How We Can Work Together

The Waltham Partnership for Youth, Inc. invites you to commit yourself and your business more closely to Waltham's youth. Opportunities that currently exist are:

• Career Experience Programs. Join with the Waltham Public Schools in developing and supporting innovative career education programs. Existing school-year programs are:
  • Bridging Education and Technology (BEAT) Program
  • Youth Tech Entrepreneurs (YTE) Program
  • Hotel Management/Tourism Program
  • ProStart Restaurant Program
• Workforce Prep Plus (WP2). This Waltham High School program links a broad spectrum of community resources, including job-training, to at-risk youth (ages 14-21) to better prepare them for the workforce.
• Summer Works Program. Provide youth an opportunity to work in a private or public sector environment during the summer.
• Be a "Company on Call." Contribute to and expand the education and career awareness of youth by sharing:
  • Your time - Be a guest speaker in a classroom or part of a career panel. Mentor a student at a job site or over the Internet.
  • Your Experience - Provide paid or unpaid internships for students, externships for teachers, or job shadowing opportunities.
  • Your support - Donate equipment, materials, or products for education and youth service needs.
  • Your ideas - Share your knowledge by participating in Partnership or program specific committees to encourage systemic improvements for education and youth service development in Waltham.
• School and/or Grade Specific Partnering. Identify with a particular school or grade for long-term cooperative programs.
• After School Programming. Support the expansion and further development of after school activities (academic, technology, arts, recreational, social service), family literacy, and career opportunities. Help make extended day programs possible for needy families.
• Contribute operating funds to the Waltham Partnership for Youth, Inc. Your tax-deductible contributions are necessary to keep the Waltham Partnership for Youth, Inc. operating, as the Partnership is entirely dependent upon donations.