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Revere Community School celebrated 10 years of amazing program accomplishment on May 11,2023 at the Revere High School Cafeteria.
It was a wondaful night of celebration attended by our students, their families, school and city officials, community partners and State senator Lydia Edwards, State Rep. Jessica Giannino and Jeffery Turco. Thank you to to our program Coordinator Fadiala, our clerk, Aida Guzman, Barbara Sargent, June Zhang and all our amazing staff who generously helped make the event come together.
"We love helping families because that helps the kids. When parents and caregivers have what they need they are better able to help the children and engage in the school. Having RCS in the school building help increase parent and family engagement and access to more resources" Dr. Dianne Kelly
Thank you for the incredible partnership with the Community school.
Celebrating 10 Years
RCS 2013-2023 ACCOMPLISHMENT
!!Attention REVERE RESIDENTS!!
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City of Revere Awards $660,000 of Community Development Block Grant Public Service Funding to Community Organizations
Money granted to community organizations who supported low to moderate income Revere residents throughout pandemic
REVERE, MA- Today Mayor Brian Arrigo and the Department of Planning and Community Development awarded Revere community organizations and municipal agencies a total of $660,000 through Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. Each awarded organization successfully demonstrates an ability to prevent, prepare for, and/or respond to the pandemic as well as service predominantly low to moderate income Revere residents.
“The pandemic has heightened the need for collaborative approaches to economic recovery,” said Mayor Brian Arrigo. “The CDBG program is an incredible opportunity for community partners and organizations. I am thankful for all the work they have done throughout the pandemic and know they will use this grant to better our community.”
The following nonprofit organizations and City Departments will receive CDBG funding:
Cambridge Health Alliance: Cambridge Health Alliance will establish a Career Pathways program for Revere youth and young adults. The program will focus on exploring healthcare related career pathways and leadership development. A Youth Advisory Board will also be created to help guide curriculum development, overall structure, and supportive services.
Cambridge Health Alliance: Cambridge Health Alliance will enroll 15 Revere residents in their Community Health Worker Training Program.
Community Action Programs Inter-City (CAPIC): CAPIC will provide rental or mortgage assistance Revere households that are facing eviction or housing displacement.
CONNECT: CONNECT, in partnership with Revere Works, will hire a bilingual job navigator to provide one-on-one job navigation services, including resume editing, interview preparation, application guidance, and soft skills training.
For Kids Only: For Kids Only will provide health and wellness-focused services to Revere youth affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. This includes the addition of an Inclusion Specialist and 1:1 aides to work with children in small group settings, train staff of therapeutic techniques, and communicate with families around support and additional resources.
HarborCOV: HarborCOV will hire a bilingual Domestic Violence Case Manager to provide intensive case management for survivors of domestic violence, hotline and on-call coverage, and comprehensive referrals to community resources.
Mystic Valley Elder Services: Mystic Valley will provide transportation to Revere elders and a congregate meal program in partnership with the Revere Senior Center.
Revere Community Health and Engagement Department: The Revere Farmers Market will provide Revere residents with a $20 shopping card, enabling them to purchase fresh, local produce at the market and provide Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) bags to residents facing increased food insecurity due to the COVID19 pandemic.
Revere Community School (RCS): RCS will provide scholarships for Revere residents to attend English and/or HiSET classes for those who are looking to attend college, gain employment and/or obtain a better job.
Revere Parks and Recreation Department: The Parks and Recreation Department will provide a Saturday enrichment camp for Revere youth. The camp will enable parents and guardians to work on Saturdays without worrying about the cost of childcare. Additionally, youth enrolled in the camp will be provided with additional educational supports to address any adverse impacts of remote learning over the past year.
Revere Substance Use Disorder & Homelessness Initiatives (SUDHI) Office: The SUDHI Office will hire a full-time outreach worker who will carry out a wide range of services with the unsheltered population in Revere. Services will focus on linking individuals to community resources, provide social and healthcare support, and facilitate continuity of care by providing follow up and improved communication between partners.
The Neighborhood Developers: The Neighborhood Developers will expand resident services programming for residents living in their affordable housing units in Revere. They will focus their efforts in three areas: 1) offering part and full day on-site childcare to allow for residents to go back to work 2) tutoring program for youth who may need extra support/assistance as a result of virtual learning and 3) pilot rent reporting as a tool for increasing credit scores for individuals who took on debt during the pandemic.
"Given the adverse impacts of the pandemic on Revere residents, funding our community partners will yield exciting, innovative approaches to struggles our community faces every day,” said Danielle Osterman, Community Development Program Manager. “By focusing on housing stability, pathways to good jobs, and increasing access to affordable childcare, these community partners draw upon key recommendations from Revere's Workforce Development Plan. The CDBG Program in Revere continues to take steps towards establishing long-lasting, transformational benefits for our hard-working residents.”
This work coupled with the city's overall master plan, Next Stop Revere, will create the tools and policies necessary for the next generation of success in Revere. Visit the Community Development Office’s webpage on revere.org for more information.
CONGRATULATION TO JOCELYN MARTINEZ FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETE OF THE NEW AMERICAN INTEGRATION PROJECT (NAIP).
We celebrate Jocelyn
" aside from being hard work. This is heart work "
Revere Community School Program on the Chronicle September 21, 2020
NEW ENGLISH CLASSES starting on february 28,2022
Welcome new students. We are looking forward to having you in our classes. WE WILL BE OFFERING online/remote AND IN-PERSON CLASSES IN THE WINTER, Weekday (Monday tO Thursday) classes will be two times a week. Please remember to click the second link after submitting this form and make your payment. Your registRATION will be incomplete without payment. Thank you for completing the registration.
Bienvenidos nuevos estudiantes. Esperamos tenerte en nuestras clases. OFRECEMOS CLASES EN LÍNEA / REMOTAS Y EN PERSONA EN EL INVIERNO, las clases entre semana (de lunes a jueves) serán dos veces por semana. Recuerde hacer clic en el segundo enlace después de enviar este formulario y realizar su pago. Su registro estará incompleto sin pago. Gracias por completar el registro.
Bem-vindos novos estudantes. Estamos ansiosos para ter você em nossas aulas. ESTAREMOS OFERECENDO AULAS online / remotas E PESSOAIS NA QUEDA, as aulas nos dias úteis (segunda a quinta-feira) serão duas vezes por semana. Lembre-se de clicar no segundo link após enviar este formulário e fazer o seu pagamento. Seu registro ficará incompleto sem pagamento. Obrigado por completar o registro.
REGISTER HERE - REGISTRAR AQUÍ - REGISTRE-SE AQUI - سجل هنا
https://forms.gle/HXCwfakF5bmVCoGr9
COST $105 FOR 10 WEEKS - CUSTA $ 105 POR 10 SEMANAS- COSTO $ 105 POR 10 SEMANAS- كلف 105 دولارات لمدة 10 أسابيع
free computer classes - فئات كمبيوتر مجاني - AULAS DE COMPUTADOR GRATUITAS -CLASES DE COMPUTADORAS GRATUITAS
Tech Goes Home
FREE COMPUTER CLASSES CLASES DE COMPUTADORAS GRATUITAS
Tech Goes Home
SCHOOL COURSE
Parents, Guardian, Caregivers and Students of Revere, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Lynn, Cambridge, Somerville Public Schools are eligible for this program.
Hello! Thank you for your interest! Please complete this form and we will contact you about your enrollment status. This class is open to families of Revere, Chelsea, Lynn, Malden, Everett, Somerville, Cambridge and Medford public schools.
All our SCHOOL courses are run for parent (or caregiver) + child pairs as "families". Both the adult AND the child are required to attend a minimum of 15 hours of class time in order for the "family" to successfully complete the course and receive the FREE Chromebook.
Please note that completing this form does not guarantee enrollment.
¡Hola! ¡Gracias por su interés! Complete este formulario y nos comunicaremos con usted sobre el estado de su inscripción. Esta clase está abierta a familias de las escuelas públicas de Revere, Chelsea, Lynn, Malden, Everett, Somerville, Cambridge y Medford.
Todos nuestros cursos de ESCUELA se llevan a cabo para parejas de padres (o cuidadores) + niños como "familias". Tanto el adulto como el niño deben asistir a un mínimo de 15 horas de clase para que la "familia" complete con éxito el curso y reciba la Chromebook GRATIS.
Tenga en cuenta que completar este formulario no garantiza la inscripción.
REGISTER is CLOSED
COMMUNITY COURSE
Hello! Thank you for your interest! Please complete this form and we will contact you about your enrollment status. This class is open to adults 18 years and older residing in Revere, Chelsea, Lynn, Malden, Everett, Somerville, Cambridge and Medford. Class will be on Zoom on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from August 16 to 27, 2021 (2 weeks) 6:00-8:30PM. Participants are required to attend a minimum of 15 hours of class time to successfully complete the course and receive the FREE Chromebook.
Please note that completing this form does not guarantee enrollment.
¡Hola! ¡Gracias por su interés! Complete este formulario y nos comunicaremos con usted sobre el estado de su inscripción. Esta clase está abierta a adultos y mayores de 18 años que están en Revere, Chelsea, Lynn, Malden, Everett, Somerville, Cambridge y Medford. La clase será en Zoom los lunes, miércoles y viernes del 16 al 27 de agosto de 2021 (2 semanas) 6: 00-8: 30PM. Los participantes deben asistir a un mínimo de 15 horas de clase para completar con éxito el curso y recibir el Chromebook GRATIS.
Tenga en cuenta que completar este formulario no garantiza la inscripción.
REGISTER is CLOSED
SEE FLYER BELOW - VER FOLLETO A CONTINUACIÓN- VEJA O FOLHETO ABAIXO
LAPTOP LENDING PROGRAM
We are happy to announce that our Laptop Lending library is ready to accept application
The Laptop Lending Program will open to Revere residents ONLY on a first come, first serve basis. You have to be registered in a program for more than a week at Revere Community School (RCS) of approved partners.
We have 60 laptop to lend out starting this week. Student can borrow a laptop for the duration of the program or class they are enrolled in and return it a as soon as the program or session ends or they withdraw from the class. Each borrower will signed a lending and return policy agreement and will be responsible for caring and returning the device on the specified date. If there are no students is on the waiting list when they laptop is returned, the borrower may renew the check out for the next class they are enroll in. Borrower who did not adhere to the return policy will forfeit their eligibility to participate in the lending program.
The purpose of Revere Community School (RCS) Computer Lending program is to provide a mobile computer resource and devices to RCS adult learners who may not own a PC and/or laptop computers and are in need of a computer for learning English language, citizenship, computer and High School Diploma. Adult learners from our partner organizations, WEE and MCAIR, CONNECT will be eligible to participate in this program.
The Laptop lending Library goal is to enhance learning opportunities of adults by focusing on the application of skills in information retrieval, searching strategies, research skills, and critical thinking, and to promote life-long learning.
DO YOU NEED A LAPTOP TO ATTEND YOUR CLASSES ONLINE/REMOTE? APPLY HERE TO BORROW A LAPTOP
REGISTER HERE https://forms.gle/kSfUzC6CLoMWSZ9G9
THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THE CITY OF REVERE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG)
GET YOUR TAXES PREPARE FOR FREE AT CONNECT:
Call 617-712-3487 or www.connectnow.org/free-tax-preparation. *Income restrictions apply.
Revere Works Coalition Awarded $100,000 by Urban Agenda Grant Program
The Revere Works coalition, led by The Neighborhood Developers (TND), was awarded $100,000 by the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development through the Urban Agenda Grant Program. The funded project’s main goal is to build a continuum of soft skills, computer literacy and computer skills training programs. It will leverage in-kind support from the City of Revere, laptop lending libraries housed at Revere Community School and TND, and funding from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Health Policy Commission.
This grant is the third awarded to Revere Works through the Urban Agenda program, which helped seed the coalition of City departments, workforce training agencies, and educational providers serving Revere residents through coordinated workforce development planning, programming, and employer and community engagement. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, programing was focused on building the skills needed for employment in the travel and hospitality sector, and has since shifted to accommodate the new, post-pandemic demands of the workforce.
COVID-19 has accelerated the move to virtual hiring platforms, which require job seekers to be computer literate and possess basic English skills—a significant hurdle for the more than 25% of Revere residents who do not speak English fluently. Revere Works will build new bridges between organizations to formalize client referrals from one provider to another, and subsequently into jobs. For instance, job seekers who aren’t eligible for Moroccan American Connections in Revere’s (MACIR’s) IT job training program will be referred to ESOL, computer literacy, or soft skills trainings to better prepare them for future enrollment. After completing these trainings, the job seekers would be referred back to MACIR. Additionally, job seekers could enroll in TND construction and building maintenance pre-apprenticeship program or other advanced training opportunities.
The training continuum includes:
Women Encouraging Empowerment’s ESOL, English, and job training classes;
Revere Community Schools’ advanced ESOL and computer skills classes,
Moroccan American Connections in Revere’s Tech Support Job Program and soft skills training, including internships and IT job placement;
TND/CONNECT’s soft skills training and one-on-one financial coaching; and
A formalized referral system to move participants along the workforce development continuum.
The Revere Works coalition includes Women Encouraging Empowerment, Revere Community Schools, Moroccan American Connections in Revere (MACIR), TND/CONNECT, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Community Health Improvement, and the City of Revere. The City of Revere has recently developed a Revere Works website that serves as a central hub for job seekers and employers. The website can be found at https://www.revere.org/revere-work
Revere Public School new meal distribution for December 2020
Food Resources
Weekly Food Pantry. The First Congregational Church's Food Pantry is open every Wednesday night from 7:00-8:30 PM. This weekly food pantry is free and open to all Revere residents. Drive-ups encouraged but walk-ups welcomed. Residents will receive a bag of non-perishable food items.
Cambridge Health Alliance 2023 mobile market schedule. Located at the Revere Care Center on 454 Broadway (back parking lot) and take place on first Saturdays each month from 10:30 AM–11:30 AM. Open to all for free fresh fruits and vegetables. For more information, please email PRODUCE@challiance.org.
*Are you in need of safe, reliable transportation due to the COVID crisis? The City of Revere has a program that may be able to help. Email our Outreach Coordinator to learn more about our city’s transportation tools and how you may be eligible.
Revere Community School program is funded BY: -
Grant Award
Revere Community School have been awarded $37,688 as a part of the City of Revere’s COVID Community Grant Program. With this grant, the program will establish a Laptop Lending Library for Revere adult residents and families without a device at home or could not access one to attend online educational programs. The purpose of this program is to address the need for technology devices and reduce the digital divide among leaners and families. The lending library will be open to ONLY Revere residents on first come, first serve basis. Participants enrolled in English (ESOL) classes, Citizenship, HiSET, and/or Work Force Development course at Revere Community School and partner organizations and programs are eligible to participate in this program. We want to put everyone on the same level, technologically speaking, so that everyone has the same opportunity to succeed in work and life.
City of Revere https://www.revere.org/
Revere Community Development Block Grant, https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/cdbg-entitlement/
Foundation Trust https://www.foundationtrust.org/ New resources were recently made available through the Foundation Trust to help adults and youth with a history of complex trauma cope with the stresses of the COVID-19 crisis.
Coping Strategies for Complex Trauma Survivors Contending with the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF available in English, Spanish & French)
COVID-19 Pandemic Coping Strategies for Youth with a History of Complex Trauma (PDF available in English, Spanish & French)
Revere CARES http://reverecares.org/
Tech Goes Home https://www.techgoeshome.org/
accomplishments
February 11, 2020 TGH GRADUATES
2019 Thanksgiving dinner- sponsored by east boston savings bank
TGH class graduation November 18, 2019
PRESS RELEASE- grant award
FAMILY NIGHTs & End of year CELEBRATIONS
June 2019 celebration