The REAL Program

Three areas of focus:

Before Home Program

The Before Home Program provides children from the Brickett School with tutoring assistance, reading support, healthy snacks, clubs, and outdoor activities. Rooted in Reggio Emilia-inspired practice, we encourage hands-on learning, self-directed exploration. The REAL Program caters to our children’s many different styles of learning and needs by offering caring, experienced volunteer teachers, multitudes of learning materials and books, and opportunities to learn about themselves, each other, and the world around them in our outdoor classroom and on field trips. The majority of our students attend the Bricket School in Lynn, MA.

Family Literacy Program 

The Family Literacy program offers families the level of support they need to better advocate for their children and support their children’s educational success. By providing ESL classes, supplementary assistance of food and necessities, and access to books through the community via our Little Free Libraries and community partnerships, we acknowledge that the children’s primary teachers are their parents, and offer them support to succeed as such.

REAL Preschool

The REAL Preschool, still in its development phase, will similarly guide children with a Reggio Emilio-inspired curriculum, to better prepare our youngest community members for educational success. Our post-COVID vision includes a half-day preschool for the under-resourced children of Lynn, with a teacher training component. We have recently finished building out a new bathroom and bringing all of the building up to code to prepare for the opening of the preschool, including a brand new sprinkler system. Stay tuned for more information!

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