WPY UPDATES

 Fall Program Updates, Giving Tuesday, & More

Help Us Unlock $15,000!

Your donation to WPY today will help us unlock an additional $15,000 in funding. If we reach 150 donations by the end of the day on Giving Tuesday on December 2nd, The Village Bank will donate $15,000 to WPY.

Career Exploration & Training (CET)

Connecting students to life-altering career development opportunities through meaningful paid internship experiences.

Pictured above: WPY Teen Mental Health Alliance Peer Leaders at Sparkshare's Meeting the Moment summit

November was a month of opportunity for our Teen Mental Health Alliance Peer Leaders! These students are not only leaders for their Peer Associates in the Teen Mental Health Alliance, but they are youth leaders in Massachusetts, as well. Earlier this month, these students attended a networking and team-building youth summit in Boston, led by Sparkshare. Sparkshare is a non-profit organization that provides a network and resources that to help empower young people to address challenges in their communities.

Highlights of the summit included the WPY Peer Leaders building a network of fellow young change-makers and finding ways to collaborate between towns and missions. They also developed their public speaking skills and discussed their leadership values, which included "Diversity," "Harmony," and "Success." The Peer Leaders will take what they learned and practice it throughout their school-year internship program.

Wraparound Waltham

Collaborating to create a community of belonging and opportunity for newcomer immigrant students and their families.

Pictured above: WPY's Family & Student Engagement Senior Coordinator, Marlen Godinez, and WPY's Mental Health and Healthcare Professionals of Tomorrow Coordinator, Monica Manna, at Waltham Public Schools’ first Mental Health and Community Partner Fair

School-year Wraparound programming is now in full swing! At the high school level, WPY staff have been visiting Waltham Valor High School to lead teen Mental Health First Aid (TMHFA) as part of the school's health curriculum. WPY team members will be leading these sessions in Spanish and English so that students develop skills to identity mental health challenges in themselves and others, and learn when to seek support from trusted adults.

Welcome Classes are well underway at both Kennedy and McDevitt Middle Schools. This month, WPY community partner Doc Wayne began to offer sports-based therapy at Kennedy Middle School. WPY's Family & Student Engagement Coordinator, Bebelin Galvez, will be attending these sessions to be a friendly face and trusted adult for Welcome Class students participating in Doc Wayne sessions.

Waltham's 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Report is Now Available!

We are excited to share that the 2025 Waltham Youth Risk Behavior Survey Report is now available! WPY is proud to have partnered with Waltham Public Schools and Data + Soul Research on the administration of the survey and creation of the report. You can review the report on our website now!

Opportunities for Youth and

Community Members:

National Grid Customer Advocates at Welcome Center

National Grid Customer Advocates will be available to meet with community members at McDevitt Middle School on Tuesday, December 9th, from 3:30-5:30pm. Please email Family & Student Engagement Senior Coordinator, Marlen Godinez, with questions. 

Work in Waltham! Apply to BrightBridge Today

Want to work in Waltham? Our community partners at BrightBridge Credit Union are hiring a Waltham Branch Manager and Waltham Assistant Branch Manager. Check out the roles by clicking the buttons above!

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