Child and Family Services of JFS/MW

It shouldn’t be so hard to be 8 years old

It’s hard enough being 8 years old. But when Avelo (“AJ” to friends and family) gets up for school, his mother is not there, having already left for a job that starts at 5 am. Big sister Tina helps get him ready, but then he must walk three blocks through one of the area’s toughest and most drug- and crime-riddled neighborhoods before he can find breakfast, and a chance for a better life, at Framingham’s Woodrow Wilson School. Yet today, AJ is shining. He’s learning, and growing both inside and out…and, as you can see, he’s smiling too! Because Reducing Achievement Gaps has transformed his life and his prospects…as it has for many of his classmates. Reducing Achievement Gaps…because it’s hard enough being 8 years old… To support this program Click here Return to the JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE Home Page

It shouldn’t be so hard to be 8 years old

It’s hard enough being 8 years old. But when Avelo (“AJ” to friends and family) gets up for school, his mother is not there, having already left for a job that starts at 5 am. Big sister Tina helps get him ready, but then he must walk three blocks through one of the area’s toughest and most drug- and crime-riddled neighborhoods before he can find breakfast, and a chance for a better life, at Framingham’s Woodrow Wilson School.

Yet today, AJ is shining. He’s learning, and growing both inside and out…and, as you can see, he’s smiling too! Because Reducing Achievement Gaps has transformed his life and his prospects…as it has for many of his classmates.

Reducing Achievement Gaps…because it’s hard enough being 8 years old…

To support this program Click here

Return to the JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE Home Page

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