WPY UPDATES

 Summer Program Updates, Annual Meeting, & More

2025 Annual Meeting Recap

More than seventy community members joined us for WPY's 2025 Annual Meeting on September 18th. The morning's speaking program revealed the vital importance of trusted adults in schools, the impact of our youth programming on Wraparound students like our alumni speaker, Daniel, and the collective care of community and school partners who help to sustain WPY's work.

Guests also enjoyed local donuts from Pizzi Farm and coffee from Del's Coffee Roasters. We’d like to express our deepest gratitude to Abcam and Greta Lindberg for hosting us so graciously; Abcam has been a true community partner to WPY over the years. We’d also like to thank our student speaker, Daniel Arana, and our other panelists: Lisa Boccabella of The Village Bank, Greta Lindberg, and Ross Wolfson of Waltham Public Schools.

If you weren't able to join us, you can watch the recording of our Annual Meeting below!

Work with WPY

Come work with Waltham Partnership for Youth! Please read each of the job descriptions to learn more about our available positions, including information about hiring timelines.

Career Exploration & Training (CET)

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

The CET Team has been preparing to launch the School-Year Internship Program, and we're excited to announce that the WPY 2025-2026 School-Year Internship Program application is now open! We are currently hiring 30 interns for two different placements:

Bilingual Mentorship Program @ McDevitt Middle School 

November 2025-May 2026, Hiring 6 interns

We are hiring bilingual high school students to mentor and prepare 8th-grade McDevitt students for the transition to high school. We’re specifically looking for bilingual speakers of Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole. Participants must be at least a high school sophomore and authorized to work in the U.S.

Teen Mental Health Alliance Internship Program

Fall Cohort: November 2025-February 2026 OR Spring Cohort: February-May 2026, Hiring 24 Interns as Peer Associates (12 per cohort)

The Teen Mental Health Alliance Internship Program builds a community of trained high school students who serve as mental health first-aiders in Waltham. Participants must be at least 15 years old and authorized to work in the US.

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 Coordinator, Bebelin Galvez, poses with community partners at Kennedy Middle School's Back to School Night

This month, the Wraparound Staff started conducting Needs Assessments and office hours at Waltham Valor High School for the new school year. The Needs Assessments are an opportunity for individual conversation between WPY staff and students to highlight student strengths and connect them to community resources.

At the middle school level, Wraparound's Family and Student Engagement Coordinator, Bebelin Galvez, joined Kennedy Middle School for their Back to School Night earlier this month. Kennedy families had the opportunity to engage with WPY staff about our programming and learn more about the Welcome Center and community resources! 

Opportunities for Youth and

Community Members:

Waltham Public Library Seeks Bilingual Student Volunteer

The Waltham Public Library is looking for a bilingual student volunteer for their upcoming WPL Teen Room College Essay Workshops in October.

The workshops will be held on Tuesdays, October 7, 14, 21, and 28, from 4:30-5:30 PM in the Library Trustees Room. The library is looking for support from a student who speaks Spanish or Haitian Creole. The student would have the opportunity to work on their own essay during the workshop, in addition to helping others as needed.

For more info, please contact Lauren Flocco at lflocco@minlib.net.  

Free Webinar from Families for Depression Awareness: Supporting Your Teen - Addressing Depression and Eating Disorders Together

Families for Depression Awareness is presenting their free webinar — Supporting Your Teen: Addressing Depression and Eating Disorders Together — on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, from 7:00 to 8:30 PM ET.

Join Families for Depression Awareness and the National Eating Disorders Association for a webinar exploring the complex relationship between depression and eating disorders in teens. Rocio Avila, LCSW-S will discuss how these conditions intersect, share practical strategies for supporting teens, and provide guidance on accessing appropriate treatment resources.

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