FoodCorps Service Site Descriptions

Below you will find detailed descriptions of all of the service sites located in this state. Each description includes details about the community where the service site is based,the overall work and mission of the organization, and what an incoming service member can expect to do on a day-to-day basis at this site. We hope this document will help you to best determine where you are most interested in serving!

Please note that this is a list of FoodCorps service sites in the 2018-19 and is likely to change for the 2019-2020 service term. Some of the sites listed here may no longer host service members next year, and new sites may come on board.

Backyard Growers Gloucester

Community Description

Gloucester is a small, economically diverse seaside city with under 30,000 residents located northeast of . One out of every six residents is a client at the local food pantry, and a large part of each school community qualifies for the federal free and reduced price lunch program. The city itself has a small-town feel, with a working waterfront and an active arts community combining to create an eclectic, active, and sometimes unconventional community. Gloucester has a charming downtown, beautiful beaches, and unique places to explore the woods as well as the shore, and it is about one hour from Boston by car or commuter rail. Gloucester is a special place!

Organization Description

Located in a beautiful seaside city north of Boston, Backyard Growers (BYG) is a small, grassroots nonprofit helping to reshape Gloucester's relationship with food. We provide resources and support to establish vegetable gardens at homes, housing communities, organizations, and schools. In the end, we create life-long gardeners inspired by the power of growing one's own food.

BYG’s School Garden Program enables 100% of preK-7th grade students in the Gloucester Public School District to plant, grow, harvest, and eat fresh food from their own school gardens. Students build and maintain gardens, engage in district-wide school planting and harvesting

events, learn from BYG educators in their classrooms, and taste new vegetables as part of our Harvest of the Month program!

Our main goal in the schools is to increase children's exposure to fresh vegetables and to making healthy food choices by providing them with hands-on, fun gardening and food preparation experiences. We also strive to integrate growing and eating healthy food in school culture, build the capacity of each school to maintain their gardens long-term, explore academic subject areas through gardening and food systems-focused experiential education, and strengthen our school garden model as we spread it across Massachusetts.

Service Activities Description

Our FoodCorps service member is focused on our elementary and middle school programs. At the elementary level, the service member will implement our Salad Days & Fall Harvest Days program growing 2 crops each year with K-5 students, teach our 1st grade in-class food systems lessons, lead cafeteria taste tests, and develop special events and initiatives including to promote food literacy and healthy school food culture.

Beyond elementary school, 6th graders grow popcorn as part of their science class and 7th graders grow wheat while they study the development of civilization in social studies. The service member will support both programs, collaborating with teachers to integrate the school garden into their lessons, designing and leading lessons of their own, and strengthening connections with other academic departments to make the program truly interdisciplinary.

The service member will work alongside the rest of our School Programs team in our funky Main Street office, and have opportunities to delve into in-class education, school garden work, efforts to increasing access to school meals, and true community organizing as we connect the work we do in the schools to the greater community of Gloucester.

Skills, Interest, Knowledge Preferences

Our site can be a great fit for service members interested in education (both traditional and nontraditional), food systems, school garden education, and nonprofit management. As a small community nonprofit, we partner closely with schools, but are a separate entity. Service at Backyard Growers encompasses many different types of service: teaching lessons, leading after school/extracurricular activities, leading garden activities, and working in cafeterias. This very rich service experience requires adaptability and an openness to learning about many different spheres that combine to form a whole school food environment. Prior knowledge in any of these areas will be advantageous for both our site and service member.

Helpful Languages: Spanish & Portuguese ​

Service Members Need Car? Required ​

Chicopee Public Schools Chicopee

Community Description The City of Chicopee is known as the crossroads of . This has been so for over 150 years. Going back to the industrial revolution, the city's location at the confluence of the Chicopee and Connecticut rivers gave it a natural advantage over many other potential development sites in Western New England. The rivers provided power and transportation opportunities not available in many other communities. As the Industrial Revolution waned, Interstate Routes 90 and 91 were built and have become the commercial corridor for all of New England. Both of these interstates run through Chicopee and are easily accessible. This has provided Chicopee with present-day development advantages. The City of Chicopee is also home to Westover Air Reserve Base, the largest air reserve base in the . The airfield has a civilian terminal and the longest runway in New England.

Organization Description

ChicopeeFRESH is the farm to school initiative of the Chicopee Public Schools, being spearheaded by the district's Food Service Department. The mission of ChicopeeFRESH is to provide every student in the district with access to locally sourced and nutritious meals, along with experiential learning opportunities in the classroom and school garden. Our vision is to achieve food security in the community, support the New England food economy, and empower students to develop healthy and positive relationships with their food. With the support of the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, the Food Service Department has increased local spending from just 1% in 2014, to over 16% during the 206-2017 school year (not including regional milk cartons). The department has developed a statewide reputation for excellence when it comes to serving up delicious farm fresh meals. In fall 2017, Food Service Director, Joanne Lennon, was named a Kale Blazer by Mass Farm to School. The Chicopee Food Service Department consists of a staff of over 100 full and part-time employees, located at 15 sites throughout the city. Our staff serves over 100,000 nutritious meals per month. We could be considered the largest restaurant in the city of Chicopee! All students receive free breakfast

and lunch through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). There are currently 6 school gardens throughout the city, with plans to expand to 9 gardens by 2020. FoodCorps Service Members will work directly with schools to build a link between local food on school lunch trays and nutrition education taking place in classrooms and school gardens.

Service Activities Description

The FoodCorps service members will each split their time between two elementary schools. One member will serve Stefanik and Litwin schools and the other will serve Bowe and Lambert Lavoie schools All four schools have gardens and an existing relationship with FoodCorps, although service will look different across the sites. The service members will deliver hands-on lessons in the classroom, promote healthy eating in the cafeteria, and lead after school gardening and cooking clubs. The service members will have autonomy to develop and implement projects in collaboration with the school community to promote a healthy school food environment. In addition to serving 1-2 days at each school every week, the service members will co-host 4 taste tests each month, rotating between elementary schools to reach all K-5 students on a bi-monthly basis. The service members will follow the MA FTS Harvest of the Month program, and sample a new farm fresh recipe each month, with the goal of finding recipes that appeal to students and are easy and cost-effective to prepare in the kitchen. The service members will also spend time in the department learning about local sourcing from the Food Service Director and Farm to School Coordinator. In addition to these responsibilities, the service members will be expected to help implement school garden and community engagement events. These positions require service members who are strong communicators, self-starters, and skilled multi-taskers.

Skills, Interest, Knowledge Preferences

In order to thrive in Chicopee, a FoodCorps service member will need to be a self-starter, able to create and manage independent projects, and juggle multiple projects at a time. The service member will ideally have experience in growing and cooking healthy food. Furthermore, they should be comfortable speaking to and managing groups of people and diverse stakeholders (e.g. students, parents, teachers, principals, farmers, city and state officials, community organizations, etc.) This is a great site for those interested in food service operations and local procurement.

Helpful Languages: Spanish ​

Service Members Need Car? Required ​

Groundwork Lawrence Lawrence

Community Description

Lawrence is home to 80,231 residents, and is the most heavily populated Latino city in New England and one of the poorest and youngest. Per 2015 US Census data, 26% of residents are living below the poverty level, 40% are below the age of 25 and 76% are Latino. Low income and working poor families are vulnerable to unpredictable events such as sudden job loss or a steep rise in utility bills or food prices. One in 3 families is persistently unable to meet their daily food needs. One in 7 families receive SNAP benefits though hundreds more qualify, 82% of school children are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Because of this economic hardship, residents experience high rates of diet-related illnesses like Type II diabetes (rates are 76% higher than those across MA), heart disease, stroke and obesity. At 51%, Lawrence has the state's highest rate of childhood obesity. Many Lawrence youth are unable to afford to engage in meaningful job opportunities or programs through which they can build their skillset, limiting their professional networks and future employability. Despite its challenges, Lawrence is poised to restore its status as one of Merrimack Valley’s economic and cultural centers, with hundreds of millions of dollars invested in redevelopment of its historic mills and open spaces, connection to Boston via commuter rail, regional motor vehicle connection via Interstates 495 and 93, a hard-working and entrepreneurial Latino immigrant community, and a high functioning nonprofit sector and renewed community vitality.

Organization Description

GWL’s Mission Statement: to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships which empower people, businesses and organizations to promote environmental, economic and social well-being.

Beginning in 1999 and incorporated in 2001, GWL has worked to improve Lawrence residents’ lives in conjunction with their physical surroundings. Launched through the Merrimack River Watershed Council with support from the National Park Service, U.S. EPA and the City of Lawrence, GWL was one of three Groundwork USA pilot communities, based on a model started in the UK over thirty years ago. GWL brings together government, schools, businesses, and other nonprofits to lead community-driven initiatives focused on building a healthier, stronger, more vibrant city. GWL restores and revitalizes open spaces through parks, community gardens, greenways, and trails, and provides programs centered on youth

education, job training, fresh food access, environmental awareness, healthy living, and community engagement and stewardship. GWL’s primary service area is Lawrence.

The Lawrence Public School System supports lifelong healthy eating habits and positive physical activity for all students and staff in the Lawrence Public Schools. The School Committee is committed to addressing the increasing rates of diet-related health consequences among these groups ensuring that the Lawrence Public Schools takes a comprehensive approach to reviewing and incorporating changes in policy, curriculum and operating procedures to promote healthy lifestyles and appropriate nutritional practices for all students. In doing so, the Lawrence Public Schools recognizes the important relationship between wellness and academic success. (from LPS Wellness Policy 2012)

Service Activities Description

The service member will support school and garden programming at local schools.

The Bruce School is ready to deepen its commitment to healthy food through growing food, taste tests at report card night, and neighborhood engagement. The service member will collaborate with the school community to support this programming and developing commitment.

Skills, Interest, Knowledge Preferences

A FoodCorps Service member who comes to Groundwork Lawrence would need to have strong interpersonal communication skills, a can do attitude to be able to work in a challenging urban community and knowledge of growing food. This is a dynamic gateway city with students who need role models and someone who believes in them and can nurture their minds and their hearts.

Helpful Languages: Spanish ​

Service Members Need Car? Required ​

Healthy Chelsea Chelsea

Community Description

Chelsea is a small and vibrant community just north of Boston. It is a very dense urban area with many challenges, but far greater opportunities, and people who are resilient and dedicated to making life in Chelsea better for all. It is culturally and ethnically rich with many different nationalities. For generations, the city has been a landing site for new immigrant communities. Today, it is home to immigrant and refugee communities from Central America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The city is majority Latinx, and more than two-thirds of Chelsea community members are Spanish-speaking. Chelsea has wonderful parks and open spaces, public transportation to Boston, and unique restaurants and stores. The city is surrounded by water, but has minimal public waterfront access--community partners working toward environmental justice are fighting to change that.

Organization Description

Healthy Chelsea is a community coalition, supported by Massachusetts General Hospital's Center for Community Healthy Improvement (CCHI), with a mission to improve the health outcomes of Chelsea residents. The coalition formed in 2010, as an initiative of the MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center and initially focused on healthy eating and active living in the schools and community. The coalition’s work plan is determined by regular “Community Health Needs Assessments” administered by MGH, and subsequent assessments have widened Healthy Chelsea’s focus to include substance use disorders and trauma-informed care.

Healthy Chelsea works on projects in all areas of the community, but one of the strongest partnerships is with the Chelsea Public Schools. Healthy Chelsea collaborates with the school department, individual schools, and Chelsea Food Services (Aramark) to create and foster a culture of health and wellness. This is done through school garden programming and education, school food improvement, cafeteria taste tests, youth-led food justice initiatives, and promotion of physical activity in the classroom.

Service Activities Description

Early Learning Center: The ELC, which serves pre-K through 1st graders, has a team of admin ​ and staff that is especially committed to health and wellness in the school environment. Currently we focus garden programming on the ELC’s 3-year-old Indoor Garden--while we wait

for the outdoor garden to be renovated. The service member helps coordinate planting activities and lesson series in that space. The service members also lead Harvest of the Month lessons and tastings in classrooms during and after school, and we have just started leading school-wide taste tests in a central part of the school (since this school has no cafeteria).

Berkowitz Elementary School: The FoodCorps service member teaches a 12-lesson series to all ​ 2nd grade classes over the course of the year. These lessons meet ELA, math, and science standards. There are also monthly Harvest of the Month tastings in the school's cafeteria, which the service member leads, and regular cafeteria presence promoting different vegetables or entrees.

Hooks: The FoodCorps service member teaches a 12-lesson series to all 2nd grade classes over ​ the course of the year. These lessons meet ELA, math, and science standards. There are also monthly Harvest of the Month tastings in the school's cafeteria, which the service member leads, and regular cafeteria presence promoting different vegetables or entrees.

Skills, Interest, Knowledge Preferences

Cultural sensitivity, humility, Spanish proficiency, social justice advocate, strong equity/justice framework, ability to take initiative, comfortable making and retaining relationships and collaborations in many settings.

Helpful Languages: Primarily Spanish (other helpful languages could include: Somali, Arabic, ​ and Haitian Creole)

Service Members Need Car? Very helpful ​

Mayor's Office of Food Access - City of Boston Boston

Community Description

These FoodCorps members will serve the district, which is comprised of a high percentage of children of color, who are disproportionately impacted by food insecurity. In the BPS district, 41% of students are Hispanic, 39% are Black, and 49% are economically disadvantaged.

These FoodCorps members will engage both the students and their families through their work to support the BOSFoodLove Coalition work being run by the Mayor's Office of Food Access, the Boston Public Schools Food and Nutrition Services, and the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics.

Organization Description

The Mayor’s Office of Food Access for the City of Boston believes that food is a right, not a privilege. As such, our vision endorses a just, resilient, and robust food community in Boston that supports the wellbeing of all Boston residents.

Our mission is to improve equitable access to nutritious food with respect to:

- Affordability - Physical Accessibility - Cultural Appropriateness

In pursuit of this mission, OFA will foster a more food secure community with a vibrant, inclusive food culture, reflective of the diverse residents of the City.

We support programs that increase food access for Bostonians - including, among others, the HIP SNAP-match program at Boston farmers markets and summer meal programs - and seek to find broader, sustainable solutions to food insecurity and hunger in Boston with support from the Boston Food Access Council.

Service Activities Description

Each member will support the work of the BOSFoodLove program, which will strive to increase student participation in healthy school meals by getting students excited to participate in the meals. This will be accomplished through the work of a BOSFoodLove Coalition, comprised primarily of students and family members and also some BPS and Boston Public Schools Food & Nutrition Services staff members. This Coalition will explore effective ways to engage students around school food - sampling new menu items, exposure to fruits and vegetables through taste tests, surveys, cooking demonstrations, and other activities that will get kids excited about eating school food and healthy food. The core mission of the Coalition is to bolster student and family voices to make school food choices ones that they want to see, and putting that input to work to make meaningful changes. FoodCorps members will help to recruit, convene, and engage Coalition members, and implement engagement activities deemed necessary by this Coalition. This work will all be in addition to the required elements of the

members AmeriCorps service which, while separate from the Coalition work, is complementary to it.

Each member will be responsible for supporting engagement of 1 of 3 subgroups of the Coalition. As such, members will be assigned to liaise with a group of schools - elementary, middle, and high - in a geographic area in Boston specific to their assigned sub-group.

Skills, Interest, Knowledge Preferences

The ideal service member will have experience in community organizing and/or convening community conversations to bring the community voice to the forefront of an issue. Members should have experience working with individuals from diverse backgrounds in an inclusive, open, and compassionate manner. A member who has lived in Boston for an extended period of time, ideally who has attended Boston Public Schools, and has an intimate knowledge of deep social, racial, and economic divides that exist among Boston residents would also be valuable. Members should also be passionate about increasing food security by supporting physical, financial, and cultural food access.

Helpful Languages: Spanish, Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean Creole, Mandarin, Cantonese ​

Service Members Need Car? Not necessary ​

Mill City Grows Lowell

Community Description

Lowell is a mid-sized, post-industrial city with a population of a little over 109,000 residents. Lowell was the birthplace of American Industry and has beautiful mills that were once home to textile manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution. Our city is split by the Merrimack River, which once powered these mills. Today our community still showcases this historical legacy, remaining extremely diverse and our culture, food, and festivals reflect the many people that call Lowell home. Lowell is a wonderful place to live, work, and play. We have tons of art galleries, amazing restaurants for any budget, and numerous free festivals each year. If you love being outdoors, the Riverwalk and the Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest are great places for walking, hiking, and biking. The Merrimack and Concord rivers are great places to paddle around and see a different side of the city. We are just 35 miles from Boston, which is

accessible by the commuter rail (train) from Lowell. Lowell is also within a 45 minute drive to the coast or the mountains. We are ideally situated for easy access to recreation of all kinds. A car is required for service at this site.

Organization Description

Mill City Grows fosters food justice by improving physical health, economic independence, and environmental sustainability in Lowell through increased access to land, locally-grown food, and education. We envision that Lowell will be known for its innovative approach to food production and food justice where residents are engaged actors in creating a food secure community. Mill City Grows creates and manages school and community gardens, grows produce on three urban farms, conducts trainings for all partner gardeners, provides food and nutrition education to Lowell Public School students, and increases access to local food. Mill City Grows has installed 14 school gardens, providing in-school garden programming, afterschool food system curriculum at many 21st century elementary schools, and family Farm to Table cooking classes within the Lowell Public School District.

Service Activities Description

Mill City Grows FoodCorps service members each serve at local schools and provide garden support at additional schools. The service members will coordinate with and serve on the schools' School Garden Leadership Teams (comprised of members of the school community including administrators, teachers, school support staff, students and parents) to build support for the gardens within the school and greater school community. Through their collaboration with the School Garden Leadership Teams, service members will become an integral part of the school community and will provide integrated garden and food based curriculum during the school day through a variety of subjects. Service members will also have the opportunity to facilitate afterschool session, often at their primary school or serve as a Farm to Table facilitator during our Farm to Table Family Cooking Classes.

Skills, Interest, Knowledge Preferences

Our School Garden Leadership Team members range in gardening technical skills. It would be wonderful to have Service Members with a background in food production, and an interest in growing culturally-appropriate crops that reflect the diverse population of Lowell Public Schools.

Comfort and knowledge around cooking and nutrition education is always a plus!

Helpful Languages: Spanish, Khmer, Arabic, Swahili, Portuguese, French ​

Service Members Need Car? Required ​

Springfield Public Schools Springfield

Community Description

Springfield is a city in western Massachusetts, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River.

There are 60 schools in Springfield Public Schools serving nearly 26,000 students.

Springfield Public Schools district, which is comprised of a high percentage of children of color, who are disproportionately impacted by food insecurity. In the Springfield Public Schools district, 65% of students are Hispanic, 19.5% are Black, and 77% are economically disadvantaged.

FoodCorps members will engage an incredibly diverse group of students, parents, staff and community through their service in 1-2 high-need elementary schools.

Organization Description

The Springfield Public Schools are world class learning environments that produce 21st century leaders. Our students will graduate from high school College and Career ready. The school district attracts knowledgeable, highly effective and diverse teachers and principals who want to work in a high performing district. Parents and community members are moving into Springfield for the privilege of sending their students to schools that are thriving in A Culture of Equity and Proficiency.

Our school system is large and diverse, with approximately 26,000 students, about 4,000 employees, and nearly 60 schools. Along with strong basic skills programs, enrichment and extracurricular activities also add depth and scope to the overall educational program. Our curriculum is designed to meet the needs of all?not just some?of our students.

Service Activities Description

As Springfield Public School district continues its transformation of the school meal program, FoodCorps service members will help engage families in the meal program improvements through community events and schoolwide communications, capture and integrate student voice in menus, and create cafeteria environments that celebrate and encourage healthy choices. Springfield has invested in school gardens, added garden programming, and created high school employment opportunities to bolster the connections between students and the food that they are eating at school.

FoodCorps service members will support the District goals to increase student and community engagement in the district?s meal programs in the following ways: ● Hands-on Education: Ongoing weekly and bi-weekly lessons in both classroom and garden spaces with 1-2 district elementary schools. ● Raising Student Voice in Menus: Create the feedback loops necessary to connect data and information from taste tests and sample surveys to District level FNS ● Increased Cultural Relevance: Service members taste test new menu options to gauge student approval rating and survey students to understand what foods they want to see on their trays. ● Changing Attitudes about School Meals: FoodCorps service members bring enthusiasm and excitement about healthy foods, new menu items, and school meals to the schools, shifting the common perception about school food. ● Cafeteria Look and Feel: Small but important enhancements to the look and feel of the cafeterias through menu boards, posters, murals, table toppers, etc.

Samuel W. Mason Roxbury, Boston

Site Description Children are the heart and soul of the Mason School. The mission of the Mason School is to provide a comprehensive and rigorous full-inclusion academic program supported by committed staff, student interns, devoted parents, and a strong community working collaboratively and learning together.

Site Community Description The Samuel Mason Pilot Elementary School is a very special place where approximately 250 children are empowered to be active learners and citizens of the world. We are home to a

thriving full inclusion program; which means that both mainstream students and students with special needs learn side-by-side.

Today Roxbury is home to a diverse community which includes African American, Hispanic, and Asian families. The city states that Roxbury serves as the "heart of Black culture in Boston". Roxbury was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 and has a total population of 59,626 people as of 2016. New businesses and housing initiatives are renewing Roxbury’s main districts, including: Dudley Square, Crosstown, and Grove Hall.

Site Service Activities Description The FoodCorps Service Member serves at the Samuel W. Mason Elementary School. Our member offers on-going food and nutritions classes, taste tests, and school events that support the wellness of the students, families and staff. The Mason School is committed to a positive ​ ​ and respectful school culture that is nurturing, supportive, and honors diversity. This applies to whole school community including the FoodCorps Service Member.

Gardner Pilot Academy , Boston Site Description The mission of Gardner Pilot Academy is to provide quality learning and social opportunities for our diverse student body, engage families, and offer health and community services through innovative programs and partnerships. The mission of FoodCorps directly links to our mission as it is a way to engage with the community to improve the health outcomes of our students.

Site Community Description Located in North Allston, the Gardner Pilot Academy (GPA) is a full-service community school currently serving 385 students in grades K0-8. To achieve the school’s mission: “to provide quality learning and social opportunities for our diverse student body, engage families, and offer health and community services through innovative programs and partnerships”, GPA provides high quality teaching along with a range of programs that focus on social, emotional and academic development delivered through an array of community partners. GPA opens its doors to welcome 30 current community partners including: University partners, physical and mental health providers, partnerships that support the Arts and sports and recreation as well as the YMCA, a key fiscal partner. Over the past 16 years, GPA has evolved from a traditional school to a highly functioning community school that supports the whole child.

Site Service Activities Description

At the Gardner Pilot Academy, the FoodCorp member will continue to support the three areas of service: hands on learning through our after school and gardening classes; healthy school meals through our cafeteria remodeling and new food vendor; and schoolwide culture of health through our culinary arts leadership group.

Site Commitment to EDI As a full inclusion school. our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion are alive and well in each of our diverse, urban classrooms.

Mattahunt Early Elementary , Boston

Site Description: We foster a love of learning and a sense of responsibility in our students to position them to realize their immense potential. We do this by providing rigorous and meaningful learning experiences- experiences that are grounded in students’ interests, contexts, and cultures and in the environment and community that surrounds and girds our school.

FoodCorps provides learning experiences that are meaningful for our students to learn about food and how to eat healthy. The programming we have had through FoodCorps supports our mission to teach responsibility which they learn through growing their own vegetables, cooking, and learning how to eat healthy to best fuel their minds and bodies. FoodCorps also offers a space for experiential learning that is fun and encourages engagement from our diverse body. With the recent addition of My Way Cafe at the Mattahunt, FoodCorps provides an important role in getting students to take advantage of the fresh fruits and vegetables now being offered daily. We are focused on having partnerships that supplement the academic side of school and specifically in terms of FoodCorps give unique opportunities to interact with the natural world as we expand our outdoor learning spaces in the year to come.

Site Community Description The Mattahut Elementary School Home of the Toussaint L’Ouverture Academy will serve as a model of excellence in early childhood education, specializing in providing trauma-sensitive practices and includes both general education and special education programs for students with autism in an inclusion setting. The Mattahunt / Toussaint will also offer culturally and linguistically proficient programming for English Language Learners, including the Dual Language program in Haitian Creole and English for students beginning in K1. There is also a Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) in Haitian Creole 1st and second grade. The school also provides extended day and after-school programming.

Site Service Activities Description Hands on Learning: FoodCorps will participate in teaching our enrichment period with the second grade students.

Healthy School Meals: FoodCorps will assist with My Way Cafe and leading programming around taste tests within the cafeteria.

Schoolwide Culture of Health: FoodCorps will serve on Mattahunt's health and wellness committee as well as being a presence at school community events.