[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 4040-4041]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




IN RECOGNITION OF THE CONSISTENT, EXEMPLARY COMMUNITY SERVICE DISPLAYED 
                  BY CITIZEN SCHOOLS FOR TWENTY YEARS

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                        HON. MICHAEL E. CAPUANO

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 23, 2015

  Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Citizen Schools 
for providing twenty years of outstanding community service and 
educational enrichment programs. Citizen Schools offers extended 
learning programming for middle school-aged students in urban, at-risk 
areas by partnering with public middle schools. Citizens Schools offers 
free educational classes and programs to urban academic institutions, 
giving students a wealth of choices during the important after school 
hours.
  Citizens Schools was founded in 1995 by Eric Schwarz and Ned Rimer. 
Since then, the organization has offered educational opportunities for 
children who cannot otherwise afford

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them. The results are impressive. According to Citizen Schools, 71% of 
students involved in these programs graduate high school and many of 
those go on to post-secondary institutions. These impressive results 
are a combination of careful program planning, and the tireless efforts 
of volunteers who help teach these aspiring students. The volunteers 
work closely with students to help maximize their experience. Their 
work is so well received that the organization has expanded beyond 
Boston to different states around the country like California, Texas, 
North Carolina, New York, and others. Citizen Schools aims to provide 
at-risk students with valuable educational experiences that they may 
not otherwise have access to due to conditions out of their control.
  I salute the efforts of Citizen Schools over the past twenty years 
and thank them for the positive impact they have had on so many 
students.

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