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UMASS Boston Urban Scholars Program

Address:
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Phone: 
617-287-5830
Mailing address: 
100 Morrissey Blv. Boston, MA 02115
Email: 
urbanscholars@umb.edu

Location(s)

Mission: 

The purpose of Urban Scholars is to provide talented urban students with the academic skills and the motivation to achieve at the limits of their potential. Our overarching goal is to enable our students to assume positions of leadership and achievement in society. To this end, our academic program is governed by the following core goals:

To a graduating Urban Scholar, critical thinking is a habit of mind that is both creative and analytical.
A graduating Urban Scholar expresses his or her thinking effectively in both written and oral form.
Competency, confidence and resourcefulness in academic settings and beyond are hallmarks of every graduating Urban Scholar.
A graduating Urban Scholar respects human dignity, accepts responsibility for his/her actions and exercises his/her rights and responsibilities as a citizen

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

Academic Year: Monday thru Thursday. 9AM-7PM & Friday 9AM-5PM

Summer Institute: Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM

100 Morrissey Blv.
Boston, MA 02115


617-287-5830

Academic Year: Monday thru Thursday. 9AM-7PM & Friday 9AM-5PM

Summer Institute: Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM

The purpose of Urban Scholars is to provide talented urban students with the academic skills and the motivation to achieve at the limits of their potential. Our overarching goal is to enable our students to assume positions of leadership and achievement in society. To this end, our academic program is governed by the following core goals:

To a graduating Urban Scholar, critical thinking is a habit of mind that is both creative and analytical.
A graduating Urban Scholar expresses his or her thinking effectively in both written and oral form.
Competency, confidence and resourcefulness in academic settings and beyond are hallmarks of every graduating Urban Scholar.
A graduating Urban Scholar respects human dignity, accepts responsibility for his/her actions and exercises his/her rights and responsibilities as a citizen


Robert-Thomas Duclersaint

Middle Schools Include: Grover Cleveland, Patrick Gavin, Solomon Lewenberg, John McCormack, William Rogers, and Woodrow Wilson.

High Schools Include: Dorchester Education Complex, South Boston Education Complex, and Jeremiah E. Burke.

Contact recruiter Chris Kelly at 617-287-5830 if you attend one of our partner schools.


No

Yes

No

No

51-250

Yes

School
Key partners: 

Middle Schools Include: Grover Cleveland, Patrick Gavin, Solomon Lewenberg, John McCormack, William Rogers, and Woodrow Wilson.

High Schools Include: Dorchester Education Complex, South Boston Education Complex, and Jeremiah E. Burke.

Executive Director/CEO/President/Coordinator/Other: 
Robert-Thomas Duclersaint
How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures: 

Contact recruiter Chris Kelly at 617-287-5830 if you attend one of our partner schools.

Charge for services: 
No
Scholarships available: 
Yes
Vouchers accepted: 
No
Transportation provided: 
No
Number of people served each year: 
51-250
Type of facility in which this program/organization located: 
School

Guide Categories

Type of Organization: State Agency
Neighborhoods: All Dorchester
Nearby MBTA Stations: JFK/UMass
Target Population: Teens ages 13-19
Languages Spoken: English French/Haitian Creole
Special Needs Accommodations: Wheelchair Accessibility