the new, detracked environment, principal Antonio Gaitan organized after-school tutoring and Saturday enrichment classes for 700 former standard-track kids. "It's vital to build in curriculum support," Gaitan explains. "You don't just throw kids into the deep water." Have they learned to swim? The early results, at least, are promising. Doomsayers predicted that at least half...
...debate was hosted by Citizens' Schools, an after-school program for nine to 14-year-olds...
...also wants to make early childhoodeducation, after-school programs and adulteducation priorities...