Category Archives: Student Perspective

A Lasting Impression

Jim Malerba is the Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at State Street Corporation. He’s also a Big Cheese Reader. The Big Cheese Reads is an opportunity for successful business and community leaders like Jim make visits to middle school … Continue reading

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Emilio’s Story

This is Emilio.  Well, this is Emilio 10 years ago when he was a first grader in Power Lunch at the Blackstone Elementary School. At that time, Boston Partners in Education matched him with two reading mentors, Heather and Lou. … Continue reading

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An Athlete and a Scholar

Joseph Francois is truly both an athlete, and a scholar. A native of Haiti, Joseph moved to the United States in elementary school, without knowing any English.  Now he is a former basketball player and current member of the Excel … Continue reading

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Wrapping up National Mentoring Month

January was National Mentoring Month and celebrating was a blast!  We shared many different perspectives about mentoring and even more were shared with us.  Between our blog, Facebook, and Twitter we heard from volunteers, teachers, parents, and students about what … Continue reading

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Business & Community Leaders in the Classroom

Our major fundraising initiative, The Big Cheese Reads, kicked off last month.  We threw a celebratory breakfast generously hosted by Fidelity Investments and our keynote speaker, Sheila Cavanaugh.  Sheila is a senior vice president at Fidelity Investments.  She was able … Continue reading

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