America SCORES New England

America SCORES New England is a recreationally-linked education program that combines creative writing and soccer activities for urban youth. The mission of America SCORES New England is to strengthen urban public school communities through soccer, literacy, and community service. Our program aims to foster each individual child's self-confidence and self-expression through the team sport of soccer and the individual activity of creative writing. By combining the two activities into one program, we help our student-athletes explore, cultivate and celebrate their athletic and academic talents with their peers, teachers, coaches and parents.

History:
SCORES has 360 3rd-5th grade and 300 6th-8th grade student-athletes enrolled in its five-day-a-week after-school program which combines soccer and creative writing. The 12 Boston public elementary and 10 middle schools with whom we work are located in East Boston, Allston/Brighton, Roxbury, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain and Dorchester. New England SCORES was the first replication site of DC SCORES and now is an affiliate of AMERICA SCORES with 12 sites around the country.

Contact people:

Caroline Doctor, Athletic Coordinator, (email) Christine Bolger, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (617) 282-6367

Address:

Bayside Office Center, 150 Mount Vernon St. Boston, MA 02125 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.americascoresnewengland.org

Directions:

Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: JFK/UMass,   Walk distance (in minutes): 2   Nearest Bus Stop: Lots!!! For maps or information, please see http://www.mbta.com/schedmaps/index.cfm

Last updated on July 29, 2009