Posted by: Webmaster, St. Stephen's Youth Programs on: December 15, 2009
St. Stephen’s Youth Programs was honored and excited to host a visit with Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning poet Mary Oliver in December. Mary, accompanied by Bishop Shaw, visited with young people in the after-school program on her way to her poetry reading at the Coolidge Corner Theatre hosted by Brookline Booksmith. St. Stephen’s [...]
Posted by: Webmaster, St. Stephen's Youth Programs on: December 11, 2009
Last week, the B-READY after-school program at St. Stephen’s celebrated its second annual Parent/Family Book Party with our partner reading organization Generations, Incorporated. Generations, which pairs older adults in the community with one-on-one focused reading tutoring twice a week, led twenty-five children in group and public reading with twelve of its Experience Corps members. Students in our elementary [...]
Posted by: Webmaster, St. Stephen's Youth Programs on: December 1, 2009
There was plenty to be thankful for this year at St. Stephen’s. Our sixth annual “Turkey Wahoo” for the B-READY After-School program was a huge success. At our St. Stephen’s site in the South End, more than 200 young people and family members enjoyed a full Thanksgiving dinner on Tuesday afternoon. Somehow we managed to [...]
