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Subject: 	Fwd: MATCH Corps program
Date: 	Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:52:49 -0800

	

	

 
> My name is Justin Sallis and I am the director of recruiting for the 
> MATCH Corps, a service year program in urban education.  The MATCH 
> Corps is a unique feature of the MATCH Charter Public High School in 
> Boston, MA.  Briefly, the MATCH School is an open-admissions public 
> charter high school serving 205 inner-city Boston area students.  
> Students are selected by lottery without regard to race, gender, 
> disability, special needs or English language proficiency.  Since its 
> opening in September 2000, MATCH has been featured in the Wall Street 
> Journal, The New York Times, and the Boston Globe for its innovative 
> approach to education.  Most recently, the MATCH School was featured 
> in the US Department of Education publication: ?Innovations in 
> Education? as one of eight charter high schools in the country with 
> outstanding success in closing the nation?s Achievement Gap.
>
> While much of the MATCH School?s accomplishments must be attributed to 
> its dedicated team of 17 teachers and its 205 optimistic, no-excuses, 
> hard-working students, the MATCH Corps program is often recognized as 
> being pivotal in the MATCH School?s distinguishing success.  
> Introduced in 2004, the MATCH Corps is a group of 50 of the nation?s 
> top college graduates all of whom are committed to affecting change at 
> the ground level.  Each MATCH Corps member is assigned 4 MATCH School 
> students to work with one-on-one, daily, for an entire academic year.  
> This full-time service year program is designed to fully close the 
> academic Achievement Gap between disadvantaged students and their more 
> advantaged peers - one student at a time.
>
> The MATCH Corps allows idealistic and dedicated young people to invest 
> their time and energy in depth over breadth, focusing their attention 
> on a few students and their needs and goals.  MATCH Corps is not 
> necessarily looking for the future teachers of America.  We want 
> future doctors, lawyers, MBAs, architects; we want majors from math, 
> political science, literature, economics, engineering ­ anyone willing 
> to work tirelessly for one year to erase, not narrow, the Achievement Gap.
>
> In addition to an unparalleled experience, lasting bonds, and the 
> ability to make a measurable impact on an inner-city high school 
> student, MATCH Corps members are compensated with a monthly stipend 
> and a housing option in downtown Boston, and health and dental insurance.
>
> I write you to ask you pass this opportunity along to any students you 
> feel may be interested in the program; particularly, graduating 
> seniors and grad students.  Attached you will find the template for 
> the e-mail we typically send out students; however, feel free to 
> simply forward this e-mail along ­ anyway you can help us get the word 
> out is much appreciated.
>
> The MATCH Corps typically receives over 300 applicants a year for its 
> 50 slots.  This year, we are shooting for 1000 applicants.  Many 
> inner-city schools across the country have shown interest in creating 
> their own tutoring Corps and we?re out to prove that there is enough 
> interest among high-quality recent college graduates to replicate the 
> success of the Corps and use tutoring as an effective tool in fighting 
> the nation?s achievement gap.
>
> Thank you in advance for your consideration and feel free to contact 
> me with any questions you may have about the program or requests for 
> MATCH Corps literature.
>
> Highest regards,
>
> Justin Sallis
>
> Justin Sallis
> Director of MATCH Corps Recruiting
> MATCH Charter Public High School
> 1001 Commonwealth Ave.
> Boston, MA 02215
> 617.232.0300 x135
> Justin.sallis at matchschool.org

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