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You’re cordially invited to watch MIT@Lawrence’s youth celebration event, hosted in the 2nd floor conference room of the MIT Museum (265 Massachusetts Avenue) on May 9th, 2008. This event featured both presentations by student workshop participants and and free ice cream!

As part of this year’s MIT@Lawrence youth development programs, masters in City Planning student Anne Schweiger worked with the Lawrence Family Development Charter School to implement an unprecedented commitment to connect both staff and student volunteers to supporting the educational development of Lawrence youth. Through both the efforts of Anne and her crew of volunteers, MIT@Lawrence has been able to host monthly field trips since Fall 2007 for over 50 middle school students and teachers to partake in sustained workshops with staff and volunteers from MIT departements and projects including Media Lab, Teacher Education Program, MIT Museum, Project for New Media Literacies, Massachusetts Academic Games League, Architecture department and more. In addition, volunteer from MIT also visited the school to work one-on-one with teachers and students in Lawrence to further the learning and build relationships. The day also featured a college tour for YouthBuild Lawrence members who have been working on organizing projects to fight littering in their city.

For more information, visit http://www.mitatlawrence.net.