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Career Exploration & Training (CET)

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

Pictured above: This year's Teen Mental Health Alliance Peer Leaders completing a team-building activity to kick off their school-year internships.

The Career Exploration and Training Team continues to prepare for the School-Year Internship Program with outreach and interviews. The team spent time at the new Waltham High School this month, sharing information about the program in classrooms and during lunch. The Teen Mental Health Alliance Peer Leaders joined our outreach efforts by leveraging their connections with afterschool clubs and during advisories to present about WPY and encourage their peers to join the Teen Mental Health Alliance.

In addition to outreach, the CET team and Peer Leaders have begun conducting interviews for the various internship placements. This is the first time our peer leaders have been interviewers, which has been a valuable professional development experience for them! When asked about their experience being on the other side of the interviewing table, here's what they had to say:

• BEMSI: It's been out of my comfort zone, but I adapted really quickly. I was able to ask my peers about their thoughts on the state of mental health today. The candidates gave really great answers. This experience put me in the mind of an interviewer, and now I know how to prepare for my interviews in the future. Every time I'm applying for a job or going to an interview, I'll think, "What would an interviewer think about this?"

• PRIYA: I was nervous at first and worried that it would get awkward or that there would be silence, but it has been fun! Seeing other people's resumes and cover letters made me realize things I'd want to change for my own cover letter. 

• MATTISON: I think it has been insightful. I had the privilege of being in their position last year, so I now know what to expect. Being an interviewer is really helping me to prepare for my future interviews. Also, reading through other cover letters made me realize my own growth.  

Wraparound Waltham

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

Pictured above: WPY Wraparound Senior Program Coordinator, Alexa Cuellar, enjoying the Wraparound Meet & Greet with Boston Children's Hospital community partner, Haley Piette.



October was all about partnership for the Wraparound Waltham team! WPY's Welcome Center Coordinator, Marlen Godinez, joined the Stanley Elementary School Resource Fair to share information about the Welcome Center with newcomer families and parents. Meanwhile, Dave LeBlanc, our Wraparound Middle School Program Coordinator, tabled at the McDevitt Middle School Health Fair, where he led an activity to facilitate feedback and communication between middle school students and adults in the building.

Our Wraparound team hosted a Community Partner Meet and Greet this month! This event was an opportunity for WPY-funded community partners, school personnel, service providers, and other remarkable community organizations that have worked with Wraparound to come together, continue to build relationships, and learn more about the resources available in Waltham for our newcomer students and families. Check out the photo gallery down below to learn more.

Alexa Cuellar, Wraparound's Senior Program Coordinator, also introduced the 2023-2024 Wraparound Program Report. To read the report and learn more about Wraparound's impact, click here or visit the link above.

Save the Dates!

Don't miss WPY's 2024-2025 fundraising events.

Save the dates for our upcoming fundraising events! We rely on the success of our fundraising events to help us to run our Waltham youth programming--your participation counts!

For more information or to discuss sponsorship opportunities, reach out to Olivia at olivia@walthampartnershipforyouth.org

Opportunities for Youth and

Community Members:

Basic Rights in Education Training for Spanish-Speakers

The Waltham Welcome Center is partnering with Massachusetts Advocates for Children to offer a Basic Rights in Education Training for Spanish-speaking parents and guardians in Waltham. The training will be at McDevitt Middle School on November 19th, from 5-7pm. Please email Marlen to RSVP!



Families for Depression Awareness - Depression and ADHD in Adolescents Webinar

Families for Depression Awareness is presenting a free webinar — Depression and ADHD in Adolescents: A Parent's Guide to Understanding and Support — on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM ET.

Why do teens dealing with ADHD often have depression as well? Why is it hard for the adults in their lives to tell the symptoms of one from the other? What can be done to treat them both? These are some of the questions FFDA aims to answer in their upcoming webinar. Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, or other caring adult, this webinar will equip you with practical skills and knowledge to better support adolescents navigating these challenges.

LAST CHANCE - Take the Mount Auburn Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment!

Help Mount Auburn Hospital improve the health of our community! Mount Auburn Hospital as part of Beth Israel Lahey Health is doing a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to learn about the issues affecting people in our communities. This anonymous 10-minute survey will help us understand what you think about quality of life and available resources so we can improve patient care and community services. The survey is available to take in multiple languages.

Complete the survey for a chance at winning a $100 Visa gift card, and please take the survey by November 1st!

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