Page 14 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, SEpTEmbER 23, 2022 A shining moment in the life of City Year EpS plays a prominent role in Opening Day celebration Special to The Advocate S uperintendent Priya Tahiliani helped welcome AmeriCorps members to the 2022-2023 school year as part of City Year Greater Boston’s annual Opening Day event, further highlighting the flourishing partnership between the Everett Public Schools (EPS) and one of the nation’s preeminent educational service organizations. During her remarks on Friday, September 9 at the Hotel Commonwealth, she said, “I had the distinct pleasure of working with City Year during my 19 years in the Boston Public Schools, so I have known very well the incredible impact that City Year Corps members have on our students. And I must say that bringing City Year to the Everett Public Schools has been one of the highlights of my superintendency.” With critical support from EPS Chief Financial Officer Anu Medappa Jayanth and EPS Budget & Grants Director Shirley Peng, Superintendent Tahiliani welcomed City Year to Everett at the start of the 2021-2022 school year. There are five-member AmeriCorps teams in all Everett’s five K-8 buildings: the Keverian, Lafayette, Parlin, Madeline English and Whittier. Everett is the first city outside of Boston to partner with City Year, necessitating a name change to City Year Greater Boston. Superintendent Tahiliani was joined on the speaking program by City Year Greater Boston Senior Vice President & Executive Director Monica Roberts and Boston Public Schools Acting Superintendent Drew Echelson. Several AmeriCorps members also shared stories of why they chose to dedicate a year to service in Boston and Everett schools. Among Everett’s AmeriCorps members is Jamily Pimenta, a 2022 Everett High graduate who learned about City Year from a younger sibling. And Sophia Riviello, a City Year member in the EPS last school year, is a first-year teacher in the district. “The community can be assured that our partnership with City Year pays dividends, big and small, every day,” said Superintendent Tahiliani. Comcast/NBCUniversal sponsored the first-class event, which featured food and refreshments inside the HoEPS Budget & Grants Director Shirley Peng, Superintendent of Schools Priya Tahiliani and Chief Financial Officer Anu Medappa Jayanth are pictured with three of the 25 AmeriCorps members who will serve as City Year AmeriCorps members in the EPS during the 2022-2023 school year. EPS Budget & Grants Director Shirley Peng (left) and Chief Financial Officer Anu Medappa Jayanth are pictured with three of the AmeriCorps members who will be working in the EPS in 2022-2023. City Year Greater Boston Executive Director/Senior Vice President Monica Roberts and Everett’s Superintendent of Schools, Priya Tahiliani. EPS Budget & Grants Director Shirley Peng, Chief Financial Officer Anu Medappa Jayanth and Superintendent of Schools Priya Tahiliani were among the distinguished guests for this year’s City Year Greater Boston Opening Day celebration at the Hotel Commonwealth. tel Commonwealth’s conference area that overlooks Fenway Park. Comcast’s Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs for the Boston Region, Angela Holm Barson, talked about the company’s far-reaching and considerable investment in City Year programs around the country. “It has been abundantly clear how instrumental Corps members are in our efforts to ensure educational equity,” said Superintendent Tahiliani. “We have seen firsthand how Superintendent Priya Tahiliani tried on the red City Year bomber jacket she received during the organization’s Opening Day celebration on Friday, September 9 at the Hotel Commonwealth. City Year Corps members support newcomer students, stay after school to help students with homework and projects, lend an ear when a student is having a particularly difficult day, or by simply giving our students the individualized attention that they need and deserve.” Everett AmeriCorps City Year Members Albert N. Parlin School Claire Norman Emily Suher Hannah Cehelsky JoJo Mitchell Maya Levitt George Keverian School Ro Carranza Pineda Tom Meneghini Emily Crespo Perez Madjeena Philippe Lafayette School Catherine King Jamily Pimenta Matthew McCumber Suhamia Sharif Superintendent of Schools Priya Tahiliani (right) and AmeriCorps members enjoyed the City Year Greater Boston Opening Day event on September 9 at the Hotel Commonwealth. Tashira Wallace Madeline English School Anke Volker Eugene Wu Kaley Whittle Morgan Hannon Varun Rajan Whittier School Noah Gilbert Leon Glover Alyssa Canfield Dylan Clark Kylee Monkiewicz
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