{"id":29,"date":"2010-02-05T15:40:18","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T20:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2013-04-03T11:16:06","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T15:16:06","slug":"making-a-difference-in-grade-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/how-we-make-a-difference\/making-a-difference-in-grade-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a Difference in Grade Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" src=\"\/community\/files\/2010\/01\/09_1410_MEDEIROS_012-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"09_1410_MEDEIROS_012\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-176 alignleft\" \/>Boston University\u2019s generosity does not stop with Boston\u2019s public schools.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"213\" width=\"320\" src=\"\/community\/files\/2010\/01\/09_1410_MEDEIROS_188.jpg\" alt=\"09_1410_MEDEIROS_188\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-154\" \/>Since 1986, the University\u2019s <strong>Cardinal Medeiros Scholarship Program<\/strong> every year has recognized a select number of outstanding seniors graduating from the Archdiocese of Boston\u2019s parochial high schools. These students, chosen for their academic achievement, leadership skills, and contributions to their schools and communities, are often wooed by colleges from all over the country. We want to keep these students in Boston. So we have made a substantial commitment to this program by offering full-tuition scholarships representing a contribution worth more than $35 million to date. We know many students remain in the Boston area after graduation, contributing to a well-educated labor force.<\/p>\n<h2>We believe basketball players can be inspirational off court, too.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"196\" width=\"300\" src=\"\/community\/files\/2010\/01\/holiday-reading1.jpg\" alt=\"holiday-reading\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-178\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"158\" width=\"120\" src=\"\/community\/files\/2010\/01\/akah_low1.gif\" alt=\"akah_low\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179 alignright\" \/>Our <strong>Holiday Reading Program<\/strong> was created in 1988 to expand children\u2019s horizons via literature. Since its inception, the program has grown to include hundreds of the University\u2019s varsity and club athletes visiting 11 of the Boston Public Schools. Athletes read aloud and discuss passages, providing the chance for kids not only to improve reading skills but an invaluable opportunity for them to benefit from role modeling. Last December more than 300 student athletes took part, giving away\u00a0over 850\u00a0books to help persuade grade-schoolers that reading is cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston University\u2019s generosity does not stop with Boston\u2019s public schools. Since 1986, the University\u2019s Cardinal Medeiros Scholarship Program every year has recognized a select number of outstanding seniors graduating from the Archdiocese of Boston\u2019s parochial high schools. These students, chosen for their academic achievement, leadership skills, and contributions to their schools and communities, are often [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1251,"featured_media":0,"parent":17,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/475"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}