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The Tobin K-8 School The Tobin is an extended services K-8 school that engages school staff, families and commu- nity partnerships to help students’ social- emo- tional well-being and academic success. The model of our school places students at the center of our work by creating networks of shared responsibility among all our stakehold- ers. As a team, everyone helps to provide guid- ance, expertise, political support, and internal and external resources that support the goals of our Quality School Plan. Our goal is to continue to strengthen the home-school connection. The Tobin K-8 School has partnered with the Achievement Network (ANet) to help us estab- lish the structures and practices necessary for a successful transition to the Massachusetts Common Core curriculum. Tobin K - 8 School at a Glance 40 Smith St. Roxbury, MA 02120 Principal Efrain Toledano Built in 1959 Boston Educator of the Year award winners on staff. Facilities: auditorium, playground, computer lab, and art room. A state-of-the art computer lab do- nated by former Celtics star Ray Al- len; and four Chromebook carts for grades 3-8 to expand students’ technological capabilities Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) for English language learners Required community service project for all classes at the Tobin K - 8 School
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The Tobin K-8
School
The Tobin is an extended services K-8 school that engages school staff, families and commu-nity partnerships to help students’ social- emo-tional well-being and academic success.
The model of our school places students at the center of our work by creating networks of shared responsibility among all our stakehold-ers. As a team, everyone helps to provide guid-ance, expertise, political support, and internal and external resources that support the goals of our Quality School Plan. Our goal is to continue to strengthen the home-school connection.
The Tobin K-8 School has partnered with the Achievement Network (ANet) to help us estab-lish the structures and practices necessary for a successful transition to the Massachusetts Common Core curriculum.
Tobin K-8 School
at a Glance
40 Smith St. Roxbury, MA 02120
Principal Efrain Toledano
Built in 1959
Boston Educator of the Year award winners on staff.
Facilities: auditorium, playground, computer lab, and art room.
A state-of-the art computer lab do-nated by former Celtics star Ray Al-len; and four Chromebook carts for grades 3-8 to expand students’ technological capabilities
Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) for English language learners
Required community service project for all classes
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Tobin K-8 School &
VOLUNTEER
NEEDS
VolunteerBPS and BPS Facilities representa-tives sought to understand Principal Toledano’s vision for academic success and a vibrant learning environment. Accompanying them on a tour of the entire school facility, the team re-viewed a wide variety of facilities and volunteer-related project needs that the principal felt were necessary to achieve that vision. Some of the most important and urgent volunteer needs are:
Trim painting & storage reorganization
Reorganizing “School Partners Room”
Refurbishing a universal outdoor classroom
Travel to Tobin K-8 School
Train & Foot Red Line: Downtown Crossing to Ashmont
Station = 20 min Walk to 18 Croftland Ave. = 5-7 min.
By Car from Downtown Boston Take 93 South to JFK/UMass exit, travel
along Morrissey Blvd & Gallivan Blvd & Dorchester Ave. = 20 min.
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Volunteer Project Costs & Dates
VolunteerBPS and the Henderson Inclusion Upper School have worked closely with BPS Facilities to determine the following volunteer dates and costs for the following projects:
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Project Volunteers Volunteer Hrs/Per
Volunteer Prospective Cost
Estimates Trim painting & storage reor-ganization in main hallways
10 4 TBD
Reorganizing “School Part-ners Room”
12 4 TBD
Refurbishing a universal out-door classroom
12 6 TBD
Cleaning, reorganizing and lighting school auditorium
14 6 TBD
PROSPECTIVE DATES: Saturdays: 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13
*NEGOTIATED SUMMER DATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE VIA BPS*
Trim Painting
The leadership team at the Tobin K-8 School has noted several areas of the school that require painting and trim work, specifically classroom doors and several hallways walls.
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Task Volunteers Volunteer Hours Prospective Cost
Estimates
Paint trim & doorways 10 4 TBD by BPS Facilities
PROSPECTIVE DATES: Saturdays: 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13
*NEGOTIATED SUMMER DATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE VIA BPS*
Reorganize & Supply Partnerships Room
The principal of the Tobin School have allotted space for the school’s many community part-ners to use as a Partnership Room. However, without a staffer to maintain the room full-time and with minimal partnership capacity, the school needs support in developing and maintain-ing an organized and well-equipped partnership room system. Here’s how volunteers can help:
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Task Volunteers Volunteer Hours Prospective Cost
Estimates Install and repair shelving as needed.
8 3 TBD by BPS Facilities
Label, Organize Inventory, & Develop Room Use Procedures
2 2 TBD by BPS Facilities
Develop communications sys-tem for room use between partners and teachers
2 4 TBD by BPS Facilities
PROSPECTIVE DATES: Saturdays: 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13
*NEGOTIATED SUMMER DATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE VIA BPS*
Renovate Outdoor Classroom
The Tobin School has a large, but underdeveloped outdoor space for a potential sensory gar-den, outdoor classroom and performance theater, as well as several plots for small-scale food production. Volunteers can help reinvigorate this space and help the school utilize its full po-tential.
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Task Volunteers Volunteer Hours Prospective Cost
Estimates Sweep out and clean class-room floor to ensure safety & repaint where necessary
6 4 TBD by BPS Facilities
Plant vegetable plots in out-door classroom & install sign-age re: urban agriculture.
6 4 TBD by BPS Facilities
Install a sensory garden 8 4 TBD by BPS Facilities
PROSPECTIVE DATES: Saturdays: 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13
*NEGOTIATED SUMMER DATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE VIA BPS*
Reorganize & Clean Auditorium
The Tobin School has a very spacious, full-functional school auditorium and theater. However, because the school lacks a gym space, gym class is held in this area despite the fact it is dimly lit. Due to a lack of storage space throughout the school, the area is also used to hold addition-al storage. Volunteers can help organize storage space, clean and beautify the area.
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Task Volunteers Volunteer Hours Prospective Cost
Estimates Sweep out and clean auditori-um area. Remove storage items and mark for transport.
6 6 TBD by BPS Facilities
Store all gym equipment in securely locked bins, provide supplemental lighting.
6 6 TBD by BPS Facilities
Beautify, tune and secure au-ditorium piano
2 4 TBD by BPS Facilities
PROSPECTIVE DATES: Saturdays: 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13
*NEGOTIATED SUMMER DATES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE VIA BPS*
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ABOUT US: VolunteerBPS is an initiative born out of Boston Public Schools’ Office of Institutional Advancement and Partnerships. Our mission is to facilitate sustainable and mutually beneficial volun-teer experiences between schools and partners, deepen engagement and relationships within BPS ’s traditional community of institutional partners, and support all BPS schools in the establishment of successful volunteer management practices that become institutionalized at the school level.
