Back to School Fair: September 19

We’re excited to confirm our Second Annual BTU Back to School Fair for BPS families! Last year’s event was a huge success with over 800 family members coming to focus on literacy and get resources from our community partners. This year we’ll have more music, activities and fun as well as the distribution of over 40,000 free books directly to families through our partnership withFirst Books!

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS!

Please sign up to help sort and organize books on September 17 and 18 between 3-7 PM. You cansign up to volunteer. Please consider bringing students to volunteer as a community service project! All volunteers will receive free books for helping out, too.

Visual and Performing Arts Committee
This Thursday, September 10 from 4:30-6:30 PM at the BTU
Less Testing, More Learning
Monday, September 28 from 4:30-6:30 PM at the BTU

Parent2Parent Planning
Monday, Sept. 14th. 6-8 PM at Jobs with Justice (3353 Washington St., JP, 02130
Restorative Justice Committee
Thursday, Sept. 17th, 5-7:30 at BPS Bolling Building
Inclusion Committee
Tuesday, Sept. 22nd, 4:30-6:30PM at the BTU.
ELL Committee
Wednesday, Sept. 30th, 4:30-6:30PM at the BTU.
History Committee
Monday Oct 5th, 4:30-6:30 at Jobs with Justice (3353 Washington St., JP, 02130)
Please see descriptions of all committees and who to contact to join.

Stop the West Roxbury Lateral Campaign

SWRL is planning a large rally and march on Sunday, September 27 at 2 PM. Our last rally in July had 250 people attend at a time when a lot of local residents were out of town. We hope to get 500 to 750 people to attend this upcoming event.
Parent 2 Parent Conference
Saturday, October 10 from 8:30 AM to 3 PM at Madison Park. Join us for our second annual Parent2Parent conference! The event features parents and educators sharing workshops of their choosing to build greater parent advocacy and engagement within our Boston community! Please see and share the flyer.
Summer Organizing Institute Make-Up Session : THIS SATURDAY
Our Organizing Institute make-up session will be on Saturday, September 12 from 9 AM to 3 PM. You can attend the parts you may have missed — each hour will summarize/share key takeaways from each day’s session. Please RSVP here to let us know which parts you can attend. If you cannot make that date, please save the dates of October 23-25 to attend the Building Reps Conference.
Here is the schedule for this Saturday, September 12. Again, please sign up for the sessions you would like to make up based on the times below:
  • Day 1 Understanding the Public Ed & Budget Crisis: 9-10:15 AM
  • Day 2 The Role of the BTU and Organizing Committees: 10:30-11:45 AM
  • Day 3 Organizing In Our Schools & Faculty Senates: 12:15-1:30 PM
  • Day 4 Essential Organizing Skills/Wrap-up & Next Steps: 1:30-3 PM