826 Boston
3035 Washington St.
Roxbury, MA 02119
617.442.5400 Directions
826 Boston core free programs include In-Schools, Field Trips, Tutoring, and Workshops:
In-Schools
826 Boston offers in-school writing support to Boston Public Schools within a mile radius of our center. If a high school class needs college essay help or a group of middle school students is creating their own Greek myths, 826 Boston tutors are here to help. Trained tutors regularly visit classrooms to support a teacher's writing curriculum by working one-on-one with students. Tutors can help students at any stage of the writing process, from brainstorming to fixing grammar to publishing that final draft. If you are a teacher or administrator interested in having 826 tutors work in your school, please send an email to lindsey [at] 826boston.org.
Watch 826 Boston Student Portrait of Ellie Nguyen by filmmaker Matt Watson:
Field trips are the chance for entire classes to come to our writing center for a few hours of high-energy learning. One of our most popular field trips is Storytelling & Bookmaking, designed for grades 1-4, in which a class creates, illustrates & publishes a tale like "Bud, the Grumpy Earthquake" all in one morning! Each student then leaves with his or her own published books. 826 Boston also offers Scriptwriting field trips for grades 5-8. If you are interested in bringing your class on a field trip to 826 Boston, please send an email to lindsey [at] 826boston.org.
Watch Matt Watson's film about field trips at 826 Boston for a flavor of our field trip mornings:
After-School & Saturday Tutoring
After-school tutoring occurs Monday - Thursday from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at our writing center for any student in grade 1 to 12, and Saturday from 1:00 - 3:00 pm for students in grades 6 - 12. Any student can register to receive one-on-one help from a trained tutor on any type of homework, from math to history to science and, yes, even English. After a student has finished their homework, tutors are available to help students with individual creative writing projects, like our Spring 2009 publication, "2% of 2% of All the World's Stories." For more information about tutoring, contact karen [at] 826boston.org. Click here for more information. Haga clic aqui para más información en Español.
Workshops
Saturday workshops focus on unique and exciting writing projects ranging from a published chapbook to a performance or website. Past workshops have included Improv & Sketch Comedy, Sock Puppet Theater, Film-making, Gross Science Experiments & Other Strange Phenomena, Letters that were once lost, and Odes to Common Things. Over school vacations, 826 Boston offers daily workshops, and during, summer break, an intensive science & writing camp. Please note that in order to insure participation and allow as many students as possible to attend our workshops we require a $20 deposit upon registration, which is fully refundable upon attendance. For more information, please see our workshops page or email karen [at] 826boston.org.
Featured Student Work
Watch "A Night at the Library," an original 826 Boston film.
Read some original writing created by our students.
Watch "Me Need Job," 826 Boston's first original film.
