826NYC
Mission:
826NYC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Our services are structured around our belief that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. With this in mind we provide drop-in tutoring, field trips, after-school workshops, in-schools tutoring, help for English language learners, and assistance with student publications. All of our free programs are challenging and enjoyable, and ultimately strengthen each student's power to express ideas effectively, creatively, confidently, and in his or her individual voice.
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General Information
Target audience: Students, Teachers, Schools
Tag words: free, tutoring, creative writing, field trips, after-school workshops, in-schools, English language learners, ESL, story, homework
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Tutoring:
Description: We offer one-on-one tutoring Sunday, 2:30-5:30PM, and Monday through Thursday, 3:00-5:30PM. Tutors are available at the lab and ready to help students with writing assignments, homework, English language learning, creative writing, and publishing projects.
Fees for services: Free
Ages of students: 6-18 years old
Schools/sites: Any school can apply to have these free services
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Workshops:
Description: We offer free evening and weekend workshops designed to foster creativity, strengthen writing skills, and provide students with a forum for executing projects they might not otherwise have the support to undertake. Workshops range from the playful to the practical, and all are taught by volunteer writers, artists, educators, and publishing professionals.
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Field Trips:
Description: We host school groups for on-site workshops during the school day. We invite teachers to choose from a wide range of programs, such as our Storytelling & Bookmaking workshop. We also invite teachers to collaborate with us in customizing workshops. Field trips may entail single or multiple sessions.
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In School:
Description: The strength of our volunteer base allows us to provide in-school support for teachers in New York City classrooms. We send volunteers into New York City schools to support teachers with projects in their classroom. If you are a teacher and your students could use additional one-on-one help with any sort of project, please let us know what you’re working on, when, and where—and we’ll dispatch an enthusiastic batch of tutors to your school.
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Description: We also send our volunteers out to local libraries to offer one-on-one tutoring to students after school.
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